"Christmas Albums" by The Ventures (1965 - 2001 - 2002)

Enjoy ROCKIN' CHRISTMAS with the songs of THE VENTURES.

The Ventures has released several instrumental Christmas Albums over the years.

The first LP album was released in November 1965 by Dolton Records - USA (BLP-2038 and BST-8038) "The Ventures' Christmas Album".

And was later reissued in 2003 by Toshiba-EMI - Japan (TOCP-67276)  in CD format with album in Monaural version and Stereo (2-1).

The Ventures: Nokie Edwards, Don Wilson, Bob Bogle and Mel Taylor. Producer: Joe Saraceno (click to biography).

In 2001 was released the CD album "60's Rockin' Christmas" by M&I Records - Japan (MYCV-30123). 

The Ventures: Bob Bogle, Don Wilson, Leon Taylor and Gerry McGee. Guest Artist: Nokie Edwards and David Carr. Producer: Don Wilson, Bob Bogle and Leon Taylor.

In 2002 by Varèse Sarabande Records - USA (302 066 401 2) was released the CD album "The Ventures Christmas Joy".

The Ventures: Bob Bogle, Don Wilson, Leon Taylor and Gerry McGee. Guest Artist: Nokie Edwards and David Carr. Producer: Don Wilson, Bob Bogle and Leon Taylor.

The Ventures - Feliz Navidad (Jose Feliciano)

Dumble, The Ventures, and the Little Known Story of Mosrite Amplifiers

* Published May 22, 2017 by Chris Till
Gear History - Reverb.com

An interesting story about the little known Mosrite Amplifiers.

Don Wilson of The Ventures
in Japan, 1966.

[... "In 1966, besides Mosrite, The Ventures independently owned an entity called the Mosrite Distributing Company. As Mosrite Distributing Company guaranteed that it would purchase and promptly pay for 100 guitars a month, it served as an essential Mosrite customer.

When Mosrite could not meet its demand for a new large solid-state amp, the Mosrite Distributing Company "hired a missile engineer from Vandenberg Air Force Base." says Sanner. Though not a guitarist, the missile engineer was given a Fender Showman tube amp and given the unfortunate directive of making the same thing with transistors." ...]

Check out the full article on the Reverb.com website: https://reverb.com/news/alexander-dumble-the-ventures-and-the-little-known-story-of-mosrite-amplifiers

Mosrite BG-500 and BG-1000 Ventures Model Amplifier & Fuzzrite demonstration

More about Mosrite Award Ventures Model Amplifiers: http://www.planktones.com/PageAward.html

Here's a picture of The Ventures using the Mosrite Award Amp in 1967.