The original plan was to be somewhat retro, as if we had our own vinyl-pressing plant. Our "record" would, of course, have 12 songs. Michael Corbett, with some help from his Excel-wise wife, tabulated the nominations. In his final analysis, one vinyl disc wouldn't do the job, so we have a 2-record set! The list follows, with each song's original album source.

Amanda's Theme---------Haunting Memories
Black Sand Beach---------Showdown at Newport
Bumble Bee (Twist)---------The Wasp
Candy Apple Racer---------The Mocking Bird
Driving Guitars---------Ventures Twist
Escape---------Bullseye
Flights of Fantasy---------Psyched Out ( with phaser added )
Fourth Dimension---------Werewolf (voc.intro,growls & howls)
Guitar Twist---------Raunchy Guitar
Indian Sun---------Indian Summer ( One-Way bonus on the CD "The Fabulous Ventures/Ventures A Go-Go")
Kickstand---------A Go-Go Dancer
Kyoto Bojo (Kyoto Memories)---------Reflections in a Palace Lake
Kyoto Doll---------Expo Seven-O
Little People---------Sunflower '76, Command Ship Earth
My Own True Love---------Tara's Theme
Nadia's Theme---------Theme from "The Young and Restless" (This particular name duplication has nothing to do with the Ventures; Originally the song was a theme from the movie "Bless The Beasts And The Children." Then it became associated with Nadia Komanece, and then the soap opera picked it up as their theme song.)
Nagoya Express---------Tight Fit
Naruto---------Thunder Cloud
Night Run (Nokie)---------Rap City (Based on Hungarian Rhapsody...Get it?)
Nut Rocker---------Nutty, Rock Nuts (Based on the march from The Nutcracker)
On the Road---------Alka Seltzer Theme
Party in Laguna---------Wild Night
Pearl Diver (Mel's)---------Another Dawn, Bond Street, Dr.Yes
Popcorn---------Susukake No Michi (Susukake Street)
Reflections---------Mirrors and Shadows
Sally ( vocal )---------Love Goddess of Venus ( inst.)
Sand, Sea and Love (Mel)---------Theme for Sally
Skylab---------Passport To The Future
Snows of Nagano---------Spool Paradise (shorter)
Spindrift---------Blue Horizon
Spudnik---------Surf Rider
Surf Gun---------Samovar
Surfin U.S.A. '78---------Hollywood Punk
Ten Seconds To Heaven---------Paradise a Go-Go, The Stranger (Based on a theme from Borodin's Polovtsian Dances popularized as "Stranger In Paradise" from the musical "Kismet.")
The Chase---------Scotch, Solar Race
Yokohama Lights---------Honcho

Action Plus------------Wild Action
Bird Rockers----------Bird Swingers
La Bamba-------------Bamba
Lonely Girl------------Lonely Karen
Ravin' Blue------------Blue Guitar
Journey To The Stars--Moon Journey
Cruncher--------------Puncher
Night Stick-----------Cathy's Theme
Runnin' Wild----------Runnin' Strong
Walkin' With Pluto----Dancing with Steve

Dear Miss Lonely Hearts (vocal)---------Lonely Heart (inst)

SP = "Sato Project" (Leo Sato)

SP I------------------------------------Painted Lady
SP II---------------------Just a Kiss & That's All
SP III-----------------------------Streets Of Tokyo
SP IV-------------------Friends Across The Sea
SP V----------------------Lawrence Rides Again
SP VI-------Summer Mist----------Flower Of The Sun ("New Depths" CD title)
SP VII------------------------------Wild Northwest
SP VIII---------You're The One---------Trail Blazer ("New Depths" CD title)

About the Sato Project:
  Well, after a lot of reading, listening and comparing, I have finished the Sato Project duplicate name list.
 In 1985 Leo Sato of Toshiba/EMI proposed a Ventures tour for which 8 instrumentals were written. The tour never happened and the 8 tunes were not given titles.
  Then in 1988, when the fan clubs were begging for any unreleased material, Mel & Don decided to let the 8 tunes out with a dozen or so other oddities to the U.K. and U.S. clubs.
 The trouble was that both fan clubs released different products. The UK club gave us two tapes in 1987, containing 33 tunes. The next year we got a 20 tune tape from the US club, that had a couple of new tunes and gave SP numbers to seven of the songs found on the UK tapes. The one song that wasn't on the UK tapes, (SP-II) was named "Just a Kiss and That's All" by Mike Kuhn. I suspect Mike noticed that this was the only SP- that needed a name, and solved the problem before issuing the tape.
  Another tune on the UK tape, Blue Horizon, written by Ventures associate Bob Spalding, was also released as Spindrift on the 12 inch 45rpm EP titled Stars on Guitars...... Del

P.S. SP-VI & SP-VIII have been redone and issued as bonus tracks on the new GNP/Crescendo album "New Depths", which is the stateside release of the 1997 Japanese album "Wild Again II."
 
 

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