The South African Rock Encyclopedia > Vagabond’s World > Obscurities > Albums > Golden Earring – Hearing Earring
Tracks
- Jangalene
- All Day Watcher
- She Flies On Strange Wings
- Avalanche Of Love
- Silver Ships
- Brother Wind
- Hope
- 1000 Below You
All songs composed by Kooymans except track 7 by Gerritsen/Hay
Release information
LP: November 1973, Polydor 2310 318 (South Africa)
Cassette: November 1973, Polydor 3100 225 (South Africa)
Also released in the UK and Australia.
Musicians
- Rinus Gerritsen: Bass, Keyboards
- Barry Hay: Vocals, Flute, Sax, Guitar
- George Kooymans: Guitar, Vocals
- Cesar Zuiderwijk: Drums
Comments
This album was a compilation of tracks from two previous European-only releases Seven Tears (1971) and Together (1972). As far as I know it has never been released on CD, but it is one of my all-time favourite rock albums, so I eventually bought both albums on CD just to have all these great tracks in digital format.
“Jangalene” is a classic rock song with its long acoustic intro and then thundering full-tilt climax. This album goes from light to dark, soft to loud in an instant and is very comparable to the Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin stuff from the same era.
Track 8 appears as “1000 Feet Below You” on the back cover, but as “Thousand Feet Below You” on the label.