The first Del-Fi label was light blue with black printing. Around the perimeter of the label are blue
circles on black. Del-Fi at the top in blue on black. This label may have been used on DFLP-1201 only.
The second label was used for a short time, at least to DFLP-1204. It is light blue like the first label, but
around the perimeter of the label are gold and black diamonds. The third label was black with Del-Fi in
light blue above the center hole, around the perimeter of the label are blue/gold diamonds. The printing
on the label is gold. This label was used throughout the sixties. The mono issues listed below had the
prefix "DFLP-" and the stereo issues had the prefix "DFST-".
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DEL-FI ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
No# - Del-Fi Album Sampler - Various Artists Promo only on green vinyl with paper
sleeve [1959] Come On Let's Go - Ritchie Valens/Donna - Richie Valens/Hey There - Bob Keene
Quintet/Witchcraft - Bob Keene Quintet/Return - Voices of Africa/Uprising - Voices of Africa/Durant Jail -
Balladeers/Poor Little Turtle Dove - Balladeers/Pepino - Tony Martinez/Sugar Babe - Tony Martinez /
(Side 2 unknown)
DFLP-1201 - Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens [3/59] (4-59, #23) That's My Little Suzie/In
A Turkish Town/Come On Let's Go/Donna/Boney-Maronie/Ooh My Head//La Bamba/Bluebirds Over The
Mountain/Hi-Tone/Framed/We Belong Together/Dooby-Dooby-Wah
DFLP-1202 - Unforgettable Love Songs of the 50's - Bob Keene Orchestra [1959] Hey
There/Young At Heart/Witchcraft/On The Street Where You Live/I Almost Lost My Mind/Too Close For
Comfort//No Not Much/I Could Have Danced All Night/Learnin' The Blues/True Love/It's All Right With
Me/Unforgettable
DFLP-1203 - Masque D'Afrique - Voices of Africa (Bob Keene, Elsa Nilsson, Earl
Burton) [1959] Night Rain/Anticipation/The Spell/Council/The
Tryst/Seduction/Persuasion/Return/The Voice Of Africa/Uprising/Impasse
DFLP-1204 - Alive-O - Balladeers [1959] Callin'/Poor Little Turtledove/Alive-O!/Hey!
Fifi/Whistling Thru Rome Rome/Durant Jail/Hurtin'/I'll Wait For You/Morning Star/Cindy/Tom Gets The
Last Laugh/Bells Of Laredo
DFLP-1205 - Many Sides Of Pepino - Tony Martinez [1959] Real McCoys Cha Cha
Cha/I Dig You The Most/Agite La Lata/Mandarin Mambo/Sugar Babe/Contigo A La Distancia/Perfume
Ee Gardenia/Rum And Coca Cola/Pepino/Cuanto La Gusta/So Long Baby/La Bamba
DFLP-1206 - Ritchie - Ritchie Valens [1959] Stay Beside Me/Cry Cry Cry/Big Baby
Blues/Paddi-Wack Song/My Darling Is Gone/Hurry Up//Little Girl/Now You're Gone/Fast Freight/Ritchie's
Blues/Rockin' All Night
DFLP-1207 - To Mother With Love - Nilsson Twins [1959] To Mother With Love/My
Mom/Mommy Darlin'/Dream Mother/That Wonderful Mother Of Mine/First Lullaby/Pal Of My Cradle
Days/Old Fashioned Lady/You're Faithful To Me/I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl/My Mother's Pearls
/M-O-T-H-E-R
