THE VENTURES - Telstar

[thanksforthemusic]

Who played the keyboards? Thanks.

[MrBigrandbo]

Wow I've always liked this song and the Ventures; I'll always remember driving home in Lewiston Idaho in the Fall after school in my little 1950 Chevy hardtop listening to this song on the radio. This version by the Ventures always brings back memories of that little car and how much I loved it.

[georgiestar1]

This song haunts me. I will always remember my life when this came out on the am radio. Wow.

[rlb96]

I still have the album I bought when I was ten.

[MrDuffySir]

I remember everyone playing this at all the dances we went to. Whew!  In spite of the BS, it sure was fun growing up then.

[oatthai73]

I like this song so much>> from Thailand ^^

[sandran7121]

I Was Raised listening to this song.I was very young.I LOVE THIS SONG

[ongypma88]

I Agree with Si1v3rBakk every time I hear this song I get the chills Great song, Great Album, always brings back my teenage memories...The Ventures will live forever...:)

[wilcarr1]

A great time before liberal democrats ruined our country along with affirmative action.

[56hrm]

@wilcarr1 Get a life Buisquetboy.



[paladinsf]

was high tech in the  50s

[rexramones]

brings back fond memories of my high school days. raffy mejia's opening number in his "flashback" program over at dzQL.

[hkja99]

Reminds me of christopher walken in the prophecy III

[wilcarr1]

had this baseball coach from California named Rick  in the earley sixties and cannot remember his last name but he used to tell all us kids he was part of the VENTUREs when they first started. I am sure he was giving us a bunch of BS but always wondered.

[vitalobsession]

I was not around in the 60's or 70's, heck, I wasn't born till the late 80's but I was raised by my Grandfather, and this brings back so many memories =] I firmly believe that this is one of the greatest bands of all time, thanks for posting, and hope to see more.

[HERUNDINO]

@vitalobsession you could have enjoyed it more if you were born in the 50's. anyway you can still enjoy it now

[engineheadsd70]

I used to do air-keyboards on this one.

[lreadavenport]

good ole camp dearborn near milford know it well lived dearborn from 1959 to 1962 love it camp dearborn was great lots of memories

[3DMoviez]

Radio Caroline

[Si1v3rBakk]

Every time I hear this song i think back to the sixties and a long gone cartoon called "marine boy",does the same to me now as it did them,makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

[13Yain]

I know exactly what you're saying, I always think of the Marine Boy theme as well (the opening one not the close with the horrible kids singing).

[alastairjr40]

I saw the Telstar movie...

[mosrite60]

superb! awesome. Ventures live forever

Mosrite60

[redstar127]

I had the long-play of the ventures where this song was, but after so many years I lost it somewhere in my past life.

[chauffeurme]

Memories of long ago.

[luketuzze]

sound great check out mine /watch?v=wd2xVKgN_Ps

[gitpicker7]

I grew up in the early 60's with the Ventures music being played by my brother and his band. I remember him teaching me how to play this song. Wish I was back in the 50/60's.

[hergestridge2roubaix]

Back in the 60's they played this song every day over the loudspeaker system at Camp Dearborn in southeast Michigan. Loved it then as I do now. Thanks for posting...

[tixximmi]

Yes another great early 60's group that played Mozrite guitars made in Bakersfield.

[09071945]

It's like going back into memory lane ,they made the service to our society and therefore they are very well recognized by their precious time.

[ReducedTuna]

I grew up with the tellstar album.I love the ventures and the tornados.I wish those days wer still here.

[thewaymakers]

I used to have every LP album the Ventures made.

[gr8journlst]

Beautiful! Brings me back good memories of my siblings' teen-aged years.

[Dean66Essex]

You just can not beat any of Joe Meek scores and productions......

[PalaverTwist]

It's ogasmic!

[Truculentturtle1]

Remembering my youth....!

[ellococonsombrero]

I like the Ventures from the 50th and 60th, there you hear the joy to make music and not the commerce. I am a big fan since 1967 and i am proud owner of 40 LP records only from the Ventures, and i search more (max.till 1980). Very great!

