Founded in 1961 by George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock band
Golden Earring (or Golden Earrings, until 1969) started off as a beatband,
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, alongside the classic single
“Radar Love”, that reached #10 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #13 in Billboard in
the United States.
Live is the band’s first live (double) album released in 1977. With its long, spunout versions of classic Golden Earring songs, this record is vastly different from
other live registrations by the band. It's also one of only three albums featuring
guitarist Eelco Gelling as a band member, adding a new dimension to the
band's sound. Furthermore, this album emphasises Golden Earring's strong
rhythm section on swinging songs like “Mad Love's Comin'” and “Radar Love”.
Live celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2022 and has been being remastered for
the first time from the original IBC Studios master tapes. It includes three
bonus tracks recorded during the concert in March 1977 in Brugge and the
double A-sided single “Radar Love/Just Like Vince Taylor” which was issued to
promote the album and features edit versions of the respectable album tracks.
In addition, a DVD entitled Golden Earring Live features four tracks filmed at
the IJsselhallen in Zwolle on 28th August 1977, which were broadcasted on
Dutch television four weeks later. This footage has been restored and
remastered from the original 16 mm film reels.
The 2LP edition of Live (remastered & expanded) has been released by Music
On Vinyl on 10th June 2022.
This 2CD+DVD edition of Live is the second volume in a special series of
remastered & expanded albums by Golden Earring, overseen by Red Bullet
catalogue and band archivist Wouter Bessels.
TRACKLISTING
2CD: Original album version remastered plus bonus tracks
CD1
1. Candy's Going Bad 5.06
2. She Flies On Strange Wings 8.09
3. Mad Love's Comin' 9.49
4. Eight Miles High 10.06
5. Vanilla Queen 11.42
6. To The Hilt 6.40
7. Fightin’ Windmills 8.50
8. Con Man 9.20
CD 2
1. Radar Love 11.16
2. Just Like Vince Taylor 6.24
BONUS TRACKS:
3. Fightin’ Windmills (Brugge 1977) 7.50
4. Eight Miles High (Brugge 1977) 9.13
5. I Need Love (Brugge 1977) 6.45
6. Radar Love (single version) 4.46
7. Just Like Vince Taylor (single version) 4.00
DVD: Golden Earring Live
1. Mad Love’s Comin’
2. Leather
3. Radar Love
4. Just Like Vince Taylor