Golden Earrings - On The Double - Expanded Edition - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Import remastered reissue of the long running Dutch rock act's 1969 album that's out-of-print domestically.

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Includes three bonus tracks. 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. Golden Earring is the sixth, self-titled album that is also known as 'Wall Of Dolls' because of the cover photo. The record, released in September 1970, marks the debut of drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk with Golden Earring and is the first in a series of progressively oriented records that the group released in the 1970s. This expanded edition contains three bonus tracks the single Holy Holy Life (#5 in the Dutch Top 40 in February 1971) with B-side Jessica, as well as the single version of Back Home as released in the United States on Dwarf Records in October 1970. All tracks have been remastered in 24 bit/192 kHz from the original master tapes. The 16-page booklet contains a story about the creation of the album, written by Golden Earring biographer and archivist Jeroen Ras.

Expanded edition of the 1975 album; the follow-up to the band's international breakthrough album Moontan. Remastered from the first-generation IBC Studios master tapes, featuring unreleased track from the Switch sessions, single edits, B-sides and various previously unreleased outtakes and early versions & mixes. Includes a 16-page booklet with essay, memorabilia & photos. 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. Switch is the tenth studio album by Golden Earring, released in 1975 as the follow-up of the band's international breakthrough album Moontan. Switch actually marked a switch for Golden Earring, as it was more influenced by funk 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. Apart from a variety of previously unreleased outtakes and rough mixes, this 50th anniversary reissue of Switch features an unreleased track InchAction Alice & Bow-Tie BasilInch. Recorded during the Switch sessions, this is the first time the band has approved a previously unreleased finished studio track for . All tracks have been 24 bit/192 kHz remastered from the original master tapes. This expanded CD edition of Switch is the sixth instalment in a special series of remastered & expanded albums by Golden Earring, overseen by Red Bullet catalogue and band archivist Wouter Bessels.