Walk Don't Run / Home by The Ventures
This 1960 Quality Records Canadian 45 RPM record release from The Ventures includes “Walk - Don’t Run” and “Home”. “Walk - Don’t Run” was written and originally recorded by Johnny Smith in 1954. It was the first wide release single for The Ventures and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006. (Watch The Ventures perform Walk - Don't Run LIVE on the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show in 1960) The B Side, “Home” was written by J. Clarkson, H. Clarkson and Peter Van Steeden.
The Ventures are an instrumental surf rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. Original members were Don Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bob Bogle (lead guitar/bass), Nokie Edwards (bass/lead guitar) and Mel Taylor (drums).
Matrix Number Side A: 8497-S1
Matrix Number Side B: 8497-S2
Side A: Walk - Don't Run 02:00:00
Side B: Home 02:18:00