Golden Earring

[Fracktured]

Playing "To the Hilt" right now and must say these guys produced some great music. I may need to explore them further.

[davis]

My favorites are To the Hilt, Mad Love (or Contraband), Moontan & and some of the earlier stuff. Some great stuff came later too. George Kooymans and Rinus Gerrittson are the core members and have been playing together since they were kids. GE is actually the longest working rock band, getting together prior to the Stones. But Barry and Cesar have been with them since the mid-late 60's.

[Progbear]

Playing "To the Hilt" right now and must say these guys produced some great music. I may need to explore them further.

TTH is my favourite album of theirs. I really love the dimension R. J. Stips adds with his keyboard/synth contributions (to say nothing of the string arrangement on “Violins”), but I also enjoy the songs on this one. Moontan is another good one (if a fairly obvious choice). Not all that fond of Contraband as an album, but “Mad Love’s Comin’” might be their #1 song ever! Any song with a riff that infectious deserves respect!

Hilariously, Jaap Eggermont (their original drummer) was the man behind all those cheesy Stars on 45 medleys!

[Rarebird]

TTH is my favourite album of theirs. I really love the dimension R. J. Stips adds with his keyboard/synth contributions (to say nothing of the string arrangement on “Violins”), but I also enjoy the songs on this one. Moontan is another good one (if a fairly obvious choice). Not all that fond of Contraband as an album, but “Mad Love’s Comin’” might be their #1 song ever! Any song with a riff that infectious deserves respect!

Hilariously, Jaap Eggermont (their original drummer) was the man behind all those cheesy Stars on 45 medleys!

I'm not sure what is hilarious on that one. Golden Earrings, with Jaap Eggermont, where more a beatgroup. Beside a guy has to make a living and I suppose those medleys brought him the money.

b.t.w. Chris Hinze (Dutch flute-player, who played all kinds of music, including some jazz) teached Barry Hay some flute.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Moontan and TTH are the ones I've kept. Both good. The former makes a grand candidate for the ultimate "thinking man's 70s hard rock" album, IMHO.

[The Dark Elf]

Golden Earring had a hit every decade whether they needed one or not.

[Trane]

Walls Of Dolls , S/T (aka 8 Miles High), Moontan, Seven Tears and Mad Liove/Contraband and the Double Live are the ones I kept

TBH, TTH ? Switch and Together are really not their best, IMHO

[Fracktured]

Walls Of Dolls , S/T (aka 8 Miles High), Moontan, Seven Tears and Mad Liove/Contraband and the Double Live are the ones I kept

TBH, TTH ? Switch and Together are really not their best, IMHO

Thanks I'll check into these titles.


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[Hurm]

Don't forget to check out the first live double album "Golden Earring Live". Ex-Cuby + The Blizzards guitarist Eelco Gelling was a band member when they recorded that one. Great versions of the best material from "Eight Miles High" (notably shorter than the album version) to the mid-seventies.

[Trane]

Thanks I'll check into these titles.

If you do, Walls Of Dolls is actually often referred as s/t... but there is a track that fits the artwork, so it's often referred as such.

Don't forget to check out the first live double album "Golden Earring Live". Ex-Cuby + The Blizzards guitarist Eelco Gelling was a band member when they recorded that one. Great versions of the best material from "Eight Miles High" (notably shorter than the album version) to the mid-seventies.

if you must only own one GE album, this should be it... Though it contains a lot of Mad Love/Contraband tracks, they're very solid... and early albums (7T, WoD, 8MH)are not present enough, IMHO >> basically it features tracks m-from Moontan and ML:C

I always dream of an expanded GEL release that would include a full concert

[GuitarGeek]

I've only ever heard a handful of their songs here and there. The first thing I actually remember hearing by them was Twilight Zone, which I always thought was a cool song. The b-side of that single was a great non-album track called King Dark, which as far as I can tell has never been issued elsewhere.

I remember MTV showing a Golden Earring concert circa 83-84, and during the drum solo, their drummer puts on this jacket covered in sensors, which basically allows him to play an electronic drum solo, by tapping various areas on the sleeves and chest area of the jacket.

[davis]

I don't cafe for 'Troubles and Hassles' or 'Tons of Time', but the rest of Switch I like quite a bit.

[Progbear]

I remember MTV showing a Golden Earring concert circa 83-84, and during the drum solo, their drummer puts on this jacket covered in sensors, which basically allows him to play an electronic drum solo, by tapping various areas on the sleeves and chest area of the jacket.

