April Birthdays 
Rather than continue an off-topic discussion on another thread, I thought I'd continue that conversation in its' own topic.
A friend of mine, Arnold van Beverhoudt Jr., on the Ventures Yahoo group UndergroundFire2, sent me this list of original Ventures songs. It is only slightly out of date.
I believe this is an impressive body of original work. Many of these songs have gone on to become instrumental classics.
Original Compositions, by Country, Album, Year, Song, Writer(s)
U.S. Albums
Walk Don't Run - 1960
The Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/J/E
No Trespassing. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/J/E
The McCoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Another Smash - 1961
Lonely Heart (Dear Miss Lonely Heart) . B/W
Josie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
The Colorful Ventures - 1961
Yellow Jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E
Orange Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Twist with the Ventures - 1962
Driving Guitars (Ventures Twist). . . . W/B/E
Sunny River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/Moles
Twist Party, Volume 2 - 1962
Twisted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B
The Twomp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
Instant Guitars . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E
Counterpoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
Kicking Around. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B
Bluebird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy - 1962
Instant Mashed. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/E
Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/Moles
Spudnik (Surf Rider). . . . . . . . . . E
Going to the Ventures Dance Party - 1962
Ya Ya Wobble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/Strange/Gates
Night Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Gandy Dancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
Surfing - 1963
Ten Over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Surf Rider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Changing Tides. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
The Ninth Wave. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Party at Laguna (Wild Night). . . . . . W/B/E/T
Barefoot Venture. . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
The Heavies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Cruncher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
The Lonely Sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . E
In Space - 1964
He Never Came Back. . . . . . . . . . . B/W/E/T
Exploration in Terror . . . . . . . . . B/W/E
Love Goddess of Venus (Sally) . . . . . W
Solar Race (The Chase - Scotch) . . . . B/W/E
The Fabulous Ventures - 1964
Runnin' Wild. . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/E/B
Eleventh Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/E/B
Scratchin'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/E/B
Journey to the Stars. . . . . . . . . . T/W/E/B
Ravin' Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/E/B
Walkin' with Pluto. . . . . . . . . . . T/W/E/B
Walk Don't Run, Volume 2 - 1964
Peach Fuzz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Night Walk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Pedal Pusher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
The Creeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Knock Me Out - 1965
Tomorrow's Love . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Mariner No. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Lonely Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Bird Rockers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
A Go-Go - 1965
Go-Go Slow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/T/E/B
Night Stick (Kickstand) . . . . . . . . W/T/E/B
A Go-Go Guitar. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/T/E/B
A Go-Go Dancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/T/E/B
The Swingin' Creeper. . . . . . . . . . W/T/E/B
Where the Action Is - 1966
Stop Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Three's a Crowd . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Action Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Nutty (Rock Nuts - Nut Rocker). . . . . B/E/T/W
Little Bit of Action. . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Play the "Batman" Theme - 1966
Jocko!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/W/B/T
Joker's Wild. . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/W/B/T
The Cape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/W/B/T
00-711. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/W/B/T
Hot Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/W/B/T
Vamp Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/W/B/T
Up, Up and Away . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Green Hornet 66. . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Go with the Ventures - 1966
Ginza Lights (Ginza Ska). . . . . . . . B/E/W/T
Ad-Venture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Wild Things - 1966
Fuzzy and Wild. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Wild Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Wild Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Wild Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
How Now Brown Cow . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Guitar Freakout - 1967
High and Dry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Out in the 93rds. . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Mod East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Guitar Freakout . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Paper Airplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Super Psychedelics - 1967
Psychedelic Venture . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Guitar Psychedelics . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Reflections (Mirrors and Shadows) . . . B/E/T/W
Endless Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Vibrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Psyched Out (Flights of Fantasy). . . . B/E/T/W
