''Shocking Blue'' is the debut studio album by Dutch

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Shocking Blue Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in 1967 in The Hague. It was part of the music movement in the Netherlands that was generally known by the name Nederbeat. The band had a number of hits throughout the counterculture movement during ...

, released in November 1967 on

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. This was the only album by the band with Fred de Wilde on lead vocals.

Mariska Veres Maria Elizabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres () (1 October 1947 – 2 December 2006), was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. Described as being similar to a young Cher, she was known fo ...

replaced de Wilde in the band's next album, '' At Home''.

Release

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and Scandinavia the record was released in 1970 under the title ''Beat with Us'', omitting songs "Whisky Don't Wash My Brains" and "League of Angels" from side one. In Japan the album was released in German form as well, but with the original title. The album was reissued in 2006 on CD with non-album single "Lucy Brown Is Back in Town" and its

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as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by

Robbie van Leeuwen Robbie van Leeuwen (born 29 October 1944) is a Dutch musician who was a guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue. In 1967 he played guitar on the only single ever rel ...

, except where noted.

Personnel

;Shocking Blue *Fred de Wilde - lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

- guitar, backing vocals *Klaasje van der Wal - bass guitar *Cor van der Beek - drums

References

Beat With Us
1967 debut albums Shocking Blue albums Polydor Records albums {{1960s-rock-album-stub