The Donna label was light blue with black printing, DONNA at the top with the
silhouette of a girl with a pony tail. In the 1990s, Del-Fi has reissued several new
CDs on the Donna label, using a 70000 series.
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association with Del-Fi, Donna or Mustang Records, which we believe is currently still in operation.
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DONNA ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
DLP-2111 - Love You So - Ron Holden [1960] Originally scheduled to be released in
stereo, some covers exist, but they have mono records inside. Some songs from this LP have turned up
in
stereo on later issues, but not "Love You So" or "My Babe." Here I Come/Everything's Gonna Be
Alright/Gee But I'm Lonesome/Susie Jane/Let No One Tell You//Love You So/My Babe/True Love Can
Be/Seeing Double/Do I Have the Right/Your Line Is Busy
DLP-2112 - Everybody Jerk - Ronnie And The Pomona Casuals [1965] I Wanna Do the
Jerk/Sloopy/The Jerk/Land Of A Thousand Dances/Do The Jerk/Slow Jerk/Everybody Jerk/Help
Yourself/Ya Ya/High Heel Sneakers/Dance What You Wanna/Out Of Sight
The series numbering continues with CDs released in the 1990s:
DOCD 2113 - Shots in the Dark - Various Artists [1996] A newly-recorded tribute to
Henry
Mancini, featuring at least one old-time rocker, Davie Allan of Arrows fame. The last track sounds like a
modern put-on of an old record. Banzai Pipeline - Boardwalkers (S)/Baby Elephant Walk - Jigsaw Seen
(S)/Peter Gunn Theme - Poison Ivy (S)/Charade - Blue Hawaiians (S)/Something For Cat - Four Piece
Suit (S)/Mr. Lucky - Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods (S)/The Pink Panther Theme - Oranj Symphonette (S)/
Lonesome - Friends Of Dean Martinez (S)/The Party - Wondermints (S)/Monkey Farm - Tiki Tones (S)/A
Shot In The Dark - Whiskey Biscuit (S)/Touch Of Evil - Man Or Astroman? (S)/Days Of Wine And Roses
-
Wonderful World Of Joey (S)/Dreamsville - Br. Cleve & His Lush Orch. (S)/Push The Button Max - Del
Noah & Mt. Ararat Finks (S)/Charade - Farina (S)/Mr. Yunioshi - Insect Surfers (S)/Arabesque -
Huntington Cads (S)/Experiment In Terror - Davie Allan & Arrows (S)/Moon River - Nan Vernon (M,
low-fi,
with surface noise, and "hidden track" foreign language version after two minutes of silence, then two
more minutes of silence afterwards)
MUSTANG LABEL DISCOGRAPHY
The Mustang label was red with black printing. Mono issues had the "M-" prefix, stereo issues the "MS-"
prefix.
MS-900 - KRLA King of the Wheels - Bobby Fuller Four [1966] Never To Be
Forgotten/Another Sad And Lonely Night/She's My Girl/Take My Word/Fool Of Love/Let Her Dance//King
Of The Wheels/Lonely Dragster/Little Annie Lou/The Phantom Dragster/Saturday Night/KRLA Top
Eliminator
MS-901 - I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four [1966] (4-66, #144) Although the listing
of
songs on the front cover includes "She's My Girl," that particular song is not on this LP. Let Her Dance
(S)/Julie (S)/A New Shade Of Blue (S)/Only When I Dream (S)/You Kiss Me (S)/Little Annie Lou (S)//I
Fought The Law (S)/Another Sad And Lonely Night (S)/Saturday Night (S)/Take My Word (S)/Fool Of
Love (S)/Never To Be Forgotten (S)
RELATED DISCOGRAPHY
The Del-Fi material has been extensively reissued, both on vinyl and on CD. Rhino Records reissued a
substantial number of Del-Fi albums on vinyl in the 1980s.
