Опубликовано: 3 июл. 2014 г.
01 Scorpio's Dance (First Movement) 0:37
02 Alaska Country 3:51
03 Sally Was A Good Old Girl
Written By -- Harlan, Howard
3:30
04 Daemon Lover 6:00
05 Scorpio's Dance 3:40
06 Little Cooling Planet 3:58
07 I Love Voodoo Music 3:58
08 Seven Is A Number In Magic 2:58
09 Keep It If You Want It 2:51
10 Water Boy 2:30
11 Send Me A Postcard 2:39
12 Mighty Joe 3:12
13 Hello Darkness 2:52
14 Pickin' Tomatoes 3:19
Shocking
Blue was founded in 1967 by Robbie van Leeuwen. The group had a minor
hit in 1968 with "Lucy Brown is Back in Town". After Mariska Veres took
over the vocals, the group charted a world-wide hit with the song
"Venus", which peaked at No. 3 in the Netherlands in 1969. The song
reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. It
subsequently sold 350,000 copies in Germany, and topped the U.S. chart
for three weeks, the first song from the Netherlands to do so. It sold
over one million copies there by January 1970, and received a gold
record awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America. Global
sales exceeded five million copies.[1] The song was based on "The Banjo
Song" (1963) by The Big Three.
Other hits include "Send Me a
Postcard" in 1968/69 and "Long and Lonesome Road" (often mistakenly
named as "Long Lonesome Road") in 1969. Shocking Blue's songs also
received quite a large amount of radio airplay on Dutch channels.[2][3]
"Venus"
was followed by "Mighty Joe" (flip-side "Wild Wind") in 1969 and "Never
Marry a Railroad Man" (flip-side "Roll Engine Roll") in 1970, which
both sold over a million records.[1] Later songs - including "Hello
Darkness" (1970), "Shocking You", "Blossom Lady" and "Out of Sight, Out
of Mind" (1971), "Inkpot", "Rock in the Sea" and "Eve and the Apple"
(1972) and "Oh Lord" (1973) were successful in Europe, Latin America and
Asia, but failed to chart in the U.S..
In 1974 Mariska Veres
left the group to start a solo career until 1982. Her singles "Take Me
High" (1975) and "Lovin' You" (1976) were mainly popular in the
Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Other known singles were "Tell It Like
It Is" (1975), Dusty Springfield's "Little By Little" (1976), and "Too
Young" (1978). Most of these songs today are rare.
Shocking Blue
made a comeback in 1979, and recorded "Louise" as their first single
since their breakup back in 1974. However, the song was never released
for unknown reasons. They did however, perform live with their earliest
songs such as "Venus" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man" in 1980. They
made another comeback in 1984, and later recorded "Jury and the Judge"
with "I Am Hanging on to Love" on B-side, and yet another unreleased
song "Time Is a Jetplane" in 1986.
Nirvana covered the Shocking
Blue song "Love Buzz" as their debut single in 1988, and it also
appeared on their 1989 album Bleach.
Mariska Veres died of cancer on 2 December 2006.
02 Alaska Country 3:51
03 Sally Was A Good Old Girl
Written By -- Harlan, Howard
3:30
04 Daemon Lover 6:00
05 Scorpio's Dance 3:40
06 Little Cooling Planet 3:58
07 I Love Voodoo Music 3:58
08 Seven Is A Number In Magic 2:58
09 Keep It If You Want It 2:51
10 Water Boy 2:30
11 Send Me A Postcard 2:39
12 Mighty Joe 3:12
13 Hello Darkness 2:52
14 Pickin' Tomatoes 3:19
Shocking
Blue was founded in 1967 by Robbie van Leeuwen. The group had a minor
hit in 1968 with "Lucy Brown is Back in Town". After Mariska Veres took
over the vocals, the group charted a world-wide hit with the song
"Venus", which peaked at No. 3 in the Netherlands in 1969. The song
reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. It
subsequently sold 350,000 copies in Germany, and topped the U.S. chart
for three weeks, the first song from the Netherlands to do so. It sold
over one million copies there by January 1970, and received a gold
record awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America. Global
sales exceeded five million copies.[1] The song was based on "The Banjo
Song" (1963) by The Big Three.
Other hits include "Send Me a
Postcard" in 1968/69 and "Long and Lonesome Road" (often mistakenly
named as "Long Lonesome Road") in 1969. Shocking Blue's songs also
received quite a large amount of radio airplay on Dutch channels.[2][3]
"Venus"
was followed by "Mighty Joe" (flip-side "Wild Wind") in 1969 and "Never
Marry a Railroad Man" (flip-side "Roll Engine Roll") in 1970, which
both sold over a million records.[1] Later songs - including "Hello
Darkness" (1970), "Shocking You", "Blossom Lady" and "Out of Sight, Out
of Mind" (1971), "Inkpot", "Rock in the Sea" and "Eve and the Apple"
(1972) and "Oh Lord" (1973) were successful in Europe, Latin America and
Asia, but failed to chart in the U.S..
In 1974 Mariska Veres
left the group to start a solo career until 1982. Her singles "Take Me
High" (1975) and "Lovin' You" (1976) were mainly popular in the
Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Other known singles were "Tell It Like
It Is" (1975), Dusty Springfield's "Little By Little" (1976), and "Too
Young" (1978). Most of these songs today are rare.
Shocking Blue
made a comeback in 1979, and recorded "Louise" as their first single
since their breakup back in 1974. However, the song was never released
for unknown reasons. They did however, perform live with their earliest
songs such as "Venus" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man" in 1980. They
made another comeback in 1984, and later recorded "Jury and the Judge"
with "I Am Hanging on to Love" on B-side, and yet another unreleased
song "Time Is a Jetplane" in 1986.
Nirvana covered the Shocking
Blue song "Love Buzz" as their debut single in 1988, and it also
appeared on their 1989 album Bleach.
Mariska Veres died of cancer on 2 December 2006.
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