Golden Earring's 1969 double LP (since reissued on a 66-minute single disc) is a competent rendering of a wide variety of period rock styles.
It's far from being a counterpart to The White Album, though.
It's just ordinary, late-'60s rock, certainly more accomplished than most bands working in non-English speaking countries at the time, but not of high distinction, either.
There's riff-driven material hinting at the direction they'd pursue more extensively in the 1970s (especially on "Songs on a Devil's Servant"), Continental-flavored acoustic folk balladry, singer/songwriter-flavored folk-rock, good-time hard-rocking pop/rock ("Goodbye Mama"), classical-tinged pomp rock, rather nice soul-pop ("I Sing My Song"), and self-conscious music hall parody.
They could have fit into the opening slots of big-name rock bills without many suspecting they were of non-Anglo origin, but nor were they going to be upstaging many headliners.
It's merely adequate, without standout songs or an individual flavor.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Songs on a Devils Servant | Golden Earring | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Angelina | Golden Earring | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | Pam Pam Poope Poope Loux | Golden Earring | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | Hurry Hurry Hurry | Golden Earring | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | My Baby Ruby | Golden Earring | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Judy | Golden Earring | Play | 01:46 | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| 7 | Goodbye Mama | Golden Earring | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | Murdock 9-6182 | Golden Earring | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | Just a Little Bit of Peace in My Heart | Golden Earring | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 10 | The Sad Story of Sam Stone | Golden Earring | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 11 | High in the Sky | Golden Earring | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 12 | Remember My Friend | Golden Earring | Play | 02:59 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 13 | Time Is a Book | Golden Earring | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 14 | I Sing My Song | Golden Earring | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 15 | Mitch Mover | Golden Earring | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 16 | God Bless the Day | Golden Earring | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 17 | The Grand Piano | Golden Earring | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 18 | Backbitting Baby | Golden Earring | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 19 | I'm Runnin' | Golden Earring | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 66 mins | 151 MB | |||||
| 66 mins | 405 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaap Eggermont | Drums |
| 2 | Rinus Gerritsen | Bass, Keyboards |
| 3 | Golden Earring | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Barry Hay | Flute, Vocals |
| 5 | George Kooymans | Guitar, Vocals |
| 6 | Cesar Zuiderwijk | Drums |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |