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Title: This is the Ventures at a creative best!
Review: I had both these albums when they were first released almost 30 years ago, and receiving this CD on Christmas '98, I still feel The Ventures were breaking new ground that sounds as fresh today as it did then. The first 14 songs are from the Hawii 5-0 record are all very well arranged with a full horn section. The Swamp Rock album is very interesting, because like the Hawii 5-0 album they went into a totally different genre. It has the taste or feel of the "bayou". The writing and arranging is done very well. Listen especially to "Carry Me Back", "Plaquemines Parish", "Swamp Rock", and "Catfish Mud Dance".
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