''The Authorized Bang Collection'' is a compilation album by

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

containing every track that Morrison recorded for

Bang Records Bang Records was created by Bert Berns in 1965 together with his partners from Atlantic Records: Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The first letters of their names (Bert, Ahmet, Nesuhi, Gerald) formed the label's name. Forming the ...

in the 1960s. It was released on April 28, 2017 by Legacy Recordings on the Bang label. The first disc, ''The Original Masters'', contains 17 tracks including every track from Morrison's debut album ''

Blowin' Your Mind! ''Blowin' Your Mind!'' is the debut studio album by Northern Irish musician Van Morrison, released in 1967. It was recorded 28–29 March 1967 and contained his first solo pop hit "Brown Eyed Girl". It was included by ''Rolling Stone'' as one o ...

''. The second disc, ''Bang Sessions & Rarities'', contains alternate takes from the Bang sessions. The third disc, ''Contractual Obligation Session,'' contains demos Morrison recorded to fulfill his contractual obligations to Bang; he recorded them in one session on an out-of-tune guitar, with lyrics about subjects including

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and sandwiches.Rogan (2006), pages 212–222. The throwaway compositions came to be known as the "revenge" songs, and remained officially unreleased until this collection was compiled.

Track listing

Disc 1: ''The Original Masters''

Brown Eyed Girl "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang la ...

riginal stereo mix# He Ain't Give You None riginal stereo mix#

T.B. Sheets "T.B. Sheets" is a blues-influenced song written and recorded by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Bang Records issued the song on his first solo album, '' Blowin' Your Mind!'' (1967). It later appeared on the Bang compilation '' T.B. ...

riginal stereo mix# Spanish Rose riginal stereo mix# Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) riginal stereo mix# Ro Ro Rosey riginal stereo mix# Who Drove the Red Sports Car riginal stereo mix# Midnight Special riginal stereo mix# It's All Right riginal stereo mix# Send Your Mind riginal stereo mix# The Smile You Smile riginal stereo mix# The Back Room riginal stereo mix# Joe Harper Saturday Morning riginal stereo mix# Beside You riginal mono mix#

Madame George "Madame George" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It appears on the album ''Astral Weeks'', released in 1968. The song features Morrison performing the vocals and acoustic guitar. It also features a double bass, flute, dr ...

riginal mono mix# Chick-a-Boom riginal mono mix# The Smile You Smile

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Disc 2: ''Bang Sessions & Rarities''

# Brown Eyed Girl riginal edited mono single mix# Ro Ro Rosey riginal mono single mix with backing vocals# T.B. Sheets

ake 2 Ake (or Aké in Spanish orthography) is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It's located in the municipality of Tixkokob, in the Mexican state of Yucatán; 40 km (25 mi) east of Mérida, Yucatán. The name ...

# Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) akes 10 & 11 # Send Your Mind

ake 3 Ake (or Aké in Spanish orthography) is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It's located in the municipality of Tixkokob, in the Mexican state of Yucatán; 40 km (25 mi) east of Mérida, Yucatán. The name ...

# Midnight Special ake 7# He Ain't Give You None (Take 4) # Ro Ro Rosey

# Who Drove The Red Sports Car (Take 6) # Beside You

# Joe Harper Saturday Morning

# Beside You

ake 5 Ake (or Aké in Spanish orthography) is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It's located in the municipality of Tixkokob, in the Mexican state of Yucatán; 40 km (25 mi) east of Mérida, Yucatán. The name ...

# Spanish Rose ake 14(4:23)* # Brown Eyed Girl akes 1-6 # Brown Eyed Girl akes 7-11 Note *(*)--Previously unreleased

Disc three: ''Contractual Obligation Session''

All tracks previously unreleased. # Twist and Shake # Shake and Roll # Stomp and Scream # Scream and Holler # Jump and Thump # Drivin' Wheel # Just Ball # Shake It Mable # Hold on George # The Big Royalty Check # Ring Worm # Savoy Hollywood # Freaky If You Got This Far # Up Your Mind # Thirty Two # All the Bits # You Say France and I Whistle # Blowin' Your Nose # Nose in Your Blow # La Mambo # Go for Yourself # Want a Danish # Here Comes Dumb George # Chickee Coo # Do It # Hang on Groovy # Goodbye George # Dum Dum George # Walk and Talk # The Wobble # Wobble and Ball

References

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