Music to Watch Girls go by

The Ventures - History Box, Vol. 4 (1992) {4CD Set, Liberty ‎Japan TOCP-7137~40 rec 1967-1969}
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© 1967-69, 1992 Liberty ‎/ Toshiba-EMI Japan | TOCP-7137~40
Rock / Pop / Rock & Roll / Surf Rock

Box set containing 4 jewel case CDs (TOCP-7137, TOCP-7138, TOCP-7139, TOCP-7140) and two booklets. The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band, formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar in the United States and across the world during the 1960s. While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the group remains especially revered in Japan, where they tour regularly to this day. The classic lineup of the band consisted of Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bogle (initially lead guitar, switched to bass), Nokie Edwards (initially bass, switched to lead guitar), and Mel Taylor (drums).

Following the first Andy Williams greatest-hits album on Columbia by only three years (available in a three-for-one with Vol. 2 and Love Story), Vol. 2 focused primarily on Williams singles of the early 1970s, among them the easy listening chart Top Tens "Home Lovin' Man," "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story," and "Love Theme from 'The Godfather' (Speak Softly Love)." There were also a couple of big easy listening hits from the '60s that had been left off the first volume, "Music to Watch Girls By" and "In The Arms of Love," as well as re-recordings of two of the singer's 1950s hits, "The Village of St. Bernadette" and "Lonely Street." The result was hardly adequate as a survey of Williams's best early '70s work, but it was a typical compilation of its time.

Andy Williams is one of the world's most successful recording artists, achieving huge success on both sides of the Atlantic throughout the '60s and '70s, scoring over 50 hit singles in the US and 21 in the UK. His long-running TV series The Andy Williams Show as top-rated in both the US and the UK throughout this period. This sixty track set includes Twenty-One UK Top 40 singles, from 1962 to 2002. Williams had eight UK Top 10 hits, including "Can't Get Used To Losing You", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" And "Can't Help Falling In Love" in the '60s, along with "Solitaire" and "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" In the '70s. "Music To Watch Girls By" belatedly became a #9 hit in 1999 when it was featured in a TV ad for Fiat, and in 2002 Andy hit the charts again with a re-recording of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", a duet with Denies Van Outen. Also featured are the classics "Moon River", "Happy Heart", "Battle Hymn Of The Republic", and "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", alongside his unique versions of songs like "The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)", "For The Good Times", "Born Free", "Maria" and "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".

This budget-priced three-disc Australian import – on RCA, so it's official – compiles Chet Atkins' work from the early '50s to about 1980. Basically, from the time he became "Mr. Guitar" to the end of his prime – though Atkins remained a monster guitarist until his death in 2001. You would have to know Atkins' music to get any of this because, besides a track listing and a cursory essay on how great he was, there is literally no discographical information provided here. Still, there's enough of his well-known material here for any fan to sit up and take notice, such as "Mr. Sandman," "Barbershop Rag," "Hot Toddy" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," both with Les Paul, "Teensville," "Sleepwalk," "Terry on the Turnpike" with Boots Randolph, "Make the World Go Away," "Rocky Top," "Tennessee Stud" and "Mystery Train," both with Jerry Reed, and of course, the amazing "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" with Dolly Parton. The vast majority, of course, are instrumentals by Atkins.

Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers anticipated the megamix boom of the mid-to-late '90s, assembling a seemingly endless series of dancefloor-friendly medleys of pop oldies. The brainchild of British producers John Pickles and Ian Morgan, Jive Bunny came out of nowhere in 1989 to top the UK charts with their debut single "Swing the Mood"; when the follow-ups "That's What I Like" and "Let's Party" both reached number one as well, the duo became only the third act in history (behind Gerry & the Pacemakers and Frankie Goes to Hollywood) to score chart-topping singles with each of their first three releases. Jive Bunny–The Album appeared in 1989 as well; subsequent singles including "That Sounds Good" and "Can Can You Party" reached the British Top Ten, but the group's stay in the limelight was brief and 1990's It's Party Time failed to repeat the commercial impact of its predecessor.