3rd Album

the vinyl was very quiet. almost as quiet as a cd. the turqouise color was nice too.

I'm bought this CD as an amazon recommendation. This is a CD German compilation. It contains the 3rd album and also have a 6 bonus tracks. The song than i recognize is Never Married a Railroad man (track 12). Unless i not a fan on 6,70's music it was delicious hear the album. My selections on this CD is Velvet haven, Love Sweet love, I saw your face, Bird of paradise, Moonlight night and I'll follow the sun (perfect to a surf video). The edition had an excellent audio edition whit out distortions or over volume. The annexed book is very poor with no art, only contains some textual data and the lyrics about the first 11 songs.

Cannot live without this album. It is seriously THAT good. Are you a music freak ,to the point that a really good tune can get under Your skin,and bring a tear,(Or several) to your eye? Or at the very least make Your scalp tingle? Is This a Dream ,does it for me. The guitar playing is melodic and song composition just plain NAIL it ,Robbie VanLeeuwen makes John Lennon look like an amature.The rest of the songs will get you too . I warned You !

If you should give a description of the sound of Shocking Blue I think you could say that it lies somewhere between the early Easybeats and Jefferson Airplane. You might add that it has elements of folk music and it's generally very catchy and melodic."Third Album", which in fact is their fourth if you count in the early "Beat With Us" album, is probably their most consistent and with great bonus-tracks it could be right album to play for the non initiated.The album contains three of their greatest singles - two of them were not on the original album. "Never Marry a Railroad Man" is simply great - in the same league as their big internatioinal hit "Venus". "Shocking You" is both heavy and catchy - and a great opener. On "Blossom Lady" the groups expands their sound with horns, which actually works fine.The album has a string of varied and melodic tracks, spanning from folk through the blues till heavy Kinks/Easybeats sound - lead by guitarist and songwriter Robbie van Leeuwen."Velvet Heaven" is quiet waltzy ballad, like the vast majority of their songs beautifully sung by Mariska Veres. Veres' vocals often sound a lot like Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane.On "Serenade" both melody and sound make me think of the Danish group Savage Rose - beautiful melodic organ line. "I'll Follow the Sun" has great driving guitarline, and it's overall a beautiful, optimistic, upbeat song.There are also a handful of great melodic rockers, among which "Bird of Paradise" and "I Saw Your Face" stand out.Among the bonus-tracks B-sides you'll find the great dramatic ballad "Waterloo" , which I truly believe could have been another hit-record. "Roll Engine Roll is a fine bluesy thing which backed the single "Never Marry a Railroad Man".All songs mentioned would be indispensable songs on an ultimate 2CDs collection.A highly recommended release.

Retorné el pedido, la funda llegó con muy mala calidad, tengo 23 vinilos comprados con amazón y confirmo al 100% que cuando bajan el precio de un vinilo considerablemente, es porque el producto tiene daño visible para vender en tienda física o es una fabricación que no cumplió con los estándares de calidad y lo ponen en costo a veces hasta a mitad de precio. No les recomiendo que cuando vean un vinyl a tan bajo costo de lo que regularmente lo vieron, lo compren.

Excelentes composiciones, la voz de la cantante es profunda y sus letras muy intensas, un verdadero ícono de los 70's.

Les années 60-70

I love every song!

Sounds worse than old Japanese records. Delivered in 40 days. Ordered 3 records simultaneously, delivered in 3 different packages in different days, every time you have to go to the post office and waste time.