La Bamba being Recorded 1958

[@sooke54]

Richie Valens Guitar Buddy Clark (string bass); Ernie Freeman (piano); Carol Kaye (acoustic rhythm guitar) René Hall (Danelectro six-string baritone guitar) Earl Palmer (drums and claves).

[@joeydiaz9451]

I think there’s a conga player too 🤔

[@ieuanwatkinsswift-eerevers6802]

I wish there was video footage of this.... RITCHIE would of rocked the 60s R.I.P!

[@BisayangKano]

just close your eyes and imagine! It is enough!

[@nicolestocks2853]

@@BisayangKano and dont forget to picture us on the other side of the recording studio glass smiling and silently cheering him on. Imagination is beautiful.

[@OllietheBear]

He was really the last real rocker of that era

[@melissaandrew5375]

saya masih mendengarkan di tahun 2023. luar biasa enak menyenangkan lagu ini. Luar biasa Richie Valens usia 16 - 17 tahun lagunya diciptakannya masih popular sampai sekarang . tidak lekang oleh waktu.

[@Traci.Johnson.Francisco]

This is still amazing in 2022! I'm now teaching my son about Ritchie and his music

[@rickmiller1429]

This is how great music is suppose to sound, nothing fake. Every sound here was made by a person and not by a computer-hell, they didn't exist. This is a great post and if there is any more, by all means post it.

[@briangoguen6798]

+Rick Miller I downloaded the cd online. Shhhhhh The cd is a bit on the expensive side.

[@rickmiller1429]

I bought the CD with all of Richie Valens known material on it, it is great.

[@brandonhannick8520]

This audio is gold.

[@nicolestocks2853]

Words cannot express how grateful i am for this recording and video thankyou so much.

[@eddiewilbury1666]

This is something I never thought I could hear some day. When I was 11, and La Bamba movie came on, Los Lobos version was the only to hear everywhere. I called many times to radio stations and asked for Ritchie's version and just once they played it. Thanks for sharing this piece of history. Cheers!

[@fernandomaron87]

Eduardo . Mondragón D I feel your pain, i heard Richie's version once on a tv special some 18 years ago, and i only could hear it again when KZbin came along.

[@FrankDiggz]

I totally relate man...what a great find!

[@hip-hopaintdead5281]

I was just thinking today of the first time i saw his real face crazy how you can like someone so much through their story. Without even seeing them or hearing their real voice

[@AetherealGirl]

It's really sad that the Los Lobos version is the only version that's ever played on the radio.

[@rockyesterline7942]

Nothin but Great!! These r the first notes I ever learned on guitar a guy who worked for me from Mexico tough me did not speak real good English but played like the wind Rocky and the Hurricanes lead singer and rythem Guitar 🎸

[@FrankDiggz]

Never would have thought after watching la Bamba in theatres I’d be here 30 yrs later

[@markdudley5656]

Me too.

[@alyssatrujillocookingshow2853]

when you can take a Mexican folk song and turn into into a top 100 rock in roll song of all time means he had so much talent and it's said to think what could have been...

[@gothvox]

Truly a piece of music history right there!!! R.I.P. Ritchie. Another artist yet gone too soon......

[@roberttusken1791]

I loved his music ! He was way ahead of his time. Incredible talent !!! Rock music was inside of Ritchie. It makes us wonder what his future on the earth would have been like ? It was music that got our toes tapping...and we jumped up and danced as if there was something new inside of us. Ritchie had that inside of him ! Awesome...is all I can say.

[@American_Patriot1991]

One year before he died. RIP Ritchie. 💔

[@CarlosGonzalez-yv1tg]

In order to grasp the greatness of Ritchie on this Session, keep in mind he was only 17!!!!!

[@cpkphil]

Another great musical backing by the Wrecking Crew!! Carol Kaye was the one playing guitar.

[@CRami90962]

This is sooooo cool!! You can BARELY hear the vocals but you can still make out most of the stuff!! I agree... A great part of history!

[@geoffreykeane4072]

What a magical session

[@jesusavila629]

Ritchie definitely did the solo on la bamba , crazy how you can hear it in beginning and through out as he creating and improving it until the final take where he makes it sounds very nice !

[@madiesm]

I listen to it all. Will do it again. Wonderful to hear them working together on a master piece. Great stuff.