DFLP-1208 - To Father With Love - Nilsson Twins [1959] To Father With Love/My Little
Bunch/Papa Won't You Dance With Me/Everybody Works But Father/Just A Baby's Prayer At
Twilight/When Work Is Through/Momma Loves Papa/Poor Papa/That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine/Little
Child/Oh! My Papa/What's The Matter With Father
DFLP-1209 - Vital Organ (Murder at the Keyboard) - Ron Feuer [1959] Too Close For
Comfort/Smile/September Song/Heather On The Hill/Lullaby In Rhythm/I'll Remember April/I Love All Of
You/Robin's Nest/Best Thing For Me Is You/Why Don't You Do Right
DFLP-1210 - Del-Fi Record Hop - Various Artists [12/59] Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan
Romero/La Bamba - Ritchie Valens/Taps To Summer Love - Bill Tracy/'Til The End Of Time - Buddy
Landon/Morning Star - Balladeers/The Penalty - Rookies/Please Please Please - Prentice
Moreland/Cherrystone - Addrisi Brothers/That's My Little Suzie - Ritchie Valens/You're My Girl - Bill
Tracy/Saving My Kisses -Addrisi Brothers/You're A Blabbermouth - Rookies/Tom Gets The Last Laugh -
Balladeers/ The Old Salt Mine - Addrisi Brothers/We Belong Together - Ritchie Valens/Big Top -
Nitehawks:
DFST-1211 - Eden's Island - Eden Ahbez [1960] Stereo information not available. The
Wanderer/Eden's Island/Myna Bird/Eden's Cove/Trade Wind/Full Moon//Mongoose/Market
Place/Banana Boy/The Old Boat/Island Girl/La Mar
DFLP-1212 - Contemporary Jazz Classics - Paul Moer Trio [1961] Azure Blues/I Love
Paris/Cutie/Short Politician/To A Folk Song/Moer Or Les//Mary Ann/We'll Be Together Again/Our
Waltz/Untitled Melody
DFLP-1213 - Sing Along With Drac - Sheldon Allman [1961] Children's Day At The
Morgue/Fangs For The Memory/Oh You Voo Doo Do Doll/They Can't Take That (Away From Me)/This
Can't Be Blood/That Old Old Old Feeling/I Don't Stand A Chance With A Ghost/Amongst My Souvenirs/A
Coffin For Sale/Don't Maim Me/These Ghoulish Things Behind Me Are You
DFLP-1214 - In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High - Ritchie Valens [1961] Narration by Bob
Keene. This is a series of home-quality recordings recorded from a performance Ritchie gave at his high
school after he had hit with "Donna," along with unfinished tracks recorded at Bob Keane's home. Come
On Let's Go (live)/Donna (live)/Summertime Blues (live)/From Beyond (live)/La Bamba (live)//Rhythm
Song/Guitar Instrumental/Malaguena/Rock A Little Darlin'/Let's Rock and Roll
DFLP-1215
DFLP-1216 - Yazz Per Favore - Emil Richards' Yazz Band [1961] Oh Very Well /Half &
Half /Blue Monk/Yazz Per Favore//Green Dolphin Street/Friday The 13th/Little Niles/Well You Needn't
DFLP-1217 - Drunks - Sheldon Allman [1961] This is an "eavesdrop" LP. Sheldon
recorded various drunk people in bars around LA. Phone Booth/Bus Driver/86’d//Parking Lot/Soup
Line/Anniversary Present
DFLP-1218 - Those Oldies But Goodies - Little Caesar and the Romans [1961] Those
Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)/I Need You So/Ten Commandments Of Love/Little
