With Luv'

Infobox Album |
Name = With Luv'


Type = Album
Artist = Luv'
Released = 1978
2006 (Remastered, as part of the Completely In Luv' box set)
Recorded = 1977 - 1978
Genre = Pop,Disco
Length = 40:47
Label = Philips Records/Phonogram (original release)
Universal Music Netherlands
Producer = Hans van Hemert
Last album =
This album = "With Luv"'
(1978)
Next album = "Lots Of Luv'"
(1979)

"With Luv"' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It includes the hit singles My Man (the trio's debut single), U.O.Me (Luv's breakthrough in Benelux) and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover (a #1 song in a large part of Continental Europe). The German version of this album features Trojan Horse, a successful European chart topper. In 2006, this LP has been reissued in digitally remastered form by Universal Music Netherlands as part of the "Completely In Luv'" box set.

Album history

After achieving success on the Dutch and Flemish charts (with the singles My Man and U.O.Me) and on the European hitlists (with the single You're the Greatest Lover), Philips Records/Phonogram decided to release Luv's first full-length studio album: "With Luv'".
The production of this opus was supervised by Hans van Hemert, with the help from Piet Souer. Van Hemert and Souer co-wrote all the album's tracks under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens. The arrangements of this first opus were inspired by the music styles that were popular in the mainstream music market in the late 1970s: the ABBA repertoire (especially with My Man and Dream, Dream), Carnival and Latin American music sounds (with U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala) and Don Juanito De Carnaval, the cover version of A far l'amore comincia tu, the 1977 hit of Raffaella Carrà), Disco music (with Everybody's Shaking Hands On Broadway) and Pop music (with compositions like You're the Greatest Lover, Who Do You Wanna Be...).

Track listing

Side A:
#"You're the Greatest Lover" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:50
#"Who Do You Wanna Be" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:44
#"My Man" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:05
#"Sugar Babe" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:49
#"Don Juanito De Carnaval" (Daniële Pace, Franco Bracardi, Gianni Boncompagni, Janschen & Janschens) - 3:09
#"Life Is On My Side" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:38 Side B:
#"U.O.Me (Welcome To Waldolala)" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:55
#"Dream, Dream" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:30
#"Oh, Get Ready" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:16
#"Louis, Je t'Adore" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:40
#"Everybody's Shaking Hands On Braodway" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:27
#"Hang On" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:07

Alternative album editions

* Germany - track A5: "Trojan Horse" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:24

CD re-issue as part of the Completely In Luv' box set, bonus tracks

"With Luv"' was remastered and reissued in 2006 as part of the Completely In Luv' box set with the same track listing and three bonus tracks:

13. "Don't Let Me Down" (Janschen & Janschens) – 2:37
    *B-side of "My Man".
14. "Eres Mi Mejor Amante" (Alfred Garrido, Janschen & Janschens) – 2:50
    *Spanish version of "You're the Greatest Lover".
15. "All You Need Is Luv' Jingle" (Janschen & Janschens) – 0:12

Singles

Chart performance

Luv' was more successful on the singles charts (at a time when it was significant for the music industry) than on the album charts because the trio's first public was mainly composed in the late 1970s by teenagers (known to be vinyl singles buyers).

With Luv' reached the platinum status in the Netherlands and the gold status in Austria and Denmark.

Album credits

Personnel

Luv'
*José Hoebee - vocals
*Marga Scheide - vocals
*Patty Brard - vocals

Additional personnel
*Ernö Olah & Metropole Orkest - strings

Production

*Producer: Hans van Hemert
*Arranger/conducter: Piet Souer
*Mastering: www.pat-sound.nl

Design

*Photography: Claude Vanheye
*Design: Jan H. van Uden
*Art Direction: Clouds Studio

References

Links

*Page about With Luv' from the website Fonos.nl about the Dutch Pop Music Archives [http://www.fonos.nl/fonos2/store?request=detail&type=view&catalogue_key=15605]