[@Piko12345]

CD: Ritchie Valens - The Lost Tapes

[@gatordz3251]

Gracias Por Subir ESTA JOYA MUSICAL DE EL GRAN RICHIE VALENS 🤗🤗🤗

[@shirleyfreeman7101]

Need to play more Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and, Big Bopper music🎤🎼🎹🎶 people miss it and want to hear them, want to hear their sound and songs, we miss them, it would be great to hear them on radio again ❤❤

[@TheKingCameron]

its amazing to hear something recorded 50 years ago

[@dannyruiz6868]

And so...the three chords: C F G was turned to rock and still lives to this day...Twist and Shout!!!!!

[@raymondperez1131]

wow awesome just awesome.. incredibly awesome 😎👍😎..

[@flimbambo]

Fantastic. Rock and Roll history being written.

[@stevenbrewer9306]

man at the 5,40 mark..it sounds like the poor kids voice hadn't even changed yet, very rare to hear him speak, i can only imagine how bad that tour had to be for him to jump on a plane, just to get warm, damit......we know the rest, thanks for sharing this, pictures and recordings are really the most brilliant thing thought of other than catching a peice of lightning from the sky, they freeze time for that moment and recordings are really like a time machine, only sadly often times the ones in them are gone

[@LM-nh5of]

hearing the original version, I'm pretty sure the voice track was recorded over the take 8 this studio session. So neat, that is rock n roll

[@NorthernExposureSlots]

Exactly track 8

[@theomaniatis]

VALENS A TRUE ICON

[@jamesdavis5096]

After listening to this about 50 times, i realized that they wound up speeding it back up.

[@MrBizzarobrian]

A fantastic piece of Rock N Roll history.Can`t recommend this Cd enough!

[@briangoguen8547]

I loved this whole album.

[@ivanduarte100]

god bless the memory of Ricardo Valenzuela

[@darrinbush5953]

Carol Kay was a amazing session bassist, did work for the beach boys and Sinatra umong others

[@hutchabilly107]

Carole Kaye played rhythm guitar on this track from all of the information I have read about the recording sessions with Ritchie Valens.

[@MrPhilfridge]

@@hutchabilly107 Is this at Gold Star LA?

[@jamesdavis5096]

@@hutchabilly107 exactly, I was wondering who the fuck was playing that other guitar, then remembered it was her!1

[@Bakgrind]

According to multiple sources the session consisted of Ritchie - rhythm guitar Carol Kaye - rhythm guitar Rene Hall (the late,great) - Danelectro (and featured solo) Earl Palmer - drums If you want to hear Carol Kaye knock it out of the park on the Bass Guitar check out the song Hikky Burr.

[@bolivianprince7326]

this riff gave birth to twist and shout..might be one of the best riffs in rock and roll

[@catmejia6109]

Gave birth? More like one of the biggest rip,offs in music history 😂

[@flyinggordonproductions4875]

I hope to be just like him one day One day man that would be great

[@nomansland4811]

A beautiful song. Much like Buddy Holly did, Ritchie, had to work hard overcome the stiff formula driven music execs to get out what he knew would be popular. Geniuses who changed the face of music.

[@jacquelinepavis6402]

Priceless.💔 RIP.

[@jdoutdoorsnature6460]

I love these studio things on how stars would make their records.

[@coachacola3755]

Transcript: (Ritchie on Stratocaster playing the melody, showing his barritone player, René Hall René Hall: Ok Earl Palmer: Make sure to give us the break before we get to it. (Referring to the beginning intro of the song) Bob Keane? : Uh, you get the breaks, uhm- (Muffled by the barritone player, René Hall and Ritchie Valens practicing the beginning) (Talking to René Hall/Ritchie Valens) Earl Palmer: But I can que it on the- (Ritchie Valens palm-muting the melody on his stratocaster) Bob Keane?: Here we go kids, La Bamba, take one, uno. (Can't fit the whole thing in a singular comment because youtube but that's the beginning context)

[@Christophertracy09]

This is fascinating, thanks for sharing!!❤️

[@davidneal9368]

When music was music. Songs were songs not computerized. When bands were formed not created put together by record companies. This recording should be released on record.

[@Deadwhacks62]

Thank you for posting this!!!

[@dionknight1108]

Excellent to hear such a recording how they use to record i been recorded in 2004 a cd my parts was lead guitar done in one take most of it cool stuff

[@GarageRockRadio]

WOW!!! This is amazing, great to hear! Thanks for sharing this, I Love it!

[@briangoguen8547]

16 yrs old when he did this.

[@OllietheBear]

He was not, he was 17

[@YeetusTheFetus89]

4:52 i like how you can hear him sing high when he sings

[@gabriellucero9319]

I wonder if his brother Bob was there...this was history been made..

