Bang Masters is a compilation album by Van Morrison released by Columbia's Legacy Records imprint in 1991. The tracks were remixed from the original multi-tracks and were given a wider stereo spread with less compression. The alternate version of "Brown Eyed Girl" included on this album was according to Bill Flannagan take six out of the twenty-two takes before the final form released in 1967 on Blowin' Your Mind!.[3]
Bang Masters | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | February 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Studio | A&R Studios, New York Century Sound, New York | |||
Genre | Rock & roll, R&B | |||
Length | 77:50 | |||
Label | Epic, Legacy | |||
Producer | Bert Berns | |||
Van Morrison chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [2] |
Track listing
editAll songs by Van Morrison except as noted.
- "Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:03
- "Spanish Rose" (alternate version) – 3:52
- "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell) – 2:57
- "Ro Ro Rosey" – 3:03
- "Chick-A-Boom" (Bert Berns, Morrison) – 3:12
- "It's All Right" – 4:58
- "Send Your Mind" – 2:52
- "The Smile You Smile" – 2:54
- "The Back Room" – 5:30
- "Midnight Special" (traditional) – 2:45
- "T.B. Sheets" – 9:36
- "He Ain't Give You None" (alternate version) – 5:50
- "Who Drove the Red Sports Car?" – 5:39
- "Beside You" – 6:05
- "Joe Harper Saturday Morning" (alternate version) – 4:15
- "Madame George" – 5:17
- "Brown Eyed Girl" (alternate take) – 3:40
- "I Love You (The Smile You Smile)" – 2:22
Notes
edit- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Van Morrison: Bang Masters". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0312245602. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Heylin. (2003). p152
References
edit- Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7