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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 "Lonely Everyday" Released: 1965

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

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 this single was quickly withdrawn, only few copies remain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.

• Golden Earring albums
• 1965 debut albums
• Polydor Records albums