The Ventures - Alive Five-0: Greatest Hits Live

Artist:

Ventures (The)

UPC:

030206666427

See Also:

Presley, Elvis Holly, Buddy

Description:

The Ventures: Don Wilson (guitar); Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Leon Taylor, Bob Bogle.
Personnel: Gerry McGee, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle (guitar, bass guitar); Mel Taylor, Leon Taylor (drums, percussion).
Liner Note Author: David Beard.
Recording information: Japan (1990-2002); Seattle, WA (1990-2002).
OK, so they`re not the original studio recordings, which are readily available on a multitude of CDs, But this 37-track (including a pair of medleys) double-CD set is still mightily impressive -- these guys make perfection seem so easy that it`s almost a philosophically profound experience. This set is derived from a brace of official live recordings done on tour in Japan between 1990 and 2002, a kind of "best-of" their work from 1990 onward, and the producers have very clearly made their choices on more than technical grounds -- there`s expressiveness as well as precision throughout the 105 minutes of Alive Five O. The result is a best-of the latter-day Ventures -- which, because they they have done little else but perfect the sound they started with at the end of the 1950s, places it only inches (if that), technically and philosophically, from being a best-of the Ventures. Gerry McGee (lead guitar, bass), Nokie Edwards (lead guitar, bass), Don Wilson (rhythm guitar), and Bob Bogle (bass, lead guitar) are everywhere, and the late Mel Taylor is the drummer on the 1990-vintage cuts, while his son Leon Taylor handles the skins on the majority of the tracks. The sound is as flawless as the performances, and the annotation is thorough as well. ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Medley: Walk, Don`t Run/Perfidia/Lullaby of the Leaves: Walk-Don`t Run / Perfidia / Lullaby Of The Leaves
2. Diamond Head
3. Seaside Story
4. Hokkaido Skies
5. Pipeline
6. Reflections in a Palace Lake
7. Caravan
8. Classical Gas
9. Apache
10. Calhoun Surf
11. Medley: Walk, Don`t Run/Rawhide/Shanghai`ed/Torquay/The Work ...: Walk -Don`t Run / Rawhide / Shanghai`ed / Torquay / The Work Song / Mr. Moto / Comin` Home Baby / Besame Mucho / Rap City / Green Hornet `66 / Perfidia / Blue Moon
12. Cruel Sea, The
13. Telstar
14. Black Sand Beach
15. Let`s Go
16. House of the Rising Sun
17. Wipe Out

DISC 2:

1. Ghost Riders in the Sky
2. Wailin`
3. Maria Elena
4. Yellow Jacket
5. Sleepwalk
6. McCoy, The
7. Ninth Wave, The
8. Bondolero
9. Magic Night
10. Driving Guitars
11. Hawaii Five-O
12. Manchurian Beat
13. Penetration
14. Bumble Bee Twist
15. Surf Rider
16. Out of Limits
17. Walk, Don`t Run `64
18. Slaughter on 10th Avenue
19. Secret Agent Man
20. Goldfinger

Album Information

Release Date:

06/21/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

Varese Vintage

Producer:

Cary E. Mansfield (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

066664

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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