They recorded the album in the style of the late '60s psychedelic rock in only 5 days at the Olympic Studio in London. George Kooymans – guitar, vocals.Įight Miles High was the first album released under the name Golden Earring, as the band was formerly known as the Golden Earrings. Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 19:00. All songs written by Kooymans except where noted. It was the first album released under the slightly shorter name Golden Earring (formerly Golden Earrings) and the only album with drummer Sieb Warner. Various Artists - File #733 U.F.O.Eight Miles High is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1969.Various Artists - Don't Press Your Luck!.Various Artists - A Fine Time! The South Side of Soul Street.Various Artists - 2131 South Michigan Avenue.International Submarine Band (featuring Gram Parsons), The.Gee Cees, The (Glen Campbell) / Jimmy Gordon.Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen.Barrence Whitfield Soul Savage Arkestra, The.Bandits, The / Calvin Cool & The Surf Knobs.And when asked about the RCA version of "Eight Miles High" Crosby declared, "It was a stunner, it was better, it was stronger. McGuinn has always felt that the first recordings of these songs were more spontaneous. This special Sundazed release marks the first use of the recently-located original mono mixdown masters. However, the band was not fully satisfied with this second attempt, believing that the RCA recordings were better. The band dutifully re-recorded the two songs at Columbia Studios in Hollywood and these recordings were released as a single and later included in the Fifth Dimension album. Despite the unqualified artistic success of the RCA sessions, Columbia refused to release the tracks because they had not been recorded in a Columbia-owned studio. Though not a conscious attempt, these songs were later sited as pioneering examples of raga rock, one of several innovative sub-genres, along with folk rock and country rock that the band explored in their career. This Eastern influence also emerges on the high energy "Why" with McGuinn creating a sitar-like solo on his guitar while employing non-Western scales. The Coltrane influence is especially evident in McGuinn's electric twelve-string solo, inspired by Coltrane's free-form sax lines on "India." Shankar's sitar work is reflected in Chris Hillman's driving bass part, a hypnotic drone against which McGuinn's guitar lines shine in high relief. The band entered RCA Studios in Los Angeles on December 22, 1965, to track "Eight Miles High," along with a new Roger McGuinn/David Crosby song "Why." They had worked up an explosive arrangement for the Clark song, adding elements culled from their recent highway listening sessions. Despite Clark's increasing isolation from the group, it was obvious that "Eight Miles High" was a work of major importance and the group promptly made plans to record it. Juxtaposed against lyrical snapshots of London, like "rain grey town, known for its sound," "the modal melody created a striking contrast and summoned a surreal, flight-like feeling. As Clark continued writing the song that would become "Eight Miles High,"- this exotic music, especially Coltrane's recordings, found their way into the composition. Traveling from gig to gig, David Crosby's cassettes of Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane provided the tour bus soundtrack. After germinating for several weeks, he began to put his thoughts on paper during the band's U.S. " EIGHT MILES HIGH" b/w " WHY" - THE RARE RCA STUDIOS VERSIONS ORIGINAL MONO MASTERS!!! ON BLUE VINYL!ĭuring an action-packed Byrds tour of the UK in August 1965, ideas began to form in Gene Clark's mind for a new song.
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