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released by

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. It is the CD version of their 1979 ''

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'' album which came out ten years earlier, including a bonus track: " Luv' Hitpack". It features hit singles scored in the charts between 1977 and 1979: " My Man", " U.O.Me", "

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", " Casanova" and " Eeny Meeny Miny Moe". These songs originate from their first and second studio albums, '' With Luv''' (1978) and '' Lots of Luv''' (1979). The Phonogram years were the group's most successful ones in terms of chart performance as Luv' reached the Top 10 in a dozen of countries in the late 1970s.

Background

In 1989, Luv' was reformed with a line-up different from the original one. Meanwhile, Phonogram Records, the group's first label which held the copyright on the albums '' With Luv''' (1978) and '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) and the singles taken from them, decided to release a CD compilation. The record company chose a track listing close to a previous ''

'' (1979) LP that came out ten years earlier when the original Luv' trio was active. A bonus song was added and released as a single: " Luv' Hitpack", a

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produced by

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(a famous remixer of the European

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scene known thanks to his project Hithouse in the late 1980s).

Track listing

All tracks written by

Hans van Hemert Hans van Hemert (7 April 1945 – 7 October 2024) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. Mouth and MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He won an ASCAP award for the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth and MacNeal. and composed th ...

and

Piet Souer Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born 29 March 1948) is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger. Through his collaborations with acts such as Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, and Champagne, he has achi ...

under the pseudonym 'Janschen & Janschens'. #"

" – 2:50 #* Taken from the album '' With Luv''' (1978) #" Shoes Off (Boots On)" – 3:06 #* Taken from the album '' Lots of Luv''' (1979) #"Louis je t'adore" – 3:40 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #" Casanova" – 3:50 #* Taken from the album ''Lots of Luv # "D.J" – 3:20 #* B-side of " Casanova", taken from the album ''Lots of Luv (1979) #"If You Love Me" – 2:34 #* Taken from the album ''Lots of Luv (1979) #"I Like Sugar Candy Kisses" – 3:36 #* Taken from the album ''Lots of Luv (1979) # "Don't Let Me Down" – 2:35 #* B-side of My Man #"

" – 3:23 #* Taken from the German version of ''With Luv (1978) #"Marcellino" – 3:15 #* Taken from the album ''Lots of Luv (1979) #"I.M.U.R" – 3:35 #* B-side of " Eeny Meeny Miny Moe", taken from the album ''Lots of Luv (1979) #" My Man" – 3:05 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #"Sugar Babe" – 2:45 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #" Who Do You Wanna Be" – 3:44 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #" U.O.Me" – 2:55 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #" Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" – 2:54 #* Taken from the album ''Lots of Luv (1979) #"Don Juanito De Carnaval" – 3:13 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #"Everybody's Shakin' Hands on Broadway" – 3:24 #* Taken from the album ''With Luv (1978) #" Luv' Hitpack" – 4:30

Personnel

José Hoebee Josina van de Wijdeven (born 29 March 1954), known as José Hoebee, is a Dutch people, Dutch pop music, pop singer. She was a member of Luv' in the late 1970s and early 1980s that scored hits in more than 15 countries. In late 1981, she went so ...

– vocals *

Patty Brard Petula Louise "Patty" Brard (born March 25, 1955) is a Dutch singer, television personality, actress and entrepreneur, most notable for being a former member of the girl group Luv'. For five decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid ...

– vocals *

Marga Scheide Margareth "Marga" Scheide (born 15 February 1954) is a Dutch singer and former model, best known for being a member of the girl group Luv'. Alongside Patty Brard and José Hoebee, she scored a string of international hit songs such as "You're th ...

– vocals Production *

– producer,

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– conductor/arranger * Gert Van Hoeyen – digital remastering *

– remix on track 19

Single release

External links

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