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The Underground Fire un-official Ventures internet fanclub sprung up in Jan 1997. Over the last ten years, it has been a valuable resource for Ventures info as well as personal comradery and occasional debauchery (see character above). The list has survived three or four hosting moves but continues to thrive. Over the years, several compilations of instrumental disturbances created by UF members in tribute to The Ventures have been distributed (wasn't the first on 8-track?, maybe not). Here is the latest such tribute to the Ventures and to the 10 Year Anniversary of Underground Fire. -Marty Tippens, Underground Fire Operating Officiator
PS - Don't miss the pictures past the tunes below!
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1. NoTrespassing (live 1964) - The Jesters
Mark Place - Rhythm Guitar
Duanne Leinninger - Lead Guitar
Dave Groth - Bass
Jim Lamb - Drums

Here's two tunes from the Ventures (I know Windy & Warm is not an original) No Trespassing and Windy & Warm, played by The Jesters, the band I was in way back in 1964 (high school). Lead guitar by Duane Leinninger, rhythm guitar by yours truly, bass by Dave Groth, and drums - Jim Lamb. We were playing at a high school sock hop; a family friend was recording us on a reel-to-reel, with one mike set on the front of the stage, right in the middle.   I think we played No Trespassing at 78 rpm, after listening to it again ;-)) - MP

2. Apache - Kanad Ghose
Kanad Ghose - Lead Guitar
Karaoke Background
I have used a Mosrite 66 Ventures model with Gibson Vintage reissue strings on this one, through a custom preamp and a Pod, with mid control set flat. I dont have a tactile mixer, so the level settings on mixing are fixed throughout. This and all tracks were recorded on a PC using the Adobe Audition 1.5 multitracking software.

3. Discovery - Michel Perillard
Michel Perillard - all instruments and drum machine programming.
As you can guess by the title, my intention for this track was to create musical sounds when Discovery spaceship enter into the space and travel throught meteorites. Since this track which I have originally composed on August 29th ,1986, I had to go back in time in my mind to recreate the context of me, playing with The Ventures in a spaceship, in their mid-sixties. . - MP

4. Diamond Head - The Fender Benders
Ken Arnold - Rhythm Guitar
Ian Finlay - Percussion
Bob Leo - Lead Guitar
Jim Rosica - Synthesizer and production
Ian is from Scotland. Bob, Jim and myself are from Hicksville, LI, NY.

5. Moon Over Manakoora - Ron Simpson
Ron Simpson - all instruments.
My father was a big fan of Hawaiian music. He played guitar and steel guitar. I've often thought it was ironic that my first Ventures album purchase contained "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Moon Of Manakoora". In 1991 I learned of two clubs devoted to the genre, and have been involved in that ever since. I have to think I've come full circle, or maybe just going around in circles.

6. Fear - Russ Wood
Russ Wood - all instruments

7. Shindig (live 2006) - The Fabulous Planktones
Bill McGlynn - Lead Guitar
Marty Tippens - Rhythm Guitar
Doug Forbes - Original '60's Vox Phantom Bass
Adrien Anthony - Drums

Shindig and Fugitive were performed live last summer at the Huntington Beach Pier. After nailing the lead to this Shadows favorite, Bill goes into a Johnny Atlas type pose to which you'll hear me complain! Bill and I both played through Fender Custom Vibrolux amplifiers. He played a Strat which sounds nice and clean. I played a Wilson Bros VM 110 which was also played without distortion but overdrives a bit due to higher output pick-ups. -MT

8. Fugitive (live 2006) - The Fabulous Planktones
Marty Tippens - Lead Guitar
Bill McGlynn - Rhythm Guitar
Doug Forbes - Original '60's Vox Phantom Bass
Adrien Anthony - Drums

I played the Wilson Bros VM110 on this as well. The bit of effect in the middle sections is from a Boss rendition of the Univibe.

9. Gully-Ver - The Fender Benders
Ken Arnold - Rhythm Guitar
Ian Finlay - Percussion
Bob Leo - Lead Guitar
Jim Rosica - Synthesizer and production

10. El Cumbanchero - Ron Simpson
Ron Simpson - all instruments.

11. Fourth Dimension - Russ Wood
Russ Wood - all instruments

12.. White Rabbit (demo) - The Fabulous Planktones
Marty Tippens - drums and bass guitar
Jon Green - Lead guitar
This was one idea to be used on a 3rd Planktone album. It was recorded circa 2004. Jon and I thought it sounded very like a tune that coulda been on the Ventures "GO" album.

