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The Ventures discography | |
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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 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.)
Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications [2] | ||
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US [2] [1] | Cashbox | ||||
Mono [3] | Stereo [3] | ||||
1960 | Walk, Don't Run 1
| 11 | 19 | — |
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1961 | The Ventures
| 105 | 24 | — | — |
Another Smash!!!
| 39 | 40 | — | — | |
The Colorful Ventures
| 94 | — | — | — | |
1962 | Twist with the Ventures 2
| 24 | 24 | 23 | — |
Twist Party, Volume 23
| 41 | 43 | — | — | |
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy4
| 45 | 41 | — | — | |
Going to the Ventures Dance Party!
| 93 | — | — | — | |
1963 | The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull
| 8 | 13 | 20 |
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Surfing
| 30 | 10 | 21 | — | |
Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
| 91 | 37 | — | — | |
The Ventures Play the Country Classics5
| 101 | 50 | — | — | |
Let's Go!
| 30 | 18 | 19 | — | |
1964 | The Ventures in Space
| 27 | 13 | 11 | — |
The Fabulous Ventures
| 32 | 18 | 19 | — | |
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 6
| 17 | 14 | — | ||
1965 | Knock Me Out!
| 31 | 19 | — | |
The Ventures a Go-Go
| 16 | 12 | — | ||
The Ventures Christmas Album7
| 9 | 100 | — | ||
1966 | Where the Action Is!
| 33 | 27 | — | |
Play the Batman Theme
| 42 | 25 | — | ||
Go with the Ventures
| 39 | 19 | — | ||
Wild Things!
| 33 | 28 | — | ||
1967 | Guitar Freakout8
| 57 | 18 | — | |
Super Psychedelics9
| 69 | 50 | — | ||
$1,000,000 Weekend
| 55 | 51 | — | ||
Pops In Japan [4] 15
| — | — | — | ||
1968 | Flights of Fantasy
| 169 | 79 | — | |
The Horse10
| 128 | 69 | — | ||
Pops In Japan, No. 2 [5] 15
| — | — | — | ||
1969 | Underground Fire
| 157 | — | — | |
Hawaii Five-O
| 11 | 10 |
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Swamp Rock
| 81 | — | — | ||
1970 | 10th Anniversary Album
| 91 | — | — | |
1971 | New Testament
| — | — | — | |
Pops In Japan '71 [6] 15
| — | — | — | ||
Best of Pops Sound [7]
| — | — | — | ||
1972 | Theme from "Shaft"
| 195 | — | — | |
Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics
| 146 | — | — | ||
Rock and Roll Forever11
| — | — | — | ||
1973 | Only Hits!
| — | — | — | |
Pops In Japan '73 [8] 15
| — | — | — | ||
1974 | The Jim Croce Songbook
| — | — | — | |
The Ventures Play the Carpenters
| — | — | — | ||
1975 | Now Playing
| — | — | — | |
Hollywood: Yuya Uchida Meets the Ventures
| — | — | — | ||
1976 | Rocky Road: The New Ventures
| — | — | — | |
1977 | T.V. Themes12
| — | — | — | |
1979 | Latin Album
| — | — | — | |
1980 | Chameleon
| — | — | — | |
1981 | 60's Pops
| — | — | — | |
1982 | The Last Album on Liberty
| — | — | — | |
1983 | NASA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album13
| — | — | — | |
1991 | The Ventures Play Major Motion Picture
| — | — | — | |
1991 | The Ventures Play Seaside Story
| — | — | — | |
1996 | The Ventures Favorites
| — | — | — | |
1997 | Wild Again
| — | — | — | |
1998 | New Depths
| — | — | — | |
1999 | Walk Don't Run 200014
| — | — | — | |
2000 | Gold
| — | — | — | |
2001 | The Ventures Play Southern All Stars
| — | — | — | |
2002 | Christmas Joy
| — | — | — | |
2007 | Rocky!
