GREATEST HITS - CLIPS, INTERVIEWS AND TV-SPECIALS

Earth And Fire

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Songs / Tracks Listing

1 SEASONS
2 RUBY IS THE ONE PROMO
3 WILD AND EXCITING Toppop 22-9-1970
4 INVITATION PROMO
5 STORM AND THUNDER Musikladen 26-2-1972
6 MEMORIES Swing In 8-7-1972
7 MAYBE TOMORROW MAYBE TONIGHT Toppop 2-4-1973
8 LOVE OF LIFE PROMO 23-6-1974
9 ONLY TIME WILL TELL Toppop 2-5-1975
10 THANKS FOR THE LOVE Toppop 7-11-1975
11 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE Toppop 9-4-1976
12 7 8TH AVENUE Toppop 3-12-1972
13 WEEKEND Toppop 29-10-1979
14 FIRE OF LOVE Tros Top 50 28-2-1980
15 DREAM Toppop 13-10-1981
16 TELL ME WHY Toppop 22-12-1981
17 TWENTY FOUR HOURS Toppop 6-11-1982
18 JACK IS BACK Toppop 19-2-1983
19 ALRIGHT HERE I AM (Jerney Kaagman solo) Toppop 8-3-1984
20 FRENCH WORD FOR LOVE Music Masters 2-10-1989

Bonus:
1 INTERVIEW 5-2-2004
2 SWING IN Swing In 8-7-1972
3 MAYBE TOMORROW MAYBE TONIGHT (Live) Musikladen

Line-up / Musicians

1970-1975:
- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals
- Ton van de Kleij / drums
- Chris Koerts / guitar
- Gerard Koerts / guitar, keyboards
- Hans Ziech / bass

"To the world of the future" (1975)
- Theo Hurts / bass, acoustic guitar, arrangement
- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals
- Ton van de Kleij / drums, xylophone, percussion, bell tree
- Chris Koerts / acoustic & electric guitars, Arp Odyssey synth, vocals, arrangement
- Gerard Koerts / organ, acoustic & electric pianos, Mellotron, clavinet, synthesizers, virginal, arrangement percussion, bell tree

"To the gate of infinity" (1977)
Same line-up + Raoul & Pieter Jan Blauw / congas & percussion

"Reality Fill Fantasy" (1980)
- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals
- Chris Koerts / guitars
- Gerard Koerts / guitar, keyboards
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Ab Tamboer / drums

"Andromeda Girl" (1981)
- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals
- Gerard Koerts / keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
- Bert Ruiter / bass, backing vocals
- Ton van de Kleij / drums, percussion
- Hans Ziech / bass, backing vocals
+ B. Behr / strings
- Eddie Conard / percussion
- Chris Koerts / guitar, backing vocals, string arrangements
- Fred Leeflang / saxophone
- Ab Tamboer / string arrangements
- Gerrit Jan Leenders, Edward Reekers, Lisa Schulte-Nordholt, Max Werner / backing vocals

"In A State Of Flux" (1982)
- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals
- Gerard Koerts / guitar, keyboards
- Ronnie Meyles / guitars
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Ab Tamboer / drums
+ Ton Scherpenzeel / keyboards

"Phoenix" (1989)
- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals
- Age Kat / guitar
- Jons Pistoor / keyboards
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Ton Scherpenzeel / keyboards
- Ab Tamboer / drums

Releases information

DVD BR Music BD 3008-9 (2004)

Thanks to erik neuteboom for the addition
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EARTH AND FIRE Greatest Hits - Clips, Interviews And TV-Specials ratings distribution

3.59
(6 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(20%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(60%)
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Review by erik neuteboom
PROG REVIEWER

The legendary Dutch progrock band Earth & Fire is an acclaimed one on this site, I enjoyed to read the cascades of positive reviews. To my surprise the last year released DVD was not included on Prog Archives so I did my chauvinistic job!

This DVD features their 20 'greatest hits' as tv clips and an interview and live footage from the German television. The tv clips can be divided into three parts. The first part contains the rock/Sixties oriented sound: the clips "Seasons", "Ruby is the one", "Wild and exciting" and "Invitation" show windmills, typical Dutch landscapes (pine tree forests, dunes, sea) and a gorgeous, very sexy female singer Jerney Kaagman. The second part features the wonderful symphonic rock-era, based upon melodic and often moving compositions with wonderful violin- Mellotron work, sensitive electric guitar and warm vocals: "Storm and thunder" (what a splendid Mellotron sound!), "Memories" (on the German television), "Maybe tormorrow, maybe tonight" (on the most famous Dutch pop programm Toppop) and "Love of life". The final part delivers the commercial period: Earth & Fire sounded very smooth with a blend of rock, pop and disco, very professional but to me awful! Most of the clips features ex-Focus bass player Bert Ruiter, he is living with Jerney for more than 20 years. And on "French word for love" ex-Kayak and Camel keyboardplayer Ton Scherpenzeel can be seen.

The most interesting part of this DVD is on The Extra's/Bonus material (at about 25 minutes) that contains an interview (in German) with Jerney Kaagman and outstanding live footage from an inspired early Earth & Fire on the German television (Swing In and Musikladen): an excerpt from "Song of the marching children", an extended version of "Storm and thunder" (including a compelling solo on the Mellotron) and "Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight" (great interplay between guitar and keyboards from the twin- brothers Gerard and Chris Koerts). For me it was an emotional experience to look at these wonderful live scenes from this great Dutch symphonic rock band, EXCELLENT!

THIS IS ESSENTIAL DUTCH PROGROCK, NOW ON DVD!!

Review by b_olariu
PROG REVIEWER

I bought this DVD two or three month ago, curious to see how the band progress through the years or better said regress in the late '70's early '80's. Not a bad DVD, here you can see al the periods of the band from the psychedelic era early '70's through the pop era of the band the '80's. Anyway for a begginer or even for conoseurs this is a good but non essntial DVD with some very fine moments like MAYBE TOMORROW MAYBE TONIGHT, both clip and live version,WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE, and from the pop era JACK IS BACK - i simply enjoy this track very much, the rest are ok. So 3 stars for this collection of pieces from a band that i enjoy listen specialy from the symphonic era of the band 1973-1975.

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