[grizzzlymx]

wow!!! thank you, this song bring me beautiful memories when i was a kid thinking that my dad´s 60 mercury monterrey was a spaceship to mars!!! thanks again im cryinng hahahaha!

[robrusdavies]

Another great version of TELSTAR - TELSTAR by THE DUELLING PIANOS



[hades49051]

my gma loves this song

[JiS01]

Why did ALL the instrumental bands of those age wasting their time covering EVERYONE else other instrumental songs (of other instrumental bands)??! Fuck sake this is getting ridiculous!

[AntimaterieJoe]

@JiS01 maybe because the songs are great and fun to play? Just guessing... ;)

[frankndebois]

@JiS01 At least they were playing instruments, as opposed to firing MIDI loops, both on stage and in the studio, unlike most of the so-called 'bands' of this age. It takes talent to do this, unlike firing MIDI loops, which is done by engineers firing MIDI loops, of other people who have talent, in predetermined sequences, to allow supposed 'fresh' acts to be able to get on stage to 'perform' plagiarized fragments of music someone else wrote, instead of exhibiting true talent, as these bands did

[dermot51]

@frankndebois Midi loops, sounds like a breakfast cereal but i get your drift

[mlkemper]

LEON RUSSELL ON KEYBOARDS ...

[fastra]

@mlkemper

He was on Channel 4's 24 Hour Emergency this week complaining of chest pains.

He seemed a top bloke (sort of an older Pierce Brosnan), hope he's ok now - they let him out without any complications though. At the end of the programe it mentioned he's doing a new album and changed his name to Franz Franklewurter (or something).

:)

[eddie100]

The punk and all the other ideas seem to waiting for your beacon. Any beacon is good. We all die, but as Sir William Wallace said, I don't know what was said. He was hung till almost dead, drawn across a long board while still alive, his innards taken out and shown to him,

[wwwTheBookbaggs]

Star Trek TV show capitalized on this sound With the opening theme. This why I watched it back then.

[FA7273]

I like The Tornadoes best , but this comes very close to being the best, just my opinion.

[gilllew]

HAVING JUST WATCHED THE DVD OF "TELSTAR" (WITH MY NOT REALLY KNOWING MUCH ABOUT JOE MEEK - WHEN HE WAS A\LIVE) I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH CON O'NEILL'S PORTRAYAL OF HIM. SEEMED TO ME AS BENG SOMEONE WHO WAS "HIS OWN WORST ENEMY" IN THE WAY HE TREATED THOSE WHO WORKED FOR HIM - LIKE GEOFF GODDARD. PERHAPS IF HE'D RECEIVED THE "TELSTAR" ROYALTIES SOONER, THINGS JUST MIGHT HAVE WORKED OUT DIFFERENTLY. SO SAD THAT HE DIED SO YOUNG IN SUCH A TRAGIC WAY

[bri1259]

Try "The Rapiers - Telstar" version on Youtube.

[katracho59]

este fue gran grupaso de nuestros tiempos bellos que nunca bolveran los felicito por este gran aporte a la buena musica estrumental de los años 60&70 grasias pero muchas grasias....

[0000song0000]

of what record is this version (is it from the LP?) i have it from the "very best of". and in your stereo channels sound a lot more separated than mine...

[normandusvang]

I imagine a riders crew crossing the milky way on cybernetical horses

[0000song0000]

@normandusvang =) i feel like traveling throughout galaxies

[robrusdavies]

I've done a new version if anyone wants to check it out... Telstar by THE DUELLING PIANOS

[altfactor]

Had The Tornadoes' version not been a huge hit, this probably would have been the Ventures' biggest-ever smash.

[sitonthisdotcom]

Whoops! I meant Seksu Roba - Sorry Seksu.

[sitonthisdotcom]

Great sound but I prefer it played on the Theremin by virtuoso Sesku Roba

[509Fuzzypants]

@1:05 the origin of Close Encounters?

[buzzfuzz146]

One of the first big instrumental hits of the era. 

