Year : 1975 (Red Bullet Productions 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Style : Classic Rock , Hard Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 178 mb
Bio:
Golden Earring was incorporated on the 2nd of September 1961. Neighbor boys George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen start the band The Golden Earrings, named after the hit by The Hunters. They are one of the many start-up bands from the music scene in The Hague and band members come and go. After a domestic breakthrough in the Netherlands, the band scores its first hit in 1966 with the song “That Day”. Only “Michelle” by the Beatles withholds the single record from reaching number one. In 1967 lead singer Frans Krassenburg is succeeded by Barry Hay and in 1970 the drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk joins Golden Earring. The single Radar Love becomes a number one hit worldwide and at present the band in its current formation consisting of George Kooymans, Rinus Gerritsen, Cesar Zuiderwijk and Barry Hay, has already been active for 5 decenniums. Management and daily business operations are being done since forever by the brother of Rinus, Rob Gerritsen. Golden Earring has been touring, with the exception of a sabbatical of 1 year in 2000, nonstop since 1970. With sold-out venues in the Netherlands and abroad, Golden Earring has captured the most renowned festivals, theatres, pop stages and halls. The band has achieved a great international success in the seventies, eighties and nineties. Mostly because of the hits Radar Love and Twilight Zone and the albums “Moontan” and “Cut”. Also in the Netherlands it has a dominant position in the national music world with over 30 golden and platinum albums. The band score to date no less than 389 weeks in the Dutch Top 40 and is therewith the most successful Dutch single record artist in those listings. With 5 hit listings in the American Billboard Hot 100, Golden Earring is also the most successful Dutch act in the USA; with Twilight Zone they even scored a number one hit in Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1982. In total six singles and eight albums reached the leading lists by Billboard. The band completed thirteen extensive tours through North-America and five through Great Britain. Also on the mainland of Europe tours were often made. Worldwide, millions of albums have been sold and till today, 35 years of rock music history passes by during the long time sold out concerts. The hits Radar Love, Just a little bit of peace in my heart and Twilight Zone are sung along by the fans on the top of their voices, word for word.In the nineties, Golden Earring launches an acoustic album which becomes one of its bestselling titles: The Naked Truth, followed by Naked II, Naked III and Fully Naked. In 2009 Golden Earring made its comeback in England with concerts in Ipswich and London and in July 2011, also in London at the famous Abbey Road Studios, the long time expected latest studio album is recorded live: Tits'n'Ass, which immediately turned into a Golden album. In August of the same year Dutch TNT Post issues a special post stamp on the occasion of the 50 year jubilee of the band and an exhibition is presented at the Haags Historisch Museum in The Hague. The band is, as of today, still performing on major (pop/rock) venues and can be found in all the large theaters throughout The Netherlands and incidentally a show in Belgium and Germany.¨
Album:
”Switch” is the tenth studio album by rockers GOLDEN EARRING, released in 1975 as the follow-up of the band’s international breakthrough album ‘Moontan’. The LP actually marked a switch for Golden Earring, as it was more groovy and prog than any of the band’s previous or subsequent releases. Lead single ‘Kill Me (Ce Soir)’ perfectly demonstrates how Golden Earring experimented with a new sound.Now it’s being released ”Switch [50th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded]”, remastered from the first-generation IBC Studios master tapes, featuring unreleased track from the Switch sessions, B-sides, 7” versions and various previously unreleased outtakes and early mixes.”Switch” is a really good classic rock record with that classic mid-70s sound, rocking and groovin’. Apart from a variety of previously unreleased outtakes and rough mixes, this 50th anniversary reissue features an unreleased track. Golden Earring archivist Wouter Bessels catalogued and listened through all work tapes from the ‘Switch’ sessions and found a previously unreleased track: ‘Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil’. Recorded during the Switch sessions, it marks the first time that the band has approved a previously unreleased finished studio track for release.Founded in 1961 by George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock band Golden Earring (or Golden Earring’s, until 1969) started off as a beat band, experimented as a psychedelic quartet and finally became a heavy rock group.Their ninth album Moontan (1973) hit the international album charts and is the band’s most successful album in the United States, being the only Golden Earring album to be certified Gold by the RIAA. This follow up LP is, for many, even better musically.This period (1975 – 1977) was such an interesting time for the band. After an international hit like “Radar Love” and very lengthy tours of North America and Europe, they seemed like they were on the cusp of superstardom.Oddly, ”Switch” wasn’t properly promoted and seemed to set Golden Earring back unfortunately, which is a shame because it’s a fantastic album.If you like ’70s classic rock you need to hear ”Switch [50th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded]”.
Line Up:
Barry Hay – flute, vocals
George Kooymans – guitar, vocals
Rinus Gerritsen – bass, keyboards
Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums
Robert Jan Stips – keyboard
Additional personnel:
Bertus Borgers – saxophone
Eelco Gelling – guitar
Production:
Executive Producer – Fred Haayen (tracks: 1-18)
Liner Notes – Jeroen Ras
Producer – Golden Earring (tracks: 1-18)
Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer, Remastered By, Liner Notes, Research – Wouter Bessels (tracks: 1-18)
Transferred By – Wout de Kruif
Tracklist:
01. Intro Plus Minus Absurdio
02. Love Is A Rodeo
03. The Switch
04. Kill Me (Ce Soir)
05. Tons Of Time
06. Daddy’s Gonna Save My Soul
07. Troubles & Hassles
08. The Lonesome D.J.
09. Lucky Number (Bonus Track)
10. Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil (Bonus Track)
11. Kill Me (Ce Soir) (7-inch single version) (Bonus Track)
12. The Switch (7-inch single version) (Bonus Track)
13. Intro Plus Minus Absurdio (rough mix) (Bonus Track)
14. Love Is A Rodeo (rough mix) (Bonus Track)
15. The Switch (rough mix) (Bonus Track)
16. Tons Of Time (rough mix) (Bonus Track)
17. Troubles & Hassles (rough mix) (Bonus Track)
18. Love Is A Rodeo (instrumental rough mix) (Bonus Track)
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