The Ventures discography
Classic lineup of the Ventures in Japan in 1965 (left to right): Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle | |
Releases | |
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↙Studio albums | 60+ |
↙Live albums | 30+ |
↙Compilation albums | 80+ |
↙Singles | 72 |
↙Video albums | 10 |
↙Instructional Albums | 5 |
The Ventures have released over two hundred albums beginning with Walk Don't Run (1960), and over 60 singles. The original US albums and singles are indicated by their catalog numbers and Billboard (BB) and Cashbox (CB) chart peak positions (Note: There were separate Cashbox charts for stereo and mono albums until 1965.)
Studio albums
Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications[1] | ||
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US [1][2] |
Cashbox | ||||
Mono | Stereo | ||||
1960 | Walk, Don't Run1
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11 | 19 | — |
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1961 | The Ventures
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105 | 24 | — | — |
Another Smash!!!
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39 | 40 | — | — | |
The Colorful Ventures
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94 | — | — | — | |
1962 | Twist with the Ventures2
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24 | 24 | 23 | — |
Twist Party, Volume 23
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41 | 43 | — | — | |
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy4
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45 | 41 | — | — | |
Going to the Ventures' Dance Party!
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93 | — | — | — | |
1963 | The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull
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8 | 13 | 20 |
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Surfing
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30 | 10 | 21 | — | |
Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
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91 | 37 | — | — | |
The Ventures Play the Country Classics5
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101 | — | — | — | |
Let's Go!
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30 | 18 | 19 | — | |
1964 | The Ventures in Space
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27 | 13 | 11 | — |
The Fabulous Ventures
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32 | 18 | 19 | — | |
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 26
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17 | 18 | — | ||
1965 | Knock Me Out!
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31 | 19 | — | |
The Ventures a Go-Go
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16 | 12 | — | ||
The Ventures Christmas Album7
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9 | 100 | — | ||
1966 | Where the Action Is!
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33 | 27 | — | |
Play the Batman Theme
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42 | 25 | — | ||
Go with the Ventures
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39 | 19 | — | ||
Wild Things!
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33 | 28 | — | ||
1967 | Guitar Freakout8
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57 | 18 | — | |
Super Psychedelics9
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69 | 50 | — | ||
$1,000,000 Weekend
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55 | 51 | — | ||
1968 | Flights of Fantasy
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169 | 79 | — | |
The Horse10
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128 | 69 | — | ||
1969 | Underground Fire
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157 | — | — | |
Hawaii Five-O
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11 | 10 |
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Swamp Rock
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81 | — | — | ||
1970 | 10th Anniversary Album
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91 | — | — | |
1971 | New Testament
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— | — | — | |
1972 | Theme from "Shaft"
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195 | — | — | |
Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics
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146 | — | — | ||
Rock and Roll Forever11
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— | — | — | ||
1973 | Only Hits
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— | — | — | |
1974 | Jim Croce Songbook
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— | — | — | |
Best of Pops Sounds
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— | — | — | ||
The Ventures Play the Carpenters
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— | — | — | ||
1975 | Now Playing
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— | — | — | |
1976 | Hollywood
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— | — | — | |
Rocky Road: The New Ventures
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— | — | — | ||
Sunflower '76
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— | — | — | ||
1977 | TV Themes12
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— | — | — | |
1979 | Latin Album
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— | — | — | |
1980 | Chameleon
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— | — | — | |
1981 | 60's Pops
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— | — | — | |
1982 | St. Louis Memory
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— | — | — | |
The Last Album on Liberty
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— | — | — | ||
1983 | NASA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album13
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— | — | — | |
1991 | The Ventures Play Major Motion Picture
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— | — | — | |
1996 | The Ventures Favorites
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— | — | — | |
1977 | Guitars on Mars
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— | — | — | |
Wild Again
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— | — | — | ||
1998 | New Depths
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— | — | — | |
1999 | Walk Don't Run 200014
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— | — | — | |
2001 | The Ventures Play Southern All Stars
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— | — | — | |
2002 | The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits
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— | — | — | |
Christmas Joy
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— | — | — | ||
2003 | Gold
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— | — | — | |
2004 | Ventures Forever
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— | — | — | |
2005 | Ventures a Go-Go
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— | — | — | |
2006 | The Ventures Play Seaside Story
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— | — | — | |
2007 | Rocky!
