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   <name>The Ventures</name>
   <from>United States</from>
   <style number="1">Instrumental Pop</style>
   <style number="2">Surf</style>
   <style number="3">Rock</style>
   <founded>1958</founded>
   <foundedas>Dob &amp; Bob</foundedas>
   <aka>The Impacts</aka>
   <aka> The Versa-Tones</aka>
   <aka> The Marksmen</aka>
   <logo src="http://musicmoz.org/img/editors/sounddude/ventures surfing.jpg" width="180" height="180" />
   <member name="Bob Bogle" role="bass" />
   <member name="Don Wilson" role="rhythm guitar" />
   <member name="Gerry McGee" role="lead guitar" />
   <member name="Leon Taylor" role="drums" />
   <member name="Nokie Edwards" role="lead guitar" />
   <pastmember name="Mel Taylor" role="drums" />

   <release type="album" name="Rocky Road: The New Ventures" date="1976.03" />
   <release type="album" name="Super Psychedelics [aka Changing Times]" date="1967.06" />
   <release type="album" name="Twist Party - Volume 2 [aka Dance With Whe Ventures]" date="1962.05" />
   <release type="album" name="A Decade With The Ventures" date="1971.02" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures A Go-Go" date="1965.09" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures" date="1961.07" />
   <release type="album" name="Only Hits" date="1973.08" />
   <release type="album" name="Where The Action Is" date="1966.02" />
   <release type="album" name="Let's Go!" date="1963.08" />
   <release type="album" name="Rock And Roll Forever" date="1972.09" />
   <release type="album" name="The Christmas Album" date="1965.11" />
   <release type="album" name="Guitar Freakout [aka Revolving Sound]" date="1967.02" />
   <release type="album" name="Walk, Don't Run" date="1960.12" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures On Stage" date="1965.06" />
   <release type="album" name="The Jim Croce Songbook" date="1974.04" />
   <release type="album" name="NASA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album [aka 25 Years In Space]" date="1983.06" />
   <release type="album" name="Golden Greats" date="1967.09" />
   <release type="album" name="Guitar Genius Of The Ventures" date="1968.01" />
   <release type="album" name="Play Bass Vol. 4" date="1965" />
   <release type="album" name="The Versatile Ventures" date="1967" />
   <release type="album" name="More Golden Greats" date="1970.03" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures Superpak" date="1971.11" />
   <release type="album" name="The Horse [aka On the Scene &amp; Ventures Today]" date="1968.08" />
   <release type="album" name="Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures" date="1963.04" />
   <release type="album" name="Walk, Don't Run - Volume 2" date="1964.10" />
   <release type="album" name="Theme From &quot;Shaft&quot;" date="1972.01" />
   <release type="album" name="Hawaii Five-O" date="1969.05" />
   <release type="album" name="Surfin'" date="1963.05" />
   <release type="album" name="Rock &amp; Roll Adventure" date="1988" />
   <release type="album" name="20 Greatest Hits" date="1977" />
   <release type="album" name="Wild Thing!" date="1966.09" />
   <release type="album" name="10th Anniversary Album" date="1970.10" />
   <release type="album" name="Another Smash" date="1961.09" />
   <release type="album" name="Super Group" date="1969.10" />
   <release type="album" name="Now Playing" date="1975.08" />
   <release type="album" name="TV Themes" date="1977.02" />
   <release type="album" name="Mashed Potatoes And Gravy [aka The Ventures' Beach Party]" date="1962.08" />
   <release type="album" name="New Testament" date="1971.04" />
   <release type="album" name="Swamp Rock" date="1969.12" />
   <release type="album" name="Play Guitar Vol. 2" date="1965" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures Play &quot;Telstar&quot; And &quot;Lonely Bull&quot;" date="1963.01" />
   <release type="album" name="The Colorful Ventures" date="1961.10" />
   <release type="album" name="The Fabulous Ventures" date="1964.07" />
   <release type="album" name="$1,000,000 Weekend" date="1967.12" />
   <release type="album" name="Joy: The Ventures Play The Classics" date="1972.03" />
   <release type="album" name="The Marksmen" date="1959.07" />
   <release type="album" name="Play Guitar Vol. 3" date="1965" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures Play The Carpenters" date="1974.07" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures Play The Country Classics [aka I Walk The Line]" date="1963.06" />
   <release type="album" name="Adventures In Paradise [aka White Album]" date="1965" />
   <release type="album" name="Go With The Ventures" date="1966.06" />
   <release type="album" name="Underground Fire" date="1969.01" />
   <release type="album" name="Going To The Ventures' Dance Party" date="1962.11" />
   <release type="album" name="Radical Guitars" date="1987" />
   <release type="album" name="The Ventures Play The &quot;Batman&quot; Theme" date="1966.03" />
   <release type="album" name="Very Best Of The Ventures" date="1975.01" />
   <release type="album" name="Greatest Hits" date="1980.12" />
   <release type="album" name="Play Guitar Vol. 7" date="1967" />
   <release type="album" name="Knock Me Out!" date="1965.02" />
   <release type="album" name="Play Guitar Vol. 1" date="1965" />
   <release type="album" name="Ventures In Space" date="1964.01" />
   <release type="album" name="Twist With The Ventures [aka Dance]" date="1962.01" />
   <release type="album" name="Flights Of Fantasy" date="1968.05" />
   <release type="album" name="Running Strong" date="1966.07" />
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