Another Update on the Conny Vandenbos Complete Works.
Update
The crowdfunding project has finished successful. Congratulations to Marc!. Respect for your amazing job.
If you didn't pledge yet I'm sure the box will be available as soon as it's finished (1000 copies are made)
I'll keep you updated, watch this space.
Conny Vandenbos Box
Here’s one for the Dutchies and maybe for some other fans too.
It has
arrived!, #295 out of a 1000. The finished product looks gorgeous and now I
have to find some time to listen to the 15 CDs (it's Eurovision week...).
You can find the full (and very detailed)
tracklists at here at Discogs.
If you want to get this wonderful box in your
collection, just go the Conny
Vandenbos website and drop an e-mail for details.
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| The 1965 Conny van den Bos Songfestival EP |
The crowdfunding project has finished successful. Congratulations to Marc!. Respect for your amazing job.
If you didn't pledge yet I'm sure the box will be available as soon as it's finished (1000 copies are made)
I'll keep you updated, watch this space.
Conny Vandenbos Box
Here’s one for the Dutchies and maybe for some other fans too.
Eurovision
fans know Conny Vandenbos (as Conny van den Bos) from her 1965 entry ‘t Is Genoeg. The song only finished
11th, but is a much loved classic with an amazing orchestral backing track.
Now there’s
a project to release a 15CD box set spanning her work from the early 60’s to 2001.
Conny
Vandenbos released some classic songs in the 60’s, but I guess her most successful
era was the seventies when she had several bestselling hitalbums and singles.
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| found this.... |
It's Enough
The 15CD
box will include 308 songs, 94 that are released on CD for the first time and
35 that haven’t been previously released at all.
In the last
category we’ll find It’s Enough, the never before heard English version of
the 1965 Eurovision song.
‘t Is
Genoeg also features in three versions, the original single, the 1968 album
version and a 90’s live version.
Preselection
songs Laat Me Alleen and Van De Week are also included. (Van De Week in two
versions).
Van De Week is also featured twice in English as The Night. One version is from 1965 and one from 1969 from Conny's English language album that never saw the light of day. (both also previously unreleased).
And for completists, there's are Sanremo covers too:
Als Vreemden (Like strangers) is a Dutch cover of Iva Zanicchi's La Notte Dell'addio from the 1966 Sanremo. (Thanks Frank!)
Loretta Goggi's Maledetta Primavera (1981) can be found as Vrij Als Een Vogel (Free as a bird). It's featured in the album version (1981) and also in the single version from 1982.
Another track worth mentioning is Als De Morgen Niet Bestaat (If tomorrow doesn't exist), a song sent in for the 1989 Nationaal Songfestival (Dutch preselection for Eurovision) that wasn't selected. It wasn't intended for Conny to enter the contest, but she recorded the demo.
Van De Week is also featured twice in English as The Night. One version is from 1965 and one from 1969 from Conny's English language album that never saw the light of day. (both also previously unreleased).
And for completists, there's are Sanremo covers too:
Als Vreemden (Like strangers) is a Dutch cover of Iva Zanicchi's La Notte Dell'addio from the 1966 Sanremo. (Thanks Frank!)
Loretta Goggi's Maledetta Primavera (1981) can be found as Vrij Als Een Vogel (Free as a bird). It's featured in the album version (1981) and also in the single version from 1982.
Another track worth mentioning is Als De Morgen Niet Bestaat (If tomorrow doesn't exist), a song sent in for the 1989 Nationaal Songfestival (Dutch preselection for Eurovision) that wasn't selected. It wasn't intended for Conny to enter the contest, but she recorded the demo.
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| The Box |
But of course it's not just the Eurovision connection that makes this collection a must have.
Some of the best early singles take pride of place in my record collection; Paleis Met Gouden Muren (Palace with golden walls) and Ik Ben Gelukkig Zonder Jou (I'm happy without you) are two.
And no-one was left unmoved by Sjakie Van De Hoek (Jack from the corner....) and Roosje Mijn Roosje (Rose for my Rose, a version of A Daisy A Day) in the mid 70's. The perfect blend of melancholy and love.
How to participate
All tracks will be remastered / digitalized to a very high standard and the sleeves will feature some rare photographs.
Conny
Vandenbos passed away in 2002, this collection is a lovely way to celebrate her
wonderful legacy.
Pledging
I've bought quite a few fantastic records the past few years through pledging (Cornelis Vreeswijk, Marc Almond, V V Brown).
It means you pledge to buy the forthcoming product and if a project fails to raise enough to continue you'll get your money back.
It means you pledge to buy the forthcoming product and if a project fails to raise enough to continue you'll get your money back.
It's a great way to get music from artists who are somehow not interesting enough for your average record company.
Special thanks to Frank and to Marc. And a shoutout to Frans.
