Shocking Blue was a Dutch rockband from The Hague that was at their peak in the sixties and seventies and gained major cross-Atlantic success. The band was founded in 1967 and after recruiting vocalist Mariska Veres they soon became huge. With their single 'Venus' they became the first Dutch band ever to reach the first spot on the American Billboard Hot 100. The band had a series of subsequent hits but decided to call it a day in 1975. Their influence reached well beyond their generation: even bands like Nirvana and The Prodigy used Shocking Blue's 'Love Buzz'. '3rd Album' is strangely enough not their third full-length album but their fourth and was originally released in 1971. This reissue comes with six bonus tracks consisting of singles and b-sides and a gatefold sleeve.

Tracklist:

A1 Shocking You
A2 Velvet Heaven
A3 Love Sweet Love
A4 I Saw Your Face
A5 Simon Lee and the Gang (Instrumental)
A6 Serenade
A7 Never Married a Railroad Man *
A8 Roll Engine Roll *
A9 Waterloo *
B1 Don't You See
B2 the Bird Op Paradise
B3 Moonlight Night
B4 Sleepless at Midnight
B5 I'll Follow the Sun
B6 Blossom Lady *
B7 Is This a Dream *
B8 Poor Boy (Long Version) * 4.50

UPC: 8712944331967
Label: Music On Vinyl
Release Date: 10.28.10
Format: Vinyl

Shocking Blue - 3rd Album (180 Gram)