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— | — | — | |
2010 | In My Life
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— | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
NOTES
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Live albums
- (1965) The Ventures in Japan
- (1965) The Ventures in Japan, Vol. 2
- (June 1965) The Ventures On Stage (BB #27, CB #19) -- Dolton BLP 8035/BST 8035
- (1966) All About the Ventures
- (1967) The Ventures on Stage Encore
- (1968) The Ventures Live, Again!
- (1968) The Ventures in Tokyo '68
- (1970) Live! The Ventures
- (1971) Pops in Japan '71
- (1971) The Ventures on Stage '71
- (1972) The Ventures on Stage '72
- (1973) Pops in Japan '73
- (1973) The Ventures on Stage '73
- (1974) The Ventures Special '74 on Japanese Tour
- (1974) The Ventures on Stage '74
- (1975) The Ventures on Stage '75
- (1976) The Ventures on Stage '76
- (1977) Live in Japan '77
- (1980) Super Live '80
- (1981) Live in L.A.
- (1984) Original Members: Live in Japan
- (1995) Live in Japan '65
- (1998) On Stage Encore / The Ventures Live, Again!
- (1999) Ventures In Japan/Ventures In Japan, Vol. 2
- (2001) Live in Japan 2000
- (2003) In Japan Live-2000
- (2004) In Japan, Vol. 1-2
- (2004) Pops in Japan, Vol. 1-2
- (2004) Summer & Winter: Live
- (2005) Alive Five-O Hits Live
Instructional albums
- (1965) Play Guitar with The Ventures (BB #96) -- Dolton BLP 16501/BST 17501
- (1965) Play Guitar, Vol. 2—Dolton BLP 16502/BST 17502
- (1965) Play Guitar, Vol. 3—Dolton BLP 16503/BST 17503
- (1965) Play Guitar, Vol. 4: Play Electric Bass—Dolton BLP 16504/BST 17504
- (1967) Play Guitar, Vol. 7
Compilation albums
- (1963) Tarantella / Memphis
- (July 1966) Running Strong—Sunset SUM 1116/SUS 5116
- (1966) The Versatile Ventures—Liberty SCR 5
- (1967) 8 Miles High
- (September 1967) Golden Greats by The Ventures (BB #50, CB #46) -- Liberty LRP 2053/LST 8053
- Reissued in 1981 on Liberty LTAO 8053
- (January 1968) The Guitar Genius of The Ventures—Sunset SUM 1160/SUS 5160
- (1968) Pops in Japan / Pops in Japan, Vol. 2
- (October 1969) Super Group—Sunset SUS 5271
- Album cover illustration by Dean Torrence (Jan & Dean)!
- (March 1970) More Golden Greats (BB #154) -- Liberty LST 8060
- (February 1971) A Decade with the Ventures
- (November 1971) Ventures—United Artists USX-80
- (August 1973) Only Hits—United Artists UA-LA147-G
- (1974) Legendary Masters
- (January 1975) The Very Best of the Ventures
- (1975) 15th Anniversary Album: 15 Years of Japanese Pops
- (1975) The Ventures' 15th Anniversary
- (1976) Early Sounds of the Ventures
- (1977) 20 Greatest Hits
- (December 1980) Greatest Hits
- (1980) Rare Collections for Great Collectors
- (1980) The Best 10, Vol. 2
- (1981) The Ventures Greatest Hits
- (1981) The Very Best of the Ventures
- (1983) Heritage Series: Movie Themes
- (1983) Heritage Series: Spotlight
- (1983) The Ventures Today
- (1986) Best of the Ventures
- (1986) Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- (1986) The Collection
- (1987) Compact Ventures
- (1987) The Best of the Ventures
- (1988) Radical Guitars
- (1989) Christmas Classics
- (1989) Walk Don't Run: All Time Greatest Hits
- (1990) EP Collection
- (1990) Legendary Masters: The Best of the Ventures
- (1990) Walk—Don't Run: The Best of the Ventures
- (1992) Greatest Hits
- (1992) Legends of Rock 'n' Roll
- (1992) Only the Hits
- (1992) The Ventures Play Telstar - The Lonely Bull And Others / (The) Ventures In Space
- (1995) Another Smash!!! / The Colourful Ventures
- (1995) Best of the Ventures
- (1995) Guitar Freakout / Super Psychedelics
- (1995) Hollywood's Hottest Hits
- (1995) Original
- (1995) Play the Carpenters / The Jim Croce Songbook
- (1995) Play the Hits
- (1995) Surfing
- (1995) Twist with the Ventures / The Ventures' Twist Party, Vol. 2
- (1995) Ventures A Go-Go / Where the Action Is!
