Ritchie Valens is the first album by Ritchie Valens. Posthumously released on Del-Fi Records a month after his death in March 1959, it is Valens' only studio album entirely composed of master tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios. 　　The album has been reissued over the years all the way to the late 1980s, featuring different album covers. The most prized of the Ritchie Valens' albums is the Del-Fi original release (DFLP-1201) in 1959, as the vinyl was much thicker, contributing to a much richer sound than the later reissues by Del-Fi and Rhino Records. The record labels on original DFLP-1201 pressings are black and sea green with circles around the outer edge. The print font for the track listings on these labels is the same font used on the back of the album cover. Later pressings feature black labels with gold and sea green diamonds around the outer edge. 　　Furthermore, the "La Bamba" song found on this vinyl version is a slower version than found on CDs today.[citation needed]