| — | — | — | |
2010 | In My Life
| — | — | — | |
2023 | New Space
| — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
NOTES
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— 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)
Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Year | Peak chart positions [12] [13] | Label & number [14] | Album | ||||||
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US | Cashbox [15] | US AC | US Dan | US R&B | AUS [16] | UK [17] | ||||
"The Real McCoy" b/w "Cookies and Coke" | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Horizon 100 | Non-album single |
"Walk Don't Run" b/w "Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Horizon 101 | Walk, Don't Run | |
"Walk Don't Run" b/w "Home" | 2 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 1 | 8 | Dolton 25 | ||
"Walk Don't Run" b/w "The McCoy" | Dolton 25X | |||||||||
"Perfidia" b/w "No Trespassing" (from Walk, Don't Run) | 15 | 18 | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | Dolton 28 | The Ventures | |
"The Twomp" b/w "Heart On My Sleeve" (non-album track) | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Horizon 6054 | Twist Party, Volume 2 |
"Ram-Bunk-Shush" b/w "Lonely Heart" (from Another Smash) | 29 | 50 | — | — | — | 23 | 45 | Dolton 32 | The Ventures | |
"Lullaby of the Leaves" b/w "Ginchy" | 69 | 81 | — | — | — | 83 | 43 | Dolton 41 | Another Smash | |
"(Theme from) Silver City" b/w "Bluer Than Blue" | 83 | 76 | — | — | — | 41 | — | Dolton 44 | The Colorful Ventures | |
"Blue Moon" b/w "Lady of Spain" (non-album track) | 54 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 47 | ||
"Yellow Jacket" b/w "Genesis" (non-album track) | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 50 | |
"Instant Mashed" b/w "My Bonnie Lies" (from Twist Party, Vol. 2) | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 55 | Mashed Potatoes and Gravy | |
"Lolita Ya-Ya" b/w "Lucille" (from Mashed Potatoes and Gravy) | 61 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 60 | Going to the Ventures' Dance Party | |
"The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 1)" / "The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 2)" | — 91 | — 94 | — — | — — | — — | — — | — — | Dolton 67 | Non-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) | 122 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | Dolton 78 | Surfing with the Ventures | |
"The Savage" b/w "The Chase" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 85 | Non-album single | |
"Journey to the Stars" b/w "Walkin' with Pluto" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 91 | The Fabulous Ventures | |
"Fugitive" b/w "Scratchin'" | 1964 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 94 | |
"Walk Don't Run '64" b/w "The Cruel Sea" (from The Fabulous Ventures) | 8 | 9 | — | — | — | 22 | — | Dolton 96 | Walk, Don't Run Volume 2 | |
"Memphis" b/w "San Antonio Rose" (from The Ventures Play the Country Classics) | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | Dolton 101 | Let's Go! | |
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" b/w "Rap City" (from Walk, Don't Run Volume 2) | 35 135 | 48 — | — — | — — | — — | 59 | — — | Dolton 300 | The Ventures Knock Me Out! | |
"Diamond Head" b/w "Lonely Girl" (from The Ventures Knock Me Out!) | 1965 | 70 | 96 | — | — | — | 94 | — | Dolton 303 | 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 312 | The Ventures Christmas Album | |
"Secret Agent Man" b/w "00-711" | 1966 | 54 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 316 | Batman Theme |
"Blue Star" b/w "Comin' Home Baby" (non-album track) | 120 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 320 | Walk, Don't Run Volume 2 | |
"Arabesque" b/w "Ginza Lights" (from Go with the Ventures) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 321 | Non-album single | |
"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! | |
"Theme from 'The Wild Angels'" b/w "Kickstand" (non-album track) | 1967 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dolton 327 | 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) | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Liberty 55977 | Non-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) | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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) | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | Liberty 56068 | Hawaii Five-O | |
"Theme from A Summer Place" b/w "A Summer Love" (non-album track) | 1969 | 83 | 63 | 17 | — | — | — | — | Liberty 56115 | |
"Swan Lake" b/w "Expo Seven-O" (originally released in Japan as "Kyoto Doll") | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Liberty 56153 | Non-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) | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists 50800 | Theme from "Shaft" |
"Joy" b/w "Cherries Jubilee" (from Theme From "Shaft") | 109 | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | United Artists 50872 | Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics | |
"Honky Tonk (Part I)" b/w "Honky Tonk (Part II)" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists 50925 | Rock and Roll Forever |
"Last Tango in Paris" b/w "Prima Vera" (non-album track) | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists 207 | Only Hits! |
"Skylab (Passport to the Future)" b/w "The Little People" | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | United Artists 277 | Non-album single | |
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" b/w "The Cisco Kid" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists 333 | Only Hits! | |
"Main Theme from 'The Young and the Restless'" b/w "Elise" (from "Fur Elise") (from Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics) | 1974 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | United Artists 392 | T.V. Themes |
"Theme from 'Airport 1975'" b/w "The Man with the Golden Gun" | 1975 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | United Artists 578 | Now Playing |
"Superstar Revue" b/w "Superstar Revue (Disco Version)" | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | United Artists 687 | Rocky Road | |
"Moonlight Serenade" b/w "Moonlight Serenade (Disco Version)" | 1976 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | United Artists 784 | |
"Theme from 'Charlie's Angels'" b/w "Theme from 'Starsky & Hutch'" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists 942 | T.V. Themes |
"Walk, Don't Run '77" b/w "Amanda's Theme" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists 1100 | Non-album single | |
"Surfin' and Spyin'" b/w "Showdown at Newport (aka Black Sand Beach)" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tridex 501 | |
"Ventures 25 Medley" b/w "Blue Dawn" (from Stars on Guitars EP) | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tridex 502 | |
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" b/w "Depression" (by Johnny & The Dwellers) | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | EMI 19949 | |
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" b/w "Frosty the Snowman" (by Jan & Dean) | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | EMI 19770 | |
"Surf On Guitar Medley" CD single, paired with "Interview with the Ventures" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | GNP Crescendo 1411 | Wild Again! | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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