- (1995) Walk Don't Run, Vol. 2 / Ventures Knock Me Out!
- (1995) Walk Don't Run / Ventures
- (1996) Another Smash!!! / Ventures
- (1996) Best of Pops Sounds / Go with the Ventures
- (1996) Flights of Fantasy / The Ventures in Space
- (1996) Flights of Fantasy / Underground Fire
- (1996) Go With the Ventures! / Batman Theme
- (1996) Greatest Hits
- (1996) Hawaii Five-O / Swamp Rock
- (1996) Joy! The Ventures Play the Classics / Latin Album
- (1996) Mashed Potatoes and Gravy / Going to the Ventures Dance Party!
- (1996) Super Psychedelics / $1,000,000 Weekend
- (1996) Surfing / Colorful Ventures
- (1996) Tele-Ventures: The Ventures Perform the Great TV Themes
- (1996) Underground Fire / Hollywood Metal Dynamic Sound 3000
- (1996) Walk Don't Run / Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2
- (1996) Where the Action Is! / The Ventures Knock Me Out!
- (1997) 36 All Time Greatest Hits
- (1997) Batman / TV Themes
- (1997) Guitar Freakout / Wild Things!
- (1997) In the Vaults
- (1997) Let's Go / Ventures Play the Country Classics
- (1997) Lonely Bull / $1,000,000 Weekend
- (1997) New Testament / More Golden Greats
- (1997) Play Guitar with the Ventures
- (1997) Play Guitar, Vol. 3 / Play Guitar, Vol. 4: Play Electric Bass
- (1997) Play Guitar, Vols. 1 & 2
- (1997) Rock and Roll Forever / Now Playing
- (1997) Swamp Rock / Hawaii Five-O
- (1997) TV Themes / Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
- (1997) The Fabulous Ventures / The Ventures a Go-Go
- (1997) The Ventures
- (1997) Ventures on Stage / Surfing
- (1997) Wild Things! / Fabulous Ventures
- (1998) Classic 60's Themes
- (1998) EP Collection, Vol. 3
- (1998) Back to Back (7 out of 14 tracks) [w/The Shadows.]
- (1998) Horse / New Testament
- (1998) On Stage Encore / The Ventures Live, Again!
