Thursday, 24 July 2025

































Golden Earring
Record Plant
Sausalito, CA
April 26th 1975

Remastered soundboard/broadcast.
This post is to celebrate the life and music of George Jan Kooymans
who died on the same day as Ozzy aged 77.

































Nothing wrong with Radar Love etc. but I prefer this as it tickles my prog.
Some tasty guitar from George!
regards
Titus

01 intro/The Switch
02 Lucky Number
03 Kill Me (Ce Soir)
04 Big Tree, Blue Sea
05 Daddy’s Gonna Save My Soul
06 Love is a Rodeo

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  1. Anonymous24 July 2025 at 23:33

    damn, i hadn't heard. saw golden earring just once, back
    in 83, and ran into big 'earring fan steve harris. we chatted about the sorry state of the music biz, with golden earring playing a 1500 capacity club while the duran durans and such were ruling the arena world...ha! back when there *was* a music biz.
    thanks for this titus!
    mikeL

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    1. Anonymous25 July 2025 at 00:44

      ps: stellar SQ, great work as always titus!
      mL

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    2. titus luxor25 July 2025 at 01:19

      Thanks Mike. I did quite a lot to try to improve the sound so I appreciate your endorsement

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    3. Anonymous25 July 2025 at 01:58

      i'll add : george's guitar is epic and really comes across nicely.
      i'm surprised bowie never tried to steal him away...or did he?
      i wonder who played horns and flute...looking forward to a proper listen,
      m

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    4. titus luxor25 July 2025 at 11:43

      The full line up is on the inner cover

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  2. Klaus25 July 2025 at 18:52

    I always liked the Dutch band. I saw them live once too. Compare them to the Australians Masters Apprentices. The same beat music in the 60s, then they switched to more progressive, then towards the end of the 70s/80s, more hard rock. Only the Dutch released more records. Much more. Now the guitarist is more than 8 Miles High. R.I.P.

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  3. Anonymous25 July 2025 at 18:53

    Well deserved tribute, thanks. GE was a great band that excelled when playing live. Still I like some studio albums like Moontan and Contraband.

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  4. AtticRock25 July 2025 at 18:57

    From the Netherlands we have DeWolff now, a great live act too.

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  5. Derek26 July 2025 at 07:07

    Switch and Moontan being my favourites albums from Golden Earring, thanks for this one.
    The name George Kooymans doesn't sound as rock'n'roll as Ozzy or Lemmy ; that's maybe the reason he didn't get the recognition he deserved. Should have changed his name to GG Koy or something similar.

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    1. titus luxor26 July 2025 at 08:35

      My wife was disappointed George was not mentioned on the German news. Ozzy took the headlines...and hey, the name George was rock n roll enough for the Beatles! :)

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    2. Derek26 July 2025 at 12:04

      No, only John and Ringo were rock'n'roll. Paul and George were mellow yellow :)

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