''The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...

, that includes almost every song recorded by the

Northern Irish Northern Irish people is a demonym for all people born in Northern Ireland or people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence. Most Northern Irish people either identify as Northern ...

band

Them Them or THEM, a third-person plural accusative personal pronoun, may refer to: Books * ''Them'' (novel), 3rd volume (1969) in American Joyce Carol Oates' ''Wonderland Quartet'' * '' Them: Adventures with Extremists'', 2003 non-fiction by Welsh ...

, during the two-year history of the band when it featured

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 ...

as the vocalist for the group.

Track listing

All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted Disc 1 # "The Story of Them" arts 1 & 2– 7:18 # "Don't Start Crying Now" (Moore, West) – 2:03 # "

Gloria Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins) ...

" 2:35 (stereo) # "Philosophy" – 2:35 # "One Two Brown Eyes" – 2:34 (stereo) # "

Baby, Please Don't Go "Baby, Please Don't Go" is a traditional blues song that was popularized by Delta blues musician Big Joe Williams in 1935. Many cover versions followed, leading to its description as "one of the most played, arranged, and rearranged pieces in ...

" (Williams) – 2:40 # "

Here Comes the Night "Here Comes the Night" is a 1964 song, written by Bert Berns. It became a hit for Northern Irish band Them, fronted by Van Morrison, in March 1965, charting at No. 2 in the UK and No. 24 in the US. Them's single is listed at either No. 33 or No. ...

" ( 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 A mystic is a person who practices mysticism, or a reference to a mystery, mystic craft, first hand-experience or the occult. Mystic may also refer to: Places United States * Mistick, an old name for parts of Malden and Medford, Massachusetts * ...

" – 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 "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" is a popular rhythm and blues song, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The lyrics relate a westward roadtrip on U.S. Route 66, a highway which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S. from Chi ...

" ( Troup) – 2:22 (rechanneled+) # "Just a Little Bit" (Gordon) – 2:21 # "You Just Can't Win" – 2:21 # " Bright Lights, Big City" (

Reed Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (disambiguation) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * Re ...

) – 2:30 # "

Baby What You Want Me to Do "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (sometimes called "You Got Me Running" or "You Got Me Runnin'") is a blues song that was written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1959. It was a record chart hit for Reed and, as with several of his songs, it has appeal ...

" (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 "Turn On Your Love Light" is a rhythm and blues song recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961. It was both an important R&B and pop chart hit for Bland and has become one of his most identifiable songs. A variety of artists have recorded it, including th ...

" (Malone, Scott) – 2:19 (rechanneled++) # "

I Put a Spell on You "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also included in Rober ...

" (Hawkins) – 2:36 # " I Got A Woman" (Charles) – 3:12 # "

Out of Sight ''Out of Sight'' is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel of the same name. The first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and actor George C ...

" (Wright, Brown) – 2:21 # "

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his ''Bringing It All Back Home'' album, released on March 22, 1965, by Columbia Records. The song was recorded on January 15, 1965, with Dylan's acoustic ...

" (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 "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (commonly referred to as "Stormy Monday") is a song written and recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker. It is a slow twelve-bar blues performed in the West Coast blu ...

" (Walker) – 2:40 (rechanneled+++) # " Friday's Child" – 3:27 # "

Richard Cory "Richard Cory" is a narrative poem written by Edwin Arlington Robinson. It was first published in 1897, as part of ''The Children of the Night'', having been completed in July of that year; and it remains one of Robinson's most popular and ant ...

" (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# "

" (Simon) – 3:47 Version 2 (stereo) # "Call My Name" (Scott) – 2:18 ''Version 2ref name="AMG"/> (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

External links

* All Music biographyThem
EclecticParrot Review
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