Product Description
This is a 2-CD set to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Ventures’ first visit to Japan in 1962. CD number one has 17 tracks relating to Japan: either songs written by The Ventures for the Japanese market (e.g. Kyoto Doll) or Japanese hit songs that were recorded later by The Ventures (e.g. Hotel Pacific, a Southern All Stars hit). CD number two has 20 classic Ventures’ titles ranging from Walk Don’t Run to Caravan, with a few unexpected tracks like Mercy Mercy Mercy from the Walk Don’t Run 2000 CD. The full track listing is shown below. Release date in Japan is June 20, 2012.
Disc 1
1. Seaside Bound
2. Kyoto Doll
3. Sonna Hiroshini Damasarete
4. Bang Bang Bang
5. Reflections in a Palace Lake
6. Inasena Locomotion
7. Time Machine ni Onegai
8. Ginza Lights
9. Shonan My Love
10. Hotel Pacific
11. Nanimo Ienakute – Natsu
12. Stranger in Midosuji
13. Romanhikou
14. Hokkaido Skies
15. 01 Messenger – Denshikyono Uta
16. Anatadakeo – Summer Heartbreak
17. Louisiana
Disc 2
1. Hawaii Five-O
2. Slaughter on 10th Avenue
3. Walk Don’t Run
4. Secret Agent Man
5. Diamond Head
6. Tequila
7. Black Sand Beach
8. Apache
9. Caravan
10. Surf Rider
11. Sleepwalk
12. House of the Rising Sun
13. Wipe Out
14. Perfidia
15. The Cruel Sea
16. Telstar
17. California Sun
18. Blue Moon
19. Lullaby of the Leaves
20. Mercy Mercy Mercy
