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1964 studio album by The Ventures
The Ventures in Space
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Released
| January 25, 1964
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Recorded
| October 1963
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Genre
| Surf
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Length
| 27
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26
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Label
| Dolton
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Producer
| Robert Reisdorff
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Let's Go!
(1963)
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The Ventures in Space
(1964)
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The Fabulous Ventures
(1964)
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- "Penetration"
Released: 1963
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The Ventures in Space
is an
LP album
by the guitar-based instrumental group
the Ventures
, released in 1964. Information on its jacket states that "All of these unusual & other-worldly sounds have been created with musical instruments rather than electronic gimmicks". It was one of the first albums on which the group played the new
Mosrite
brand guitars instead of their traditional
Fender
instruments. The album was released in 1964 on the
Dolton
label, and reissued in the late 1970s by
Pickwick Records
(with a new cover depicting an
astronaut
performing a
spacewalk
).
Reception
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Source
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Allmusic
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In his review for
Allmusic
, critic
Richie Unterberger
wrote of the album "Few listeners need to dig deeper than a greatest-hits collection for the Ventures, but this early effort is an arguable exception... The British instrumental group the
Tornados
(of "
Telstar
" fame) did this kind of stuff better, but
Ventures in Space
is a fun diversion from their usual sound that holds up well."
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Track listing
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Side one
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- "
Out of Limits
" (
Michael Z. Gordon
) ? 2:14
- "He Never Came Back" (Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle) ? 2:06
- "Moon Child" (Cissy Wechter,
Julius Wechter
) ? 2:07
- "Fear" (
Harry Lubin
) ? 2:24
- "Exploration in Terror" (Wilson, Edwards, Bogle) ? 2:14
- "War of the Satellites" (
Danny Hamilton
) ? 1:57
Side two
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- "The Bat" (Lou Forbes) ? 2:14
- "Penetration" (Steve Leonard) ? 2:10
- "Love Goddess of Venus" (Wilson) ? 2:35
- "Solar Race" (Wilson, Edwards, Bogle) ? 2:34
- "The Fourth Dimension" (Gary Hodge, Terry Wadsworth) ? 2:15
- "Twilight Zone" (
Marty Manning
) ? 2:36
Personnel
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Ventures
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Additional musicians
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Technical
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References
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