Walk Don’t Run Vol. 2 – THE VENTURES****

House Of The Rising Sun/Diamond Head/Night Train/Peach Fuzz/Rap City/Blue Star/Walk Don’t Run ‘64/Night Walk/One Mint Julep/Pedal Pusher/The Creeper/Stranger On The Shore

Instrumental group The Ventures rejigged their best known tune as Walk Don't Run '64, achieving a US No. 8 hit single as a result. It permitted the accompanying album to be titled Walk Don't Run Vol. 2. (US:17)

"Like 700 million other people, this is one of the albums which turned me on to playing the guitar and I haven't stopped since. This is where The Ventures truly hit their stride, the re-furbished version of their original early '60s hit propelled by Don Wilson's pipeline inspired muted guitar accompaniment. It is also where they began using Semie Mosley's 'Ventures' guitar model, giving them that distinctive Ventures sound."

"This album has a great selection of tunes, from the refurbished Walk Don't Run to Diamond Head, Pedal Pusher and a raunchy House Of The Rising Sun. Anyone who hasn't been into The Ventures before, buy this album. It is a classic and truly is one which would accompany me on a desert island."

"This is a great album, especially The Creeper, House Of The Rising Sun and Walk Don't Run '64."

"The Ventures are the greatest rock instrumental band ever. I would even go the length to say they were the best rock group, period, but that's a little too extreme for many people. What a group of extraordinary musicians. The group could tackle so many musical styles. And with what ease and feel they did it with. During the 1960s, The Ventures put out great albums, and had some great hit singles."

"As most people refer to The Ventures as a covers band I think of them as much more. I think of them as extraordinary self-taught musicians, great music makers, great rockers, great guys and my favourite band."

"Today, when someone says 'surf music', most people think Beach Boys. But true surf music is reverb-drenched guitar magic barely divorced from 50s R & B, with little if any need for vocalizations. And for about four decades now, The Ventures have been doing what they do best: writing and recording some of the best surf music ever made."