Bang Masters

Bang Masters
Compilation album by Van Morrison
Released	February 1991
Recorded	1967 A&R Studios, New York Century Sound, New York
Genre	Rock & roll, R&B
Length	77:50
Label	Bang Records Columbia
Producer	Bert Berns
Van Morrison chronology
The Best of Van Morrison (1990) Bang Masters (1991) The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two (1993)

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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!.^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Van Morrison except as noted.

1. "Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:03
2. "Spanish Rose" (alternate version) – 3:52
3. "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell) – 2:57
4. "Ro Ro Rosey" – 3:03
5. "Chick-A-Boom" (Bert Berns, Morrison) – 3:12
6. "It's All Right" – 4:58
7. "Send Your Mind" – 2:52
8. "The Smile You Smile" – 2:54
9. "The Back Room" – 5:30
10. "Midnight Special" (traditional) – 2:45
11. "T.B. Sheets" – 9:36
12. "He Ain't Give You None" (alternate version) – 5:50
13. "Who Drove the Red Sports Car?" – 5:39
14. "Beside You" – 6:05
15. "Joe Harper Saturday Morning" (alternate version) – 4:15
16. "Madame George" – 5:17
17. "Brown Eyed Girl" (alternate take) – 3:40
18. "I Love You (The Smile You Smile)" – 2:2

Notes

References

• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7