The Ventures in Space is an album by the guitar-based instrumental group The Ventures

The Ventures

The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the group in its various incarnations has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. With over 100 million records sold, the group is the best-selling...

. It is notable for pioneering the space surf variant of surf rock. Information on the slip cover states that all the unique, unworldly sounds featured in the album's tracks were made with musical instruments, rather than with electronic devices. The Ventures in Space 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

Dolton Records

Dolton Records was a record label based in Seattle that was originally known as Dolphin Records. It was owned by Bob Reisdorf and Bonnie Guitar. Success for the label came early with "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods, the first single to be released on that label...

 label, and reissued in the late '70s by Pickwick Records

Pickwick Records

Pickwick Records was an American record label and distributor known for its budget album releases of sound-alike recordings, bargain bin reissues and repackagings under the brands Design, Bravo , Hurrah, Grand Prix, and children's records on the Cricket and Happy Time labels.The label is also...

 (with a new cover depicting an astronaut

Astronaut

An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....

 performing a spacewalk

Extra-vehicular activity

Extra-vehicular activity is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth, and outside of a spacecraft. The term most commonly applies to an EVA made outside a craft orbiting Earth , but also applies to an EVA made on the surface of the Moon...

).

Side 1

1. "Out of Limits"
2. "He Never Came Back"
3. "Moon Child"
4. "Fear"
5. "Exploration in Terror"
6. "War of the Satellites"

Side 2

1. "The Bat"
2. "Penetration"
3. "Love Goddess of Venus"
4. "Solar Race"
5. "The Fourth Dimension"
6. "Twilight Zone"

Personnel

• Bob Bogle - bass
• Don Wilson - guitar
• Nokie Edwards - guitar
• Mel Taylor - drums
• Red Rhodes
  Red Rhodes
  Rhodes played pedal steel on many country rock, pop and rock albums with The Monkees, James Taylor, Seals and Crofts, The Byrds, The Carpenters and many other groups. He is most often remembered for his work with former Monkee Michael Nesmith on Nesmith's first solo albums in the early 1970s...
  
  - pedal steel guitar