[mysticmrsam]

love the Ventures...but I never cared for this version of the Tornadoe's classic

[ChrisCurtisFan]

@mysticmrsam Agree -- The Tornadoes is best, thanks to Joe Meeks beautiful composition and creativity just stops you in your tracks.

[vocho70]

VOY A COMPARTIR CON USTEDES LA PARTE MAS BELLA DE MI NIÑEZ, CUANDO EN LOS AÑOS 70 SE HABLABA DE LA COMUNICACION SATELITAL Y ESTABA DE MODA EL CASO OVNI (UFO), EN MEXICO SE REALIZABA EN EL CENTRO DEL PAIS LA COMISION UNIFICADORA DE FRECUENCIA, CUANDO SALIERON LOS APARATOS CON TRANSISTORES Y ELIMINARON EL USO LOS BULBOS, ADEMAS TENIA POCO TIEMPO DE HABERSE REALIZADO LA MISION DEL APOLO 11, ETC. NADA ERA MEJOR QUE "HECHARSE UN VIAJE" CON LA MUSICA DE "THE VENTURES", LOS EFECTOS INCREIBLES, HAAAAAA

[Mulepick]

The sound at the beginning of the song is one of the first instances of "flanging" where identical tracks are played at different speeds to get the jet-aircraft effect. Another early example is on Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park".

[mlkemper]

thats ok ..i saw your name but i use ''WAFFEN SS ''sometimes as afantasy name lol ..im german /jew anyway ..FRUEDENTHAL was my real name as i was adopted into the Kemper family ...my daughter law was born in Roswell ..funny huh [and lived there several years ]..keep posting as i tell Nokie all the time who is interested in his music ..he and judy are freinds of mine ..regards mike kemper ..

[RoyChavezSer]

kinda of sounds like the theme song to ¨High Chaparral¨....

[mlkemper]

yeh thanks ahitler ..my dad also hated rock music and it really p___ssed him off to hear the VENTURES play country music flawlessly on the VENTURES PLAY THE COUNTRY CLASSICS album...finger rolls ..harmonics ..a lot of licks that the country musicians just couldnt or wouldnt use [or couldnt play ....i heard Nokie got a kick out of playing this album ..rumor was too that Jimmy Bryant and Billy Strange were on some of these cuts ..but i can assure you NOKIE EDWARDS can play all you hear and more

[ahitler1000]

@mlkemper thanx , some shun me because of my infamous name , I dont believe in his politics in any way , I am a legal american whos father defected from germany during ww2, my father loved rock and roll , he was a damn good musician , and I play as well, the music on my playlists is what Im playing these days , its a lifestyle , Im russell the wizzard on myspace a local cult celebrity who builds radical streetrods in Roswell New Mexico,

[ahitler1000]

if your here listening to this , dont forget the Trashmen , doing the surfing bird

[revbrian11]

Hello All - a bit of information I only learned recently - the brilliant organ playing on this track by none other than Leon Russell!

[mlkemper]

i can tell you a lot about these guys because i know Nokie and his wife Judy well ....they are good to their fans and truthful about the thing that happened to them in the 1960's...they had a lot and i mean a lot of future ''stars ''playing on their albums ..from tedesco to leon ..david gates ..billy strange ..glen campbell[who didnt]..thats dons wife on the WALK DONT RUN 64 album cover ..red rhodes on steel ..mel played on some of buck owens and herb alperts things..and MONSTER MASH[DRUMS]

[ahitler1000]

@mlkemper for a fleeting moment , all the tumblers were lined up in the heavens and thus was the 50-s and 60-s a age of innocence, and true love , art and the masters of music the ventures

[02pete]

The Tornadoes version is better than this I believe because it sticks to the conventions of sci-fi a little more than this version.

This version sounds like something you would hear at a fun-fair or something. I'm not bad mouthing it though because these are obviously some very talented individuals.

[jaybird197122]

The Ventures had an awesome sound to them. I am 39 years of age and this brings back memories of my childhood and the Ventures were an enjoyment that the whole family enjoyed. Even my Dad liked them who hated rock and roll.

[Terrilliser]

this is a more upbeat version of The Tornadoes original version!

[YvonneH]

Such a great tune still - all these years later!

