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Strange Things Are Happening

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This compilation of all the Dutch Outsiders Material is great. You Mistreat me is early beat punk at its best while Im Only Trying is great early psychedelia. The aren't any weak tunes on this comp and if you like the rolling stones, pretty things, or Love this is highly recommended. The 1960's owned rock music and unknown bands like this prove that distinction. Modern Rock bands today can hardly hold a candle to this and lack the melodic invention of the Outsiders. Lying All The Time is classic folk rock easily the equal of anything off the byrds first album. Also recommend is C.Q. by the outsiders from 1968 and their first album which contains some of these songs. C.Q. is one of the finest psychedelic albums ever!

Excellent 24 track compilation of this surperb psychedelic Dutch band. Each tune was a single sometime between 1965-69. These guys are NOT to be confused with a U.S. band from the same era of the same name. Cuts that make this CD a true keeper are "Sun's Going Down", the tripping "Feel Like I Wanted To Cry", "Keep On Trying", the familiar sounding "Touch" and "Ballad Of John B". This is yet ANOTHER band I've heard at least one or two tracks on the Rhino release of 'Original Artyfacts: Nuggets II' 4-CD box set.Should appeal to fans of Pretty Things,Q65,early Beatles,Creation and The Action.A must-have.

The Dutch Outsiders are at the top of the class in the Freakbeat scene, along with countrymen Shocking Blue and Q65. Whether they are rocking it up, as on "Touch" or "That's Your Problem," or going jangly psychedelic, as on "Sun's Going Down" and "Lying All the Time," this is a band that has power, drive, and skills. This is an excellent collection for anyone who is interested in this band and would like to have the best of their stuff compiled on one cd. I wish their song "Filthy Rich," one of my faves Outsiders tracks, was on this collection, but this is a singles compilation and that must not have been a single. Every song is good, some are great.

This is really a great cd compilation. To buy all the records is a very expensive project. Buy this compilation and bingo, you got most their stuff. If you like these guys then it's a good idea to read also the few books that have been published on them. The Outsiders Picture Book Volume 1 and 2 and the official biography by Jerome Blanes which will soon also be available in English. see www.lulu.com/nederbeat
Regards,
Jerome

Sadly I have all the songs here, either as extras from their two albums and the double cd of "sessions" from the CQ album or from, uh,.... What bothers me is how hard I had to dig for the songs now so easily available. And this is great music lads. Tough r+b that makes a joke of a great deal of British and American attempts at the latter. Think of a cd of really good Nugget style music you had somehow missed. Alas this stuff getting easier to find means that rather trite trendies will be blaring it at their High Fidelity perches in their little record stores, but you mustn't judge a band by its fans, especially when they aren't around to defend themselves.

If you dig mid sixties music, love the Stones and Pretty Things and need a new fix then my God man buy this. But don't get an attitude about it, o.k.?

THIS COMPILATION IS 'IT' THIS ONE REALLY CUTS UP YOUR EARS.SEEK OUT THE OTHER BANDS FROM DUTCHLAND.NOW!