Here are the most well-known melodies, performed by "The Ventures", presented in the form of MIDI files.
I have found these links, using several search engines during many days. Only several sites have many "Ventures" files. Tipically this group is presented by 2-4 MIDI. Hence there are many identical files, so I had to classify them somehow. I used all information Windows can give about MIDI file: size, play time and even MIDI set. I also wrote my own utility to search for common pieces in files. Maybe it was better to compare music notation somehow, but I don't know, how to do it without special musical software.
In all cases I found information about sequencer of the file I include this data
into my tables of links. To my regret it was not often. So if somebody knows any
sequencer's name, please E-mail it and I'll immediately add it.
I haven't change any byte in any file saved on my site. But file names are slightly changed sometimes (for example, converted all capital letters to small for more easy linking). I keeped all the links I found because Web-pages disappeares often.
I found so many MIDI files in the Net, that I suppose all of them to be "public domain". If I'm wrong in the case of some files, please let me know, using E-mail above.
Clicking on the picture [
] below, you can listen
the melody I consider to be best and close to "The Ventures" performance. But of course you can follow the
text links, get other files with this track and estimate them yourself - some arrangements also sounds excellent.
And now let's enjoy remarkable "Ventures" music!
First of all, "The Ventures" hits:
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Apache |
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Hawaii Five-0 |
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Pipeline |
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Walk Don't Run |
Now some more famous excellent melodies:
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Diamond Head | ||
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Penetration | ||
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Perfidia * | * - | from the kind permission of sequencer |
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Slaughter on 10th Avenue | ||
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Telstar | ||
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The Cruel Sea | ||
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The Lonely Bull * | ||
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Wheels * | ||
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Wipe Out |
And at last more rare tracks
(the authors of the pages put them as "The Ventures" music):
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Amapola |
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Grandma Got Run Over |
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Green Onions * |
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Johnny Guitar |
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Manchurian Beat |
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Mission Impossible |
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Quartermaster Stores |
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She Blinded Me With Science |
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The Good The Bad and The Ugly |
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Wild Thing |