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No two ways about it, the Shads had more integrity. The Ventures were indeed
mostly a business with their rushing out 4 albums a year. They recorded their
Batman album within one week writing the originals in the studio on the fly and
within two weeks the album was in the stores. Yet I contend that that's not a
bad way to do it in Rock and Roll. Many of the best songs are written on the
fly. If ya go the carefully crafted route, ya lose the "it's only rock and
roll" spirit. The Batman album may have had a strictly-commercial intended goal,
yet it stands among the best Ventures albums. And it's not an isolated incident.
Most of those Fender and Mosrite era albums were put out quickly.
In the '60's there are only two Ventures cuts, "Wipe Out" and "More" that were
all session players. In the '70's there is a complete "New Ventures" disco album
that is all session players with the Ventures acting as producers.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: ipongrac
To:
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:00 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] The Ventures have NEVER played in England!
... It always seemed that the Shadows had much more integrity
and were INTO their music as a passion rather than as a business. My
impression was always that to the Ventures it was mostly a business.
Thus all the cuts where it was all studio players and no Ventures,
etc.
Ivan
PS God, it drives me crazy on that On Stage album when the announcer
says something like (for the England portion of the album, no less -
some nerve!!!): "And now with their giant hit, Apache!!!!" The
Ventures never had a hit with Apache anywhere, as far as I know, and
certainly not in England. Can you believe those cajones?
.
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