The Ventures discography

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The Ventures discography
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Studio albums60+
Live albums30+
Compilation albums80+
Singles72
Video albums10
Instructional Albums5

The Ventures have released over two hundred fifty albums beginning with Walk Don't Run (1960), and over 150 singles. [1] 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.)

Contents

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positions Certifications [2]
US
[2] [1]
Cashbox
Mono [3] Stereo [3]
1960 Walk, Don't Run 1
  • Released: December 5, 1960
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2003 (Mono)/BST 8003 (Stereo))
1119
1961The Ventures
  • Released: February 4, 1961
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2004/BST 8004)
10524
Another Smash!!!
  • Released: June 26, 1961
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2006/BST 8006)
3940
The Colorful Ventures
  • Released: October 2, 1961
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2008/BST 8008)
94
1962 Twist with the Ventures 2
  • Released: January 20, 1962
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2010/BST 8010)
242423
Twist Party, Volume 23
  • Released: May 19, 1962
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2014/BST 8014)
4143
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy4
  • Released: August 11, 1962
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2016/BST 8016)
4541
Going to the Ventures Dance Party!
  • Released: November 24, 1962
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2017/BST 8017)
93
1963 The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull
  • Released: January 5, 1963
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2019/BST 8019)
81320
  • US: Gold
Surfing
  • Released: May 4, 1963
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2022/BST 8022)
301021
Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
  • Released: June 1, 1963
  • Label: Liberty (LRP 3289/LST 7289)
9137
The Ventures Play the Country Classics5
  • Released: June 8, 1963
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2023/BST 8023)
10150
Let's Go!
  • Released: August 31, 1963
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2024/BST 8024)
301819
1964 The Ventures in Space
  • Released: January 25, 1964
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2027/BST 8027)
271311
The Fabulous Ventures
  • Released: July 18, 1964
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2029/BST 8029)
321819
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 6
  • Released: October 10, 1964
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2031/BST 8031)
1714
1965Knock Me Out!
  • Released: February 13, 1965
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2033/BST 8033)
3119
The Ventures a Go-Go
  • Released: September 25, 1965
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2037/BST 8037)
1612
The Ventures Christmas Album7
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2038/BST 8038)
9100
1966Where the Action Is!
  • Released: February 12, 1966
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2040/BST 8040)
3327
Play the Batman Theme
  • Released: March 5, 1966
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2042/BST 8042)
4225
Go with the Ventures
  • Released: June 11, 1966
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2045/BST 8045)
3919
Wild Things!
  • Released: September 17, 1966
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2047/BST 8047)
3328
1967Guitar Freakout8
  • Released: February 18, 1967
  • Label: Dolton (BLP 2050/BST 8050)
5718
Super Psychedelics9
  • Released: June 3, 1967
  • Label: Liberty (LRP 2052/LST 8052)
6950
$1,000,000 Weekend
  • Released: December 23, 1967
  • Label: Liberty (LRP 2054/LST 8054)
5551
Pops In Japan [4] 15
  • Released: June, 1967
  • Label: Liberty (LP-8161)
  • Japanese-only original album
1968Flights of Fantasy
  • Released: May 25, 1968
  • Label: Liberty (LRP 2055/LST 8055)
16979
The Horse10
  • Released: August 24, 1968
  • Label: Liberty (LST 8057)
