Van Morrison, Bang Masters - 1h 12m 37s

Tracks & Durations

1. Brown Eyed Girl	3:05
2. Spanish Rose	3:53
3. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)	2:59
4. Ro Ro Rosey	3:05
5. Chick-A-Boom	3:13
6. It's All Right	4:59
7. Send Your Mind	2:51
8. The Smile You Smile	2:57
9. The Back Room	5:31
10. Midnight Special	2:43
11. T.B. Sheets	9:37
12. He Ain't Give You None	5:51
13. Joe Harper Saturday Morning	4:17
14. Madame George	5:18
15. Brown Eyed Girl Redux	3:40
16. I Love You ( The Smile You Smile)	2:22
17. Beside You	6:05

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Review

There's a striking tension at work in these 18 tracks, which represent Van Morrison's first solo recordings. Conducted in New York in 1967 when the 21-year-old Morrison was formulating the spectral notions that took shape on the classic Astral Weeks, these sessions were helmed by hit-minded producer Bert Berns. Berns, who'd written and produced a successful single ("Here Comes the Night") for Morrison's old band, Them, came up with another worthy radio-friendly number with "Brown Eyed Girl." That oldies staple is an anomaly here, however. More representative is the diseased nine-minute-plus vamp "T.B. Sheets" and a couple of songs that turned up in more fluid form on Astral Weeks--"Beside You" and "Madame George." The latter two in nascent form are nearer to Morrison's gritty R&B roots than the dreamy, introspective path he'd soon explore. Bang Masters may be the work of a yearning visionary as reluctant pop star, but the friction feels right. --Steven Stolder

Other Versions

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Bang Masters

Tracks: 15 (-2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 7m 26s (-6m 49s)

Bang Masters

Tracks: 18 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 18m 20s (+5m 43s)

Bang Masters

Tracks: 18 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 18m 20s (+5m 43s)

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