UK budget-price compilation for the legendary surf instrumentalists features 63 tracks including classics such as 'Tequila', 'Walk Don't Run', 'Misirlou', 'Let's Go', 'Ghost Riders In The Sky', & many more. Three stand... more »ard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. Castle Pulse. 2004.« less
UK budget-price compilation for the legendary surf instrumentalists features 63 tracks including classics such as 'Tequila', 'Walk Don't Run', 'Misirlou', 'Let's Go', 'Ghost Riders In The Sky', & many more. Three standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. Castle Pulse. 2004.
F. Brouillette | Longueuil, Québec, Canada | 01/08/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"3 CDs - 63 great tracks of classics. Five stars? Make that 10!First, the soud quality: Simply exceptional. All the tracks contained in this set were recorded from 1995 to 2002. So all up to date technology. Rich, bold and perfect.The price: 3 CDs for the price of one. Bargain you say? Just browse around. Rarely will you find music of this quality under 20$ apiece.All these newly recorded classics take nothing away from the old originals we know. They are only better. Only the Ventures can make the best even better. A delight, a treat for our ear... buds! 63 tracks, all hits, not a weak one.Listen, dance, twist and rock to Walk Don't Run and Walk Don't Run '64 of course, Pipeline, Percolator, Wheels, Let's Go, Teen Beat, Wipe Out, Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddy's 40 Miles of Bad Road, Jerry Lee Lewis piano style Tall Cool One, Drums A Go Go, Memphis, California Sun, The Happy Organ, Let There Be Drums, Bongo Rock, etc. Groove for over 5 minutes (featuring sax and guitars) with Honky Tonk. Film or tv themes such as Hawaii Five 0, Batman Theme, Peter Gunn, Out of Limits and the James Bond Theme with that added Ventures touch of rock & roll that makes it even better than the original. Finally, take it smooth and relax with beautiful classic ballads such as Sleepwalk, Maria Elena, Last Date.Close to 3 hours of pure musical enjoyment."
The Ventures Still Have It!!!
G. Mestad | Garner, IA, USA | 01/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Ventures have aged like fine wine and keep rolling on which is a true testament to their great abilities! Sometimes when an artist rerecord their hits, it doesn't work, but these guys reinvent themselves and make the hits sound like they were recorded yesterday. The nice thing about this collection is that the Ventures not only have included their own hits of the past but many other artists' instrumental hits; a great collection!!!"
Not Bad
Stacky61 | Sydney Aust | 09/05/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Mostly comprised of recent remakes of the originals which somehow lack the excitement of their heyday, this 3 disc set nevertheless churns out some listenable (mostly surf) instrumentals."
The Best Ventures Deal Available Today ! ! !
M. Huckabay | Las Vegas | 06/14/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've been a Ventures fan since 1960. That's a long time. I owned dozens of vinyl albums and now own a stack of CD's. For awhile, the best deals on The Ventures were the OneWay Records "2fers". I suspect the high sales of these items soon made the Ventures aware of the CD market and they are no longer available at the bargain prices they were originally. That's the bad news. The good news is that this England import is as good as it gets! The content was recorded primarily in the late '90's and the quality is outstanding. Just as important, the songs have a little update feel while retaining that good old original good time rock and roll feeling. The thing that makes this triple CD set most special though, is that the fun the Ventures had recording these songs comes through the speakers and hits you right in the face! It's almost impossible to find this many songs and not find a few disappointments. There are none here. To an old time fan or a brand new one, this three diamond jewel is a MUST!!!!!"
An overlooked anthology
Donnell Gardner | Vancouver, BC | 08/03/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this CD on a whim but it turns out to be a great value for $13.99. It contains all their best songs but, with this disclaimer, they are new recordings. But, that said, these new tracks sound great as they were recorded on equipment using modern technology.
Their version of Pipeline is the second-best version ever - sorry, nobody can improve on the original by the Chantays. I record a lot of compilations and the Ventures make a great seque between several genres of music."