General Discussion / Re: The Ventures’ Unsung Guitarists
« on: July 12, 2013, 03:34:09 am »Here is the current list, based on Arnold's compilation. I added the release dates of the early albums and also the lead guitarist, where known.
What is not on the list are The Intruder and Limbo Rock, which are ascribed to Billy Strange elsewhere. Never on a Sunday to me also sounds very non-regular Ventures. There was also a statement here that the entire "Dance Party" album, except for Night Drive and Venus, was Billy Strange. However, until we chase those leads down and new evidence crops up, the list seems to be as follows. Not a lot, as noted earlier.
PIECES WHERE A SESSION GUITARIST (IN PARENTHESES) PLAYED LEAD:
Another Smash,1961 May:
Trambone (Billy Strange)
The Colorful Ventures, 1961 October 2:
Bluer Than Blue (Tommy Alsup)
Twist with the Ventures (Dance), 1962 January 20:
Gringo (Gene Moles)
Guitar Twist, aka Raunchy Guitar (Tommy Alsup)
Opus Twist (Tommy Alsup)
Sunny River (Gene Moles)
Going to the Ventures' Dance Party, 1962 November 24
Gandy Dancer (Billy Strange)
In Space, 1964 January:
Out of Limits
Hawaii Five-O, 1969 May 10
Hawaii Five-O (Tommy Tedesco)
Rock and Roll Forever
20-75
Guitar Boogie Shuffle
Honky Tonk, Part 2 (with Honky Tonk, Part 1)
Rumble
Smokie
Soul Twist
You Can't Sit Down
Rocky Road: The New Ventures:
Daylight
Gotta Be Stronger
Moonlight Serenade
Step Out
Stroke, The
Superstar Revue
Temptation, Temptation
TV Themes:
Baretta's Theme
Charlie's Angels
Medical Center
M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
Nadia's Theme (aka Young and the Restless Theme)
Police Story
Police Woman
Star Trek
Starsky and Hutch
Streets of San Francisco
S.W.A.T.
PIECES PURELY BY SESSION MUSICIANS:
Let's Go! 1963 August 31:
More
Wipe Out
Only Hits
Alone Again, Naturally
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme)
Are You Man Enough
Cisco Kid
Drift Away
Dueling Banjos
Finders Keepers
Frankenstein
Get Down
Hummingbird (Medley with Summerbreeze)
I Can See Clearly Now
Killing Me Softly
Live and Let Die
Morning After, The
My Love
Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, The
Oh Babe, What Would You Say
Soul Makoosa
Summerbreeze (Medley with Hummingbird)
Superstition
Twelfth of Never, The
Yesterday Once More
You Are the Sunshine of My Life