"THE FOURTH DIMENSION" Song (1964)

Music composed by Wadsworth and Hodge and with an exotic musical aspect, and the track recorded by The Ventures on the album “(The) Ventures In Space”, with the title “The Fourth Dimension” and that was released on LP, in January 1964 Producer: Bob Reisdorff. At the time for Americans, all references to the orient, supernatural and space were exotic.

There is a version of The Frantics group (click for details) with the name "Werewolf" which means werewolf (recorded with voice), in 1963, which came to rank on Billboard and "No Werewolf" (without voice) with credits from different composers. But the music is identical.

The Frantics group was active from 1955 until 1966. And when it dissolved, the music scene in the USA had changed, starting the recruitment of young people to Vietnam and the hippie movement. And they come from the same city in Seattle, USA and belonged to the same record label Dolton (Liberty Record).

Check out the version of The Ventures and The Frantics below.

THE VENTURES - "THE FOURTH DIMENSION"

THE FRANTICS - "NO WEREWOLF"

THE FRANTICS - "WEREWOLF"

"HAWAII FIVE-O" Song (1969)

The musical theme of the CBS police series that was on air from September 1968 to April 1980, had 12 seasons of the series, with 278 episodes, called Hawaii Five-O, composed by Morton Stevens, who won two Emmy for the series , in 1970 and 1974. With the audience's increase in the series, the theme became known.

The Ventures (Gerry McGee, Don Wilson and Bob Bogle on guitar, Mel Taylor on drums and John Durrill on keyboards) re-recorded the song in May 1969. Produced by Joe Sarraceno. And it became one of his biggest hits, reaching 4th place on the U.S. charts and the original in 11th place.

Recently the theme was used in several cartoons. He appears briefly in the film Shrek 2, when one of the king's trumpeters is thrilled with the performance fanfare. And in Madagascar, when Marty (zebra) is surfing over two dolphins. In The Simpsons, it's Marge Simpson's ringtone in the episode "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star".

Music that also led The Ventures to enter the "Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame" in 2008. Coincidentally, in that same year the third season of the series was re-released on DVD.

Series Opening Theme (Pilot)

The Ventures "Hawaii Five-O"

"SURF RIDER" Song (Nokie Edwards) (1962)

Surf Rider is a song originally composed by Nokie Edwards (The Ventures). Initially the title would be "Nokie's Tune". But on the August 1962 album "Mashed Potatoes and Gravy", it was recorded under the name "Spudnik" (one of the characters in the potato). Production: Bob Reisdorff & Josie Wilson.

According to members of the group The Ventures, The Liverly Ones recorded this same song in 1963 under the name "Surf Rider" and placing the credits for them. There was contact with their manager and it was possible to retake the rights through the lawyer of Liberty Records. 

With that, in April 1963 the album "Surfing" with the name "Surf Rider" was released.

In 1994 this song was used in director Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction's violence film. But the record label Liberty charged high value for use. Resulting in using the version of The Liverly Ones group.

However, through this film, he returned to popularize this song.

Nokie Edwards received the Double Platinum award from MCA Records for selling more than 2,000,000 copies of Pulp Fiction CDs and Albums. And subsequently, when it exceeded 3,000,000 copies sold, The Ventures received the Triple Platinum award.