Come On, Let's Go (1998)

About this title: Considering Valens died about seven months after his first recording session, it's amazing that enough material exists to piece together a three-CD, 62-song box set. It's also amazing that, despite a fair amount of inevitable filler, it's truly a worthwhile collection, recommended to anyone with a deep interest in '50s rock. Besides everything from his two LPs and the In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High set (which was actually only half live, anyway), there're a couple dozen home demos and studio outtakes; these are fragmentary and unpolished compared to the official stuff, but the enormous heart ... read more

Tracks:

1. That's My Little Suzie [Kuhn/Valens]
2. In a Turkish Town [Valens]
3. Come on, Let's Go [Valens]
4. Donna [Valens]
5. Boney Maroney [Williams]
6. Ooh! My Head [Valens]
7. La Bamba [Traditional]
8. Bluebirds over the Mountain [Hickey]
9. Hi-Tone [Hazan]
10. Framed [Leiber/Stoller]
11. We Belong Together [Carr/Mitchell/Weiss]
12. Dooby Dooby Wah [Kuhn/Valens]
13. Stay Beside Me [Olofson/Ellenhorn]
14. Cry Cry Cry [Kuhn/Valens]
15. Big Baby Blues [Kuhn]
16. Paddi-Wack Song [Valens]
17. My Darling Is Gone [Valens]
18. Hurry Up [Sheeley]
19. Little Girl [Kuhn/Valens]
20. Now You're Gone [Valens]
21. Fast Freight [Valens]
22. Ritchie's Blues [Kuhn/Valens]
23. Rockin' All Night [Valens]
24. Cry Cry Cry [Kuhn/Valens]
25. That's My Little Suzie [Kuhn/Valens]
26. La Bamba [Traditional]
27. We Belong Together [Carr/Mitchell/Weiss]
28. Come on, Let's Go [Valens]
29. In a Turkish Town [Valens]
30. Dooby Dooby Wah [Kuhn/Valens]
31. Ritchie's Blues [Kuhn/Valens]
32. Bluebirds over the Mountain [Hickey]
33. Blues With Drums [Hickey/Corda]
34. I Got a Gal Named Sue [Kuhn/Valens]
35. Donna [Valens]
36. Blues Instrumental [Valens]
37. Cry Cry Cry [Kuhn/Valens]
38. Stay Beside Me [Olofson/Ellenhorn]
39. Malagueña [Lecuona]
40. Blue Slow [Valens]
41. In a Turkish Town [Valens]
42. Bluebirds over the Mountain [Hickey]
43. Cry Cry Cry [Kuhn/Valens]
44. Bob Kean Intro
45. Come on, Let's Go [Valens]
46. Donna [Valens]
47. Summertime Blues [Cochran/Capehart]
48. From Beyond [Valens]
49. La Bamba [Traditional]
50. Bob Kean Intro
51. Rhythm Song [Valens]
52. Guitar Instrumental [Valens]
53. Malagueña [Lecuona]
54. Rock Little Darlin' [Kuhn/Valens]
55. Let's Rock & Roll [Valens]
56. Cry Cry Cry [Kuhn/Valens]
57. Donna [Valens]
58. Dooby Dooby Wah [Kuhn/Valens]
59. That's My Little Suzie [Kuhn/Valens]
60. Ooh! My Soul [Little Richard]
61. La Bamba [Traditional]
62. Donna Commercial

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.