That concert generated a live album, Something Heavy Going Down. Finally came out on CD in 2001 when Redbullet remastered their catalogue.

I don't cafe for 'Troubles and Hassles' or 'Tons of Time', but the rest of Switch I like quite a bit.

Side 1 of Switch is fantastic, but I never listen to the B-side.

[spacefreak]

For me the s/t (aka "Wall of Dolls") is their best album. Then "Seven Tears", "Moontan", "Together", "To the Hilt", side A of "Eight Miles High" and 2/3 of "Switch".

[Trane]

For me the s/t (aka "Wall of Dolls") is their best album. Then "Seven Tears", "Moontan", "Together", "To the Hilt", side A of "Eight Miles High" and 2/3 of "Switch".

if the B-side was a good as the A-side, this might have been their best album.

[spacefreak]

if the B-side was a good as the A-side, this might have been their best album.

Indeed...

[Calabasas_Trafalgar]

For me the s/t (aka "Wall of Dolls") is their best album. Then "Seven Tears", "Moontan", "Together", "To the Hilt", side A of "Eight Miles High" and 2/3 of "Switch".

Pretty much my take on them as well.

[Trane]

For me the s/t (aka "Wall of Dolls") is their best album. Then "Seven Tears", "Moontan", "Together", "To the Hilt", side A of "Eight Miles High" and 2/3 of "Switch".

I used to think WoD was their best, and it would still be if Big Tree was the length of the version on Moontan...

However, I could never get into Together (something's not working on that one) so I'd squeak in Contraband in its place and invert 8MH (the whole album) and TTH in the order

[Rarebird]

Never liked them enough to buy any of their albums. Have some concerts I recorded from television, but that is all. Hear them enough on the radio.

[Thomas]

Major Golden Earring fan here. I have most of their albums and to my ears, they've made great records since the late 60's onwards, not only during the early-mid 70's. Their output from the 80's, 90's is really strong. 2nd Live is rockier than the first double live album. Wonderful stuff!

[strawberrybrick]

Could anyone give an overview of their 60s (Golden Earrings) and their post-Cut output?

[Progbear]

Could anyone give an overview of their 60s (Golden Earrings) and their post-Cut output?

The only 60s albums I’ve heard are Winter Harvest and Eight Miles High. The former is a very different animal, essentially straight early Beatles-style (“moptop” era) 60s rock. It was their last album with their original singer, Frans Krassenburg. OK for what it is, I suppose. Despite the presence of Barry Hay, I am led to understand that Miracle Mirror and On the Double are similar.

Eight Miles High is a different animal, with none of the British Invasion pop-rock influence, far more of a psychedelic/proto-prog heavy rock album. The side long version of the Byrds song the album takes its title from is worth the ticket of entry.

Apart from some of their unplugged live output, the only post-Cut album I’ve heard is The Hole. It’s a worthy album without being a classic. “Quiet Eyes” was the “hit.”

[Trane]

Eight Miles High is a different animal, with none of the British Invasion pop-rock influence, far more of a psychedelic/proto-prog heavy rock album. The side long version of the Byrds song the album takes its title from is worth the ticket of entry.

I beg to differ... I really love the album's A-side but I really wish 8MH had been cut to 7 or 8 minutes and leave spade for two more tracks like Devil's Servant or Everyday's Torture. Had that happened, this album would be as good as Seven Tears or Moontan (the music on the US version is much better than the European one)

[spacefreak]

I beg to differ... I really love the album's A-side but I really wish 8MH had been cut to 7 or 8 minutes and leave spade for two more tracks like Devil's Servant or Everyday's Torture. Had that happened, this album would be as good as Seven Tears or Moontan (the music on the US version is much better than the European one)

Exactly!

[strawberrybrick]

The only 60s albums I’ve heard are Winter Harvest and Eight Miles High. The former is a very different animal, essentially straight early Beatles-style (“moptop” era) 60s rock. It was their last album with their original singer, Frans Krassenburg. OK for what it is, I suppose. Despite the presence of Barry Hay, I am led to understand that Miracle Mirror and On the Double are similar.

Eight Miles High is a different animal, with none of the British Invasion pop-rock influence, far more of a psychedelic/proto-prog heavy rock album. The side long version of the Byrds song the album takes its title from is worth the ticket of entry.

Apart from some of their unplugged live output, the only post-Cut album I’ve heard is The Hole. It’s a worthy album without being a classic. “Quiet Eyes” was the “hit.”

Thank you.

Golden Earrings on Capitol, I think it was a repress made to cash in on the success of Radar Love. Will have to pick it up next time I spot it.