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Best known in America for the rollicking hit single “Venus” (later covered with great success by Bananarama), Shocking Blue, with the alluring Mariska Veres on lead vocals, were a top-flight garage-psych rock outfit who had a staggering amount of first-rate material. Each of their studio albums features something to recommend and this Greatest Hits collection is the real deal. “Never Marry a Railroad Man,” “Hello Darkness,” “Out of Sight Out of Mind,” “Send Me a Postcard,” “Long Lonesome Road,” “Hot Sand” and “Love Buzz” are among the greatest pop tunes of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Multi-instrumentalist Robbie van Leeuwen brings his guitar and sitar playing up to maximum effect, delivering true power and textural subtlety. Veres pulls out all the stops for the whipsaw smarts of “Shocking You.” She rules the stage with an authority that no one can mess with. “Eve and the Apple” throws a manic keyboard in pursuit of Veres’ hot-chick defiance.

“This America” shows the Dutch group reaching out to the U.S.A. Except “Venus” would be their only blockbuster here in the States. Best known in America for the rollicking hit single “Venus” (later covered with great success by Bananarama), Shocking Blue, with the alluring Mariska Veres on lead vocals, were a top-flight garage-psych rock outfit who had a staggering amount of first-rate material. Each of their studio albums features something to recommend and this Greatest Hits collection is the real deal. “Never Marry a Railroad Man,” “Hello Darkness,” “Out of Sight Out of Mind,” “Send Me a Postcard,” “Long Lonesome Road,” “Hot Sand” and “Love Buzz” are among the greatest pop tunes of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Multi-instrumentalist Robbie van Leeuwen brings his guitar and sitar playing up to maximum effect, delivering true power and textural subtlety.

Veres pulls out all the stops for the whipsaw smarts of “Shocking You.” She rules the stage with an authority that no one can mess with. “Eve and the Apple” throws a manic keyboard in pursuit of Veres’ hot-chick defiance. “This America” shows the Dutch group reaching out to the U.S.A. Except “Venus” would be their only blockbuster here in the States.

. Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Love Is In The Air. 2. What You Gonna Do.

3. Lucy Brown Is Back In Town. 4. Fix Your Hair Darling.

5. Send Me A Postcard. 6. Harley Davidson. 7. Hello Darkness.

8. Fireball Of Love. Tracks of Disc 2. 1.

Mighty Joe. 4. Wild Wind. 5. Never Marry A Railroad Man.

6. Roll Engine Roll. Tracks of Disc 3. 1. Pickin' Tomatoes. 2.

Shocking You. 3. Blossom Lady. 5. Is This A Dream.

6. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind. Tracks of Disc 4. 1. I Like You. 2. Give My Love To The Sunrise.

4. Rock In The Sea. 5. Broken Heart. 6.

Eve And The Apple. Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Everything That's Mine. 3.

Let Me Carry Your Bag. 4. I Saw You In June. 5. This America.

6. I Won't Be Lonely Long. 7. Louise. Tracks of Disc 2. 1. Dream On Dreamer.

2. Where The Picknick Was. 3. Good Times. 4.

Come My Way. 5. Gonna Sing My Song. 6. Get It On. Tracks of Disc 3. 1.

The Jury And The Judge. 2. I Am Hanging On To Love. 3. Body And Soul. 4. Love Buzz.

6. Boll Weevil.

Tracks of Disc 4. 1. I'm A Woman. 2. Love Machine. 3. Sally Was A Good Old Girl.

4. Alaska Country. 5. Deamon Lover.

Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Shocking You 2. Velvet Heaven 3. Love Sweet Love 3. I Saw Your Face 2.

Simon Lee and The Gang (Instrumental) 1. Never Married A Railroad Man 3. Roll Engine Roll 3. Don't You See 2. The Bird of Paradise 2. Moonlight Night 4.

Sleepless At Midnight 2. I'll Follow The Sun 2.

Blossom Lady 3. Is This A Dream 3. Poor Boy (Long Version) 4. Tracks of Disc 1. 1.

Mighty Joe. 3. Send Me a Postcard.

4. Long and Lonesome Road. 5.

Never Mary a Railroad Man. 6. Rock in the Sea. 8. Dream on Dreamer. 9. Hello Darkness.

10. Shocking You. 11. Sally Was a Good Old Girl.

12. Blossom Lady. 13. Out of Sight Out of Mind. 14.

Eve and the Apple. 15. Let Me Carry Your Bag.

16. This America. 18. Good Times. 19.

Shocking Blue Wiki

Gonna Sing Me a Song. 20. Jury and the Judge. 21. Body and Soul. 22. Love Is in the Air.

23. Lucy Brown Is Back in Town. 24.

Roll Engine Roll. 25. Pickin' Tomatoes. 26. Waterloo. 27. Harley Davidson.

28. Fireball of Love. 29. Hot Sand. 30.

Wild Wind. 31. Keep It If You Want It. 32. Give My Love to the Sunrise.

33. I Saw You in June. 34. Is This a Dream.

35. I Like You. 36.

Broken Heart. 37. When I Was a Girl.

38. In My Time of Dying. 39.

Everything That's Mine. 40. Where the Picknick Was. 41. Won't Be Lonely Long. 42.

Come My Way. 43. Get It On. 44. Am Hanging on to Love. 45. What You Gonna Do.

47. Fix Your Hair Darling.Song previews provided courtesy of iTunes.