MGM
GAS-117 - Ritchie Valens: Golden Archive Series - Ritchie Valens [1968?] All tracks
mono. Donna/We Belong Together/From Beyond/Stay Beside Me/In A Turkish Town//Malaguena/La
Bamba/Come On Let's Go/Rockin' All Night/Hurry Up
RHINO
RNBC-2798 - The History of Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens [1981] (3 LP box set)
Reissue
of Ritchie Valens, Ritchie, and Ritchie Valens in Concert at Pacoima Jr. High School as a
box set.
RNDF-200 - The Best of Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens [1981] La Bamba/Bluebirds
Over
The Mountain/In A Turkish Town/Ooh My Head/Paddi-Wack Song/Stay Beside Me/Maleguena/Let's
Go/Donna/Fast Freight/We Belong Together/That's My Little Suzie/Hurry Up/Little Girl
RNLP-201 - The Best of the Bobby Fuller Four - Bobby Fuller Four [1981] I Fought The
Law (M)/King Of The Wheels (S)/The Magic Touch (M)/It's Love Come What May (M)/Only When I
Dream
(M)/Don't Ever Let Me Know (M)/Love's Made A Fool Of You (M)//Let Her Dance (S)/Another Sad And
Lonely Night (S)/My True Love (M)/I'm A Lucky Guy (M)/Saturday Night (S)/Fool Of Love (S)/Never To
Be
Forgotten (S)
RNDF-202 - The Best of Johnny Crawford - Johnny Crawford [1982] Cindy's Birthday
(S)/Patti Ann (E)/No One Really Loves A Clown (E)/Daydreams (E)/What Happened To Janie (E)/Your
Nose Is Gonna Grow (E)/Lonesome Town (M)//Rumors (S)/The Girl Next Door (E)/Proud (S)/Cindy's
Gonna Cry (E)/Sandy (E)/Judy Loves Me (E)/We Belong Together (E)
RNLP-057 - The Bobby Fuller Tapes, Volume I - Bobby Fuller Four [1983] Most of these
are previously unissued or alternate versions. Baby My Heart (M)/You're In Love (M)/Angel Face
(M)/King
Of The Beach (M)/Radio Spot: Nervous Breakdown (M)/Guess We'll Fall In Love (M)/Think It Over
(M)//Pamela (M)/Only For You (S)/Unreliable Irresistible You (M)/Nancy Jean (M)/Keep On Dancing
(M)/A
New Shade Of Blue (M)/Wine Wine Wine (S, live, poor separation)
RNLP-70174 - The Best of the Bobby Fuller Four - Bobby Fuller Four [1987]
Renumbering
of RNDF-201.
RNLP-70178 - The Best of Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens [1987] (8-87, #100)
Renumbering of RNDF-200, reissued to coincide with the movie La Bamba.
RNLP-70231 - Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens [1987] Renumbering of 1981 reissue.
RNLP-70232 - Ritchie - Ritchie Valens [1987] Renumbering of 1981 reissue.
RNLP-70233 - In Concert At Pacoima Jr. High - Ritchie Valens [1987] Renumbering of
1981 reissue.
RNPRO-1987 - Bob Keane Tells The Ritchie Valens Story - Bob Keene with Ritchie Valens
Music [1987] A 14:27 interview of Bob Keane by James Austin, with edits of a few songs. Record
has
only one side ("The Only Side"), with the other side blank.
ACE (UK)
CH-63 - Those Oldies But Goodies From Del-Fi - Various Artists [1982] All tracks mono.
Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan Romero/High Dive - Bill Lewis/My Babe - Ron Holden/Love You So - Ron
Holden/Little Deuce Coupe - Defenders/Come On Let's Go - Ritchie Valens//Ooh My Head - Ritchie
Valens/My Little Ruby - Chan Romero/Under Stars Of Love - Carlos Brothers/It's Love - Addrisi
Brothers/Cherrystone - Addrisi Brothers/Fast Freight - Arvee Allens
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