The Ventures - Slaughter on 10th Avenue (live.in.Japan.1966)

[ChrisYonts]

Blinkin' FLIP, these guys were great.

[privatecustomer]

I learned to play the guitar 50 years ago by listening to their records and trying to copy everything. Listening to these recordings today bring back those boyhood memories. I eventually got a Mosrite bass in '65 and I still have it.

[manuellopez1956]

It's impossible to play better

[TheBillyChocolate]

0:55 Mel is Whipping ass as usual, dangit!!!!

[teleman1949]

I've heard guitar players say Ventures music is easy--ok try playing this note for

note

[1062venturesfan]

@teleman1949 Right on that one! It sounds easy but its not! Anybody would have to work at it unless your The Ventures!

[C4103]

Love this version. It's very much uptempo.

[IrelandsMonster]

Ha. Zero dislikes. sweet surf<3

[venturesagogo]

"Slaughter On 10th Avenue" is one of my all time favorite tunes by the planet's no.1 instrumental band Ever!!

5X5X5 Stars!! THUMB'S UP X 1,000

~Matt~ (The VeNtuReS FoReVeR Channel)

[MrSkunkdog]

This song is Bitchin' and copacetic.

[Rknbkr12]

Oh, to have one or two of those JBL-loaded Fenders!

[5jonesville]

Take me to sunny Cali-forn-I-a!

[5jonesville]

Take me to sunny  Kal-forn-I-A!

[possumverde]

I know that their "signature sound" included organs and that god awful spring reverb but they sounded so much better like this. I never even liked this song until I heard this version of it and now it's one of my two favorite Ventures recordings (the other being the version of pipeline from this album). Unlike most of today's bands, once you strip away all of the studio "fluff", the Ventures actually sound better...

[guitgeo]

@possumverde Listen to 'Slaughter On Tenth Avenue' and I bet you'll now have three Venture favorites. {^;^}

[ecnalubma696969]

The best that ever was!

[guitgeo]

The LP has the same picture on the front, sounds only a little better than this. They really should have travelled with a keyboard play even if he played off stage. If you listen really carefully to the LP you can the audience dubbed in, the loop is so obvious when you hear this one guy whistling. You don't want a Mosrite - they were notorious for going out of tune! They still ROCK!

[pepemilsta]

In the LP "Ventures on Stage" the pitch is slower than it.

[guitgeo]

@pepemilsta You can't speed up or slow down a pitch, you can only raise or lower it. The LP version is played slower than this video...

[RossM3838]

@guitgeo But that big twangy sound was spectacular, perfect for this kind of music. When they switched to Fenders the sound was a lot cleaner but the much of that surfer rawness was lost.

[colinreilly]

@guitgeo mosrites going out a tune is a myth. The Japanese ones sucked and all the fake ones probably went out tune but the real mosrites were great. The problem was people put on heavier gauge strings when the guitars were built for 9 or 10s. 11 or 12s were too heavy, and you couldn't tune them properly. Anyone who loved them and knew how to maintain them properly knew you needed light gauge strings because those guitars are built for speed!

[oscarcabezon]

awesome the surf music

[venturesagogo]

Awesome Video!! THE VENTURES are my all time favorite band ever!!!

5 stars A+A+A+A+A+A+A+

[fujiwarataku]

I want a Mosrite now! ;(

[Keijz74]

@fujiwarataku And a good guitar teacher!

(I can't play a note)

[felits2007]

por siempre de lo mejor unos de los grandes en la historia de la musika

[RevolverAnthology]

Knockout! Ta for posting this classic!

[ChesterVoumette]

Mel Taylor's talent was as big as his pompadour.

[byrdsmaniac]

A classic in every sense of the word!

[jedimind24]

lovin the mosrite guitars

[RICARDOVR27]

NO DEJAN DE SER LOS NÚMERO UNO!!!

[jackiejayetv]

Nokie guitar god,shame about the dull stage presentation

[travisrlel2]

I like the dull presentation. All business. No BS. (Yeah, Nokie is God, btw)

[blackwaxjh]

Me too, I don't mind that at all. You can't concentrate on playing guitar well if you're jumping all over the stage.

[SugarXMind99]

Tell Jimi that, son.

[Keijz74]

@blackwaxjh The art of rocking out like hell without moving too much. :o)#

[blackwaxjh]

@Keijz74 Indeed! :D

[prodigyofpeace1983]

Love this song. Mel is one of my all time fav drummers. Frickin' sweet!