Jerry and guest David Elrod (The Revtunes) host a night of music by The Ventures, playing hits and rarities. So far, ancient tapes yielded nearly half of six broadcast hours–hopefully in the not-too-dismal future, a complete rescue of the remainder of this radio special from 1984.

(Above) Jerry with lead guitarist Nokie Edwards (Surfin’ to Baja with The Ventures, February 2003).

(Right) Jeff (Alabama) Cook; Bob Bogle & Nokie Edwards (The Ventures).

Broadcast March 24, 1984 (KFAI, Minneapolis) on Random Access (Frothing at the Beaker). Listen: https://archive.org/details/KfairandomAccessShowCa.1984-VenturesSpecialPartOne

https://archive.org/details/RandomAccessShowCa.1984-VenturesSpecialPartTwo

https://archive.org/details/RandomAccessShowCa.1984-VenturesSpecialPartThree

Rescued audio thanks to Johnny’s Cassette Dungeon.