[@franciscofsm1972]

Sou fã do rither valles aos 17 anos quando o filme foi lançado assisti no cinema 5 vezes.

[@lancesta01]

Beautiful part of history

[@Gigi_8087]

Fantastic

[@liten48]

rene hall and carol kaye on the guitars , earl palmer on drums, other insturments were doulbe bass and piano

[@cosmic687]

red callendar on upright i believe. most of the guys that featured on eddie cochran's and ricky nelson's records at gold star studios in california. early wrecking crew

[@geovanirodrigues3809]

O Brasil te ama vc não morreu sempre estara vivo

[@josephparsons6840]

His manager said Richie never sang song the same way every time he did something different and he never wrote anything down imagine if he write some things down good ideas h may have forgotten

[@briangoguen8547]

Piko thanks for sharing this. The thing that would improve this video is photos.

[@magnumman5597]

6:33 this beat goes hella hard

[@MrBizzarobrian]

Awesome cd!

[@georgiethumbs2438]

I sounds like they have an electric bass playing the riff but with the treble turned all the way up, and a stand up bass and of course guitar. Damn, this is amazing.

[@georgiethumbs2438]

+Georgie Thumbs - Oh damn they got a piano in it as well!

[@juslookin3]

They call it a Danelectro 6-string baritone guitar, which has that James Bond Theme guitar sound. I've heard of Danelectro 6-string bass (for instance, used on Beach Boys Fun, Fun, Fun), and I'm unsure whether they are really different or the same, as I've never seen or heard either live. There's also an acoustic bass. The famous Wrecking Crew bassist, Carol Kaye, is actually playing rhythm guitar on this.

[@GuitarMan-cc8ij]

+Georgie Thumbs Yeah i heard it and i was really suprised

[@liten48]

wasnt a bass as such it was a 6 string deangelo bass and they have thinner strings

[@TwiggyArmstrong]

6:26 pretty sure this is the official instrumental

[@magnumman5597]

You hear his voice so not really

[@kanelimburg9167]

I can hear singing in back ground

[@CanadianGuy2004]

Kane Limburg yeah that's Ritchie

[@Advisorbuggy]

it was recorded live (vocals the same time as instruments) so his voice is probably picked up from the drum mic

[@Beepbopboh]

Carol Kaye on the pick up on the Dan Electro! Respect!

[@RockandrollNegro]

That's Rene Hall on Danelectro. Carol Kaye played acoustic rhythm guitar and is completely inaudible in the final mix, as she wasn't even mic'd. I don't know why there's such a trend of giving Carol Kaye credit for things she didn't do, but it should probably stop.

[@Onehappyworlds]

@@RockandrollNegro Carol was & is the best session musician, regardless. People make mistakes sometimes geez, lighten up.

[@DAnny423h23]

That take at 6:27 sounds like the one we have all heard. The right strumming to give it that iconic intro

[@msrhuby]

Wow! He was only 17 when he died....what a shame!

[@justinstadlbauer6133]

I love this 😌✌️

[@ieuanwatkinsswift-eerevers6802]

Chuck Berry in the background telling ritchie not to start the way he did with the opening

[@hugovasquez9952]

I think that's Rene Hall.

[@ieuanwatkinsswift-eerevers6802]

@@hugovasquez9952 yes I think you are right 🤔

[@jonathanhardesty9625]

Whoa I had no idea about this. I just looked it up. The guitar parts and sound on Ritchie Valens' La Bamba has always sounded perfect. No one plays it the same, not even Los Lobos.

[@hugovasquez9952]

@@jonathanhardesty9625 take a peek at Ryan Sheeler's book - Ritchie Valens His Guitars and his Music. It includes tabs for Ritchie's solo on La Bamba.

[@kaelanthefox6036]

That's awsome

[@timjones2750]

Get the book - The Oracle Of Del-Fi. A great history lesson on this. I have 2 copies autographed by Bob Keane.

[@melphillips4667]

I'll buy a copy.Name your price

[@HeavyJ713]

Carol kay on the guitar.

[@Bobby61557]

@atomicbootsy Wow How cool is that for you? This was one of the saddess days in music history. Where's your dad now? I live near DONNA She'sa r eal Estate Agent in Sacramento Ca area

[@vivianefurtado9609]

maravilhoso

[@rockabillygone]

Cool Stuff

[@Mendieta580]

A rare recording where'd you get it

[@emiliozola3090]

Fantástico!.

[@jacklincoln7786]

I desperately need the tab to that solo at 0:07:30

[@geraldthorburn1123]

Fascinating. Sounds like Take 8 might have been 'the one', but someone will probably correct me.

