The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull

The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull
Studio album by The Ventures
Released	January 1963
Genre	Surf rock
Length	27:43
Label	Dolton
Producer	Josie Wilson, Bob Reisdorff

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The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull is an album by the band the Ventures, released in 1963. It consists entirely of cover versions of popular instrumentals from the late 50's to early 60's (all of which reached the Top 15 on Billboard, including eleven Top Tens and three #1's) and became their highest charting album, peaking at #8 on Billboard and earning the band a gold record for over 500,000 copies sold.

In his review for Allmusic, critic Fred Thomas wrote of the album "Despite a somewhat wooden performance on many of the tracks, the hard-panned stereo production makes for a very big sound. While reading somewhere between campy and nostalgic in the context of the decades that followed, The Ventures Play Telstar is still a high point in the band's overwhelming discography, and as strong a sample of early-'60s commercially viable surf rock as you're likely to find."

As written on the back cover

At the point that Edwards ceased strictly playing "base" (as spelled on the cover), he became the chief guitarist, and co-founder Bogle settled on bass.

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