VENTURES - Five Classic Albums Plus (Walk Don’t Run / The Ventures / The Colorful Ventures / Mashed Potatoes And Gravy / Going To The Ventures Dance Party) (2CD)
AVID Rock N Roll continues with its Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release by The Ventures, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. “Walk Don’t Run”; “The Ventures”; “The Colorful Ventures”: “Mashed Potatoes And Gravy”, “Going To The Ventures Dance Party” plus 10 bonus tracks. One of the original guitar bands, The Ventures were the hottest instrumental band in the USA after their classic Walk Don’t Run became an international hit in 1960 and they went on to become the biggest selling instrumental group of all time with sales of 100 million records! In fact it is often said, (by us anyway) that they quite literally put The Shadows, well, in the shadows! While their heyday was certainly in the 1960s where after their initial success they then caught the wave of the west coast surfing craze alongside The Beach Boys, of course, as well as other instrumental bands such as Dick Dale and The Challengers. Their popularity declined in the seventies but thanks to Quentin Tarantino their fortunes revived once again and they are still going strong today, albeit with a rather different line up! Check out:- Marty Wilde (AMSC1334), Adam Faith (AMSC1323), Bill Haley & His Comets (AMSC1338), Buddy Holly (AMSC1217), Roy Orbison (AMSC1232), Elvis Presley (AMSC931, 1257 & 1299), Gene Vincent (AMSC1314)
CD1 1-12: ‘Walk Don't Run’ 1. Morgen 2. Raunchy 3. Home 4. My Own True Love (Tara's Theme) 5. The Switch 6. Walk Don't Run 7. Night Train 8. No Trespassing 9. Caravan 10. Sleepwalk 11. The McCoy 12. Honky Tonk 13-24: ‘The Ventures’ 13. The Shuck 14. Detour 15. Ram-Bunk-Shush 16. Hawaiian War Chant 17. Perfidia 18. Harlem Nocturne 19. Blue Tango 20. Ups 'N Downs 21. Lonesome Town 22. Torquay 23. Wailin' 24. Moon Of Manakoora 25. The Real McCoy (Bonus Track) 26. Cookies And Coke (Bonus Track) 27. Lonely Heart (Bonus Track) 28. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Bonus Track) 29. Ginchy 30-35: ‘The Colorful Ventures’ 30. Blue Moon 31. Yellow Jacket 32. Bluer Than Blue 33. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 34. Green Leaves Of Summer 35. Blue Skies
CD2 1-6: ‘The Colorful Ventures’ 1. Greenfields 2. Red Top 3. White Silver Sands 4. Yellow Bird 5. Orange Fire 6. Silver City 7-18: ‘Mashed Potatoes And Gravy’ 7. Lucille 8. Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) 9. Hernando's Hideaway 10. Mashed Potato Time 11. Summertime 12. Hot Summer (Asian Mashed) 13. Poison Ivy 14. The Wah-Watusi 15. Instant Mashed 16. Scratch 17. (Baby) Hully Gully 18. Spudnik 19-30: ‘Going To The Ventures Dance Party’ 19. Mr. Moto 20. Theme From Come September 21. Ya Ya Wobble 22. Night Drive 23. Venus 24. The Intruder 25. Gandy Dancer (a/k/a Ventures Stomp) 26. Sweet And Lovely 27. Limbo Rock 28. Lolita Ya Ya 29. Loco-Motion 30. Gully-Ver 31. Lady Of Spain (Bonus Track) 32. Genesis (Bonus Track) 33. My Bonnie Lies (Bonus Track) 34. The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 1) (Bonus Track) 35. The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 2) (Bonus Track)
