Let’s Go – THE VENTURES***

Memphis/Let’s Go/More/El Watusi/Walk Right In/Sukiyaki/New Orleans/So Fine/Wipe Out/Hot Pastrami/ Runaway/Over The Mountain Across The Sea

Unlike their British counterparts The Shadows, who at this time released mostly original instrumental tracks, The Ventures suffered from a heavy dependency on covering recent chart hits. This is exemplified on the album Let's Go. (US:30)

"It contains all the native marvellous Ventures sounds."

"If you feel heavy, sad, low, depressed...play this LP, it will all disappear, taking you back to a better world."

"Let's Go lacks some of the lustre and sophistication this group would develop in later arrangements and material, coming more from the surf music era."

"The surf genre is of course served by the classic Wipe Out and the title track, not to mention a hardy Runaway. Walk Right In lacks a sense of swing, culminating in a kind of stiffness that permeates the lesser moments on this album."

"Let's Go is one of the band's best rock & roll albums, finding the group running through a number of rockers and enjoyable original filler."