Shocking Blue
Greatest Hits (2008)





Formed in 1967 by former Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, the Dutch quartet Shocking Blue originally had a lineup of VanLeeuwen on guitar, lead vocalist Fred DeWilde, bass player Klaasje Van der Wal, and drummer Cornelius Van der Beek, and the initial configuration of the band had a minor homeland hit with ΓÇ£Lucy Brown Is Back in TownΓÇ¥ a year later in 1968. Things really got moving, though, when DeWilde was replaced by sultry singer Mariska Veres, whose sexy presence and solid singing brought the band a second Netherlands hit, ΓÇ£Send Me a Postcard,ΓÇ¥ and then a huge international smash with ΓÇ£VenusΓÇ¥ in 1970 after the group had signed to Jerry Ross' Colossus Records imprint. Although Shocking Blue's albums (1968ΓÇÖs Shocking Blue, 1969ΓÇÖs At Home, 1970ΓÇÖs ScorpioΓÇÖs Dance, 1971ΓÇÖs 3rd Album, 1972ΓÇÖs Inkpot, 1972ΓÇÖs Attila, 1973ΓÇÖs Dream on Dreamer, and 1974ΓÇÖs Good Times) featured progressive rock elements and inventive arrangements thanks to VanLeeuwen's writing and production skills, the band was essentially marketed as a pop singles unit, and while they scored several subsequent hits in their homeland, none of the groupΓÇÖs releases approached the massive saturation success of ΓÇ£Venus.ΓÇ¥ Veres left Shocking Blue in 1974 to pursue a solo career, and while there have been various reunions and different touring incarnations of the band over the years (including a version fronted by Veres in the '90s), its creative history ended then. VanLeeuwen later re-surfaced in the folk/jazz group Galaxy-Lin, while his most famous composition, ΓÇ£Venus,ΓÇ¥ continued to see play on oldies stations. Veres died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 59.


Format:			Mp3
Bitrate:		320 CBR
Contains:		Album Art & ID Tags


Audio-Info:


Disc 1

01.Venus
02.Mighty Joe
03.Send Me A Postcard
04.Long And Lonesome Road
05.Never Marry A Railroad Man
06.Ink Pot
07.Rock In The Sea
08.California Here I Come
09.Dream On Dreamer
10.Hello Darkness
11.Shocking You
12.I'm A Woman
13.Deamon Lover
14.Sally Was A Good Old Girl
15.Blossom Lady
16.Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
17.Eve And The Apple
18.I'll Write Your Name Through The Fire
19.Let Me Carry Your Bag
20.Oh Lord
21.This America
22.Good Times
23.Gonna Sing Me A Song
24.Love Is In The Air
25.Lucy Brown Is Back In Town


Disc 2

01.Roll Engine Roll
02.I Boll Weevil
03.Pickin' Tomatoes
04.Waterloo
05.Harley Davidson
06.Love Machine
07.Fireball Of Love
08.Hot Sand
09.Wild Wind
10.Keep It If You Want It
11.Give My Love To The Sunshine
12.Love Buzz
13.I Saw You In June
14.Is This A Dream
15.I Like You
16.Broken Heart
17.When I Was A Girl
18.In My Time Of Dying
19.Everything That's Mine
20.Where The Picknick Was
21.I Won't Be Lonely Long
22.Come My Way
23.What You Gonna Do
24.Get It On
25.Fix Your Hair Darling









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