Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA The Ventures - Christmas Album
 | So, if you're a Ventures fan, don't read this. I'm not. IMHO, this CD shows their formula merger of what sound like backtracks to their other material with a Christmas melody over the top. Hence, "Walk, Don't Run" becomes "Sleigh Ride" and "When You Walk In The Room" becomes "Blue Christmas." It's better than Cal Tjader does "Hanukah," but not much. |
Picks: Sleigh Ride, Snow Flakes, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock, Silver Bells, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman, Scrooge, Blue Christmas, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, White Christmas
Track by Track Review
Christmas (Instrumental)
"Walk Don't Run" cloned with damped dry leads.
Christmas (Instrumental)
Vibrato laden slow and pretty.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas (Instrumental)
"Woolly Bully" is coming to town.
Jingle Bells Christmas (Instrumental)
"What'd I Say" with the clap. Not very interesting at all.
Jingle Bell Rock Christmas (Instrumental)
Chuck Berry never meant this to happen to "Memphis."
Silver Bells Christmas (Instrumental)
"Because They're Young," they don't know any better.
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas (Instrumental)
Beatle bones and Rolling Stones... The Captain couldn't have known that Rudolph would wanna fly to "I Feel Fine."
Frosty The Snowman Christmas (Instrumental)
The snowman never drank no "Tequila."
Scrooge Christmas (Instrumental)
Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of a boring old bum.
Christmas (Instrumental)
Jackie DeShannon's magnificent "When You Walk I n The Room" doesn't deserve Elvis' drug OD blues.
We Wish You A Merry Christmas Christmas (Instrumental)
Is this "The Creeper" under the bells?
White Christmas Christmas (Instrumental)
Call the Medic, "Blue Star" has succumbed to Bingo Crosbiano. Just formulaic.