Twist with the Ventures

Twist with the Ventures
Studio album by The Ventures
Released January 20, 1962
Genre Surf rock
Length 26:19
Label Dolton Records
Producer Josie Wilson & Bob Reisdorff
The Ventures chronology
The Colorful Ventures
(1961)		 Twist with the Ventures
(1962)		 Twist Party, Volume 2
(1962)

Twist with the Ventures is the fifth studio album by the band The Ventures; released in 1962 on Dolton Records BST 8010 (stereo) and BLP 2010 (monaural).[1] It consists mostly of instrumental versions of popular dance tunes from the late 50's to early 60's, with a couple of original compositions. It was on the charts for 29 weeks and it peaked at # 24 on the Billboard 200.[2] It was later retitled Dance! with new album cover.[1] During the recording of this album, original drummer Howie Johnson left the band and was replaced by Mel Taylor, thus forming the classic Ventures lineup.[3]

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Driving Guitars (Ventures' Twist)" - Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Don Wilson (1:59)
  2. "The Twist" - Hank Ballard (1:52)
  3. "Road Runner" - Rick Dangel, John Greek (2:42)
  4. "Gringo" - Gene Moles (2:30)
  5. "Moon Dawg" - Derry Weaver (2:21)
  6. "Guitar Twist" - Dick Glasser, Tommy Allsup (2:19)

Side Two:

  1. "Opus Four" - Jerry Allison, Tommy Allsup (2:00)
  2. "Movin' And Groovin'" - Duane Eddy, Lee Hazlewood (2:04)
  3. "Sunny River" - Moles, Edwards (2:08)
  4. "Let's Twist Again" - Dave Appell, Kal Mann (2:15)
  5. "Shanghied" - Greek, Dangel (1:50)
  6. "The Wasp" - Wilson, Edwards, Bogle (2:19)

This is the track listing from the original album.[4] On later releases, "Opus Four" was retitled "Opus Twist", and "The Wasp" was retitled "Bumble Bee Twist"[1]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dolton Album Discography".
  2. ↑ "The Ventures :: Discography Charts".
  3. ↑ "The Ventures Biography". rockhall.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Twist with the Ventures". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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