| | Ventures Christmas Album CD Ventures Discography of CDs
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Twelve Yuletide standards along the lines of "White Christmas," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Sleigh Ride." All are arranged more or less along the lines of the classic early Ventures sound, with quotes from Ventures songs like "Walk Don't Run" thrown in, as well as phrases from contemporary hits like "I Feel Fine" and "When You Walk in the Room." If not for the ubiquitous overdubs of annoyingly corny sleigh bells, this would rank among the better rock & roll X-mas albums. But apparently the producers couldn't resist watering down the band's trademark sleek guitar-bass-drums lineup with seasonal flavor. ~ Richie Unterberger
Originally issued on Dolton, this instrumental classic was reissued briefly in 1990 on CD by EMI. The Ventures have a blast with unique covers of secular Christmas songs: each instrumental borrows riffs from popular mid-'60s hits, incorporating them into their twangy guitar yule melodies. "Sleigh Ride" uses The Ventures' own hit, "Walk, Don't Run," while other selections borrow from hits of other artists. It's a gas to hear "Frosty the Snowman" set to The Champs' "Tequila." ~ Dennis MacDonald
Originally released on Dolton Records (8038).
Reissue producer: Mike Ragogna.Entertainment Weekly (12/1/95, pp.70-71) - "...includes sufari-ized versions of `Jingle Bell Rock' and `White Christmas.'" - Rating: B Ventures Christmas Album Songs | 1. | Sleigh Ride | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Snow Flakes | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | |
| 4. | Jingle Bells | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Jingle Bell Rock | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Silver Bells | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Frosty the Snowman | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Scrooge | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Blue Christmas | $0.99 | |
| 11. | We Wish You a Merry Christmas | $0.99 | |
| 12. | White Christmas | $0.99 | |
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT presents a fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles as they give a performance on a live television show. Filmed just a month after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, this film--the Beatles' first--introduces us to the unique personalities of each member of the band. The film opens with the Fab Four boarding a train mobbed with adoring young fans (mostly women) as they attempt to travel to the television studio in London. ...
| | Very Best Of Billy Vaughn CDs (2000) Import
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| | Ventures Christmas Joy CD (2002)
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Thirty-seven years after recording their first Christmas album in 1965, The Ventures recorded a new album for the holidays in 2002.
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Recorded live at The Cradle, Chapel Hill, North Carolina in November 1998.
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| | Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Brothers, 1960-1969 CDs (1993)
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Recorded between 1960 & 1969. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
For those unfamiliar with the rich legacy of the Everly Brothers, this is the definitive compilation, chronicling their fertile '60s Warner Bros period. The Everly's patented close-harmony sound was unique in pop, but not without precedent in American music. It came from other fraternal duos, those that hailed from the bluegrass ...
| | Angelique Kidjo Black Ivory Soul CD (2002)
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BLACK IVORY SOUL was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album.
For the Bill Laswell-produced BLACK IVORY SOUL, Angelique Kidjo's first album since 1998's OREMI, the world music diva explores the link between the Brazilian city of Bahia and her home country of Benin. Befitting her multi-cultural background, Kidjo worked with an impressive range of talent including Brazilians Carlinhos Brown and Vinicius Cantaria, Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and soul singer Cindy Mizelle. The result is an album's worth of music that's very much percussion-driven and peppered with plenty of irresistible grooves ranging from the life affirming "Tumba," (which is the name for congas in Benin), to the airy, acoustic guitar-dappled "Ominira" (Yoruba for freedom).
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