On the Double
Encyclopedia
On the Double is a double album
by Dutch
hard rock
band Golden Earring
, released in 1969.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Golden Earring
Golden Earring
Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings . They had international chart success with the songs "Radar Love" in 1973, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. In their home country, they had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and...
, released in 1969.
Track listing
- "Song of a Devil's Servant" (George Kooymans) – 3:45
- "Angelina" (George Kooymans) – 3:11
- "Pam Pam Poope Poope Loux" (George Kooymans) – 2:44
- "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry" (George Kooymans) – 4:23
- "My Baby Ruby" (George Kooymans) – 3:18
- "Judy" (Rinus Gerritsen) – 1:44
- "Goodbye Mama" (George Kooymans) – 3:09
- "Murdock 9-6182" (George Kooymans) – 3:12
- "Just a Little Bit of Peace in my Heart - (George Kooymans) – 5:20
- "The Sad Story of Sam Stone" (Rinus Gerritsen) – 2:26
- "High in the Sky" (George Kooymans) – 3:22
- "Remember my Friend" (Rinus Gerritsen) – 2:57
- "Time is a Book" (George Kooymans) – 4:06
- "Backbiting Baby" (George Kooymans) – 5:37
- "I'm a Runnin'" (George Kooymans) – 3:27
- "I Sing my Song" (George Kooymans) – 4:00
- "Mitch Mover" (George Kooymans) – 3:00
- "God Bless the Day" (George Kooymans) – 2:40
- "The Grand Piano" (Rinus Gerritsen) – 3:26
Personnel
- Jaap Eggermont - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Rinus Gerritsen - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Barry Hay - fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - George Kooymans - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Gerard Beckers - Sound engineer