[@ValleyLand1990]

You Go Boy Well Man Now lol If You Lived

[@lazur1]

1/I read that Valens' first recordings were made in March,1958. I can't find anything recorded before La Bamba. Was La Bamba recorded in March? If so, Valens was 16! 2/Did Carol Kaye or Valens play the guitar solo? She's listed as "acoustic rhythm guitar", & the other guitarist plays a baritone guitar, tuned too low for those solo's notes. I can't hear if there's a third guitar or not, which would be Valens'.

[@debrad6421]

❤️

[@titi4196]

Mencato ensallo ritchie valens

[@Ricky-hs3nb]

Carol Kaye the one playing the intro and solo

[@EdwardianTea]

Aww

[@richardobieta]

This is very interesting. Had ritchie fired bob keen as his manager and got hired on with Desi arnez hed still be alive today and so would the big bopper and buddy hollie

[@rasalghul1263]

Sixty takes, I didn’t hear a difference in one of them

[@ClemusicandoBrasil]

I wanna see this studio recordin in google maps, can you help me ? I can''t find it ....i am trying !!

[@bmepdoc9675]

Gold Star Studios. No longer there. It was located at 6252 Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles (Hollywood).

[@ClemusicandoBrasil]

@@bmepdoc9675 Gracias desde Brasil , Thank you !! I will see this !!

[@susiekramer3175]

In the original, Carol Kaye played the guitar part.

[@dahirhernandez5398]

2021

[@Daldie-mx1gn]

Is this quality available in the original?

[@ArmaanKumar2000]

From where did you get this

[@jacklincoln7786]

0:04:25 0:07:25 Trying to master this solo. Anyone got it?

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Its pretty simple

[@jacklincoln7786]

Really. Send me the tab or something that is EXACTLY like this solo Not Los Lobos solo

[@megamariofan4009]

What does Ritchie say at 5:50

[@lamper2]

wasn't carol kaye involved in this session-or overdubbed later?

[@NorthernExposureSlots]

She was a guitarist on the song

[@rockabillygone]

Is that another guitar for bass or one of the first Fender Ps? It's not an upright. Raunchy and cool tones- played with a pic?

[@mutleybird]

Rene Hall is on a Danelectro 6-string bass, which is like a baritone introing the tune. Valens is on regular guitar, Carole Kaye is on rhythm guitar, Buddy Clark is on stand-up bass, and Earl Palmer is on drums.

[@rockabillygone]

Really, a stand up bass? Man, that sounds like a p bass.

[@rockabillygone]

I am almost certain that that is a p bass. Sorry, I play up right.

[@mutleybird]

This is already established. Rene Hall was using his Danelectro 6-string bass. He was a pioneer in using this instrument which came out in 1956. Later, many session guitar players had one as a common choice. It is why many covers done today of tunes of that era just don't sound right, as they always try to substitute a regular electric bass for the Dan-O.

[@RockandrollNegro]

There is no electric bass on this track. There's an upright bass by Buddy Clark and a baritone Danelectro by Rene. Studios that specialized in Country and Tex-Mex Western employed baritone guitarists to thicken up the sound, since upright bass had a hard time competing with amplified instruments. The P-Bass eventually overtook both instruments, but didn't catch on until the early sixties due to several factors. The price of a P-Bass was prohibitive, for one, and you could buy five Danelectros for the price of one P-Bass. Amplification was also an issue; Fender was the only company making amps for electric bass, and their price was high and quality was suspect. In comparison, a Danelectro could be played through any guitar amp. Finally, Danelectro stopped making their Baritone guitars, and the supply eventually dried up. This was at the time that the price of a P-Bass had come down significantly. Many companies were making bass amps as well. Most studio Danelectro musicians migrated over to the P-Bass and the Jazz Bass, but several Country & Western studios still employed Fender Bass VI sidemen up until the late seventies.

[@SwedenSilverFan]

cool

[@f1addicted57]

2020:)

[@dagosliv]

not stereo, what happened?

[@boombapdoom493]

Well shake it up baby Twist and shout Oh wait Yo no soy Marinero, soy capitan soy capitan 😎

[@sandorvaradi7994]

2019

[@questionmarkthescend9119]

2018?

[@joeenglert]

I wonder why Carol Kay isn't playing Bass...she was the best...I didn't even know she played guitar

[@sandorvaradi7994]

2018

[@ShellyPalmerProperties]

Hi Farone100, sorry for the delay in responding. I originally posted as atomicbootsy but saw my posts were listed as *spam*. This is my actual contact info. Take care.