Hans Vermeulen formed the band in 1961 as Sandy Coast Skiffle Group, with his bass-playing brother Jan, and on the latter's insistence they became Sandy Coast Rockers. The name was eventually abbreviated to Sandy Coast, and in 1965 they won a recording contract with Delta Records and released their debut-single 'Being In Love'. It wasn't until their fourth single, a 1966 cover-version of Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again', that they achieved any chart success, and they followed that with 'I See Your Face Again', which broke the Dutch top 20 in the spring of 1968. The band soon traded beat for psychedelic rock, and 'Capital Punishment' became another top 20 hit in early 1969, the same year they signed to Page One Records for their next three singles, and their third album 'Shipwreck'. Despite now being regarded as the better album, it failed to be as successful as its predecessor 'From The Workshop', and when Page One folded following a row between Larry Page and Dick James, their contract was held to be still valid, and they were unable to issue any new material for two years. In 1971 they signed to Polydor and released 'True Love (That's A Wonder)' and 'Just A Friend', and in 1972 had a couple more chart hits with 'Just Two Little Creatures' and 'Summertrain' in 1972, but after one more album the band broke up in 1974. Although a lot of Dutch bands of the 60's and 70's concentrated on the singles market, Sandy Coast also put a lot of work into their albums, and their first three from 1968 to 1971 are all fine examples of psychedelic/progressive rock, and are rightly regarded as being some of the best Dutch rock music of the period. This collection charts their progress to making that first album in 1968, and comprises all their singles and b-sides from that first disc in 1965, up to their last non-album single in 1968.
01 Being In Love (single 1965)
02 I Want You For My Own (b-side of 'Being In Love')
03 Subject Of My Thoughts (Single 1966)
04 I'm A Fool (b-side of 'Subject Of My Thoughts)
05 That Girl Was Mine (single 1966)
06 I Lost A Dream (b-side of 'That Girl Was Mine')
07 We'll Meet Again (single 1966)
08 Coming Home (b-side of 'We'll Meet Again')
09 Sorry She's Mine (single 1966)
10 Make Me Belong To You (b-side of 'Sorry She's Mine')
11 A Girl Like You (single 1967)
12 Sing Before Breakfast (b-side of A Girl Like You')
13 Milk And Tranquilizers (single 1967)
14 I'm Working My Way Back To You (b-side of 'Milk And Tranquilizers')
15 And Her Name is... Amy (single 1967)
16 Anyway You Want Me (b-side of 'And Her Name Is... Amy')
17 I See Your Face Again (single 1968)
18 Goodbye Don't Cry (b-side of 'I See Your Face Again')
