Just Ear-rings is the 1965 debut album by Dutch Nederbeat band Golden Earring (formerly The Golden Earrings).[3]

Just Ear-rings
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedAugust & October 1965
StudioPhonogram Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre
Length26:16
LabelPolydor
ProducerFred Haayen
The Golden Earrings chronology
Just Ear-rings
(1965)
Winter-Harvest
(1967)
Singles from Just Ear-rings
  1. "Please Go"
    Released: September 1965[1]
  2. "Lonely Everyday"
    Released: 1965[A]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

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All songs written by Marinus Gerritsen and George Kooymans except where noted.

Original track listing

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Side 1

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  1. "Nobody but You" - 2:18
  2. "I Hate Saying These Words" - 2:17
  3. "She May Be" (Kooymans) - 1:47
  4. "Holy Witness" (Kooymans) - 2:47
  5. "No Need to Worry" (Gerritsen) - 2:04
  6. "Please Go" - 2:56

Side 2

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  1. "Sticks and Stones" (Titus Turner) - 1:41
  2. "I Am a Fool" (Gerritsen) - 2:06
  3. "Don't Stay Away" - 2:10
  4. "Lonely Everyday" - 1:42
  5. "When People Talk" - 2:47
  6. "Now I Have" (Kooymans) - 1:38

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

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  1. "Chunk of Steel" (Gerritsen, Kooymans, Peter de Ronde) - 2:25
    • Single B-side of "Please Go", 1965
  2. "The Words I Need" - 2:14
    • Single B-side of "That Day", 1966
  3. "Waiting for You" - 2:25
    • Single B-side of "If You Leave Me", 1966
  4. "What You Gonna Tell" - 1:47
    • Single B-side of "Daddy Buy Me a Girl", 1966
  5. "Wings" - 2:12
    • Single B-side of "Don't Run Too Far ", 1966
  6. "Smoking Cigarettes" (Kooymans) - 2:19
    • From the album Winter Harvest, 1967

2009 CD reissue bonus tracks

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  1. "Chunk of Steel" (Gerritsen, Kooymans, Peter de Ronde) - 2:25
    • Single B-side of "Please Go", 1965
  2. "That Day" - 2:28
    • Single A-side, 1966
  3. "The Words I Need" - 2:14
    • Single B-side of "That Day", 1966
  4. "If You Leave Me" - 2:15
    • Single A-side, 1966
  5. "Waiting for You" - 2:24
    • Single B-side of "If You Leave Me", 1966

Personnel

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The Golden Ear-rings
Additional personnel
  • Aat den Dulk – organ, spinet
  • Fred Haayen – production
  • Arie Merkt – production
  • Jos Ditman – engineer

References

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  1. ^ this single was quickly withdrawn, only few copies remain
  1. ^ "Golden Earring singles".
  2. ^ Mark Deming. "Just Earrings - Golden Earring | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  3. ^ "Biography - Golden Earring". golden-earring.nl. Retrieved 13 October 2018.