R.I.P. Don Wilson (The Ventures rhythm guitarist; died Jan 22nd, age 88) and Randall Lee Gibson IV (Local groups The Flies, Scruffy the Cat; died Jan 27th, age 58) ... Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
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REQ:Request
BED:Music Played Whilst Talking
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
Time:
5:00
Artist:
The Ventures [Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr., Lewis Steinberg]
Song:
Green Onions [Originally by Booker T. & The M.G.'s, July 1962]
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
Regarded by Rolling Stone as one of the 1"00 Greatest Guitar Songs" ever. / FUN FACT: On the album's front cover photo, the group "members" pictured were actually four employees from Liberty's {Liberty distributed Dolton Records} stockroom, because the actual Ventures were on the road at the time the album cover was put together./ * - although the Ventures' version was based on Chet Atkins' 1956 version //Click on the Link above, Left to view the original Blue Horizon single.
* - The Ventures asked their friend, electronics enthusiast Red Rhodes for help in recreating the Grady Martin "fuzz" sound on Marty Robbins' 'Don't Worry' {late 1960}. So, Rhodes offered The Ventures his fuzzbox. // This song was played at John Belushi’s funeral; Click on the Link above, left, to read the full story {SCROLL DOWN to the Notes}, and view the original single
* - The Ventures asked their friend, electronics enthusiast Red Rhodes for help in recreating the Grady Martin "fuzz" sound on Marty Robbins' 'Don't Worry' {late 1960}. So, Rhodes offered The Ventures his fuzzbox. // This song was played at John Belushi’s funeral; Click on the Link above, left, to read the full story {SCROLL DOWN to the Notes}, and view the original single
* - but immediately covered by The Shadows, and a HUGE English hit, maybe their career-defining recording. Originally by The Ventures on 'The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull' album, Jan 1963 // Click on the Link above, left to view a video of this performance.
* - It was used as the Boston Bruins opening theme on WSBK-TV/ Channel 38 in the 70s/80s. ALTHOUGH they took writers credit as an original composition, this is an updating of the B.Bumble & The Stingers "Nut Rocker" hit, from early 1962
* - doing a Peter Lorre imitation ... / Click on the Link above, to view the original single {the Ventures last single on the Dolton label}, with a picture sleeve.
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
* - The Dakotas were Billy J. Kramer's backing group; their version was retitled "The Cruel SURF" for the US release; Click on the Link above, to view the original single by The Dakotas
Time:
5:58
Artist:
The Ventures [Don WILSON, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle]
From Japan; a little bit of The Routers 'Let's Go' through in at the end ... / The LP is not entirely "Live" as it features a taped loop section heard (off and on) throughout the entire LP of girls screaming.
* - Despite being credited as an "original", this was a thinly disguised and renamed cover of "Teen Machine" by The Gamblers, written by Derry Weaver of the group
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
Time:
6:34
Artist:
The Ventures [Johannes Brahms, Arranged by Ventures]
Original single: Sept 1964, follow-up to 'Walk - Don't Run '64' // The LP is not entirely "Live" as it features a taped loop section heard (off and on) throughout the entire LP of girls screaming.
