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HI, MY NAME IS OEDS JAN KOSTER, AND I'M SUFFERING FROM THE STONES-MANIA RIGHT FROM THE START.
I WAS BORN IN GRONINGEN, IN THE NORTH OF THE NETHERLANDS, SOME 61 YEARS AGO.
DURING MY DRAFT YEARS, FROM SEPTEMBER 1963 UNTIL JULY 1965 I SERVED IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND STAYED MOST OF MY TIME IN GERMANY, I LEARNED TO LISTEN THE VARIOUS BANDS COMING OUT WITH THE BRITISH INVASION, BUT VERY SOON ONE OF THAT GROUPS WAS BIGGER THEN THE REST.
AS MOST OTHER FANS I STARTED WITH BUYING VINYL SINGLES AND LATER ON I TURNED TO ALBUMS. ON ONE OF THE OTHER PAGES YOU CAN FIND MY VINYL COLLECTION.
MY FIRST CONCERT WAS THE ROTTERDAM CONCERT ON JUNE 4th 1982. IT WAS A VERY WARM AND SUNNY DAY AND ALL CONDITIONS WERE FINE TO MAKE IT A PERFECT START FOR ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND, WHO BECAME MY WIFE A FEW YEARS LATER. SOON AFTER THE CONCERT I JOINED THE FANCLUB BEGGER'S BANQUET, THE BILL GERMAN THING, AND I MANAGED TO GET MY SECOND BOOTLEG: YES INDEED A BOOTLEG FROM THAT VERY SAME CONCERT, CALLED ROTTER'BEAST OF BURDEN. MY FIRST VINYL BOOTLEG WAS THE BERKELEY CONCERT, FROM 1969.
SOMEHOW I MISSED THE URBAN JUNGLE TOUR BUT THE VOODOO LOUNGE TOUR GOT ME IN LANDGRAAF AS WELL AS IN ROTTERDAM.
DURING THE BRIDGES TO BABYLON TOUR I WENT TO
THE AMSTERDAM ARENA TWICE, TO RAINY DEN HAAG AND, OF COURSE, TO GRONINGEN, MY BACKYARD.
YOU CAN FIND SOME INFO ON THAT SHOW AND THE NIGHT BEFORE ON THE
'GRONINGEN-PAGE'.
THE LICKS TOUR BROUGHT THE STONES TO HOLLAND FOR SIX SHOWS OF WHICH I WAS LUCKY
TO ATTEND THREE: ROTTERDAM AHOY, VREDENBURG UTRECHT AND AMSTERDAM ARENA 1ST.
ON AUGUST 8 2004 THE KURHAUS IN
SCHEVENINGEN CELEBRATED THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMOUS AUGUST 8 1964 SHOW.
AGAIN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TICKETS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT.
I MET CHRIS WOUTERS, A BELGIAN MADMAN LIKE ME. SEE OUR PHOTO
(THANKS TO CHRIS!!). MORE PICTURES AND STORIES ABOUT THIS EVENT CAN BE SEEN AT
http://members.chello.nl/e.zevenbergen/
IN 2006 I HAVE BEEN IN THE AMSTERDAM ARENA ON JULY 30, WHEN THEY PLAYED THERE
DURING THEIR A BIGGER BANG TOUR.
OTHER HOBBIES I HAVE ARE MAKING MY OWN CDR'S WITH MY FAVORITE KIND OF MUSIC AND LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS COMING OUT OF
MY AMI 200 JUKEBOX FROM 1954. IN THAT JUKEBOX I HAVE 100 SINGLES RESTRICTED TO THE
PERIOD 1954 UNTIL 1963, SO NO STONES IN THE JUKEBOX.
MY FAVORITE KIND OF MUSIC, BESIDE THE
STONES, IS OLDIES FROM THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES AND MODERN JAZZ FROM THE SAME ERA.
SOME OLDIES NAMES: ELVIS, RITCHIE VALENS, DION AND THE BELMONTS, LLOYD PRICE, JACK SCOTT, MUCH
TOO MANY TO MENTION.
MY FAVORITE JAZZ MUSICIANS: MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, OSCAR PETERSON, MILES DAVIS,
DAVE BRUBECK, GERRY MULLIGAN, THELONIUS MONK.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST I HAVE TO MENTION THAT I'M COLLECTING
RADIO-JINGLES, ALSO FROM THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES. THE EUROPEAN PIRATE (OFF SHORE) RADIO
STATIONS AS RADIO LONDON (BIG L) AND SWINGIN' RADIO ENGLAND USED MANY GORGEOUS
PAMS-JINGLES.
ON MY OWN COMPILED CDR'S I ALWAYS USE SOME JINGLES.
IN NOVEMBER 2007 I DECIDED TO LIMIT
MY COLLECTION TO THE YEARS
1962 - 1974, IMHO THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE BAND.
ALL OTHER CDR'S AND DVDR'S I COLLECTED DURING THE PAST YEARS HAVE FOUND THEIR
WAY TO VARIOUS HOMES OF OTHER STONESFANS.
ON MY WEBSITE YOU WILL FIND ONLY OFFICIAL RECORDINGS, CD AND/OR DVD, OR ORIGINAL
SILVER BOOTS OF THE LATER YEARS.
SO WHEN YOU ARE A FAN OF THE GOLDEN YEARS, AS I AM, ENJOY THIS WEBSITE AS MUCH
AS I ENJOYED MAKING IT!!
MAYBE YOU READ ABOUT THE PETITION
TO RE-RELEASE 'GET YER YA-YA'S OUT'
HERE IS THE LINK TO SIGN THIS PETITION: