Twist With – THE VENTURES***

Driving Guitars/The Twist/Road Runner/Gringo/Moon Dawg/Guitar Twist/Opus Twist/Movin’ & Groovin’/Sunny River/Let’s Twist Again/Shanghied/Bumble Bee Twist

Twist With The Ventures provides another collection of upbeat instrumental tracks with several of them predictably exploiting the Twist craze, already wearing a little thin for some critics. (US:24)

“Like many Ventures albums, Twist With is quite uneven, filled with competent covers of familiar rock and pop hits of the era. Everything is given the familiar, reverb-heavy Ventures treatment, but some choices don't work nearly as well as others and the Twist theme wears thin by the end. In other words, it's a set that's primarily of interest to collectors and hardcore fans.”

“Twist With is a very good album that features exclusively uptempo numbers. Driving Guitars, Road Runner and Movin' & Groovin' are particularly excellent.”

“As always, the sound is full, professional, and features the clean and distinct sound of the combo. Excellent songs are Roadrunner, Driving Guitars and Bumble Bee Twist.”