THE VENTURES \"CHRISTMAS JOY\" 18 TRX.RECORDED & RELEASED IN 2002 OOP VARESE CD
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THE VENTURES \"CHRISTMAS JOY\" 18 TRX.RECORDED & RELEASED IN 2002 OOP VARESE CD:
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LASTYEAR I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO CANCER, HE WAS A COOL MUSICIANA DRUMMER BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE, BUT RELOCATED TO L.A. IN1985, HE AMASSED A VERY LARGE MUSIC COLLECTION, AND HAD KILLER TASTEFOR ROCK & ROLL, SADLY I AM SELLING OFF A LOT OF HIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF HIS WIDOW TO HELP PAY OFF DEBTS INCLUDING HOSPITALBILLS, TAXES AND STORAGE UNIT FEES. I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR THISSERVICE, DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND (MISS YOU DAVE!)
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ARTIST:THE VENTURES
TITLE:“Christmas JOY”
YEAROF RELEASE: 2002
LABEL:VARESE SERABANDE RECORDS
CAT.#302 066 401 2
TRACKLISTING: SEE PHOTO & BELOW SEE PRODUCT INFO
CONDITION:THE CD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AS ARE THE INSERTS &BOOKLET.
MOREINFO: THIS CD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. RECORDED IN2002.
ARTISTINFO:
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the group in its various incarnations has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. With over 100 million records sold, the group is the best-selling instrumental band of all time. In 2008, the Ventures were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Their instrumental virtuosity, experimentation with guitar effects, and unique sound laid the groundwork for innumerable groups, earning them the moniker \"The Band that Launched a Thousand Bands\". While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the group remains revered in Japan, where they tour regularly to this day.
HistoryFormation and rise to fameDon Wilson and Bob Bogle first met in 1958, when Bogle was looking to buy a car from a used car dealership in Seattle owned by Wilson\'s father. Finding a common interest in guitars, the two decided to play together, while Wilson joined Bogle performing masonry work. They bought two used guitars in a pawn shop for about $10 each.[4] Initially calling themselves the Versatones, the duo played small clubs, beer bars, and private parties throughout the Pacific Northwest. Wilson played rhythm guitar, Bogle lead. When they went to register the band name, they found that it was already taken. Disappointed, they cast about for an appropriate name. Wilson\'s mother suggested the name \"The Ventures\", upon which they eventually agreed in 1959.
After watching Nokie Edwards play at a nightclub, they recruited him as bass player. Bogle owned a Chet Atkins LP, Hi-Fi in Focus, on which he heard the song \"Walk, Don\'t Run\". Soon, the group was in a recording studio playing the new song, with Bogle on lead, Wilson on rhythm, Edwards on bass, and Skip Moore on drums. They pressed a number of 45s, which they distributed to several record companies. Later, Skip Moore opted out of the group to work at his family\'s gas station. When \"Walk, Don\'t Run\" was recorded, he also opted out of the royalties from the recording, taking $25 for the session instead. He later sued to collect royalties but failed because of his prior opt-out. \"Walk, Don\'t Run\" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.
Needing a permanent drummer for the group after George T. Babbitt, Jr. dropped out because he was not old enough to play night clubs and bars, they hired Howie Johnson and, in the midst of a fast-paced touring schedule, recorded an album to capitalize on the success of the single. (Babbitt went on to become a 4-star general in the USAF and on March 1, 1998, he played live in uniform on drums with the band.) The lineup of Bogle, Wilson, Edwards and Johnson remained intact until 1962. The group found early success with a string of singles, but quickly became leaders in the album market. The Ventures were among the pioneers of concept albums (starting with 1961\'s The Colorful Ventures) where each song on several of their albums was chosen to fit a specific theme. Some of the Ventures\' most popular albums at the time were a series of records of dance music. In the early 1960s \"golden age of hi-fi\", with the novelty of stereo still in its experimental stages, the Ventures found their characteristic style of recording each instrument in either the extreme left or right channel, with little (if any) cross-over, enhancing the stereo effect to its fullest limits.
In 1961, Edwards, a talented guitarist in his own right, suggested that Bogle\'s lead guitar abilities were being stretched, and that they were in essence wasting Edwards\' talents by keeping him on bass. Bogle agreed, and rapidly learned the bass parts to all their tunes, allowing Edwards to take lead guitar. This move would prove vital in modernizing the band\'s sound, ensuring success in an ever-changing market well into the late 1960s.
Classic lineupIn the fall of 1957, Johnson was injured in an auto crash, which caused irreversible spinal damage. This forced him to play with a neckbrace. Johnson played on the first four LPs and recorded on about half of the tracks on the fifth LP (Twist with the Ventures/Dance!). He did not like spending so much time away from his new family (second marriage), and because of this he left the band. Johnson continued to play locally in the Washington area with local groups until his death on May 5, 1987, at age 54.
At the time Johnson quit the Ventures, Bogle and Wilson already knew Mel Taylor, house drummer at The Palomino in North Hollywood (the venue where they would play numerous shows during their resurgence in the 1980s). Taylor was known for a hard-hitting style of drumming. The group invited him to some recording sessions, which led Taylor to become a permanent member of the Ventures.
Resurgence and decline in the USThe combination of Edwards on lead guitar, Taylor on drums, Bogle on bass and Wilson on rhythm guitar remained unchanged until Edwards left the band in 1968, to be replaced by Gerry McGee, son of the famous Cajun fiddle player Dennis McGee. Edwards came back in 1973 and remained with them until 1984, although he has toured and gigged with them dozens of times in the subsequent years. Edwards\' replacement in 1984 was, once again, Gerry McGee. Mel Taylor left in 1972 (and was replaced by drummer Joe Barile) to pursue a solo career when the Ventures became a nostalgia act. His intentions were to concentrate on new material and the progressive side of music. He returned in 1979 and stayed with the Ventures until his death from cancer in 1996. When Mel Taylor got sick he was replaced by his son, Leon Taylor. (Original drummer Howie Johnson had died in 1987; Skip Moore, the drummer on \"Walk, Don\'t Run\" is also deceased.)
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THE VENTURES \"CHRISTMAS JOY\" 18 TRX.RECORDED & RELEASED IN 2002 OOP VARESE CD:
$11.49