When The Bullet Hits The Bone: Golden Earring Plan Complete Studio Recordings Box

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Though they may not be a household name outside their native Netherlands, Dutch rockers Golden Earring are the subject of a comprehensive box set to be released next month.

The Complete Studio Recordings collects 26 (!) of the group’s albums released between 1965 and 2015 (!), with an additional three discs of single and B-side material. Eighteen of these albums reached the Top 10 on the Dutch charts, with seven (including their most recent full-length album, 2012’s Tits ‘N Ass), reaching No. 1.

Golden Earring are true rock ‘n’ roll survivors: founded by teenagers George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen in 1961 (and known for several years as “The Golden Earrings”), they went from teen-friendly pop-rock band to hard rock masters, capable of stretching songs out with sturdy instrumental work both in studio and onstage. The band’s core members to this day are Kooymans, Gerritsen and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Barry Hay (a member since 1967) and drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk (part of the group since 1970), though various additional members have joined through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.

Though their success didn’t often spread to the rest of Europe or the Americas, Golden Earring enjoyed a brief flirtation with Western charts, and in fact did so nearly a decade apart. In 1973, the rollicking “Radar Love,” reached the Top 10 in not only The Netherlands (their third No. 1) but the United States and United Kingdom as well. Then, in 1982, the pulsating New Wave cut “Twilight Zone” reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. (1984’s “When the Lady Smiles” failed to reach the success of “Twilight Zone,” but was another smash hit in the homeland that also performed strongly in Canada.)

With comprehensive liner notes by local journalist Tjerk Lammers, Golden Earring’s Complete Studio Recordings is a fitting tribute to a band that’s been rocking for over five decades. The box is due out February 10 and can be pre-ordered below!

The Complete Studio Recordings (Red Bullet/Universal Music, 2017)

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Disc 1: Just Ear-rings (Polydor 007 (NL), 1965) *

Disc 2: Winter Harvest (Polydor 736 068 (NL), 1967) *

Disc 3: Miracle Mirror (Polydor 184 120 (NL), 1968) *

Disc 4: On the Double (Polydor 2-236 823/24 (NL), 1969) *

Disc 5: Eight Miles High (Polydor 656 019 (NL) 1969)

Disc 6: Golden Earring (Polydor 2340 003 (NL), 1970)

Disc 7: Seven Tears (Polydor 2344 008 (NL), 1971)

Disc 8: Together (Polydor 2925 009 (NL), 1972)

Disc 9: Moontan (Polydor 2925 017 (NL), 1973)

Disc 10: Switch (Polydor 2485 585 (NL), 1975)

Disc 11: To the Hilt (Polydor 2310 436 (NL), 1976)

Disc 12: Contraband (Polydor 2310 491 (NL), 1976)

Disc 13: Grab It for a Second (Polydor 2344 118 (NL), 1978)

Disc 14: No Promises … No Debts (Polydor 2344 142 (NL), 1979)

Disc 15: Prisoner of the Night (Polydor 2344 161 (NL), 1980)

Disc 16: Cut (21 Records 210 001 (NL), 1982)

Disc 17: N.E.W.S. (21 Records 818 427-2 (DE), 1983)

Disc 18: The Hole (21 Records 210 018 (NL), 1986)

Disc 19: Keeper of the Flame (JAWS Records 554 (NL), 1989)

Disc 20: Bloody Buccaneers (Columbia 468093 (NL), 1991)

Disc 21: Face It (Columbia 477650 (NL), 1994)

Disc 22: Love Sweat (Columbia 481122 (NL), 1995)

Disc 23: Paradise In Distress (TX2 CNR 870041-2 (NL), 1999)

Disc 24: Millbrook U.S.A. (Universal 067 599-2 (NL), 2003)

Disc 25: Tits ‘N Ass (Universal 370 234-0 (NL), 2012)

Disc 26: The Hague (Universal 476 953-1 (NL), 2015)

