With Luv'

Background

After achieving success on the Dutch and Flemish charts (with the singles "My Man" and "U.O.Me") and on the European hit lists (with the single "You're the Greatest Lover"), Phonogram/Philips Records decided to release Luv's first full-length studio album: With Luv'.

Production was supervised by Hans van Hemert with the help of Piet Souer. Van Hemert and Souer co-wrote all the album's tracks under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens with the exception of "Don Juanito de Carnaval" (a cover version of Raffaella Carrà's 1977 hit, "A far l'amore comincia tu"). The arrangements of the album were inspired by the music styles that were popular on the mainstream music market in the late 1970s: the ABBA-esque repertoire (especially with "My Man" and "Dream, Dream"), carnival, Spanish and Latin American music sounds (with "U.O.Me" and "Don Juanito De Carnaval"), disco music (with "Everybody's Shaking Hands On Broadway") and pop music (with compositions like "You're the Greatest Lover" and "Who Do You Wanna Be").

The LP was released at the Hilversum Airport on August 22, 1978.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "You're the Greatest Lover" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:50
2. "Who Do You Wanna Be" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:44
3. "My Man" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:05
4. "Sugar Babe" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:49
5. "Don Juanito de Carnaval" (Daniele Pace, Franco Bracardi, Gianni Boncompagni, Janschen & Janschens) - 3:09
6. "Life Is On My Side" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:38

Side B:

1. "U.O.Me (Welcome To Waldolala)" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:55
2. "Dream, Dream" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:30
3. "Oh, Get Ready" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:16
4. "Louis, je t'adore" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:40
5. "Everybody's Shaking Hands On Broadway" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:27
6. "Hang On" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:07

Alternative album editions

1980 re-issue

Philips Records re-issued the LP in 1980, after the trio had left the label and was under contract with CNR/Carrere Records. This pressing was part of the "Success series", a re-issue of popular albums from the Philips back catalogue.

2006 reissue bonus tracks

With Luv' was remastered and reissued in 2006 as part of the Completely In Luv' box set with the same track listing and three bonus tracks:

1. "Don't Let Me Down" (Janschen & Janschens) – 2:37
2. B-side of "My Man".
3. "Eres mi mejor amante" (Alfred Garrido, Janschen & Janschens) – 2:50
4. Spanish version of "You're the Greatest Lover".
5. "All You Need Is Luv' Jingle" (Janschen & Janschens) – 0:12

Personnel

Luv'

Additional personnel:

Production

Design

Charts

Luv' was a more successful band on the singles charts (at a time when it was significant for the music industry) than on the album charts because the trio's first fans were, in the late 1970s, were mainly teenagers (known to be vinyl singles buyers).

With Luv' went platinum in the Netherlands and reached the silver status in Denmark.