Star/Adorable/Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies//Hully Gully Again/Work With Me Annie-Annie
Had A Baby/Searchin'/Fever/C C Rider
DFLP-1219 - A Barrel Of Oldies - Various Artists [1961] Donna - Ritchie Valens/Lonely
Guy - Gallahads/Teardrops - Lee Andrews & Hearts/Eternally - Twiliters/I'm Sorry - Bo Diddley/To Be
Loved (Forever) - Pentagons/So Long - Johnny Flamingo//Come On Let's Go - Ritchie Valens/Love You
So - Ron Holden/Under Stars Of Love - Carlos Brothers/So Dearly - Rosie & Ron/My Babe - Ron
Holden/La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
DFLP-1220 - The Captivating Johnny Crawford - Johnny Crawford [1962] Lucky
Star/Treasure/Please Mr. Sun/That's All I Want From You/Tennessee Waltz/We Belong Together//Son
Of The Moon/Your Love Is Growing Cold/Donna/Patti Ann/Daydreams/Vaya Con Dios
DFLP-1221
DFLP-1222 - Twist to Radio KRLA - Bob Keene Orchestra [1962] Moritat/Ballin' The
Jack/Twelfth Street Rag/Hucklebuck/Boogie Woogie Twist/La Bamba/Peppermint Twist/What'd I
Say/Twistin' The Saints/Twist And Freeze/Twist/Mack The Knife
DFST-1223 - A Young Man's Fancy - Johnny Crawford [1962] (9-62, #40) Stereo
information not available. Your Nose Is Gonna Grow/Cindy's Birthday/Something Special/Sittin' And A
Watchin'/Debbie/I'm Walkin'/Mr. Blue/In the Wee Small Hours/Moon River/Little White Cloud/Young at
Heart
DFST-1224 - Rumors - Johnny Crawford [1963] Devil Or Angel/Rumors/Lonesome
Town/How High the Moon/Living In The Past/Since I Don't Have You//No One Really Loves A
Clown/Janie Please Believe Me/Cry On My Shoulder/I Don't Need You/Petite Chanson
DFLP-1225 - Ritchie Valens Memorial Album - Ritchie Valens [1963] Black Cover,
picture of Ritchie on cover. Record label is titled "Ritchie". Picture is the same as used of DFLP-1206.
Donna/We Belong Together/From Beyond/Stay Beside Me/Bluebirds Over The Mountain/In A Turkish
Town//Malaguena/La Bamba/Come On Let's Go/Rockin' All Night/Cry Cry Cry
DFLP-1225 - His Greatest Hits - Ritchie Valens [1963] White cover with different picture
of Ritchie Valens than above album. Back cover is same as above album. Record label titled "Richie
Valens". Donna/We Belong Together/From Beyond/Stay Beside Me/Bluebirds Over The Mountain/In A
Turkish Town//Malaguena/La Bamba/Come On Let's Go/Rockin' All Night/Cry Cry Cry
DFST-1226 - Surf Rider - Lively Ones [1963] Surf Beat/Let's Go Trippin'/Misirlou/Guitar
Man/Caterpillar Crawl/Walking The Board/Paradise Cove/Goofy Foot/Surf Rider/Happy
Gremmie/Hotdoggen/Surfer's Lament
DFLP-1227 - Very Best Of The Oldies - Various Artists [1963] Goodnight My Love -
Jesse Belvin/Once Upon A Time - Rochell & Candles/La Bamba - Ritchie Valens/Dance With Me Henry
- Etta James/Come On Let's Go - Ritchie Valens/Love You So - Ron Holden/Cherry Pie - Marvin &
Johnny/Something On Your Mind - Big Jay McNeely/Donna - Ritchie Valens//To Be Loved (Forever) -
Pentagons/Girl Of My Dreams - Jesse Belvin/Stranded In The Jungle - Cadets/Sweet Sixteen - B.B.
