Marketts - "Out Of Limits" (1963)

The Marketts were an American instrumental pop group, formed in Hollywood, California. They are best known for their 1963 million seller, "Out of Limits."

The Marketts' line-up constantly changed, being made up of various session musicians from the Los Angeles area. The group's direction was spearheaded by producer Joe Saraceno, although Saraceno did not arrange or play on any of the group's material.[1] They are best remembered for their surf rock hits, though not all of their material has this sound; Saraceno took the group's style in whatever direction he thought would catch the record-buying public's ear. They scored three Top 40 hits in the U.S., and had two popular albums. Their biggest hit was originally entitled "Outer Limits", based on the TV theme of the same name; however, Rod Serling sued the Marketts for using the related four-note theme without his approval, so the title was changed to "Out of Limits"; it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[2] Its rhythm is similar to the theme of The Twilight Zone. The band name was used as late as 1977 for further releases, though their last hit came in 1966.

Albums Include:
Surfer's Stomp (Liberty Records, 1962)
Marketts Take to Wheels (Warner Bros. Records, 1963)
The Surfing Scene (Liberty, 1963)
Out of Limits! (Warner, 1964) U.S. #37[3]
The Batman Theme (Warner, 1966) U.S. #82[3] (1. "Batman Theme" 2. "Bat Cave" 3. "Robin the Boy Wonder" 4. "Bat Signal" 5. "Batmobile" 6. "The Joker" 7. "The Penguin" 8. "The Bat" 9. "Dr. Death" 10. "The Riddler" 11. "Bat Cape" 12. "The Cat Woman")
Sun Power (World Pacific, 1967)
AM, FM, Etc. (Mercury Records, 1973) Stereo SRM 1-679 (featured new versions of "Balboa Blue" and "Surfer's Stomp" and a cover of the Mystery Movie theme)
Tryin' to Get That Feeling (Arista Records, 1975)

Singles Include:
"Balboa Blue" (1962) U.S. #48[4]
"Surfer's Stomp" (1962) U.S. #31
"Out of Limits" (1964) U.S. #3
"Vanishing Point" (1964) U.S. #90
"Batman Theme" (Neal Hefti) / "Ritchie's Theme" (produced by Dick Glasser, WB 5696, 1966) U.S. #17

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[Tessarocks98]

I have loved this song ever since i heard it in the outsiders

[venturesagogo]

LOL! I'm not pissed off!! This is great!! I Thank you for uploading this gem!! The first time I heard The Marketts version, I was about six years old. The Marketts Rock!! My dad turned me on to The VeNtuRes and all other such surf type instrumentals when I was just a little one!! I'm 33 now and still Love these guys!! My dad passed away in 2005. He was my best friend. Thank you again for the OUTSTANDING Upload!!

5X5X5 Stars & Thumb's Up!!

~Matt~ (The VeNtuReS FoReVeR Channel)

[billdescoteaux]

Yes, that is a young Martin Sheen at 1:49.

That song was one to pull the country through some dark days, as it was released right about the time JFK was killed (within days), and tided us over for a month or so until we were musically invaded by the British in January.

[DarkIke15]

Twilight zone !!! XD

[EBthere]

Geez! some of these comments!

"sounds more like twilight zone" / "thats a first generation corvette,the first part of video is actually Hot Rods to Hell from 1967".........

yah! thats nice.

Bacmaster......I think I know the vibe you were trying to make with this video....

YOU NAILED IT! Thank You!!

[spacepatrolman]

@Breatherable it sounds more like the theme from the twilight zone than the outer limits

[Sodiumreactor]

@ProyectMooneJazzers yes

[ProyectMooneJazzers]

I heard this song last year, loved it, now i'm watching "Pulp Fiction", and howdy damn if this isn't in it! After Butcher gets Fabienne onto Zed's chopper and they flee L.A.

[nanlisa]

I was only in first grade when both the show and the song first came out.

[TheBacmaster]

@Sodiumreactor The entire movie is available on my old channel "bacmaster".

[Sodiumreactor]

@naderchaser That is a first generation Corvette. Im guessing the year is somewhere between 1958-61.  This first part of the video is actually a cool old movie called Hot Rods to Hell. I watched it on tv when I was little. I think it came out in 1967, although I saw it on tv years after that. I owned a 79 Vette and I loved it. Wish I still had it!