Nokie Edwards (Nole Floyd Edwards) is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
guitarist with the instrumental rock band The Ventures. He continues
to tour Japan annually with the group, primarily in winter.
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Happy Birthday Nokie!
Bob Reisdorff ( Dolphin- Dolton Records ) once told me that the photo on the first Ventures LP was shot with members of the Liberty Records staff ( two of them from Distribution ) and NONE of the ” real ” Ventures were represented, as they were away” on tour ”
I once met later- drummer Mel Taylor, standing out in front of Sunset Sound, having a fag (which eventually would kill him )
Funny, when I first saw him from my car, I thought he was my friend Sonny Bono !
Very kind, he invited me in for a ” listen ” to the drumming he was over-dubbing at Sunset Sound.
He liked the fact that I knew about the early label-
Blue Horizon.
I once saw a quasi-royalty-statement from LP sales in Japan, it read:
” In 5 years, The Ventures have sold in excess of NINETEEN MILLION ALBUMS, out-selling Elvis AND The Beatles, and continue to tour here ”
The Ventures and Fleetwoods were the BEST from Mister Reisdorff!
All the best to you and yours.
The Hollywood Phantom