King/Those Oldies But Goodies - Little Caesar & Romans/Eddie My Love - Teen Queens/Why Don't You
Write Me - Jacks
DFST-1228 - Surfer's Pajama Party - Bruce Johnston's Surfing Band [1963] Stereo
information not available. Ramrod/Last Night/Surfer Stomp/What'd I Say/Something On Your
Mind//Pajama Party/Kansas City/Mashin' the Popeye/Gee But I'm Lonesome/Green Onions
DFST-1228 - Surfer's Pajama Party - Centurians [1963] Stereo information not
available. For some reason, possibly a mistake at the pressing plant, the Centurians album was
released using the same catalog number as the Bruce Johnston's "Surfer's Pajama Party". The cover is
almost the same, being slightly modified by taking the titles off the front and removing "With the Bruce
Johnston Surfing Band ". The record is completely different crediting the Centurians. Bullwinkle, Part
II/Intoxica/Body Surfin'/Holiday Girl/Church Key/Surf Bird//Vesuvius/Tuff Soul/Sano/Comanche'/Latinia
(Latin'ia on reissue)/Surfin' at Mazatland
DFST-1229 - His Greatest Hits - Johnny Crawford [1963] (5-63, #126) Stereo
information not available. Proud/Rumors/Your Nose is Gonna Grow/Cindy's Birthday/Debbie/Patti
Ann//Mr. Blue/Sittin' And A Watchin'/Moon River/We Belong Together/Donna/Daydreams
DFLP-1230
DFST-1231 - Surf Drums - Lively Ones [1963] Stereo information not available. 40 Miles
Bad Road/Surfer Boogie/Wild Weekend/Stoked/Surf Drums/Rumble/Shootin' the Pier/Hillbillie Surf/Mr.
Moto/Rik-A-Tic/Bustin' Surfboards/Tuff Surf
DFST-1232 - Big Surf - Sentinals [1963] Stereo information not available. Big Surf/
Exotic/Latinia/Tough Soul/Revellion/Pismo Beach/Tor-Chula//Intoxica/Sunset Beach /Surfin'/Latin
Soul/Shout/Hideaway/Surfin' Tragedy
DFLP-1233 - My Son The Copy Cat - Stan Ross [1963] Eli Weiss/Stanley Boy/Sunday
Chinese Dinner/Butterball/School Days/The In-Law Song/Clement Stein/Nouveau Riche/Washing
Gefilte/Solly M. Cohen/Leftovers
DFST-1234 - Wipe Out - Impacts [1963] Stereo information not available. Steel
Pier/Tandem/Sea Horse/Beep Beep/Lisa/Church Key//Wipe Out/Fort Lauderdale/Tears/Revellion/Blue
Surf/Impact
DFST-1235 - KFWB's Battle Of The Surfing Bands - Various Artists [1963] Stereo
information not available. Surf Party - Bruce Johnston/Surf Battle - Lively Ones/Vesuvius -
Sentinals/Surfin' Tragedy - Jim Waller & Deltas/Soul Surfin' - Rhythm Kings/Get It - Soul
Kings/Tor-Chula - Impacts/White Water - Dave Myers/Ramrod - Challengers/Revellion -
Biscaynes/Delano Soul Beat - Charades/Driftin' - Dave Myers
DFST-1235 - KPOI's Battle Of The Surfing Bands - Various Artists [1963] Stereo
information not available. Same record as the KFWB album above, but a different DJ on the cover. Surf
Party - Bruce Johnston/Surf Battle - Lively Ones/Vesuvius - Sentinals/Surfin' Tragedy - Jim Waller &
Deltas/Soul Surfin' - Rhythm Kings/Get It - Soul Kings/Tor-Chula - Impacts/White Water - Dave
Myers/Ramrod - Challengers/Revellion - Biscaynes/Delano Soul Beat - Charades/Driftin' - Dave Myers
DFST-1235 - KYA's Battle Of The Surfing Bands - Various Artists [1963] Different
record with "Surfin' USA" by the Lively Ones replacing Revellion by the Biscaynes. Different DJ on the
cover. Surf Party - Bruce Johnston/Surf Battle - Lively Ones/Vesuvius - Sentinals/Surfin' Tragedy - Jim
Waller & Deltas/Soul Surfin' - Rhythm Kings/Get It - Soul Kings/Tor-Chula - Impacts/White Water - Dave
Myers/Ramrod - Challengers/Surfin' USA - Lively Ones/Delano Soul Beat - Charades/Driftin' - Dave
Myers
DFST-1236 - The Original Surfer Stomp - Surf Stompers [1963] Stereo information not
available. Surfer's Pajama Party/Kansas City/Mashin' The Popeye/Gee But I'm Lonesome/Green
Onions//Ramrod/Last Night/The Original Surfer Stomp/What'd I Say/Something On Your Mind
DFST-1237 - This Is Surf City - Lively Ones [1963] Stereo information not available.
