”Switch” is the tenth studio album by rockers GOLDEN EARRING, released in 1975 as the follow-up of the band’s international breakthrough album ‘Moontan’. The LP actually marked a switch for Golden Earring, as it was more groovy 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.
Now it’s being released ”Switch [50th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded]”, remastered from the first-generation IBC Studios master tapes, featuring unreleased track from the Switch sessions, B-sides, 7” versions and various previously unreleased outtakes and early mixes.
”Switch” is a really good classic rock record with that classic mid-70s sound, rocking and groovin’. Apart from a variety of previously unreleased outtakes and rough mixes, this 50th anniversary reissue features an unreleased track. Golden Earring archivist Wouter Bessels catalogued and listened through all work tapes from the ‘Switch’ sessions and found a previously unreleased track: ‘Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil’. Recorded during the Switch sessions, it marks the first time that the band has approved a previously unreleased finished studio track for release.
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. This follow up LP is, for many, even better musically.
This period (1975 – 1977) was such an interesting time for the band. After an international hit like “Radar Love” and very lengthy tours of North America and Europe, they seemed like they were on the cusp of superstardom.
Oddly, ”Switch” wasn’t properly promoted and seemed to set Golden Earring back unfortunately, which is a shame because it’s a fantastic album.
If you like ’70s classic rock you need to hear ”Switch [50th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded]”.
Highly Recommended
Tracklist:
CD1 36:03
1. Intro Plus Minus Absurdio (Remastered) (03:04)
2. Love Is A Rodeo (Remastered) (03:34)
3. The Switch (Remastered) (05:29)
4. Kill Me (Ce Soir) (Remastered) (06:20)
5. Tons Of Time (Remastered) (04:20)
6. Daddy's Gonna Save My Soul (Remastered) (04:16)
7. Troubles & Hassles (Remastered) (04:18)
8. The Lonesome D.J. (Remastered) (04:38)
CD2 41:30
1. Lucky Number (Remastered) (05:55)
2. Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil (Previously Unreleased) (Remastered) (04:30)
3. Kill Me (Ce Soir) (7-inch Single Version) (Remastered) (03:32)
4. The Switch (7-inch Single Version) (Remastered) (03:02)
5. Intro Plus Minus Absurdio (Rough Mix) (02:57)
6. Love Is A Rodeo (Rough Mix) (03:31)
7. The Switch (Rough Mix) (05:31)
8. Tons Of Time (Rough Mix) (04:25)
9. Troubles & Hassles (Rough Mix) (04:15)
10. Love Is A Rodeo (Instrumental Rough) Mix) (03:48)
Golden Earring – Switch (Remastered & Expanded) – 2025
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