The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison
The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison | ||||
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Compilation album by Them | ||||
Released | 20 October 1997 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 1964–1966 | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues, Garage rock | |||
Length | 143:34 | |||
Label | Deram | |||
Producer | Tommy Scott, Bert Berns, Dick Rowe | |||
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The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison is a compilation album, that includes almost every song recorded by the Northern Irish band Them, during the two-year history of the band when it featured Van Morrison as the vocalist for the group.
Track listing
All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted
Disc 1
- "The Story of Them" [Parts 1 & 2] – 7:18
- "Don't Start Crying Now" (Moore, West) – 2:03
- "Gloria" 2:35 (stereo)
- "Philosophy" – 2:35
- "One Two Brown Eyes" – 2:34 (stereo)
- "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Williams) – 2:40
- "Here Comes the Night" (Berns) – 2:46 (stereo)
- "All for Myself" – 2:47
- "One More Time" – 2:48
- "Little Girl – 2:47
- "I Gave My Love a Diamond" (Berns) – 3:02
- "Go on Home Baby" (Berns) – 2:32 (stereo)
- "My Little Baby" (Berns, Farrell) – 2:00 (stereo)
- "Mystic Eyes" – 2:41 (rechanneled)
- "Don't Look Back" (Hooker) – 3:20 (rechanneled+)
- "If You and I Could Be as Two" – 2:51 (stereo)
- "I Like It Like That" – 3:16 (rechanneled+)
- "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" (Gillon aka Tommy Scott) – 3:29 (stereo)
- "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" (Troup) – 2:22 (rechanneled+)
- "Just a Little Bit" (Gordon) – 2:21
- "You Just Can't Win" – 2:21
- "Bright Lights, Big City" (Reed) – 2:30
- "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Reed) – 3:26
- "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" (Gillon) – 3:34 [Alternate Mix]
- "One More Time" – 2:45 [US Version – Stereo Mix] (stereo)
- "Little Girl" – 2:47 [Alternate Version] (rechanneled+)
- UK release contains a different take of "I Gave My Love A Diamond". It also omits the alternate version of "Little Girl"
Disc 2
All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted
- "How Long Baby" (Gillon) – 3:37
- "(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much" (Berns) – 3:01 (stereo)
- "Something You Got" (Kenner) – 2:31
- "Call My Name" (Scott) – 2:20
- "Turn On Your Love Light" (Malone, Scott) – 2:19 (rechanneled++)
- "I Put a Spell on You" (Hawkins) – 2:36
- "I Got A Woman" (Charles) – 3:12
- "Out of Sight" (Wright, Brown) – 2:21
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) – 3:47
- "Bad Or Good" – 2:06
- "Hello Josephine" (Domino, Bartholomew) – 2:04
- "Don't You Know" (Scott) – 2:22
- "Hey Girl" – 3:00
- "Bring 'em on In" 3:13
- "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough" (Witherspoon) – 2:12 (rechanneled+++)
- "Stormy Monday" (Walker) – 2:40 (rechanneled+++)
- "Friday's Child" – 3:27
- "Richard Cory" (Simon) – 2:43
- "My Lonely Sad Eyes" – 2:28 (rechanneled)
- "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Scott/Coulter)– 2:39 (rechanneled++)
- "Could You, Would You" – 3:08
- "Bring 'em on In" – 3:41 [US Version 2]
- "Richard Cory" (Simon) – 3:47 Version 2 (stereo)
- "Call My Name" (Scott) – 2:18 [Version 2][1]
(In regards to the rechanneled tracks, + indicates sides using the Parrot rechanneled mixes with non-original added percussion, probably done for the 2LP Parrot anthology from the 1970s, ++ indicates sides using the Parrot rechanneled mixes from the second album, and +++ indicates demos that were slightly rechanneled when issued on LP in the 1960s in Germany, and they did not have the mono mixes available.)
Notes on the album sleeve
- Note: The Demo "Mighty Like a Rose" has been excluded from this album
- Package design: Phil Smee at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium
- Digitally re-mastered from the original analogue masters by Jon Astley
References
- ^ a b "The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison – Them | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
External links
- All Music biography Them
- EclecticParrot Review
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- Van Morrison
- Billy Harrison
- Eric Wrixon
- Alan Henderson
- Raymond Sweetman
- Jackie McAuley
- Peter Bardens
- Jim Armstrong
- John Wilson
- Eric Bell
- The Angry Young Them (1965)
- Them Again (1966)
- Belfast Gypsies (1967)
- Now and "Them" (1968)
- "Don't Start Crying Now" / "One Two Brown Eyes" (1964)
- "Baby, Please Don't Go" / "Gloria" (1964)
- "Here Comes the Night" (1965)
- "Mystic Eyes" (1965)
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (1966)
- "Richard Cory" (1966)
- The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison