The Ventures

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Tự 1955 năm rock 'n roll ra đời sau, điện đàn ghi-ta diễn tấu trở thành một loại lưu hành nhạc cụ, rất nhiều thành công nhạc khúc sử dụng điện đàn ghi-ta sáng tác, rất nhiều điện đàn ghi-ta tác phẩm sáng tạo ra vĩ đại nhạc khúc. The Ventures tuy không phải sớm nhất dùng điện đàn ghi-ta diễn tấu dàn nhạc, lại là nhất hồng diễn tấu đoàn đội. Bọn họ có được gần 40 trương album đĩa nhạc tiến vào bảng xếp hạng, 17 chi đơn khúc đánh hạ Top 40, 2 đem điện đàn ghi-ta diễn tấu dàn nhạc lại sáng tạo rất nhiều rock 'n roll đội mộng tưởng, lưu hành âm nhạc ở 60 niên đại kỳ tích.
The Ventures là từ yêu thích đàn ghi-ta công nhân Bob Bogle cùng bạn tốt Don Wilson tạo thành, cũng bằng vào đơn khúc “Walk Don’t Run” ở Seattle radio đại được hoan nghênh, đĩa nhạc công ty quay đầu lại tới đem đơn khúc phát hành đến toàn nước Mỹ, vì thế bước lên bảng xếp hạng á quân, theo sau đẩy ra album “Walk Don’t Run”, mà “Walk Don’t Run” cũng từ đây cùng The Ventures hoa thượng ngang bằng.
Lúc sau, theo “Perfidia”, “Ram-Bunk-Shush” hai chi đơn khúc ở 1960-61 trở thành bán chạy khúc, thả bởi vì không cần chịu giới hạn trong tiếng người biểu đạt phong cách, thực mau mà, bọn họ diễn tấu phạm vi liền khoách cập -- vặn vặn vũ, nông thôn, lưu hành, TV phối nhạc, mê huyễn, thậm chí ngầm âm nhạc ( Garage gara rock and roll ), trong đó, 1964 năm “Telstar” lần nữa trở thành bọn họ bán chạy khúc, mà bọn họ tác phẩm tiêu thụ cũng đã ở nước Mỹ tích lũy vượt qua 2 ngàn vạn trương con số. Rồi sau đó, 1969 năm TV phối nhạc “Hawaii Five-O” cũng lần nữa bắt được đơn khúc đệ 4 danh, ở bảng thượng dừng lại 3 năm. Theo 70 niên đại đã đến, The Ventures càng đem diễn tấu nội dung mở rộng đến Punk, disco, lôi quỷ, trữ tình rock and roll cập Latin âm nhạc, ngoài ra, bởi vì ở Nhật Bản khu vực đại được hoan nghênh, cũng từ đây bắt đầu ở Nhật Bản trực tiếp phát phiến.
Not the first but definitely the most popular rock instrumental combo, the Ventures scored several hit singles during the 1960s — most notably Walk-Dont Run and Hawaii Five-O — but made their name in the growing album market, covering hits of the day and organizing thematically linked LPs. Almost 40 Ventures albums charted, and 17 hit the Top 40. And though the groups popularity in America virtually disappeared by the 1970s, their enormous contribution to pop culture was far from over; the Ventures soon became one of the most popular world-wide groups, with dozens of albums recorded especially for the Japanese and European markets. They toured continually throughout the 1970s and 80s — influencing Japanese pop music of the time more than they had American music during the 60s.
The Ventures origins lie in a Tacoma, Washington group called the Impacts. Around 1959, construction workers and hobby guitarists Bob Bogle and Don Wilson formed the group, gigging around Washington state and Idaho with various rhythm sections as backup. They recorded a demo tape, but after it was rejected by the Liberty Records subsidiary Dolton, the duo founded their own label, Blue Horizon. They released one vocal single (Cookies and Coke), then recruited bassist Nokie Edwards and drummer Skip Moore and decided to instead become an instrumental group.
The Ventures went into the studio in 1959 with an idea for a new single they had first heard on Chet Atkins Hi Fi in Focus LP. Released on Blue Horizon in 1960, the single Walk-Dont Run became a big local hit after being aired as a news lead-in on a Seattle radio station (thanks to a friend with connections). In an ironic twist, Dolton Records came calling and licensed the single for national distribution; by summer 1960, it had risen to number two in the charts, behind only Its Now or Never by Elvis Presley. After Howie Johnson replaced Moore on drums, the Ventures began recording their debut album, unsurprisingly titled after their hit single.
Two singles, Perfidia and Ram-Bunk-Shush, hit the Top 40 during 1960-61, but the Ventures soon began capitalizing on what became a trademark: releasing LPs which featured songs very loosely arranged around a theme implied in the title. The groups fourth LP, The Colorful Ventures, included Yellow Jacket, Red Top, Orange Fire and no less than three tracks featuring the word blue in the title. The Ventures put their indelible stamp on each style of 60s music they covered, and they covered many — twist, country, pop, spy music, psychedelic, swamp, garage, TV themes. (In the 70s, the band moved on to funk, disco, reggae, soft rock and Latin music.) The Ventures lineup changed slightly during 1962. Howie Johnson left the band, to be replaced by session man Mel Taylor; also, Nokie Edwards took over lead guitar with Bob Bogle switching to bass.
One of the few LPs not arranged around a theme became their best-selling; 1963s The Ventures Play Telstar, The Lonely Bull featured a cover of the number one instrumental hit by the British studio band the Tornadoes and produced by Joe Meek. Though their cover of Telstar didnt even chart, the album hit the Top Ten and became the groups first of three gold records. A re-write of their signature song — entitled Walk-Dont Run 64 — reached number eight that year. By the mid-60s however, the Ventures appeared to be losing their touch. Considering the volatility of popular music during the time, it was quite forgivable that the group would lose their heads-up knowledge of current trends in the music industry to forecast which songs should be covered. The television theme Hawaii Five-O hit number four in 1969, but the Ventures slipped off the American charts for good in 1972. Instead, the band began looking abroad for attention and — in Japan especially — they found it with gusto. After leaving Dolton/Liberty and founding their own Tridex Records label, the Ventures began recording albums specifically for the Japanese market. The group eventually sold over 40 million records in that country alone, becoming one of the biggest American influences on Japanese pop music ever.
Nokie Edwards left the Ventures in 1968 to pursue his interest in horse racing for a time, and was replaced by Gerry McGee; though he returned by 1972, Mel Taylor left the group that year for a solo career, to be replaced by Joe Barile. (Taylor returned also, in 1979.) By the early 80s, the Ventures core quartet of Wilson, Bogle, Edwards and Taylor could boast of playing together for over 20 years. Though Edwards left the band for good in 1984 (replaced again by Gerry McGee) and Mel Taylor died mid-way through a Japanese tour in 1996 (replaced by his son Leon), the Ventures continued to pack venues around the world.