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Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.


Original track listing (European/UK version)

# "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:12 # "Are You Receiving Me" (John Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 9:31 # "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock)" – 4:24 # "
Radar Love "Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The single version of "Radar Love" reached #10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 and #13 in ''Billboard'' in the United States. It also hit the Top 10 in many countries, including the United ...
" – 6:26 # "Just Like
Vince Taylor Vince Taylor (14 July 1939 – 28 August 1991), born Brian Maurice Holden, was an English rock and roll singer. As the lead singer of Vince Taylor and His Playboys, sometimes Vince Taylor and The Playboys, he was successful primarily in France ...
" – 4:33 # "Vanilla Queen" – 9:16


US track listing

# "
Radar Love "Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The single version of "Radar Love" reached #10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 and #13 in ''Billboard'' in the United States. It also hit the Top 10 in many countries, including the United ...
" – 6:26 # "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:12 # "Vanilla Queen" – 9:20 # "Big Tree, Blue Sea" – 8:13 # "Are You Receiving Me" (Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 9:32 This is also the track listing on the original UK vinyl release (see above), as well as on early U.S. LP pressings (Track/MCA 396). The U.S. version of the album was originally issued with the UK "exotic dancer" cover, but this was quickly withdrawn and replaced with the "earring" cover depicted at right. In September 2021, ''Moontan Remastered & Expanded'', a new 2CD edition of the 1973 classic album, was released, featuring the original album newly remastered for the first time from the first-generation master tapes, and featuring six bonus tracks, nine previously unreleased mixes/different versions, a 32-page booklet with a new essay, memorabilia, and photos.


CD 1: Original album version remastered plus bonus tracks

# "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:13 # "Are You Receiving Me" – 9:32 # "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock)" – 4:26 # "
Radar Love "Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The single version of "Radar Love" reached #10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 and #13 in ''Billboard'' in the United States. It also hit the Top 10 in many countries, including the United ...
" – 6:26 # "Just Like
Vince Taylor Vince Taylor (14 July 1939 – 28 August 1991), born Brian Maurice Holden, was an English rock and roll singer. As the lead singer of Vince Taylor and His Playboys, sometimes Vince Taylor and The Playboys, he was successful primarily in France ...
" – 4:22 # "Vanilla Queen" – 9:19 # "Big Tree, Blue Sea (1973 version)" – 8:12 # "Candy’s Going Bad (single version)" – 2:52 # "Radar Love (single version)" – 3:45 # "The Song Is Over" – 4:52 # "Instant Poetry" – 5:08 # "From Heaven, From Hell (1974 version)" – 6:05


CD 2: The Moontan Sessions

# "Vanilla Queen (early version)" – 10:03 # "Radar Love (basic track)" – 6:27 # "The Song Is Over (basic track)" – 5:14 # "Are You Receiving Me (basic track)" – 9:30 # "Candy’s Going Bad (rough mix)" – 4:06 # "Vanilla Queen part 1 (rough mix)" – 5:36 # "Just Like Vince Taylor (alternate mix)" – 4:27 # "Big Tree, Blue Sea part 1 (rough mix)" – 3:14 # "Radar Love (instrumental mono mix)" – 6:30


Personnel

* Barry Haylead vocals, flute,
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,
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, sound effects *
George Kooymans George Jan Kooymans (born 11 March 1948, The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch guitarist and vocalist. He is best known for his work with the Dutch group Golden Earring. Kooymans wrote " Twilight Zone", the group's only Top 10 Pop Single on the US ' ...
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and acoustic guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals, sound effects *
Rinus Gerritsen Marinus Gerritsen (born 9 August 1946 in The Hague) is a Dutch bassist. Best known for being founding member of Dutch group Golden Earring, he is also a producer of artists like Herman Brood. Steve Harris of Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an ...
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, minimoog, ARP 2500 synthesizer,
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, organ, accordion, sound effects *
Cesar Zuiderwijk Cornelis Johannes "Cesar" Zuiderwijk, (born 18 July 1948) is a Dutch drummer. He is best known as the drummer of the Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1970 until their retirement in 2021. Biography When Zuiderwijk was twelve he started play ...
drums, percussion ;Additional personnel *
Patricia Paay Patricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij (born 7 April 1949), best known as Patricia Paay, is a Dutch singer, radio host, glamour model and television personality. In the Netherlands, she is well known for her musical career, which spans over four decade ...
— backing vocals * Bertus Borgers — saxophone *
Eelco Gelling Eelco Gelling (born 12 June 1946) is a Dutch blues guitarist. Gelling played with Cuby + Blizzards (which he co-founded together with Harry Muskee) until 1976. Cuby + Blizzards (1966–1974) Cuby + Blizzards (C+B) was founded by Eelco Gelling a ...
slide guitar on 'Radar Love'


Production

* Producer: Golden Earring * Executive Producer: Fred Haayen * Engineer: Pieter Nieboer * Engineer: Damon Lyon-Shaw (mixing), IBC Studios, London, England * Arranger: Golden Earring


Charts


Album


Singles

Candy's Going Bad Radar Love


Certifications


References


External links


Information on "Radar Love" and ''Moontan''
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