liner notes Paul Watts Phonographic Copyright (p) Acrobat Licensing Ltd. Published By Copyright Control Published By peermusic (UK) Ltd Published By Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. Published By Latin American Music Pubs. Ltd. Published By Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Published By Lark Music Ltd. Published By EMI United Partnership Ltd. Published By Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. Published By Bluewater Music UK Published By EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Published By Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd. Published By Warner/Chappell North America Ltd. Published By Universal/MCA Music Ltd. Published By Carlin Music Corp. Published By Lafleur Music Ltd. Published By Just Isn't Music Ltd. Published By Chappell Music Ltd. Published By Keith Prowse Music Pub. Co. Ltd. Published By Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. Published By EMI Harmonies Ltd. Published By Imagem London Limited Published By Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. Published By Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. Published By MPL UK Publishing Published By Memory Lane Music Ltd. Published By Northern Songs Ltd. Published By Chappell Music Ltd. Published By Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Published By Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Published By Montclare Music Co. Ltd. Published By Chappell Morris Ltd. Published By Spirit Music Publishing Ltd. Published By Ardmore & Beechwood Ltd. Published By Rockin' Music The sub-genre of guitar instrumental hits is a tascinating musical strand of rock 'n' roll, with Duane Eddy representing its primary high profile chart vanguard, but it was with groups like The Ventures in the USA and The Shadows in the UK that it expanded in the first years of the 60s to inspire a generation of teenagers to buy a guitar and learn to play the hits-indeed, the Ventures were later afforded the occasIona laccolade of being The Band that Launched a Thousand Bands. They formed in Seattle in 1958, playing local gigs, and heard Walk Don't Run as a solo finger-style piece ona 1958 Chet Atkins album-their decision to adapt it was an inspired one. It was released on the small Dolton label on the west coast, co-owned by country star Bonnie Guitar, and sold a million copies reaching No. 2. Ihey went on to become one of the industry's longest-running and successful groups worldwide, building an especially strong tollowing in Japan. In this great-value 64-track collection (some of their records were legendarily short) is a comprehensive overview of the initial era of the career, comprising all their A& B sides during the period, and the complete content of their first four albums, Walk Don't Run, The Ventures, Another Smash and The Colorful Ventures, plus selected tracks from their 1962 LP Twist With The Ventures. It is therefore a comprehensive look at their formative career, naturally including classics like Walk Don't Run, Perfidia, Ram-Bunk-Shush and Lullaby Of The Leaves.
CD 1 1.COOKIES AND COKE (Blue Horizon 100) 2. THE REAL MCCOY (Blue Horizon 100) 3. WALK-DON'T RUN (Dolton 25, Dolton BSTBO03 Walk Don't Run) 4. HOME (Dolton 25, Dolton BST8003 Walk Don't Run) 5. THE MCCOY (Dolton 25, Dolton BST8OC3 Walk Don'1 Run) 6. PERFIDIA (Dolton 28, Dolton BLP2004 The Ventures) 7. NO TRESPASSING (Dolton 28, Dolton BSTBO03 Walk Don't Run) 8. THE TWOMP Don Wilson (Blue Horizon 6054) 9. HEART ON MY SLEEVE Don Wilson (Blue Horizon 6054) 10. RAM-BUCK-SHUSH (Doiton 32, Dolton BLP2004 The Ventures) 11. LONELY HEART (Doiton 32, Dolton BLP2006 Another Smash) 12. LULLABY OF THE LEAVES (Doton 41, Dolton BLP2006 Another Smash) 13. GINCHY (Dolton 41, Dolton BLP2006 Another Smash) 14. (THEME FROM) SILVER CITY (Dolton 44, Dolton BLP2008 The Colorful Ventures) 15. BLUER THAN BLUE (Dolton 44, Dolton BLP2008 The Colorful Ventures) 16. BLUE MOON (Dolton 47, Dolton BLP2008 The Colorful Ventures) 17. LADY OF SPAIN (Dolton 47) 18. YELLOW JACKET (Dolton 50, Dolton BLP2008 The Colortful Ventures) 19. GENESIS (Dolton 50) 20. INSTANT MASHED (Dolton 55) 21. MY BONNIE LIES (Doton 55)22. LOLITA YA-YA (Doton 60) 23. LUCILLE (Dolton 60) 24. THE 2,000 POUND BEE-PART 1 (Dotton 67) 25. THE 2,000 POUND BEE - PART 2 (Dotton 67) 26. MORGEN (Dotton BSTB003, Walk Don't Run) 27. RAUNCHY (Dolton BSTBOC3, Walk Don't Run) 28. MY OWN TRUE LOVE (TARA'S THEME) (Dolton BST8O03, Walk Don't Run) 29. THE SWITCH (Doton BSTRO03, Walk Don't Run) 30. NIGHT TRAIN (Dolton BSTBOO3, Walk Don't Run) 31. CARAVAN (Dolton BST8003, Walk Don't Run) 32. SLEEP WALK (Dolton BSTBO03, Walk Don't Run)
CD 2 1. HONKY TONK (Doton BST8003, Walk Don't Run) 2. THE SHUCK (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 3. DETOUR (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 4. HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures)5. HARLEM NOCTURNE (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 6. BLUE TANGO (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 7. UPS 'N DOWNS (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 8. LONESOME TOWN (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 9. TORQUAY (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 10. WAILIN' (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 11. MOON OF MANAKOORA (Dolton BLP2004, The Ventures) 12. (GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY (Dolton BLP2006, Another Smash) 13. WHEELS (Dolton BLP2006, Another Smash) 14. BULLDOG (Dolton BLP2006. Another Smash) 15. BEYOND THE REEF (Dolton BLP2006 Another Smash) 16. RAW-HIDE (Dolton BLP2006, Another Smash) 17. MEET MISTER CALLAHAN (Dolton BL P2006, Another Smash) 18. TRAMBONE (Dolton BLP2006, Another Smash) 19. LAST DATE (Doton BLP2006, Another Smash) 20. JoSIE (Dolton BLP2006, Another Smash) 21. GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER (Dolton BLP2008, The Colorful Ventures) 22. BLUE SKIES (Dolton BLP2008, The Colorful Ventures) 23. GREENFIELDS (Dolton BLP2008, The Colortul Ventures) 24. RED TOP (Dolton BLP2008, The Colorful Ventures) 25. WHITE SILVER SANDS (Dolton BLP2008, The Colorful Ventures) 26. YELLOW BIRD (Dolion BLP2008, The Colorful Ventures) 27. ORANGE FIRE (Dolton BLP2008, The Colortul ventures) 28. DRIVING GUÍTARS (VENTURES TWIST) (Dolton BLP2010, Twist With The Ventures) 29. THE TWIST (Doton BLP2010, Twist With The Ventures) 30. ROAD RUNNER (Dolton BLP2010, Twist With The Ventures) 31. MOON DAWG (Dolton BLP2010, Twist With The Ventures) 32. SHANGHIED (Dolton BLP2010, Twist With The Ventures)