Let's Go/Ventures Play the Country Classics (1997)

About this title: One Way reissued two Ventures albums from the mid-'60s, Let's Go and Play the Country Classics, on a single disc in 1997. Let's Go is one of the band's best rock & roll albums, finding the group running through a number of rockers ("Memphis," "Let's Go," "So Fine," "Wipe Out," "Hot Pastrami"), pop hits ("So Fine") and enjoyable original filler. The Ventures have a real energy this time around, which makes it of interest to casual fans, even if there are a couple of weak spots on the record. The Ventures Play the Country Classics is one of the group's better ventures into a specific style. All ... read more

Tracks:

1. Memphis [Berry]
2. Let's Go [Duncan/Duncan]
3. More [Newell/Oliviero/Ort]
4. El Watusi [Barretto]
5. Walk Right In [Cannon/Woods]
6. Sukiyaki [Rokusuke]
7. New Orleans [Royster]
8. So Fine [Otis]
9. Wipe Out [Berryhill/Connolly/]
10. Hot Pastrami [Phillips]
11. Runaway [Shannon/Crook]
12. Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
13. Panhandle Rag [McAuliffe]
14. Wabash Cannonball [Traditional]
15. San Antonio Rose [Wills]
16. I Walk the Line [Cash]
17. Wildwood Flower [Traditional]
18. I Can't Stop Loving You [Gibson]
19. Lovesick Blues [Friend/Mills]
20. Steel Guitar Rag [McAuliffe]
21. You Are My Sunshine [Davis/Mitchell]
22. Oh, Lonesome Me [Gibson]
23. Sugar Foot Rag
24. Born to Lose [Brown/Daffan]
25. Kern County Line [Bogle/Durrill/McGee]
26. Storefront Lawyers [Stevens]
27. Too Young to Know My Mind [Wilde]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.