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The Ventures are best remembered for a pair of Sixties smashes, “Walk – Don’t Run” and “Hawaii Five-O.” Yet their most impressive feat was charting 38 albums from 1960 to 1972. The Ventures’ “big guitar sound” made them an instrumental institution in the Sixties. Guitar Player magazine called them “the quintessential guitar combo of the pre-Beatles era, influenced not only styles, but also a generation’s choice of instruments.”
The Ventures’ nucleus came together in 1958, when Don Wilson and Bob Bogle met on a car lot in Tacoma, Washington. The two guitarists played as a duo before hooking up with guitarist/bassist Nokie Edwards and drummer Howie Johnson. They performed as the Impacts and the Versatones before settling on the Ventures. “We were venturing into a different style of music, and the name would give us room to expand,” Wilson told journalist Robert J. Dalley. The Ventures self-released two singles on their Blue Horizon label, including “Walk – Don’t Run,” released in 1960. When that song became popular on local radio stations, Seattle-based Dolton Records (a Liberty affiliate) signed the group and reissued the single. It became a #2 national hit, and an instrumental standard, selling 2 million copies.
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The Very Best Of The Ventures
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The Ventures' Christmas Album
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Hawaii Five-O
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Surfing
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RoomForSymmetry
Dick Dale was the king of surf guitar, and The Ventures were his knights of Camelot.
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BJBooth
Worth mentioning, so many bands that came out since the inception of the Ventures owe a great deal of their technique and instrumentation to these guys. Wilson was so underrated it's sad, really. Immortal.
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xmihartx
Ну просто супер!
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reagan0
Immortal! Catch the wave to eternity....
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dzlyden
Всем родившимся в СССР, должна быть очень знакома композиция Vibrations ;) Сильная вещь !
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Gargoyle2500
There's a pretty nice 4 CD box set available now titled "4 Original Albums". It has "The Ventures", "Walk Don't Run", "The Colorful Ventures" and "Another Smash!!!" On three CDs in both Stereo and Mono.
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oldiesfanjohn
Book em Danno...Wofat,guest villian...Zulu as Kono...Lolz,why didn`t they just call him Zulu?
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dm-sagaidak
Очень нравится трек Movin'. Бодрящая музыка
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iconan
A warm sound of the soul which we have heard too many times, but it's still a pleasure that is renewed at every listening. -.-.-.-. om hari om .....
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eikeburandt
cool songs. i tell you: must be a link to depeche mode somehow. greetings to all good russians!
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DizNot
Очень многие треки этой группы слышал в "Ну, погоди!" и прочей советской продукции. Очень радует.
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VIKandK
The Ventures - Stop the Music - музыка, любимая с детства!!!
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LadyBazzie
Класс!!!
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quigley54
the most tasteful surf rock band.
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LordMcParty
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Diamond Head
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ryanhalberg1
Check out Thee Pelicans! http://www.last.fm/music/Thee+Pelicans . We have some free downloads!
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