GOLDEN EARRING Flipped Their “Switch” For Its Golden Jubilee

It might not have been as glorified as “Moontan” whence “Radar Love” emerged to make GOLDEN EARRING an international proposition, but “Switch” – the Dutch veterans’ tenth longplay, released in 1975 – housed another bona fide classic, a future B-side for IRON MAIDEN who covered “Kill Me (Ce Soir)” in 1990. However, dismissing the rest of the album, very much progressive and funky at the same time, would be nigh on criminal, as each of the platter’s tracks is precious, especially when assessed as part of the whole record. And now this record has been expanded within the ensemble’s reissue programme.

Unlike the other entries in the series, it’s a single-disc offering, yet there are nine bonus tracks augmenting the familiar cuts, including a never-heard number – the band have never approved such an out-take, as opposed to a version, before – titled “Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil” which will add weight to rough mixes that make the bulk of extra material here. Quite alluring!

GOLDEN EARRING –
Switch

1. Intro Plus Minus Absurdio
2. Love Is A Rodeo
3. The Switch
4. Kill Me (Ce Soir)
5. Tons Of Time
6. Daddy’s Gonna Save My Soul
7. Troubles & Hassles
8. The Lonesome D.J.
9. Lucky Number
bonus tracks:
10. Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil
11. Kill Me (Ce Soir) (single version)
12. The Switch (single version)
13. Intro Plus Minus Absurdio (rough mix)
14. Love Is A Rodeo (rough mix)
15. The Switch (rough mix)
16. Tons Of Time (rough mix)
17. Troubles & Hassles (rough mix)
18. Love Is A Rodeo (instrumental rough mix)

May 18, 2025

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