The Golden Ear-rings (name change to the singular Golden Earring in 1969) were pioneers Hollands first home-grown beat-era stars: before The Motions, before Q65, before The Outsiders. Their first single hit the charts in April 1965 and began a career which still thrives today. Before the international smash Radar Love in 1974 the band had scored an unbroken run of Dutch hit singles during the 60s. Unlike most bands of the era, The Golden Ear-rings wrote their own material they only ever recorded a single cover version. The reissue of their first three albums - 1965s Just Earrings, 1967s Winter Harvest and 1968s Miracle Mirror reveals that The Golden Ear-rings were amazingly assured, years before the international recognition.