[17pasglop]

Souvenirs, souvenirs beaucoup de versions de ce morceau par "The Spotnicks", "The Shadows" "The Tornados" etc.... trop génial !

[punisher777legend]

legendary music!!

[mlkemper]

thats LEON RUSSEL on organ ...intro was DON WILSON shooting off fire extiguisher in the studio ...

[ahitler1000]

@mlkemper glad someone remembered leon

[Inquisitor53]

My older sister had this on a 45. On saturday mornings I would cue it up to play at the intro of "Fireball XL-5" with the sound turned down on the TV . Those were the days!

[luckyrog777]

I have the "45" on the Liberty All-time Hit Series but it is in mono. "Out of Limits" is on the flip side.

How great to hear the Ventures in stereo thanks to Youtube.

Any one remember an album featuring Bobby Vee and the Ventures?

I have it. It is probably worth something.

[johnny10301968]

Are the ventures using a synthisizer?

[benja12]

@johnny10301968 I think is a "Clavinet"... Electro mechanic keyboard... a proto synth

[bigriggz07]

Brings back memories of the 60's for me

[hdiylove]

Beautiful!!')

[Tkidification]

awesome......hubert  alberta canada.

[favviswed]

i WANT THIS SONG PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL. im not kidding ...try me

[raitiovainu]

Good cover but drumbeat fucks it up

[tassadarr19769]

BY SONG TORNADOES!!!

[yan2292008]

love from india !!!

[antoniozamoramaya]

las que llegaran al hit pareid resumen de caciom que en diferentes epocas hicieron un deleite entre la juventud ahora aqui en radio 620 las que llegaron al hit paretd

[LetyMcCartney]

@antoniozamoramaya bellos recuerdos de radio 6.20 estación del D.F. que disfrutamos con la voces del sr. Rascón Salmón(qepd) y del sr. Guillén. Las que llegaron al Hit Parade. La música que llegó para quedarse...

[musclescott]

Both versions capture the times...the heavy, repetitive beat; the "space sounds," the pace...not our parents music! This is one you really had to blast. Can't count the number of times I'd barely hear my mother, "Turn that damn thing down!"

[centellas07]

¡PROFUNDAMENTE HERMOSOOO!!!!

[THEBIGCHIEF420]

evan johns does a kick ass psyco billy cover of this song here on youtube

[siire]

LINK IT LULZ

[redeyedol]

I like this song more than the original by The Tornadoes - it just seems to represent space and infinity a whole lot better.

[spacepatrolman]

@redeyedol I LIKE THE VENTURES VERSION BUT THE TORNADOES VERSION IS BETTER BECAUSE IT HAS BACKWARDS TOILET BOWL FLUSHES REVERSE TAPE LOOPS OF BLOWING INTO A MICROPHONE HARP ELECTRIC VIOLIN SINGING WITH ORGAN AND GRETSCH GUITARS WHICH HAVE BETTER PICKUPS THAN FENDER GUITARS

[Joseph03743]

The sonic boom at the end and the other sound effects really top it off. I love this song. Takes me way back to my childhood and reminds me of my Ma & Pa, who are now long gone.

[kosterlitzthouless]

they're good musicians

came across this piece when looking for the "swinging creeper"

telstar, nice piece, sounds like it was from Beethoven !

[prestrat53]

I can't decide which one is better the original by the tornadoes or this one. both are superb

[shockermph]

Played this song over and over again in 1969 watching the moon landing

[tunesmith09]

Love the rocket blastoff sound at the beginning of this, as it should be for the Ventures' version. When I first heard this my buddy had it cranked up so high the floor shook...which is exactly what he wanted it to do! God bless the Ventures...if anyone can post the Ventures' version of Silver City please do so...it is in a class by itself. Thankfully I was exposed to it by my late brother...an outstanding owner of...and player of...various Fender and Gretsch guitars in the 50's and 60's...

[overbrookXXX]

@tunesmith09 The rocket blast was done with a fire extinguisher. I always thought that was kind of funny.

[pennypants9]

wow im the first to comment / this song inspired me to become a guitar player