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)