Surf City/Telstar Surf/Head's Up/Malibu Run/Misirlou/Surf Rider//Soul Surfer/Sleep Walk/Crazy
Surf/Livin'/Tranquilizer/40 Miles Of Bad Surf
DFST-1238 - The Great Surf Hits - Lively Ones [1963] Stereo information not available.
Surf Rider/Wipe Out/Surf City/Rik-A-Tic/High Tide/Shutdown/Pipeline/Misirlou/Surfin' U.S.A./Hot
Pastrami/Surf Beat/Surfin' Safari
DFST-1239 - Hangin' Twenty - Dave Myers and the Surftones [1963] Stereo information
not available. Frog Walk Part II/Church Key/Smokey Stomper/Kings Surf/Aquavelva/Surferama//Moment
Of Truth/Road To Rincon/Surfbreaker/Surfer's Theme/Passion/Wetwalkin'
DFST-1240 - Surfin' South Of The Border - Lively Ones and Surf Mariachis [1963]
Stereo information not available. Torquay - Lively Ones/Baja - Surf Mariachis/Mexico - Lively
Ones/Limbo Rock - Surf Mariachis/More - Surf Mariachis/Exodus - Lively Ones//Tequila - Lively
Ones/Watermelon Man - Surf Mariachis/Undertow - Surf Mariachis/Walking Memories - Lively
Ones/Latinia - Lively Ones/Surf Fiesta - Surf Mariachis
DFST-1241 - Surfer Girl - Sentinals [1963] Stereo information not available. Surf 'N
Soul/Gremmies Walk/The Sentinal/Free And Easy/Surfer Girl/The Pipe//Surf Stomper/Blue Booze/Ooh
Poh Pa Doo/Nite Shuffle/Sensation/Twilighter
DFST-1242 - Drag Beat - De-Fenders [1963] Stereo information not available. Deuces
Wild/Taco Wagon/Movin' And Groovin'/Skin Diver/Loose Nuts/Little Deuce Coupe//Drag Beat/Wheelin'
Home/Four Banger/Tequila Joe/Rum Runner/Road Runner
DFST-1243 - Hotrodder's Choice - Deuce Coupes [1963] Stereo information not
available. Smooth Stick/Road Rattler/Tijuana Gasser/Gear Masher/Candy Apple Blue/Satan's
Chariot//Hayburner/Dawn Patrol/Four Banger/Double A Fueler/Nite Surfer/Nite Prowler
DFST-1244 - Hollywood - Drag Darts [1963] Stereo information not available. Corn
Pone/Hippy's Delight/Street Machine/Gaucho/Shop Talk/Hollywood Drag//Top Eliminator/Alky Burner/
Detroit Iron/Slauson And Soto/Cruisin'/ Monkey Do
DFST-1245 - Do The Slauson - Romancers Slauson Shuffle/Soto City/All Aboard/Slow
Shift/Patricia/Tough Talk//Slauson Sax/Double Slauson/Huggy's Bunnies/Name It/Mint Julep/Sticky
DFST-1246 - Do the Swim - Romancers [Unreleased?] (The number of the second
Romancers album is in question. We assumed it was DFLP-1246 because it was the only open number
between their first album and the end of the series. Del-Fi apparently does not have information on this
number.) Tracks would have included: Sadie Wants to Swim/Birdland/Last Night Again/Monkey
Swim/Dog Paddle/Elevation/Goofies Rabbit
DFLP-1247 - His Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Ritchie Valens [1964] La Bamba/That's My
Little Susie/Ooh My Head/Let's Rock and Roll/Cry Cry Cry/Bonie Maronie//Donna/Rock Lil' Darlin'/Dooby
Dooby Wah/Framed/Now You're Gone/Little Girl
DFST-1248 - His Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Johnny Crawford [1964] The Girl Next
Door/Cindy's Gonna Cry/What Happened To Janie/Cindy's Birthday/Sandy/Judy Loves Me//Petite
Chanson/How High The Moon/Janie Please Believe Me/Your Nose Is Gonna Grow/When I Fall in
Love/Lonesome Town
DFST-1249 - Big Surf Hits - Various Artists [1964] Stereo information not available.