- (1998) Play Guitar, Vols. 1-4 & 7
- (1998) Stars on Guitars
- (1998) The Night Has a Thousand Eyes / Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
- (1998) Theme from Shaft / Rocky Road
- (1999) Golden Pops / Pops in Japan '71
- (1999) In the Vaults, Vol. 2
- (1999) Rock & Roll Forever / Rocky Road
- (1999) The Ventures
- (1999) The Ventures' 10th Anniversary Album / Only Hits
- (1999) Theme From Shaft / Horse
- (1999) Ventures In Japan / Ventures In Japan, Vol. 2
- (2000) Best of the Ventures: Walk Don't Run
- (2000) Gold
- (2000) Hawaii Five-O: Remixed Hits & More
- (2000) Play Screen Themes
- (2000) Story
- (2000) Ventures Gold, Vol. 2
- (2001) Inside the Music: Surf's Up
- (2001) The Ultimate Collection
- (2001) The Ventures Play the Greatest Surfin' Hits of All Time
- (2001) Ventures Gold, Vol. 3
- (2002) Hyper Gold
- (2002) Surf Rock Anthology
- (2002) The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits of All-Time
- (2003) All Time Greatest Hits
- (2003) Surfin' With the Ventures
- (2003) The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits of All Time, Vol. 2
- (2003) Your Hit Parade 60's
- (2004) Best of, Vol. 1-2
- (2004) Guitar Legends
- (2004) In Japan, Vol. 1-2
- (2004) Pops a la Carte
- (2004) Pops in Japan, Vol. 1-2
- (2004) Sixties Guitar Party
- (2004) Super Deluxe
- (2004) Super Now
- (2004) Surfin' to Baja
- (2004) Walk Don't Run: Very Best Of
- (2005) 10th Anniversary Album
- (2005) In the Vaults, Vol. 3
- (2005) Platinum Collection
- (2005) Ventures
- (2007) In the Vaults, Vol. 4
- (2008) The Very Best of the Ventures (50 tracks on 2 CDs)
Video albums
- (1966) Beloved Invaders: The Golden Era of The Ventures
- (1981) The Ventures in L.A.
- (1984) Original Members: Live in Japan
- (1989) 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
- (1991) Live in Japan 1990
- (1994) Japan Tour '93
- (1995) In Concert '94
- (1996) Electrified, Amplified, and Deified
- (1998) Wild Again Concert '97
- (2004) 45th Anniversary Live
Box sets
- (1993) Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1957-1961
- (1993) Super Box of Rock, Vol. 2
- (1995) Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5
- (1996) Cowabunga! The Surf Box
- (1997) 36 All Time Greatest Hits
- (1997) Born to Be Wild
- (1997) Play Guitar with the Ventures
- (1997) The Ultimate History of Rock 'N' Roll Collection
- (1998) 100 Jukebox Hits: 50's & 60's
- (1998) Yuletide Soiree Party Pack
- (1999) Endless Summer Legends, Vols. 1-3
- (1999) Hot Rod Box Set
- (2000) Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection
Singles
Year | A-side/B-side Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Label & number | U.S. Charts | Album | |
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Billboard | Cashbox | ||||
1960 | "Cookies and Coke" b/w "The Real McCoy" |
Blue Horizon 100 | - | - | Non-album tracks |
"Walk Don't Run" b/w "Home" |
Blue Horizon 101 | - | - | Walk, Don't Run | |
"Walk Don't Run" b/w "Home" |
Dolton 25 | 2 | 3 | ||
"Walk Don't Run" b/w "The McCoy" |
Dolton 25X | ||||
"Perfidia" b/w "No Trespassing" (from Walk, Don't Run) |
Dolton 28 | 15 | 18 | The Ventures | |
1961 | "The Twomp" b/w "Heart On My Sleeve" |
Blue Horizon 6054 | - | - | Non-album tracks |
"Ram-Bunk-Shush" b/w "Lonely Heart" (from Another Smash) |
Dolton 32 | 29 | 50 | The Ventures | |
"Lullaby of the Leaves" b/w "Ginchy" |
Dolton 41 | 69 | 81 | Another Smash | |
"(Theme From) Silver City" b/w "Bluer Than Blue" |
Dolton 44 | - | 76 | The Colorful Ventures | |
