Golden Earring - Switch

Limited WHITE Double Vinyl - Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies on WHITE vinyl - Audiophile 180g vinyl - Newly remastered and expanded 2LP set from the original master tapes - 50th anniversary edition - With printed inner sleeves - Includes the previously unreleased track “Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil” - Includes lyric sheet - Switch is the tenth studio album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring and was released in 1975 as the follow-up to their international breakthrough album Moontan, featuring the classic track “Radar Love.” Both the American music magazine Billboard and the British magazine Sounds named the band one of the most promising new groups in 1974. - However, with Switch, Golden Earring actually underwent a stylistic change: The album is more heavily influenced by funk and progressive rock than any other release by the band before or since. The single "Kill Me (With Switch, however, Golden Earring actually underwent a stylistic change: the album is more strongly influenced by funk and progressive rock than any other release by the band before or since. The single “Kill Me (Ce Soir)” impressively demonstrates how Golden Earring experimented with a new sound at the time. - Golden Earring archivist Wouter Bessels viewed and cataloged all the working tapes from the Switch sessions and discovered a previously unreleased song: Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil. - Golden Earring archivist Wouter Bessels reviewed and cataloged all the working tapes from the Switch sessions and discovered a previously unreleased song: Action Alice & Bow-Tie Basil. This track, recorded during the Switch sessions, is being officially released for the first time here—the band has approved the release of a previously unreleased, fully produced studio recording. The second LP of this expanded 50th Anniversary Edition features a new mix of the album Switch, which was originally released in 1974. - is being officially released here for the first time – The band has released a previously unreleased, fully produced studio recording for the first time. The second LP of this expanded 50th Anniversary Edition of Switch contains the best tracks from the session tapes, supplemented by the 7-inch single versions of "Kill Me (Ce Soir)“ and ”The Switch“ as well as the B-side of ”Kill Me (Ce Soir)“: ”Lucky Number." All tracks have been remastered in 24-bit/192 kHz from the original master tapes. Particularly noteworthy: the original master tapes from IBC Studios contain the note “50 Hz roll off.” At the request of executive producer Freddy Haayen, the cutting engineer at IBC Studios was instructed to filter out all frequencies below 50 Hz—which meant that a large part of the low frequencies were lost during the vinyl pressing at that time. However, this reduction only took place on the production copies used for vinyl cutting—not on the original master tapes used for this reissue. For the first time For the first time, Switch can be heard on LP1 of this remastered edition as it was actually recorded and mixed – with the full frequency spectrum. Switch (Remastered & Expanded) is being released as a limited edition of 2,000 individually numbered copies on WHITE vinyl. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes a 12" bonus disc with the original 1982 demo version of Switch. Switch (Remastered & Expanded) is being released as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on WHITE vinyl. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve, contains two printed inner sleeves and a lyric sheet.