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  1. The Ventures with “Walk, Don’t Run” (tinyurl.com/43p5n3pe) their hit single from their 1960 album of the same name (tinyurl.com/mr48evm3) There’s a recent documentary about them on TUBI (tinyurl.com/46tkcv66)
    #RetroView #TheVentures

  2. The Ventures with “Walk, Don’t Run” (tinyurl.com/43p5n3pe) their hit single from their 1960 album of the same name (tinyurl.com/mr48evm3) There’s a recent documentary about them on TUBI (tinyurl.com/46tkcv66)
    #RetroView #TheVentures

  3. Nothing Ventured

    The wave towered over me. Then the sound filled my ears. Not the calm breath of the waves;  but it was surf music. I was maybe 3. Song names and artist names were beyond me. There was only the blue-green wave and the twang of the guitar. 

    The Very Best of the Ventures Album

    I have chased music all my life. Just had to figure out the tools. The record player and the giant speakers taught my first lesson: pressing buttons was joy.  In my pursuit I learned in about records, tapes, CDs, mp3, flac, streaming, Napster, torrents, Winamp, VLC, blanks, CD-R/RWs, compression, bit rates, conversion, transfer, backups, VPN, networking, impedance matching, DACs, amplifiers, calibration, ARC, fibre, buying, licensing, and streaming in approximate order. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBCmXGJXblY

    I discovered that they were called The Ventures by accident. Late in the college years I watched Pulp Fiction and wanted all the music. This one wasn’t quite home but it was the right street. It was surf music.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ65e9QHRMY

    The hunt was on. Only a notion of the song and the confidence that I would know it when I heard it. I didn’t know the name of the album only that it had a big wave on the cover. It took me the better part of 6 months, on slow DSL, trawling all the sources I knew. Listening for that drum fade-in. Then one day I found it. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr6V50YhyAQ

    It’s been decades since the record player stopped spinning. I’ve moved a dozen times, the records were lost. I am the default A/V guy and love the role. Now I live in one of the surfiest places on the planet, the current still pulls but I walk, don’t run. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0

    #audioGear #audiophile #californiaSurfCulture #childhoodMemories #DSLInternet #memoir #musicBlog #musicCollecting #musicDiscovery #musicHunting #musicMemories #musicNostalgia #musicTechnology #personalEssay #pulpFictionSoundtrack #retroMusic #soundtracks #surfMusic #theVentures #vinylRecords

  4. Spent the day running errands, but managed to squirrel a little time at the charity shop browsing the records. Almost walked out with a Gaby Haas and the Chuck wagon Gang as it has local caché, but passed as I don't really enjoy accordion music.

    Did pick up this classic though. Mono 1962 release of The Ventures play Telstar, The Lonely Bull. It needs a bit of a clean so it'll be a while before I play it, so queuing it up on the web will have to do for now.

    #Vinyl #Records #Music #TheVentures #VintageAudio #YEGDigs

  5. Spent the day running errands, but managed to squirrel a little time at the charity shop browsing the records. Almost walked out with a Gaby Haas and the Chuck wagon Gang as it has local caché, but passed as I don't really enjoy accordion music.

    Did pick up this classic though. Mono 1962 release of The Ventures play Telstar, The Lonely Bull. It needs a bit of a clean so it'll be a while before I play it, so queuing it up on the web will have to do for now.

    #Vinyl #Records #Music #TheVentures #VintageAudio #YEGDigs