Original

• Artist: The Ventures
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1995
• Total Time: 44:03
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

Disky's Ventures retrospective The Original gathers 20 of the seminal surf band's best-known tracks, including usual suspects like "Walk Don't Run," "Ram-Bunk-Shush," "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" and "Hawaii Five-O." Though it's not quite as in-depth as Walk-Don't Run: The Best of the Ventures, The Original offers an enjoyable, if simplified, retrospective of the group's glory days in the '50s and '60s. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Walk, Don't Run	Johnny Smith	The Ventures	(2:06)
Perfidia	Alberto Dominguez	The Ventures	(2:05)
Ram-Bunk-Shush	Lucky Millinder, Henry Glover, Jimmy Mundy	The Ventures	(1:46)
Lullabye of the Leaves	Bernice Petkere, Joe Young	The Ventures	(2:00)
(Theme from) Silver City	Hank Levine	The Ventures	(1:57)
Blue Moon	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	The Ventures	(2:14)
Lolita Ya-Ya	Nelson Riddle, R. Harris	The Ventures	(2:08)
2000 Pound Bee, Pts. 1 & 2	Mel Taylor, Don Wilson	The Ventures	(4:08)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue	Richard Rodgers	The Ventures	(2:21)
Diamond Head	Dan Hamilton	The Ventures	(2:06)
Secret Agent Man	P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri	The Ventures	(2:04)
Hawaii Five-O	Mort Stevens	The Ventures	(1:53)
Theme from "A Summer Place"	Max Steiner, Mack Discant	The Ventures	(2:16)
Yellow Jacket	Bob Bogle, Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards	The Ventures	(2:31)
Driving Guitars (Ventures Twist)	Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Don Wilson	The Ventures	(1:55)
Road Runner	John Greek, Rick Dangel	The Ventures	(2:29)
Twisted	Nokie Edwards, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle	The Ventures	(2:43)
Dick Tracy	Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards	The Ventures	(2:00)
Pedal Pusher	Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards	The Ventures	(2:36)
Walk, Don't Run '64	Johnny Smith	The Ventures	(2:30)

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