"Blue Moon" b/w "Lady Of Spain" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 47 | - | 90 | ||
1962 | "Yellow Jacket" b/w "Genesis" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 50 | - | - | |
"Instant Mashed" b/w "My Bonnie Lies" (from Twist Party, Vol. 2) |
Dolton 55 | 104 | - | Mashed Potatoes and Gravy | |
"Lolita Ya-Ya" b/w "Lucille" (from Mashed Potatoes and Gravy) |
Dolton 60 | 61 | 100 | Going To The Ventures' Dance Party | |
"The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 1)" b/w "The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 2)" |
Dolton 67 | 91 (Part 2) | 94 (Part 2) | Non-album tracks | |
1963 | "El Cumbanchero" b/w "Skip To M'Limbo" |
Dolton 68 | 114 (B-side) | - | Non-album tracks |
"The Ninth Wave" b/w "Damaged Goods" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 78 | 122 | - | Surfing With The Ventures | |
"The Savage" b/w "The Chase" |
Dolton 85 | - | - | Non-album tracks | |
"Journey to the Stars" b/w "Walkin' With Pluto" |
Dolton 91 | - | - | The Fabulous Ventures | |
1964 | "Fugitive" b/w "Scratchin'" |
Dolton 94 | 126 | - | |
"Walk Don't Run '64" b/w "The Cruel Sea" (from The Fabulous Ventures) |
Dolton 96 | 8 | 9 | Walk, Don't Run Volume 2 | |
"Memphis" b/w "San Antonio Rose" (from The Ventures Play The Country Classics) |
Dolton 101 | - | - | Let's Go! | |
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" / "Rap City" (from Walk, Don't Run Volume 2) |
Dolton 300 | 35 135 |
48 - |
The Ventures Knock Me Out! | |
1965 | "Diamond Head" b/w "Lonely Girl" (from The Ventures Knock Me Out!) |
Dolton 303 | 70 | 96 | Walk, Don't Run Volume 2 |
"Pedal Pusher" b/w "The Swingin' Creeper" (from The Ventures a Go-Go) |
Dolton 306 | - | - | ||
"Bird Rockers" b/w "Ten Seconds To Heaven" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 308 | - | - | The Ventures Knock Me Out! | |
"La Bamba" b/w "Gemini" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 311 | - | - | The Ventures a Go-Go | |
"Sleigh Ride" b/w "Snow Flakes" |
Dolton 311 | - | - | The Ventures Christmas Album | |
1966 | "Secret Agent Man" b/w "00-711" |
Dolton 316 | 54 | 74 | Batman Theme |
"Blue Star" b/w "Comin' Home Baby" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 320 | 120 | 81 | Walk, Don't Run Volume 2 | |
"Arabesque" b/w "Ginza Lights" (from Go With The Ventures) |
Dolton 321 | - | - | Non-album track | |
"Green Hornet Theme" b/w "Fuzzy and Wild" (from Wild Things!) |
Dolton 323 | - | - | Batman Theme | |
"Wild Thing" b/w "Penetration" (from The Ventures In Space) |
Dolton 325 | - | - | Wild Things! | |
1967 | "Theme From 'The Wild Angels'" b/w "Kickstand" (Non-album track) |
Dolton 327 | 110 | - | Guitar Freakout |
"Strawberry Fields Forever" b/w "Endless Dream" |
Liberty 55967 | - | - | Super Psychedelics | |
"Theme From 'Endless Summer'" b/w "Strawberry Fields Forever" (from Super Psychedelics) |
Liberty 55977 | 106 | - | Non-album tracks | |
"On The Road" b/w "Mirrors and Shadows" |
Liberty 56007 | - | - | ||
1968 | "Flights of Fantasy" b/w "Vibrations" (From Super Psychedelics) |
Liberty 56019 | - | - | Flights of Fantasy |
"Walk, Don't Run/Land of 1,000 Dances" b/w "Too Young To Know My Mind" (Non-album track) |
Liberty 56044 | - | - | The Horse | |
"Hawaii Five-O" b/w "Soul Breeze" (from The Horse) |
Liberty 56068 | 4 | 6 | Hawaii Five-O | |
1969 | "Theme From 'A Summer Place'" b/w "A Summer Love" (Non-album track) |
Liberty 56115 | 83 | 63 | |
1970 | "Expo '70" b/w "Swan Lake" |
Liberty 56153 | - | - | Non-album tracks |
"The Wanderer" b/w "The Mercenary" |
Liberty 56169 | - | - | ||