Wipe Out - Impacts/Big Surf - Sentinals/Surfer Stomp - Surf Stompers/Surf Rider - Lively
Ones/Bullwinkle Pt. II - Centurions//Undertow - Surf Mariachis/Hillbilly Surf - Lively Ones/Blue Surf -
Impacts/Moment Of Truth - Dave Myers/Green Onions - Surf Stompers/Church Key - Dave
Myers/Watermelon Man - Surf Mariachis
1990s Continuation:
We believe the above album was the last of the original Del-Fi releases in the 1960's. The following
albums continue the numbering sequence, but were released in the 1990's. Whether these albums
were released on vinyl is not known. Del-Fi has also released many of the earlier LPs on CD. An
example of the numbering system is as follows: A Barrel of Oldies, originally DFLP-1219,
becomes DFCD 71219-2 on CD. The CD reissues sometimes feature additional tracks not on the
original vinyl.
DFCD 71250-2 - Bullwinkle Part II - Centurions [1995?] This is a CD reissue of the
mis-pressed DFLP-1228 "Surfer's Pajama Party" by the Centurions with a new cover. Stereo information
not available. Bullwinkle, Part II/Intoxica/Body Surfin'/Holiday Girl/Church Key/Surf Bird//Vesuvius/Tuff
Soul/Sano/Comanche'/Latin'ia/Surfin' at Mazatland
DFCD 71251-2 - Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan Romero [1995] This is a CD release of the
Chan Romero Del-Fi material, plus his Challenge Records recordings, plus a demo tape recorded in Bob
Keane's home. Stereo information not available. My Little Ruby/I Don't Care/Hippy Hippy Shake/I Want
Some More/If I Had A Way/Memories Of You/Your Love/It's Not Fair/Rock House/My Angel/Hippy Hippy
Shake (alternate)/Baby Doll/Boppin' & Hoppin'/La Bamba/Playboy
DFCD 71252-2 - The Slauson Shuffle - Romancers[1995?] This is a CD reissue
combining DFLP-1245 "Do the Slauson" with DFLP-1246(?) "Do the Swim" Stereo information not
available. The Slauson Shuffle/Soto City/All Aboard/Slow Shift/Tough Talk/Slauson Sax/Name It/Mint
Julep/Sadie Wants to Swim/Birdland/Last Night Again/Monkey Swim/Dog Paddle/Elevation/Goofies
Rabbit
DFCD 71253-2 - Shake That Thing - Larry Bright [1997] Bacon Fat/Shake That
Thing/Maybelline/New Orleans/I'm A Man/I Got My Mojo Working/When I Did The Mashed Potatoes
With You/Surfin' Queen/My Hands Are Tied/One Ugly Child/Mojo Workout/Bloodhound/Twinkle Lee/(I'm
A) Mojo Man/Teenage Jailbreak/Ugly American/The Thing
DFCD 71254-2 - Cherrystone - Addrisi Brothers [1997] Cherrystone (M, with studio
talk)/Back To The Old Salt Mine (M)/Sugar Baby (M)/It's Love (M)/Un Jarro (M)/Saving My Kisses
(M)/Honey Baby (M)/Lilies Grow High (M)/Gonna See My Baby (M)/Ven Ami (M)/My Pretty Baby (M)/I'll
Be True (M)/Un Jarro (S)/Back To The Old Salt Mine (S, demo)/It's Love (S, demo)/Hurry Up (S,
demo)/Cherrystone (S, demo)
Thanks to Randy Price and Bryan Thomas of Del-Fi.
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