I'm just looking for any fans of Golden Earring around here. I would consider myself a fan but not an mega super duper fan (I don't have all of their albums). I have everything they did from 1969 to 1982. My favorite era would be 1972 through 1975 or so.
As a kid in the late 70s, I was struck at very young age with that awesome bass sound on 'Moontan' and I always admired the drumming on that one. Still do!
One thing I am curious about. The American version of 'Contraband' was called 'Mad Love' and contained a track not on 'Contraband' called 'I Need Love'. To my knowledge that track never made a CD release. Did it?
A few years ago I first heard the non-album song 'Instant Poetry' and 'Holy Holy Life' and really liked them a lot. 'Instant Poetry', I'm assuming, was recorded during the 'Moontan' sessions. At least it sounds like it to me.
I'm not so sure I'd call them a Prog band but I consider some of their early 70s output to fit right in with the genre ('Big Tree Blue Sea', 'Are you Receiving Me?', 'She Flies on Strange Wings', 'Eight Miles High', 'Switch', 'Ce Soir').
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