The Ventures in Japan

by The Ventures

The Ventures in Japan cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1965
  • Label: Toshiba
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:06
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded on the band's January tour of Japan, where sold out halls in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Sapporo confirmed the Ventures were outselling the Beatles in that market. Fans bought Mosrite guitars to copy the group, and the tour is credited with igniting the eleki guitar boom that reshaped Japanese rock.

Genres

Descriptors: live, guitars, melodic, fast, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Walk Don't Run/Lullaby Of The Leaves/Perfidia (3:32)
  2. Driving Guitars (Ventures Twist) (1:56)
  3. Bulldog (4:28)
  4. Pipeline (3:09)
  5. Apache (3:02)
  6. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (2:19)
  7. Walk, Don't Run (2:29)
  8. Bumble Bee Twist (2:38)
  9. Wipe Out (4:30)
  10. Caravan (7:48)
  11. Walk, Don't Run/Perfidia/Lullaby Of The Leaves (3:33)
  12. Driving Guitars (Ventures Twist) (1:58)
  13. Bulldog (4:29)
  14. Pipeline (3:10)
  15. Apache (3:04)
  16. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (2:17)
  17. Walk, Don't Run '64 (2:30)
  18. Bumble Bee Twist (2:39)
  19. Wipe Out (4:33)
  20. Caravan (7:55)

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