Just Ear-rings

Just Ear-rings
Studio album by The Golden Earrings
Released	1965
Recorded	August & October 1965
Studio	Phonogram Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre	Nederbeat pop rock
Length	26:16
Label	Polydor
Producer	Fred Haayen
The Golden Earrings chronology
Just Ear-rings (1965) Winter-Harvest (1967)
Singles from Just Ear-rings
"Please Go" Released: September 1965 [1] "Lonely Everyday" Released: 1965 [A]

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	[2]

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

Track listing

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

Original track listing

Side 1

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

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

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

2009 CD reissue bonus tracks

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

Personnel

The Golden Ear-rings

• Frans Krassenburg – vocals
• George Kooymans – guitar, vocals
• Peter de Ronde – rhythm guitar
• Rinus Gerritsen – bass, keyboard
• Jaap Eggermont – drums

Additional personnel

• Aat den Dulk – organ, spinet
• Fred Haayen – production
• Arie Merkt – production
• Jos Ditman – engineer

References

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 this single was quickly withdrawn, only few copies remain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.