"Storefront Lawyers" b/w "Kern County Line" |
Liberty 56189 | - | - | ||
1971 | "Indian Sun" b/w "Squaw Man" (Non-album track) |
United Artists 50800 | - | - | Theme From "Shaft" |
"Joy" b/w "Cherries Jubilee" (from Theme From "Shaft") |
United Artists 50872 | 109 | - | Joy: The Ventures Play The Classics | |
1972 | "Honky Tonk (Part I)" b/w "Honky Tonk (Part II)" |
United Artists 50925 | - | - | Rock and Roll Forever |
1973 | "Last Tango In Paris" b/w "Prima Vera" (Non-album track) |
United Artists 207 | - | - | Only Hits! |
"Skylab" b/w "The Little People" |
United Artists 277 | - | - | Non-album tracks | |
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" b/w "The Cisco Kid" |
United Artists 333 | - | - | Only Hits! | |
1974 | "Main Theme From 'The Young and The Restless'" b/w "Elise" (from "Fur Elise") (from Joy: The Ventures Play The Classics) |
United Artists 392 | - | - | T.V. Themes |
1975 | "Theme From 'Airport 1975'" b/w "The Man With The Golden Gun" |
United Artists 578 | - | - | Now Playing |
"Superstar Revue" b/w "Superstar Revue (Disco Version)" |
United Artists 687 | - | - | Rocky Road | |
1976 | "Moonlight Serenade" b/w "Moonlight Serenade (Disco Version)" |
United Artists 784 | - | - | |
1977 | "Theme From 'Charlie's Angels'" b/w "Theme From 'Starsky & Hutch'" |
United Artists 942 | - | - | T.V. Themes |
"Walk, Don't Run '77" b/w "Amanda's Theme" |
United Artists 1100 | - | - | Non-album tracks | |
1981 | "Surfin' and Spyin'" b/w "Showdown At Newport (aka Black Sand Beach)" |
Tridex 501 | - | - | |
1982 | "Ventures Medley" b/w "Blue Dawn" |
Tridex 502 | - | - | |
1994 | "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" b/w "Depression" (by Johnny & The Dwellers) |
EMI 19949 | - | - | |
1997 | "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" b/w "Frosty The Snowman" (by Jan & Dean) |
EMI 19770 | - | - | |
"Surf On Guitar Medley" CD single, paired with "Interview With The Ventures" |
GNP Crescendo 1411 | - | - | Wild Again! | |
Reissue singles
- "Walk Don't Run" / "Ram-Bunk-Shush" -- Liberty All-Time Hit Series 54518
- "Perfidia" / "Blue Moon" -- Liberty All-Time Hit Series 54519
- "Telstar" / "Out Of Limits" -- Liberty All-Time Hit Series 54542
- "Wipe Out" / "Secret Agent Man" -- Liberty All-Time Hit Series 54557
- "The Lonely Bull" / "Tequila" -- Liberty All-Time Hit Series 54563
- "Hawaii Five-O" / "Classical Gas" -- Liberty All-Time Hit Series 54571
- "Walk Don't Run" / "Ram-Bunk-Shush" -- United Artists Silver Spotlight Series 050
- "Perfidia" / "Telstar" -- United Artists Silver Spotlight Series 051
- "Walk Don't Run '64" / "Hawaii Five-O" -- United Artists Silver Spotlight Series 052
- "Wipe Out" / "Nadia's Theme (The Young and The Restless)" -- United Artists Silver Spotlight Series 1161
Soundtracks
- (1986) Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- (1993) This Boy's Life
- (1996) Very Brady Sequel
- (2000) Cinemadness: Cool Songs From Hot Flicks
- (2000) Movie Madness: Cool Songs From Hot Flicks
- (2000) Tao of Steve
- (2001) 61*
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Charts". theventures.com. The Ventures. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ "The Fabulous Ventures: The (Almost) Complete Discography". sandcastlevi.com. Arnold E. van Beverhoudt, Jr. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ "The Ventures Biography | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum". Rockhall.com. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
External links
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