Shocking Blue - Blue Box

All their music, good and bad, as the band evolved over their career as Shocking Blue. The quality of the recordings is consistent.For fans of the group, you can't really go wrong here, especially re value for the money. The "greatest hits" albums are hard to find and expensive. So you can get it all here, rip it, organize it digitally however you want for car, computer, etc, and of course, have a good backup copy if anything happens to the digital files.I didn't care for the Jazz CD my Mariska Veres re her later Jazz effort, but that doesn't detract from having all the group's songs (both great, and the lesser efforts).I stumbled onto this group accidentally after hearing "Venus" again from watching "Queen's Gambit" on Netflix, and it was just a great blast from the past of wonderful 70's music from a Dutch band. It looks like only "Venus" made it to the US, but in Europe, various countries had a number of their songs, deservedly, as top hits.

Im 50 Jahr seit der Gründung von Shoking Blue aus Holland, neben GOLDEN EARRING die bekanteste Band, erscheint diese mit 13 (!!!) CDs komplette Box. Beinhaltet ein Booklet über die Geschichte der Band und das gesamte Studiomaterial. Das Studiomaterial wurde fast ausnahmslos vom Gitarristen Robbie van Leeuwen geschrieben. Ebenso ein Livemitschnitt von 1972 aus Japan in überragender Qualität. 1967 noch mit einem Sänger. Ab 1969 mit der schönen Mariska Veres, die aber singen kann und Shocking Blue mit VENUS zu Welterfolgen führte. Leider ist diese schon 2006 verstorben.

ショッキング・ブルーに関しては皆さん書いておられるので、ボーナスＣＤの　Mariska Veres Shocking Jazz Quintet "Shocking You"（1993）について。ショッキング・ブルーを始めとするロック、ポップスのジャズ・アレンジのカバーアルバムであるが、そのジャズ・アレンジが素晴らしくて、まるで始めからジャズとして書かれた曲なのかと思うほどだ。そしてマリスカのボーカルがまた素晴らしい。ショッキング・ブルーの時と声質はまったく変ってしまったが、古き良き時代のジャズの女性名歌手のいいとこどりのような魅力と技術で実に見事。このアルバムは現在単独でＣＤを購入するのは難しそうなので、ジャズ好きの人は騙されたと思って買ってみて欲しい。

The Blue Box is a complete 13 CDs collection of what Dutch Shocking Blue recorded in the period 1967-1974 - plus a little more. The group is definitely worth a closer look, not least because of the group's musical main power, Robbie van Leeuwen, who, as a songwriter and musical director, shines on most albums. Of course, we must not forget front figure Marijska Veres, whose vocals often may remind you of Grace Slick’s.For collectors of the group, like myself, there may not be as much ”new” tracks to get as you might have wanted. For example, there are virtually no outtakes, and no "new" titles. Perhaps the group really did finish everything they started recording; It is not evident from the otherwise very nice and informative booklet of 56 pages that comes with the set.All singles released by the group are found on two separate CDs and a jazz solo release released by Marijska Veres after the group's break-up is included – In my opinion this could have been saved it, as it fell completely next to the rest and in my judgement, though fairly limited knowledge of jazz, it is really not very good.Several singles are quite rare; Especially those released as a reunion, and a song like "Louise" has not been released on CD earlier.For me, the CD "Ham" is probably the most interesting. For a different reason, this album was pulled back shortly after the release in 1973 and has therefore become a major rarity. Most songs, however, are found in remixed versions onthe group's next album "Dream on Dreamer", the last one with Robbie van Leeuwen onboard.Also the group's live album from 1972 was new to me. This album shows the group as an extremely competent live band.All CDs are in small cardboard sleeves and are reproduced with the original covers.And, I almost forgot, the music sounds great

Y a un precio increíble y con toda su discografía.