Luv' Gold

Infobox Album |
Name = Luv' Gold

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Type = greatest hits
Artist = Luv'
Released = May 1993
Recorded = 1977- 1981, 1993
Genre = Eurodance, Pop, Disco
Length = 75:31
Label = Arcade
Producer = Hans van Hemert
Last album = Sincerely Yours
(1991)
This album = "Luv' Gold"
(1993)
Next album = All You Need Is Luv'
(1993)

Luv' Gold is a 1993 greatest hits album by Dutch girl group Luv' which features chart toppers like You're the Greatest Lover, Trojan Horse, Casanova, Ooh, Yes I Do and some album tracks from the formation's heyday (1977 - 1981). This compilation topped the Dutch album charts and peaked at #14 (18 weeks in the charts). Luv' hadn't scored a hit album for nearly thirteen years.
Luv' Gold includes a bonus track, Megamix '93, issued as a single, which reached the 23rd position on the Dutch Top 40.

Album history

The release of this compilation was the idea of the producer Will Hoebee, José Hoebee's husband [mentionned at page 4 of CD booklet of Luv' Gold] , who was inspired by the success of the and Boney M.'s Gold CDs and the 1970s pop/disco nostalgia. It was also the opportunity for the original Luv' members to reunite.

Patty Brard, José Hoebee and Marga Scheide had tried in early 1989 to record a comeback CD but they didn't succeed at this time. Marga was the only original singer of the group to carry on with other vocalists. She only scored with the renewed version of the trio a moderate hit single (Welcome to My Party) in Benelux.
The promotion campaign of the Gold CD started in a notorious Amsterdam gay club (De iT) where the singers appeared in concert. The girl trio later performed on TV (including De Staatsloterijshow on RTL 4 and a TV Special aired on Veronica [ [http://zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl/internet/index.aspx?chapterid=1164&filterid=974&contentid=7&searchID=863576&columnorderid=-1&orderby=1&itemsOnPage=10&defsortcol=12&defsortby=2&pvname=personen&pis=expressies;selecties&startrow=1&resultitemid=3&nrofresults=106&verityID=/63688/64348/66491/119158@expressies Details about the TV Special "Discover The World" with Luv' in the British Virgin Islands] ] and filmed in the British Virgin Islands). Luv' also toured the club circuit in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Denmark. Less than one year later, the pop act disbanded and reunited again in 2005.
The fact that Luv' Gold topped the album charts during eighteen weeks was a feat as Luv's previous album to reach the hit lists was Forever Yours that came out in November 1980. One of the reasons of the quiet good chart performance of this CD is due to the fact that Patty, Marga and José were really involved in its promotion whereas they weren't for the past compilations.

Luv' Gold is the first exhaustive singles collection of the trio as it include hit singles from their entire heyday in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It features indeed songs from their Philips/Phonogram years (1977-1979) and their CNR/Carrere years (1979-1981).

Track listing

# "You're the Greatest Lover" - 2:51
#* Taken from the album With Luv'
# "U.O.me (Waldolala)" - 2:58
#* Taken from the album With Luv'
# Trojan Horse - 3:25
#* Taken from the album With Luv'
# "My Man - 3:05
#* Taken from the album With Luv'
# "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe - 2:59
#* Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
# "Ooh, Yes I Do" - 2:58
#* Taken from the album True Luv'
# "I Like Sugar Candy Kisses" - 3:36
#* Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
# "Dream, Dream" - 3:30
#* Taken from the album With Luv'
# "One More Little Kissie" - 3:46
#* Taken from the album Forever Yours
# "Life Is On My Side" - 2:38
#* B-side of Trojan Horse , taken from the album With Luv'
# "Ann-Maria - 4:41
#* Taken from the album True Luv'
# " Casanova - 3:51
#* Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
# "I.M.U.R" - 3:36
#* B-side of Eeny Meeny Miny Moe , taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
# "Tingalingaling - 2:31
#* Taken from the album Forever Yours
# "Boys Goodnight" - 2:39
#* Taken from the album True Luv'
# "Getaway" - 3:04
#* Taken from the album True Luv'
# "Shoes off (Boots on)" - 3:07
#* Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
# My Number One - 3:11
#* Taken from the album Forever Yours
# Who Do You Wanna Be - 3:42
#* Taken from the album With Luv'
# Megamix '93 - 2:49
#* Radio version. ("U.O.me (Waldolala)"/"Trojan Horse"/"You're The Greatest Lover"/"Ooh, Yes I Do")

All songs written by Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (aka Janschen & Janschens)

Personnel

* José Hoebee - vocals
* Patty Brard - vocals
* Marga Scheide - vocals
* Ria Thielsch - vocals

Production

* Hans van Hemert - producer, songwriter (track 1-19)
* Martin Boer & Dick Liefting for Dancability Productions - track 20

ingle release

Chart performance

References

External links

* [http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/luv Rate Your Music, detailed discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Luv%27 Discogs.com, detailed discography]
* [http://www.fonos.nl/fonos2/store?request=detail&type=view&catalogue_key=7274 Details about Luv' Gold]
* [http://allaboutluv.tripod.com/id36.html Interview of Dennis Erhardt, the A&R manager of Arcade Records who supervised the 1993 Luv' comeback and the promotion of Luv' Gold]
* [http://all-about-luv.blogspot.com/2008/05/luv-gold-15th-anniversary-15me.html Article about the 15th Anniversary of Luv' Gold]