1999 A.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Flights of Fantasy - 1968
Innermotion Faze. . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Walking the Carpet. . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Flights of Fantasy (Psyched Out). . . . B/E/T/W
Fly Away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Love Shower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/T/W
Underground Fire - 1969
Underground Fire. . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/W/M
Embers in E Minor . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/W/M
Sea of Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/W/M
Higher Than Thou. . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/W/M
Up, Up and Down . . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/W/M
Country Funk and the Canned Heat. . . . B/T/W/M
Swamp Rock - 1969
Swamp Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Catfish Mud Dance . . . . . . . . . . . Melvoin/T
Gumbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M
Plaquemines Parish. . . . . . . . . . . D
New Testament - 1971
Good Morning Captain. . . . . . . . . . Ezell/B/D/M/T/W
Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Katana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Novios Para Siempre . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Pesado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Theme from "Shaft" - 1972
Thunder Cloud (Naruto). . . . . . . . . B/T/W/M/D
Indian Sun (Indian Summer). . . . . . . D/M/W/T/B
Deep, Deep in the Water . . . . . . . . D
Tight Fit (Nagoya Express). . . . . . . B/W/T/M/D
Cherries Jubilee. . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/T/M/D
NASA 25th Commemorative Album - 1983
Apollo 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carr
Theme for Sally (Sea, Sand and Love). . W/B/T
New Depths - 1998
Trail Blazer (Kanari Kiteru Koi). . . . B/W/T/Spalding
Flower of the Sun (O Game). . . . . . . B/W/T/Spalding
Hawaii Five-0 - 2010
Crouching Lion. . . . . . . . . . . . . W/Spalding
Japanese Albums
Pops in Japan - 1967
Tokyo Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/W/T
Hokkaido Skies. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/W/T
Yokahama Lights (Honcho). . . . . . . . B/E/W/T
Golden Pops - 1970
Kyoto Doll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/T/M/D
On a Narrow Street. . . . . . . . . . . W/T/M/D
The Wanderer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/T/M/D
Reflections in a Palace Lake. . . . . . W/T/M/D
Misty Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Pops in Japan '71 - 1971
Naruto (Thunder Cloud). . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Nagasaki Memories . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Stranger in Midosuji. . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Nagoya Express (Tight Fit). . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Electric Monsoon. . . . . . . . . . . . B/D/M/T/W
Pops in Japan '73 - 1973
Wait for Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Prima Vera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Don't Leave Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Oriental Love Song. . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Sapporo Summer. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/E
Summer Affair . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/E
Rare Collections - 1980
Skip to M'Limbo . . . . . . . . . . . . W
2,000 Pound Bee, Part 1 . . . . . . . . T
2,000 Pound Bee, Part 2 . . . . . . . . W
Angel (vocal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
T'aint Funny (vocal). . . . . . . . . . W/B/T/E/Wagner
Kern County Line. . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/M/D
Dick Tracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/E/T
Hollywood Metal Dinamic - 1981
Goodbye Rock 'n' Roll . . . . . . . . . B/W/Kary (Arr)
Dance the Night Away. . . . . . . . . . B/W/Kary (Arr)
'60s Pops - 1981
Magic Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Pops in Japan '81 - 1981
Until the End . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.Deck/B/W/T/E
Last Album on Liberty - 1982
Really Something Nice . . . . . . . . . Ba
Don't Say Goodbye . . . . . . . . . . . E
Hollywood Punk (Surfin' USA 78). . . . Ba
Tomorrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B
Victoria Station. . . . . . . . . . . . E
Springtime Love . . . . . . . . . . . . E
I'll Be Yours Forever . . . . . . . . . W/B
Amanda's Theme (Haunting Memories). . . W/B/E
Summer Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/Carr (Arr)
Flying High - 1992
Flashback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/Spalding
After Midnight in Shinjuku. . . . . . . T/W/B
Strawberry Brandy . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/Spalding
Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/Spalding
Follow Your Heart . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Cruisin' Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/M
September Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . M
Two on the Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Snows of Nagano (Spool Paradise). . . . T/W/B/Spalding
Shonan Shores . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/Spalding
Memories of Love. . . . . . . . . . . . W
Bel Age with The Ventures, Vol. 2 - 1992
Midnight Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Wild Again - 1996
Beethoven Five-Oh . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/M/Carr (Arr)
Quicksilver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B/M/Carr (Arr)
Rock Concerto in A Minor. . . . . . . . T/W/B/M/Carr (Arr)
Wild Again II - 1997
Web Surfin' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/Spalding
Blue Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/Spalding
Walk Don't Run 2000 - 1999
Jewel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/Spalding
Spindrift (Blue Horizon). . . . . . . . B/W/Spalding
Santa Cruz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M
Night Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/Spalding
Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/Spalding
Mal-Funk-Shun . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/Spalding/M/LT
Play Runaway - 1999
Steady As She Goes (vocal). . . . . . . W
The Wind Blows East (Destiny) (vocal) . W
Acoustic Rock - 2000
Zonked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/Spalding/LT
Skunk Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/LT/Baxter
V-Gold III - 2001
Bimini Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/Spalding/W/B
My Love for You . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B
Let's Go Ichiro - 2001
Let's Go Ichiro . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/LT/Carr
Go! Go! Daimajin. . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/LT/Carr
Let's Go Mariners . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/LT/Carr
V-Gold IV (Hyper V-Gold) - 2002
Open for Business . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Island Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Memories of Japan - 2012
Sapporo Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . Bob & Ian Spalding
Echoes of Sendai. . . . . . . . . . . Bob & Ian Spalding
Japan Surf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Spalding
U.K. Albums
Rarities - 1994 (Club Tape)
Heart on My Sleeve (vocal). . . . . . . B/W/Josie
Sunny River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/Moles
EP Collection, Volume 3 - 1998
Forever and Ever. . . . . . . . . . . . W
In the Vaults - 1997
Candy Apple Racer (The Mocking Bird). . W/B/T
A Summer Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/W
Squaw Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W/T/M/D
Joyride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
In the Vaults, Volume 2 - 1999
Ventures Stomp. . . . . . . . . . . . . B/E/J/W
Hawaiian Surfing. . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Lites Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
High Tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
Saigon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/E/T
In the Vaults, Volume 3 - 2005
Cookies and Coke (vocal). . . . . . . . B/W
The Real McCoy (vocal). . . . . . . . . B
Little People . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/W
Dreams of Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . W/B
Red Flame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/T/D
Two in Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/B/T/M
Bullet Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/T/M/D
In the Vaults, Volume 4 - 2007
Night Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/G.Moles
Heart on My Sleeve. . . . . . . . . . . B/W/Josie
Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/G.Moles/W
Black Tarantella. . . . . . . . . . . . W/B
Solo Albums
007 James Bond (Mel Taylor) - 1972
Bond Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/D
Bondoleroy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Sun, Sea, and Love (Mel Taylor) - 1972
Sea, Sand, and Love . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Love Happy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Magic Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Secret Affair . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Mel Taylor in Japan (Mel Taylor) - 1972
House of Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Lonely River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Wild Dream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T/W/B
Nokie and Friends (Nokie Edwards) - 1994
Fire Fly (Expression) . . . . . . . . . E
First Snow Memory . . . . . . . . . . . E
Pickin' It Up (Nokie Edwards) - 2000
Cherokee Smoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Leona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Hitchin' a Ride (Nokie Edwards) - 2009
Hitchin' a Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Miss Judy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
Nokie Rocks The Ventures (Nokie Edwards) - 2012
Thundering Tank 333 . . . . . . . . . . E
Born in Louisiana (Gerry McGee) - 1997
Born in Louisiana (vocal) . . . . . . . M
Crazy About You Baby (vocal). . . . . . M
I Want to Go to Tokyo (vocal) . . . . . M
My Babe Is Good to Me (vocal) . . . . . M
Sad Situation (vocal) . . . . . . . . . M
Chalk It Up (vocal) . . . . . . . . . . M
Big Mamou (vocal) . . . . . . . . . . . M
No Parking Zone (vocal) . . . . . . . . M
The 5th Venture (Bob Spalding) - 2003
Issa's Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . B/Spalding/T/W
Rachel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Catalina Sun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding/Kirk
Hop Scotch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding/Kirk
Rainbow Girl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Tsunami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Edge of Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding/Kirk
Bananaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Gray Shadows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Spider's Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/Spalding/T/W
Casa Blano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Red Sunset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Transitions (Bob Spalding) - 2012
Chevy 396 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Unheard Voices. . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Transition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Kozakai Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
The Long Walk Home. . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Epigraphical Likeness . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Outlaw Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
The Broken Road . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding
Legend: B=Bob Bogle
W=Don Wilson
J=Howie Johnson
E=Nokie Edwards
T=Mel Taylor
M=Gerry McGee
D=John Durrill
Ba=Joe Barile
LT=Leon Taylor
Josie= Josie Wilson
Others Listed by Last Name
This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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