13. Needles And Pins - Kanad Ghose
Kanad Ghose - Lead Guitar
Karaoke Background
Mosrite 66, older strings, through tube distortion on the Pod. One of my favorite tunes.

14. Skylab - Kanad Ghose
Kanad Ghose - Lead Guitar
Karaoke Background
This is a '71 Tele deluxe, going through the "rotary" effect on the Pod. This is unedited Take 2. Take 1 was like the Ventures live version, so for Take 2, I tried to play it a little differently after the scale change to C# and even threw in a spur-of-the-momemnt improv 1:53 mins into the tune. Hope you all like it. This is unedited Take 2, flat, static mixer settings.

15. Gemini Russ Wood
Russ Wood - all instruments

16. Mexico - Russ Wood
Russ Wood - all instruments

17. Windy&Warm (live 1964) - The Jesters
Mark Place - Rhythm Guitar
Duanne Leinninger - Lead Guitar
Dave Groth - Bass
Jim Lamb - Drums

18. Secret Agent Man - Kanad Ghose
Kanad Ghose - Lead Guitar
Karaoke Background
Again on a Mosrite 66, same settings as Apache, unedited take 1, flat, static mixing.

19. Also Sprach Zarathustra (demo) - The Fabulous Planktones
Marty Tippens - Drums
Kevin Tippens - Bass
Jon Green - Lead (w/ Fuzzrite) and Rhythm Guitar
This was another idea for a 3rd Planktone collection recorded the same day as "White Rabbit".

20. Bulldog Jam from Raga's
Jonathon Horne - Lead Mosrite
Del Halterman - Rhythm Guitar
Dave - Bass
Marty Tippens - Drums

21. Downtown - The Crests
Denie Smerdel - lead
Bob Irish           - rhythm
John Magee    - bass
Jon Irish            - drums

Downtown, Hurricane, The In Crowd were recorded on the evening of December 18th, 1965.
I turned 21 on the night of this gig!

Bob Irish's introduction of The In Crowd is a tribute to his memory.
He passed away a while back, and he was a great rhythm player.

22. Hurricane - The Crests
Denie Smerdel - lead
Bob Irish           - rhythm
John Magee    - bass
Jon Irish            - drums

"Hurricane" was an original song that Denie Smerdel wrote for us back in 1965.

23. The In Crowd - The Crests
Denie Smerdel - lead
Bob Irish           - rhythm
John Magee    - bass
Jon Irish            - drums

24. I Know A Place - The Crests
Denie Smerdel - lead
Bob Irish           - rhythm
John Magee    - bass
Jon Irish            - drums

25. Wheels - Ed Wilson
Ed Wilson - Lead Guitar
Karaoke beckground

26. Quick Sand - Ed Wilson
"Quick Sand" is an original tune I put together when I was 16 years old in 1963.
Ed Wilson - Rhythm, bass, lead and drum programming.

27. Evil Ways - Ed Wilson
Ed Wilson - Lead Guitar
Karaoke beckground

28. Cose To You - Ed Wilson
Ed Wilson - Lead Guitar
Karaoke beckground

29. Camel Toe (original tune) - Surfalicious Dudes
Lewd Dude (Ron Moore II) - Lead Guitar
Stewd Dude (Ron Moore Sr.) - Lead Bass
Sticky Dude - Lead Drums

30. Outta Gear - Surfalicious Dudes
Lewd Dude (Ron Moore II) - Lead Guitar
Stewd Dude (Ron Moore Sr.) - Lead Bass
Sticky Dude - Lead Drums

31. Squad Car - Surfalicious Dudes
Lewd Dude (Ron Moore II) - Lead Guitar
Stewd Dude (Ron Moore Sr.) - Lead Bass
Sticky Dude - Lead Drums

32. Tailspin - Surfalicious Dudes
Lewd Dude (Ron Moore II) - Lead Guitar
Stewd Dude (Ron Moore Sr.) - Lead Bass
Sticky Dude - Lead Drums

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Baja Cruise UF group photo.
From left: Jack Davis, Doug Smith, Kirk Shutte, Dave Twogood, John Westmore, Jim Stewart, Byron Tietjen, Raga Raghaven, John Magee, Ian Finlay, Del Halterman, Dan Blowers, Don Ressler, Jeff Green, John Osborne, Ed Wilson.