Disc 27: Non-album tracks 1 (1965-1969) *

Chunk of Steel (B-side to “Please Go” – Polydor S 1181 (NL), 1965)
That Day (single A-side – Polydor 421 023 (NL), 1966)
The Words I Need (single B-side – Polydor 421 023 (NL), 1966)
If You Leave Me (single A-side – Polydor 421 036 (NL), 1966)
Waiting for You (single B-side – Polydor 421 036 (NL), 1966)
Things Go Better (single A-side – Coca-Cola SL 3004 (NL), 1966)
Rum and Coca-Cola (single B-side – Coca-Cola SL 3004 (NL), 1966)
Daddy Buy Me a Girl (single A-side – Polydor 421 050 (NL), 1966)
What You Gonna Tell (single B-side – Polydor 421 050 (NL), 1966)
Don’t Run Too Far (single A-side – Polydor 421 056 (NL), 1966)
Wings (single B-side – Polydor 421 056 (NL), 1966)
Sound of the Screaming Day (single A-side – Polydor S 1244 (NL), 1967)
She Won’t Come to Me (single B-side – Polydor S 1244 (NL), 1967)
Together We Live, Together We Love (single A-side – Polydor S 1250 (NL), 1967)
Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong (single A-side – Polydor S 1277 (NL), 1968)
Wake Up – Breakfast (single B-side – Polydor S 1277 (NL), 1968)
Where Will I Be (single A-side – Polydor S 1315 (NL), 1969)
It’s Alright But I Admit It Could Be Better (single B-side – Polydor S 1315 (NL), 1969)

Disc 28: Non-album tracks 2 (1969-1980)

Another 45 Miles (single A-side – Polydor S 1336 (NL), 1969)
I Can’t Get a Hold on Her (single B-side – Polydor S 1336 (NL), 1969)
Holy Holy Life (single A-side – Polydor 2001 135 (NL), 1971)
Jessica (single B-side – Polydor 2001 135 (NL), 1971)
Stand By Me (single A-side – Polydor 2050 216 (NL), 1972)
The Song is Over (B-side to “Radar Love” – Polydor 2050 262 (NL), 1973)
Instant Poetry (single A-side – Polydor 2001 518 (NL), 1973)
Lucky Number (B-side to “Ce Soir” – Polydor 2050 353 (NL), 1975)
Babylon (B-side to “Sleepwalkin'” – Polydor 2001 626 (NL), 1975)
I Need Love (from Mad Love – MCA Records 2254 (U.S.), 1977)
Can’t Talk Now (B-side to “Movin’ Down Life” – Polydor 2001 824 (NL), 1978)
Only a Matter of Time (B-side to “Weekend Love” – Polydor 2001 886 (NL), 1979)
I Do Rock ‘N Roll (single A-side – Polydor 2001 929 (NL), 1979)
Triple Treat (B-side to “Long Blond Animal” – Polydor 2001 988 (NL), 1980)
Annie (B-side to “No For An Answer” – Polydor 2002 015 (NL), 1980)

Disc 29: Non-album tracks 3 (1982-2003)

King Dark (B-side to “Twilight Zone” – 21 Records 005 (NL), 1982)
Shadow Avenue (B-side to “The Devil Made Me Do It” – 21 Records 012 (NL), 1982)
Something Heavy Going Down (single A-side – 21 Records 032 (NL), 1984)
Gimme a Break (B-side to “Why Do I” – 21 Records 044 (NL), 1986)
You Gun My Love (B-side to “Turn the World Around” – JAWS Records 559 (NL), 1989)
Time Warp (B-side to “Going to the Run” – Columbia 656802 7 (NL), 1991)
Steam Roller (12″ B-side to “Going to the Run” – Columbia 656802 6 (NL), 1991)
Madame Zou Zou (B-side to “Temporary Madness” CD single – Columbia 657283 2 (NL), 1991)
So You Want to Be a Rock ‘N’ Roll Star/L.A. Woman (B-side to “This Wheel’s On Fire” CD single – Columbia 662831 2 (NL), 1995)
Try a Little Tenderness (B-side to “Gotta See Jane” CD single – Columbia 663224 1 (NL), 1996)
Burning Stuntman (single A-side – CNR Music 2003404 (NL), 1997)
Mood Indigo (B-side to “The Devil Made Me Do It (Live)” CD single – CNR Music 2003607 (NL), 1998)
Miles Away from Nowhere (from The Devil Made Us Do It – 35 Years box set – Universal 549 149-2 (NL), 2000)
Yes! We’re On Fire (from The Devil Made Us Do It – 35 Years box set – Universal 549 149-2 (NL), 2000)
Gypsy Rose (B-side to “Albino Moon” CD single – Universal 019 738-2 (NL), 2003)
Adrenaline (B-side to “A Sound I Never Heard” CD single – Universal 019 960-2 (NL), 2003)