1. Boy & His Rollin' Kids - Midnight In Malaya 0.00 - 2.35
2. Boy & His Rollin' Kids - China Rock 2.35 - 4.55
Mono to Digitally Extracted Stereo ~ Boy Jansen came to the Netherlands in 1957 as a stowaway and ended up with the Indonesian family Verhoeven in Zaandam. Their son Jimmy van de Hoeven could already play quite a bit of guitar. He founded The Roller's in 1958 (spelling later became The Rollers), in which Boy started playing bass in 1959. The other band members were his brother Eddy, Frans Sahupala, Bart Carels and the Dutch drummer Kees Sanders. At one point Jimmy Verhoeven did not want to perform in a certain café in Zaandam. Boy Jansen and Bart Carels wanted to play there. They knew drummer Vico Gagliardi and guitarist Bert Jansen from the neighborhood band The Rockin 'Boys, who also wanted to participate. They also drummed up the Amsterdam bassist Henri (Hanry) Peter. Boy went on to play solo guitar in his own band: Boy & his Rollin 'Kids. They got more offers and Boy played bass with The Rollers for a while and solo guitar in his own band The Rollin 'Kids. Bart Carels left for Belgium with Clark Richard (Richard Andreas) as a member of The Tropical Stars.
At the beginning of 1961, Boy finally chose The Rollin 'Kids and then they became the outright rivals of The Rollers, always trying to outdo each other. In a favorable sense, because they remained friends. Like The Rollers, Boy & his Rollin 'Kids played a lot of instrumental work. The Rollers made no less than 5 instrumental singles for the Delta label in the period 1961/1962 and their clever accompaniment was also present on the 2 albums by Nynke Hartstra & (Frits Darlang) and Helen & Florence. Jim Verhoeven and his men had already been in the Bovema studio at the end of 1960 as the successors to The Melody Strings for the new record sessions of Lydia Tuinenburg.
It took a little longer for Boy & his Rollin 'Kids to make their first record. At the beginning of 1963 they took part in a talent show in Rotterdam. There, rock bands played hard music all evening and with their own atmospheric oriental song "Midnight In Malaya" they made a great impression on the audience and the jury. They eventually won the cup and an audition with Phonogram. Gerrit den Braber and Harry Bannink were present in the studio at the audition. They played 2 of their own instrumentals "Midnight In Malaya" (with striking drums from Vico Gagliardi) and "China Rock". It was recorded and the Philips single also hit the record market in Singapore and Malaysia.
Bron: pmouse, oktober 2002 Site: [ Ссылка ]
