Singer: Golden Earring
Title: To The Hilt
Label: Polydor ‎– 2480 330
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: Germany
Date of released: 1976
Category: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Hard Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1858 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1328 mb
Rating: 4.1✭
Format: MP3 MP3 WMA TTA MP4 WAV AA RA FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Why Me?	7:15
A2	Facedancer	4:08
A3	To The Hilt	3:06
A4	Nomad	7:06
B1	Sleepwalkin' Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Chris Mercer	5:00
B2	Latin Lightning Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Chris Mercer	7:15
B3	Violins Arranged By [Strings] – Robert Jan Stips	10:20

Companies, etc.

• Overdubbed At – Island Studios
• Mixed At – Island Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Red Bullet Productions B.V.
• Produced For – Red Bullet Productions
• Recorded By – Island Mobile
• Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
• Pressed By – Phonodisc GmbH
• Printed By – Gerhard Kaiser GmbH

Credits

• Artwork [Concept] – George Hardie
• Artwork [Photographic Retouching] – Richard Manning
• Bass – Rinus Gerritsen
• Cover – Hipgnosis
• Drums, Percussion – Cesar Zuiderwijk
• Engineer – John Kriek
• Engineer [Assistant] – Robert Ash
• Executive-Producer – Fred Haayen
• Guitar, Vocals – George Kooymans
• Keyboards, Synthesizer [ARP], Synthesizer [Moog] – Robert Jan Stips
• Producer – Golden Earring
• Vocals – Barry Hay
• Written-By – B. Hay*, G. Kooymans*, John Fenton (tracks: A1)

Notes

Issued in a gatefold cover with lyric sheet.
This is the original German issue (see Label)

Recorded on location with the Island mobile.
Mixes and overdubs at Island Studios, Basing Street

℗ 1975 Red Bullet Production B.V.
Printed in Germany by Gerhard Kaiser GmbH, Essen

Made in Germany

This similar German release has different labels (boxed Polydor logo)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, variant 1): 2480 330 S1 320 B 1
• Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped, variant 1): 2480 330 S2 320 A 1
• Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, variant 2): 2480 330 S1 320 A 1
• Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped, variant 2): 2480 330 S2 320 F 1
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, variant 3): 2480 330 S1 320 E 1
• Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped, variant 3): 2480 330 S2 320 C 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2480 330	Golden Earring	To The Hilt ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Polydor	2480 330	Germany	1976
2480 330	Golden Earring	To The Hilt ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Polydor	2480 330	Austria	1976
24 80 330	Golden Earring	To The Hilt ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	24 80 330	Spain	1976
2310 436	Golden Earring	To The Hilt ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	2310 436	Netherlands	1976
2480 330	Golden Earring	To The Hilt ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	2480 330	UK	1976

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