RO-D-YS – THE COMPLETE COLLECTION – 1965-1988 (DUTCH) R&B

The Ro-d-ys were from the northern part of The Netherlands and were formed somewhere around 1965. The name Ro-d-ys was chosen after they heard there already was a band called The Rowdies.
There very first single, released in 1966 flopped saleswise but got a lot of airplay. Their lucky break came with the follow up single "Take Her Home" in 1967. The succes continued with their best known single "Just Fancy" which was a hit late summer/early autumn 1967. In 1968 more quality singles were met with increasing lack of succes and after one more failed attempt with the beautiful and haunting single "Winter Woman" early 1969 the group called it quits. They released two albums, "Just Fancy"in 1967 and "Earnest Vocation" in 1968.
If you like sixties rock with influences from The Beatles, The Kinks & The Yardbirds then this is it. This set is also perfect if you are a completist! All of The Ro-d-ys' singles, A- as well as B-sides and album tracks are collected on these two discs.
The bonus tracks are from the post Ro-d-ys era when the group after a lean period hitwise fused with a Dutch group called Zen who had a similar style and also had gone through some hard times.

Bennie Groen (drums)
Harry Rijnbergen (guitar, vocals)
Joop Hulzebos (guitar, keyboards)
Wigger Kenter (bass, trumpet, vibrafone)
Dick Beekman (drums)
Richard Derksen (vocals)
Willem van Meegen (drums)
Annet Hesterman (vocals)

CD 1
Singles A-Sides
1 You'd better take care of yourself
2 Take her home
3 Just fancy
4 Nothing to change a mind
5 Sleep sleep sleep
6 Anytime
7 Unforgettable girl
8 Earnest vocation
9 Winter woman
Album tracks
10 Hitch-hiking
11 Bad babe
12 My woman has got loose
13 Waiting for a cloud-burst
14 When you hear this song
15 Just go on
16 Destination
17 I still got you
18 Let's try
19 Wrong, wrong shoe
Bonustracks
20 Get Me Down(ZEN) Harry R + Bennie G. In ZEN
21 Take Me Down To The River (ZEN) Harry R + Bennie G. In ZEN
22 Rosie(Harley Jay) Harry R. In Harley Jay
(H.J. Rijnbergen) p-1973 Negram
23 Rock & Roller Harry R. Solo
(Lingbeek-Rijnbergen) p 2003 Mastersound Studio's
Mastersound Publishing.

CD 2
Singles B-Sides
1 Wheels wheels wheels
2 Only one week
3 Gods of evil
4 Stop looking on the deadlock
5 Show me by candlelight
6 Dr. Sipher
7 Everytime a second
8 Isn't it a good time
9 Looking for something better
Album tracks
10 Love is almost everywhere
11 Robinetta
12 No place like home
13 Easy come, easy go
14 Look for windchild
15 Let it be tomorrow
16 Peace ants
17 Flowers everywhere
18 Tomorrow
19 You'd better take care of yourself(1e dub)
Bonustracks
20 Wayfaring Stranger(ZEN) Harry R + Bennie G. In ZEN
21 Let Me Try To Cry(ZEN) Harry R + Bennie G. In ZEN
22 Lifetime(Harley Jay) Harry R. In Harley Jay
(H.J. Rijnbergen) p-1973 Negram
23 Mysterious Ways Harry R. Solo
(Lingbeek-Rijnbergen) p 2003 Mastersound Studio's
Mastersound Publishing.

Highly recommended!
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