Best Surf Guitar Rock
What really makes this disc a blast though is the way the quartet weaves 1960s pop signatures into every tune; warping "Woolly Bully" into "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "I Feel Fine" into "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and so on.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I then somewhere got the stereo cassette from 1980 and now I finally got this CD with the stereo and the mono version."
"kick out the jams SATNTA CLAUS."
"Great alternative to the traditional Christmas offerings."
"My all time favorite Christmas album, each starts with a Ventures instrumental version of a popular 60's pop song and then morphs into the various holiday tunes their inimitable surf influenced sound."
"The Ventures are my all time favorite band and Amazon has all their music."
"It's the Ventures, man."
"great to hear both the mono and stereo versions."
"Great sounding album."
Originally released in 1992, THE VERY BEST OF The Ventures features 20 of the surf rock legends greatest recordings.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As others have said, this album is all The Ventures original tunes."
"Who doesn't remember the Ventures and their hit theme song for Hawaii Five-O."
"The album sounds great!"
"Luv the instrumental surf/ hot rod tunes!"
"Great CD enjoying it very much."
"Item as expected and it came quickly."
"As advertised."
Packed with 11 guitar-driven traditional songs and two originals, this memorable disc is a must-have for anyone who loves the sound of unaffected, basic guitar rock reminiscent of the Ventures and your favorite garage rock band. Adventurous, ambitious, and totally satisfying, the band takes on "Jingle Bell Rock" (making its guitars ring like a Byrds -fest) and a host of other chestnuts from "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" to the "La Bamba"-framed workout of "Feliz Navidad."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The guitar band with the Mexican wrestler masks from Nashville, took a crack at Christmas, redoing some classics with a twist here and there."
"First of all, I'm not a Christmas music guy, nor have I ever purchased a Los Straitjackets record before."
"Fantastic Xmas beat like ventures with a little Latin beat very good ,a classic."
"great surf guitar xmas album."
"ex pilfered this,now have new,great xmas tunes."
"If you love Christmas and love surf music you will agree that 'Tis the Season for Los Straightjackets!"
"Great tunes."
"I only recently discovered Los Straitjackets when they performed live bumper music on NPR's All Things Considered."
Best Shred Guitar Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Jason Becker is my favorite guitarist and this album shows his skill."
"Jason is one of the greatest guitar and this album was in his prime."
"Like a tragic opera. I can see (hear) the story of this woeful wraith alone with moan, and sorrow locked within this cellar, shrieking, screaming and wailing to be set free, The horror!"
"Amazing, especially considered when it was written."
"Damn good guitar player, one of his best albums."
"One word."
"Jason's best album, in my opinion, and I can listen to it on repeat non-stop without getting tired."
Best Guitar Gods
Zep faithful will welcome the belated release as evidence for enduring loyalty, but younger fans may find its diversity and dynamics even more enlightening--indeed, whole careers have since been built on the musical ideas Jimmy Page and company toss off here as decorative filler. Crucially rooted in the amped-and-hammered American blues of the guitarist's former band, the Yardbirds , the marathon workouts of "Dazed and Confused" and "Whole Lotta Love" (which consume nearly an hour all by themselves) somehow encompass Ricky Nelson , Morocco, James Brown , Holst, Elvis Presley , and Muddy Waters amidst their trademark sturm und drang , while the acoustic set that closes out disc one showcases the band's--and particularly Robert Plant 's--good-natured, crypto-Celtic folk appeal with energetic aplomb.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There is stuff on here that I think is better than the studio versions, certainly just as good and very enjoyable."
"Its a 3 CD ...it has 18 amazing led zeppelin songs ...if I had a choice between this album and "the song remains the same " it would be no competition ...there are no bootlegs of this copy and it sounds great ...the only problem I have is that stairway to heaven sounds a little different than it "song remains the same" counter part."
"This is the live concert."
"If you like Zeppelin at all, do yourself a favor and get this album."
"Great live performances."
"Great stuff especially the acoustic numbers, 25 mins of Dazed and Confused does nothing for me, nor does 13 mins of Moby Dick."
"This is Zep at their absolute zenith and I will be purchasing this 3 CD set and the new DVD. Update February 2007: The purchase of this 3cd set and the DVD have proved to be very worthwhile purchases."
"The early days when they wen aout west without having an album released and they rock the crowd and won America over !!!!!"