Joy! The Ventures Play the Classics/Latin Album

• Artist: The Ventures
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1996
• Total Time: 29:19
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

Two moderately inspired LPs combine to make a genial, listenable, but not particularly essential CD, with good sound and fine playing but little inspiration, just solid virtuosity. Nothing on this CD would have made much of a noise with the public, but it is an easy way to spend an hour or so listening. The producers have reached a little further than the original LPs' assemblers, however, to add a pair of bonus cuts, "Candy Apple Racer" and "Ten Seconds to Heaven," neither of which is any more compelling than the material that was already there, but the tracks add to the general genial nature of the CD. As is usual with One Way's reissues in this series, the sound is excellent but there are no notes, session information, or release dates. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Beethoven's Sonata in C# Minor	Ludwig van Beethoven, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor	The Ventures	(2:35)
One Fine Day (Un Bel Di)	Giacomo Puccini, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor	The Ventures	(2:40)
In Persian Market Place	Albert W. Ketèlbey	The Ventures	(2:18)
Swan Lake	Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor, Gerry McGee	The Ventures	(2:15)
Bach's Prelude	Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor, Gerry McGee	The Ventures	(2:10)
Peter and the Wolf	Sergey Prokofiev, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor, Gerry McGee	The Ventures	(2:08)
Mozart Forty [From Mozart's 40th Symphony, 1st Movement]	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill	The Ventures	(2:30)
Joy (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring)	Don Wilson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor, Gerry McGee	The Ventures	(2:38)
Elise	Ludwig van Beethoven, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, M. Taylor	The Ventures	(2:31)
Ravel's Pavane	Maurice Ravel, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor	The Ventures	(3:01)
Mozart's Minuet	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Larry Taylor, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Johnny Durrill, Mel Taylor	The Ventures	(2:10)
Melody of Joy	Ludwig van Beethoven	The Ventures	(2:23)
The Breeze and I	Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman	The Ventures	(2:50)
Yours (Quiereme Mucho)	Gonzalo Roig, Augustin Rodriguez, Jack Sherr	The Ventures	(5:06)
Begin the Beguine	Cole Porter	The Ventures	(4:01)
Peanut Vendor	A. Gamse	The Ventures	(2:55)
Spanish Eyes	R. Noble	The Ventures	(3:23)
Brazil	Bob Russell, Ary Barroso	The Ventures	(3:07)
It's Impossible	Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne	The Ventures	(3:01)
Poinciana	Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier	The Ventures	(3:25)
Green Eyes	Eddie Rivera, Nilo Menendez, Adolfo Utrera, Eddie Woods	The Ventures	(3:46)
El Condor Pasa	Jorge Milchberg, Gayoso Zuber	The Ventures	(2:59)
Delicado	Waldir Azevedo	The Ventures	(3:08)
Guantanamera	Ramon Espigul	The Ventures	(3:20)
Cuando Calienta el Sol	Carlos Rigual, Mario Rigual	The Ventures	(2:24)

Credits

George Tipton (Horn Arrangements), Dino Lappas (Engineer), Bert Agudelo (Engineer), Jerry McGee (Guitar), Ian Freebairn-Smith (String Arrangements), Mike Melvoin (Horn Arrangements), Bob Bogle (Guitar), Bob Bogle (Bass), The Ventures (Producer), Don Wilson (Guitar (Rhythm)), Johnny Durrill (Keyboards), Bob Bogle (Producer), The Ventures (Group), Mel Taylor (Drums), The Ventures (Arranger), Ian Freebairn-Smith (Horn Arrangements), Mike Melvoin (String Arrangements), Larry Taylor (Bass), Norman Seeff (Art Direction), George Tipton (String Arrangements), Bob Reisdorff (Producer), Don Wilson (Producer)