Description
With 100 million records sold, the Ventures are easily the most commercially successful instrumental group of all time. Founded in Tacoma, Washington in 1958, the group made a significant contribution to the surf music scene which unfolded between 1961-63, and their style and humour remains a revelation to this day.
The 1962 LP Beach Party is undoubtedly one of the finest and most coherent of all original ‘60s Ventures concept albums, and is the centrepiece of this anthology of their early years. This edition comprises selections from each of their first nine albums and some rare single-only releases (including Part One of Mel Taylor's 2,000 Pound Bee on which a fuzz tone / distortion box was used for the first time), all complimented by the addition of the historic Johnny Smith and Chet Atkins recordings of the seminal Walk, Don't Run.
CD compilation.
Tracklist:
1. Lucille
2. Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)
3. Hernando's Hideaway
4. Mashed Potato Time
5. Summertime
6. Hot Summer (Asian Mashed)
7. Poison Ivy
8. The Wah Watusi
9. Instant Mashed
10. Scratch
11. (Baby) Hully Gully
12. Spudnick
13. Telstar
14.Calcutta
15. Apache
16. Green Onions
17. Theme From Come September
18. Venus
19. The Intruder
20. Lolita Ya Ya
21. Driving Guitars
22. Gringo
23. Besame Mucho
24. Silver City
25. Blue Moon
26. Perfidia
27. Ginchy
28. Home
29. Walk, Don't Run
30. 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 1)
31. 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 2)
32. Genesis
33. Walk, Don't Run Johnny Smith
34. Walk, Don't Run Chet Atkins
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