RITCHIE VALENS APEX 76402 LA BAMBA / DONNA Canadian 78 VERY RARE HEAR THEM

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AN EXTREMELY RARE RECORDING!!!

  78 rpm ///// RITCHIE VALENS

Rock And Roll at its FINEST

Condition: labels VG++ / vinyl VG++ / plays M-

Record surfaces are clean and glossy, a few light marks, plays loud and clear. Labels fine (sticker residue on 'Donna' side, some light spindle marks) generic sleeve.

Valens released two singles before his tragic death, the one offered in this auction, and "Come On, Let's Go b/w "Framed". 

Neither was released on 78 rpm in the U.S.

Ritchie Valens (born Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.

On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as The Day the Music Died, Valens was killed in a small-plane crash in Iowa, a tragedy that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

I have been collecting records for the last 55 years, mainly early rock, doo wop, country and western - - - you name it, I’ve got it. I also inherited my father’s collection, mainly C & W in 1984. So I presently have over 20 000 records that have been stored with care. I have many hundreds of LPs that are still sealed. Many of my records are rare and hard to come by. There are both American and Canadian pressings.  It’s time to let them go and I’m beginning with some 78’s.

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I COMBINE SHIPPING FOR UP TO FIVE (5) 78s.  For each additional record  add $3 USD.

Contact me if you are making multiple item bids (over no more than two successive days) and I will wait until all successful bids are complete . I will then send a single invoice with the total  cost. Please DON'T pay until you receive this invoice. Thanks.

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GRADING SYSTEM

(SS :      STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL WRAP – LP’s only)

M-  :      LOOKS LIKE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED

VG++:    TERRIFIC CONDITION ITEM- EXCELLENT COLLECTOR ITEM -MINOR IMPERFECTIONS – PLAYS WITH MINIMAL NOISE.

VG+ :   VERY  GOOD COLLECTOR ITEM- HAS SOME IMPERFECTIONS – MAY PLAY WITH SOME   NOISE,  ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING.

VG :     PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO SKIPPING. USUALLY PLAYS BETTER THAN IT LOOKS.  HAS SCUFFS RESULTING IN SOME  NOISE THROUGHOUT.

G :        ITEM IN ROUGH SHAPE. SKIPPING MAY BE PRESENT BUT MOST LIKELY PLAYS THROUGH - COPY TO HAVE JUST TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR COLLECTION.