Flights of Fantasy / The World's Number One Instrumental Combo Recreates Today's Most Popular Hits (VINYL STEREO ROCK 'N ROLL INSTRUMENTAL LP)

Language: English

Published by Liberty Records, Los Angeles, 1968

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Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm stereo vinyl instrumental rock 'n roll record, Liberty LST-8055, near-mint vinyl in a near-mint "trippy" cardboard jacket (by Wayne Kimbell) which has been opened but still wears its original shrink-wrap. Along with Liberty LST-8052 (which was brazenly dubbed "The Ventures Super Psychedelics"), this would appear to have been the instrumental foursome's main "venture" into psychedelia, pretty well demonstrating that . . . The Ventures weren't really into psychedelia. 8052 did offer "Strawberry Fields," which was indeed psychedelic, along with covers of The Turtles' "Happy Together," The Five Americans' "Western Union," and The Monkees' (actually Neil Diamond's) "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" -- which were fun tunes, mind you, but more along the lines of . . . Bubble gum. While here we do get "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)", "Summertime Blues," and "Cry Like a Baby" . . . along with some numbers that were never hits in any universe near us (and yes, in 1968 we were paying attention.) "Love Shower"? "Soul Coaxing"? "Innermotion Faze"? (Shockingly enough, some of these may actually be Ventures ORIGINALS.) By '69, on the rarely seen disc "Underground Fire," they did finally get around to covering "Born To Be Wild," "Sunshine Of Your Love," "Light My Fire," and Janis' "Down On Me." But the lads in the pastel sweaters never seem to have gotten around to tackling "Pictures of Matchstick Men," "White Rabbit," "Eight Miles High," "Whiter Shade of Pale," or just about anything by Jimi Hendrix. Which is OK, really. After all, Don Wilson was born in 1933; the late Bob Bogle in 1934 -- let's have a little respect for our elders, here. They could sure do a job on "Pipeline," though, couldn't they? Reduced from $17.…

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Title
Flights of Fantasy / The World's Number One Instrumental Combo Recreates Today's Most Popular Hits (VINYL STEREO ROCK 'N ROLL INSTRUMENTAL LP)
Author
The Ventures
Publisher
Liberty Records, Los Angeles
Publication year
1968
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Cover illustration by Wayne Kimbell
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller catalogs
Unexplained Phenomena, Vinyl LPs rock 'n roll

Cat's Curiosities

Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.

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Eclectic vintage and out-of-print collectable condition books and records in every genre. Cat's Curiosities closed our brick-and-mortar location in Las Vegas in late 2016, and is now an Internet-only seller, specializing in Nevada & The West; Free-market & Austrian Economics; Vintage vinyl LP records (many signed); Century-old juvenile series books; Health & Medicine; Cookbooks (many signed) & Alcoholiana; Travel, Exploration, & Geology.

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