12869
Pops In Japan, No. 2 [5] 15
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Liberty (LP-8351)
  • Japanese-only original album
1969Underground Fire
  • Released: January 18, 1969
  • Label: Liberty (LST 8059)
157
Hawaii Five-O
  • Released: May 10, 1969
  • Label: Liberty (LST 8061)
1110
  • US: Gold
Swamp Rock
  • Released: December 13, 1969
  • Label: Liberty (LST 8062)
81
1970 10th Anniversary Album
  • Released: October 10, 1970
  • Label: Liberty (LST 35000)
91
1971New Testament
Pops In Japan '71 [6] 15
  • Label: Liberty (LLP-80296)
  • Japanese-only original album
Best of Pops Sound [7]
  • Label: United Artists (UAS 29249)
  • European compilation from the Japanese Pops albums
1972Theme from "Shaft"
  • Released: January 15, 1972
  • Label: United Artists (UAS 5546)
195
Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics
  • Released: March 18, 1972
  • Label: United Artists (UAS 5575)
146
Rock and Roll Forever11
  • Released: September 1972
  • Label: United Artists (UAS 5649)
1973Only Hits!
  • Label: United Artists (UA-LA147-G2)
Pops In Japan '73 [8] 15
  • Label: Liberty (LLP 80801)
  • Japanese-only original album
1974The Jim Croce Songbook
  • Released: April 1974
  • Label: United Artists (UA-LA217-E)
The Ventures Play the Carpenters
  • Released: July 1974
  • Label: United Artists (UA-LA231-G)
1975Now Playing
  • Released: August 1975
  • Label: United Artists (UA-LA471-G)
Hollywood: Yuya Uchida Meets the Ventures
  • Label: Liberty (LLS 80302)
  • Japanese-only original album; vocals by Yuya Uchida
1976Rocky Road: The New Ventures
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: United Artists (UA-LA586-F)
1977T.V. Themes12
  • Released: February 1977
  • Label: United Artists (UA-LA717-F)
1979Latin Album
  • Label: King (GP 685)
  • Japanese-only original album
1980Chameleon
198160's Pops
  • Label: Eastworld/Toshiba EMI (EWS-91012)
1982The Last Album on Liberty
  • Label: Liberty (K28P-318)
1983NASA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album13
  • Released: June 1983
  • Label: Tridex (TDX 1003)
1991The Ventures Play Major Motion Picture
  • Label: Japan CD (TOCP-6775)
1991The Ventures Play Seaside Story
  • Label: Japan CD (TOCP-6740)
1996The Ventures Favorites
  • Label: Liberty (MASTERS 1171)
1997Wild Again
  • Label: GNP Crescendo (GNPD 2252)
1998New Depths
  • Released: October 20, 1998
  • Label: GNP Crescendo (GNPD 2259)
1999Walk Don't Run 200014
  • Label: Japan CD (MYCV-30002)
2000Gold
  • Label: The Gold Label (GLDCD 8011)
2001The Ventures Play Southern All Stars
  • Label: Japan CD (MYCV-30093)
2002Christmas Joy
  • Label: Varèse Sarabande (302 066 401 2)
2007Rocky!
  • Label: Japan CD (TOCP-70259)
2010In My Life
  • Label: Japan CD (TOCP-70839)
2023New Space
  • Label: Hi-Tide Recordings (HT-098)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
NOTES
  • 1 As the Ventures were unavailable for the photo shoot, Liberty Records employees substituted for them on the cover.
    Reissued in 1970 on Liberty with new cover (LST 8003).
  • 2 Later retitled Dance! with new album cover.
  • 3 Later retitled Dance with the Ventures with new album cover.
  • 4 Later retitled Beach Party with new album cover.
  • 5 Reissued in 1970 on Liberty as I Walk the Line and Other Great Hits (LST 8023).
  • 6 Reissued in 1970 on Liberty with new album cover (LST 8031).
  • 7 Position on the Billboard Christmas Albums chart. Charted again in 1966, 1967, and 1968. [9]
  • 8 Reissued in 1970 on Liberty as Revolving Sounds (LST 8050).
  • 9 Reissued in 1970 on Liberty as Changing Times (LST 8052).
  • 10 Reissued in 1970 on Liberty as On the Scene (LST 8057).
  • 11 "...special thanks to Harvey Mandel.,,".
  • 12 Reissued in 1984 on Liberty as TV Themes (LN-10224)
  • 13 EA 12003 Award Records, Record cover notes: Published by PFM, Inc. Copyright 1984 Award Masters, Inc. Record produced in clear Vinyl! Official Album Of The L5 Society, Promoting Space Development
  • 14 Nancy Sinatra vocal on "Kicks"
  • 15 The three Pops In Japan albums were expanded and reissued as two-LP sets in 1976 [10]

