Triple LP Box Set! Essential for All True Van Morrison Fans! Includes 4-Page Booklet! Classic Material from the Belfast Cowboy!
Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns.
Though the relationship was short and volatile, Van Morrison's post-Them tenure with Bert Berns' Bang Records produced what probably remains his most well known tune in "Brown Eyed Girl" as well as one of his heaviest and headiest compositions, "T.B. Sheets". It also produced a "jamming session" that is now notorious and legendary, full of that well documented Van vitriol. All of that and more classic material from the Belfast Cowboy is compiled here in this deluxe 3 LP box set complete with 4 page booklet. Essential for all true Van Morrison fans.
"[A] number of great songs can be found here, including the all-time great 'Brown Eyed Girl,' 'The Back Room,' 'He Ain't Give You None,' and 'Ro Ro Rosey.' Early versions of tracks from Astral Weeks, 'T.B. Sheets' and 'Madame George,' also appear. Despite Van's objections to being a pop artist, the conflict between the two styles makes for some very interesting and invigorating listening... [A]nyone whose love of the man goes beyond the hits needs to add these to their collection." - Tim Sendra, allmusic.com, Rated 4/5 Stars
Features:
3LP Box Set
4-Page Booklet
Selections:
LP1 - Side 1:
1. Brown Eyed Girl
2. He Ain't Give You None
3. T.B. Sheets
LP1 - Side 2:
1. Spanish Rose
2. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
3. Ro Ro Rosey
4. Who Drove The Red Sports Car
5. Midnight Special
LP2 - Side 3:
1. Beside You
2. It's Alright
3. Madame George
4. Send Your Mind
LP2 - Side 4:
1. The Smile You Smile
2. The Back Room
3. Joe Harper Saturday Morning
4. Chick-a-Boom
5. I Love You (The Smile You Smile)
6. Brown Eyed Girl
LP3 - Side 5:
1. Jamming Session (Part One and Two)
2. Twist And Shake
3. Shake And Rolle
4. Stomp And Scream
5. Scream And Holler
6. Jump And Thump
7. Drivin' Wheel
8. Just Ball
9. Shake It Mable
10. Hold On George
11. The Big Royalty Check
12. Ring Worm
13. Savoy Hollywood
14. Freaky If You Got This Far
15. Up Your Mind
16. Thirty Two
LP3 - Side 6:
1. All The Bits
2. You Say France And I Whistle
3. Blow In Your Nose
4. Nose In Your Blow
5. La Mambo
6. Go For Yourself
7. Want A Danish
8. Here Comes Dumb George
9. Chickie Coo
10. Do It
11. Hang On Groovy
12. Goodbye George
13. Dum Dum George
14. Walk And Talk
15. The Wobble
16. Wobble And Ball
Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns.
Though the relationship was short and volatile, Van Morrison's post-Them tenure with Bert Berns' Bang Records produced what probably remains his most well known tune in "Brown Eyed Girl" as well as one of his heaviest and headiest compositions, "T.B. Sheets". It also produced a "jamming session" that is now notorious and legendary, full of that well documented Van vitriol. All of that and more classic material from the Belfast Cowboy is compiled here in this deluxe 3 LP box set complete with 4 page booklet. Essential for all true Van Morrison fans.
"[A] number of great songs can be found here, including the all-time great 'Brown Eyed Girl,' 'The Back Room,' 'He Ain't Give You None,' and 'Ro Ro Rosey.' Early versions of tracks from Astral Weeks, 'T.B. Sheets' and 'Madame George,' also appear. Despite Van's objections to being a pop artist, the conflict between the two styles makes for some very interesting and invigorating listening... [A]nyone whose love of the man goes beyond the hits needs to add these to their collection." - Tim Sendra, allmusic.com, Rated 4/5 Stars
Features:
3LP Box Set
4-Page Booklet
Selections:
LP1 - Side 1:
1. Brown Eyed Girl
2. He Ain't Give You None
3. T.B. Sheets
LP1 - Side 2:
1. Spanish Rose
2. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
3. Ro Ro Rosey
4. Who Drove The Red Sports Car
5. Midnight Special
LP2 - Side 3:
1. Beside You
2. It's Alright
3. Madame George
4. Send Your Mind
LP2 - Side 4:
1. The Smile You Smile
2. The Back Room
3. Joe Harper Saturday Morning
4. Chick-a-Boom
5. I Love You (The Smile You Smile)
6. Brown Eyed Girl
LP3 - Side 5:
1. Jamming Session (Part One and Two)
2. Twist And Shake
3. Shake And Rolle
4. Stomp And Scream
5. Scream And Holler
6. Jump And Thump
7. Drivin' Wheel
8. Just Ball
9. Shake It Mable
10. Hold On George
11. The Big Royalty Check
12. Ring Worm
13. Savoy Hollywood
14. Freaky If You Got This Far
15. Up Your Mind
16. Thirty Two
LP3 - Side 6:
1. All The Bits
2. You Say France And I Whistle
3. Blow In Your Nose
4. Nose In Your Blow
5. La Mambo
6. Go For Yourself
7. Want A Danish
8. Here Comes Dumb George
9. Chickie Coo
10. Do It
11. Hang On Groovy
12. Goodbye George
13. Dum Dum George
14. Walk And Talk
15. The Wobble
16. Wobble And Ball