Live albums

Instructional albums

Compilation albums

Reissued in 1981 on Liberty LTAO 8053
Album cover illustration by Dean Torrence (of Jan & Dean)

Video albums

Box sets

— Walk, Don't Run (1960) / The Ventures (1960) — Another Smash (1961) / The Colorful Ventures (1961) — Twist with the Ventures (1962) / Twist Party, Vol.2 (1962) — Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (1962) / Going to the Ventures Dance Party! (1962)

— Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull (1963) / Surfing (1963) — Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures (1963) / Play the Country Classics (1963) — Let's Go! (1963) / The Ventures in Space (1964) — The Fabulous Ventures (1964) / Walk Don't Run, Vol.2 (1964)

— Knock Me Out! (1965) / The Ventures on Stage (1965) — The Ventures a Go-Go (1965) / Where the Action Is! (1966) — Play the Batman Theme (1966) / Go with the Ventures (1966) — Wild Things! (1966) / Guitar Freakout (1967)

— Super Psychedelics (1967) / Golden Greats by the Ventures (1967) — $1,000,000 Weekend (1967) / Flights of Fantasy (1968) — The Horse (1968) / Underground Fire (1969) — Hawaii Five-O (1969) / Swamp Rock (1969)

— More Golden Greats and Others (1970) — 10th Anniversary Album (1970) — New Testament (1971) / Theme from 'Shaft' (1972) — Joy: Play the Classics (1972) / Rock and Roll Forever (1972)

— Pops in Japan (1967) / Pops in Japan No.2 (1968) — Golden Pops (1970) / Pops in Japan '71 (1971) — Pops in Japan '73 (1973) — 15 Years of Japanese Pops (1975)

— The Ventures in Japan (1965) — All About the Ventures (1966) — The Ventures on Stage Encore (1967) / Live Again! (1968) — The Ventures in Tokyo'68 (1968) / Live! The Ventures (1970)

— The Ventures on Stage '71 (1971) — The Ventures on Stage '72 (1972) — The Ventures on Stage '73 Vol.1 (1973) — The Ventures on Stage '73 Vol.2 (1973)

— The Ventures on Stage '74 Vol.1 (1974) — The Ventures on Stage '74 Vol.2 (1974) — The Ventures on Stage '75 Vol.1 (1975) — The Ventures on Stage '75 Vol.2 (1975)

Singles

Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
YearPeak chart positions [12] [13] Label & number [14] Album
US Cashbox
[15]
US AC US Dan US R&B AUS
[16]
UK
[17]
"The Real McCoy"
b/w "Cookies and Coke"
1960Blue Horizon 100Non-album single
"Walk Don't Run"
b/w "Home"
Blue Horizon 101Walk, Don't Run
"Walk Don't Run"
b/w "Home"
231318Dolton 25
"Walk Don't Run"
b/w "The McCoy"
Dolton 25X
"Perfidia"
b/w "No Trespassing" (from Walk, Don't Run)
151884Dolton 28The Ventures
"The Twomp"
b/w "Heart On My Sleeve" (non-album track)
1961Blue Horizon 6054Twist Party, Volume 2
"Ram-Bunk-Shush"
b/w "Lonely Heart" (from Another Smash)
29502345Dolton 32The Ventures
"Lullaby of the Leaves"
b/w "Ginchy"
69818343Dolton 41Another Smash
"(Theme from) Silver City"
b/w "Bluer Than Blue"
837641Dolton 44The Colorful Ventures
"Blue Moon"
b/w "Lady of Spain" (non-album track)
5490Dolton 47
"Yellow Jacket"
b/w "Genesis" (non-album track)
1962Dolton 50
"Instant Mashed"
b/w "My Bonnie Lies" (from Twist Party, Vol. 2)
104Dolton 55Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
"Lolita Ya-Ya"
b/w "Lucille" (from Mashed Potatoes and Gravy)
61100Dolton 60Going to the Ventures' Dance Party
"The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 1)" /
"The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 2)"

91

94





Dolton 67Non-album single
"El Cumbanchero"
b/w "Skip to M'Limbo"
1963
114





88

Dolton 68
"The Ninth Wave"
b/w "Damaged Goods" (non-album track)
12226Dolton 78Surfing with the Ventures
"The Savage"
b/w "The Chase"
Dolton 85Non-album single
"Journey to the Stars"
b/w "Walkin' with Pluto"
Dolton 91The Fabulous Ventures
"Fugitive"
b/w "Scratchin'"
1964126Dolton 94
"Walk Don't Run '64"
b/w "The Cruel Sea" (from The Fabulous Ventures)
8922Dolton 96Walk, Don't Run Volume 2
"Memphis"
b/w "San Antonio Rose" (from The Ventures Play the Country Classics)
44Dolton 101Let's Go!
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
b/w "Rap City" (from Walk, Don't Run Volume 2)
35
135
48



59
Dolton 300The Ventures Knock Me Out!
"Diamond Head"
b/w "Lonely Girl" (from The Ventures Knock Me Out!)
1965709694Dolton 303Walk, 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 308The Ventures Knock Me Out!
"La Bamba"
b/w "Gemini" (non-album track)
Dolton 311The Ventures a Go-Go
"Sleigh Ride"
b/w "Snow Flakes"
Dolton 312The Ventures Christmas Album
"Secret Agent Man"
b/w "00-711"
19665474Dolton 316 Batman Theme
"Blue Star"
b/w "Comin' Home Baby" (non-album track)
12081Dolton 320Walk, Don't Run Volume 2
"Arabesque"
b/w "Ginza Lights" (from Go with the Ventures)
Dolton 321Non-album single
"Green Hornet Theme"
b/w "Fuzzy and Wild" (from Wild Things!)
Dolton 323Batman Theme
"Wild Thing"
b/w "Penetration" (from The Ventures in Space)
Dolton 325Wild Things!
"Theme from 'The Wild Angels'"
b/w "Kickstand" (non-album track)
1967110Dolton 327Guitar Freakout
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
b/w "Endless Dream"
Liberty 55967Super Psychedelics
"Theme from 'Endless Summer'"
b/w "Strawberry Fields Forever" (from Super Psychedelics)
106Liberty 55977Non-album single
"On the Road"
b/w "Mirrors and Shadows" (originally released as "Reflections" on Super Psychedelics)
Liberty 56007
"Flights of Fantasy"
b/w "Vibrations" (from Super Psychedelics)
1968Liberty 56019Flights of Fantasy
"Walk, Don't Run/Land Of 1,000 Dances"
b/w "Too Young to Know My Mind" (non-album track)
Liberty 56044The Horse
"Hawaii Five-O"
b/w "Soul Breeze" (from The Horse)
468Liberty 56068Hawaii Five-O
"Theme from A Summer Place"
b/w "A Summer Love" (non-album track)
1969836317Liberty 56115
"Swan Lake"
b/w "Expo Seven-O" (originally released in Japan as "Kyoto Doll")
1970Liberty 56153Non-album single
"The Wanderer"
b/w "The Mercenary"
Liberty 56169
"Storefront Lawyers"
b/w "Kern County Line"
Liberty 56189
"Indian Sun"
b/w "Squaw Man" (non-album track)
1971United Artists 50800Theme from "Shaft"
"Joy"
b/w "Cherries Jubilee" (from Theme From "Shaft")
10990United Artists 50872Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics
"Honky Tonk (Part I)"
b/w "Honky Tonk (Part II)"
1972United Artists 50925Rock and Roll Forever
"Last Tango in Paris"
b/w "Prima Vera" (non-album track)
1973United Artists 207Only Hits!
"Skylab (Passport to the Future)"
b/w "The Little People"
38United Artists 277Non-album single
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
b/w "The Cisco Kid"
United Artists 333Only Hits!
"Main Theme from 'The Young and the Restless'"
b/w "Elise" (from "Fur Elise") (from Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics)
197447United Artists 392T.V. Themes
"Theme from 'Airport 1975'"
b/w "The Man with the Golden Gun"
197511United Artists 578Now Playing
"Superstar Revue"
b/w "Superstar Revue (Disco Version)"
3United Artists 687Rocky Road
"Moonlight Serenade"
b/w "Moonlight Serenade (Disco Version)"
197611United Artists 784
"Theme from 'Charlie's Angels'"
b/w "Theme from 'Starsky & Hutch'"
1977United Artists 942T.V. Themes
"Walk, Don't Run '77"
b/w "Amanda's Theme"
United Artists 1100Non-album single
"Surfin' and Spyin'"
b/w "Showdown at Newport (aka Black Sand Beach)"
1981Tridex 501
"Ventures 25 Medley"
b/w "Blue Dawn" (from Stars on Guitars EP)
1982Tridex 502
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
b/w "Depression" (by Johnny & The Dwellers)
1994EMI 19949
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
b/w "Frosty the Snowman" (by Jan & Dean)
1997EMI 19770
"Surf On Guitar Medley"
CD single, paired with "Interview with the Ventures"
GNP Crescendo 1411Wild Again!
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Reissue singles

Soundtracks

Notes

  1. Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 were not featured by The Ventures (they were titled "Play Guitar With Jimmy Bryant" and "Play Guitar With Chet Atkins" respectively).

References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 Hoffmann, Frank; Albert, George (1988). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. pp. 389–391. ISBN   0810820056.
  4. "The Ventures - Pops In Japan". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  5. "The Ventures – Pops In Japan No.2". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  6. "The Ventures - Pops In Japan '71". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  7. "TheVentures – Best of Pops Sounds and Go with The Ventures". theventures.com. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  8. "The Ventures - Pops In Japan '73". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
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