''The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3'' is a

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by Northern Irish singer-songwriter

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, that was released on 11 June 2007 in the UK with a digital version released in the U.S. on

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, on 12 June 2007. Manhattan/

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Music Catalog Marketing released the CD version of the album on 19 June 2007 in the United States. This new two-disc collection of 31 tracks has been compiled by Morrison himself. It offers an overview of his large volume of material since the release of ''

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'' in 1993. The album's thirty-one tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones ("Cry For Home") and

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") as well as duets with

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and

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. The 2003 duet with Ray Charles is " Crazy Love" a song originally recorded on Morrison's 1970 album ''

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''. "Blue and Green" was previously donated to be used on the charity album '' Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now'', which raised money for relief efforts intended for

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victims devastated by hurricane

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. The duet with Tom Jones, "Cry For Home" was taken from the same recording sessions that produced the "

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" duet between the two artists, which featured on Jones' successful album '' Reload''. "Cry for Home" was released as a single on 4 June 2007 in the UK, and was followed by "Blue and Green" on 27 August. On 18 June 2007 it was listed as No. 23 on the UK Music Charts on the Official UK Top 75 Albums.The Official UK Top 75 Albums
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Track listing

Disc one

# "Cry for Home" (with Tom Jones) (previously unreleased) – 4:10 # "Too Long In Exile" – 5:08 # "

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" (with

) – 5:19 # " Help Me" (with

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) (Live at the Masonic Auditorium) – 6:25 # "

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/4 O'Clock in the Morning (Try for Sleep)/Sooner or Later/When Will I Become a Man?/You Give Me Nothing but the Blues/Lonely Avenue" (with

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& Jim Hunter) (Live at the Masonic Auditorium) – 7:54 # " Days Like This – 3:14 # "Ancient Highway" – 8:52 # "Raincheck" – 5:53 # "

" (Jazz version) – 4:56 # "

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" (Live at Ronnie Scott's) (with

Georgie Fame Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English R&B and jazz musician. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price, Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the on ...

Annie Ross Annabelle McCauley Allan Short (25 July 193021 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Early life Ross was born in Surr ...

) – 3:16 # " That's Life" (Live at The Point) – 4:30 # "Benediction" (remix) (with Georgie Fame &

Ben Sidran Ben Hirsh Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer and ...

) – 3:01 # "

The Healing Game ''The Healing Game'' is the twenty-sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1997 by Polydor. It reached the Top Ten in four countries, and the Top Twenty in three more. Following two overtly jazz albums, it ...

" (remix) – 5:17 # "

I Don't Want to Go On Without You "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" is soul ballad written by Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler and produced by Bert Berns for The Drifters in 1964. Covers "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" has been covered by Nazareth, The Escorts (1965), The Mood ...

" (with Jim Hunter) – 3:27

Disc two

# " Shenandoah" (with

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) – 3:53 # " Precious Time" – 3:08 # " Back on Top" (remix) – 4:20 # "When the Leaves Come Falling Down" – 5:38 # "Lost John" (Live at Whitla Hall) – 2:57 # "

" (with

Bobby "Blue" Bland Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was descr ...

) (previously unreleased) – 3:37 # "Meet Me in the Indian Summer" (Orchestral Version) (Remix) – 3:31 # "

Georgia on My Mind "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael. However, the song has been most often associated with soul singer Ray Charles, who was a native of the U. ...

" – 5:37 # " Hey Mr. DJ" – 3:49 # "Steal My Heart Away" – 4:11 # " Crazy Love" (with

) – 3:43 # "Once in a Blue Moon" – 3:30 # "Little Village" – 4:30 # "Blue and Green" – 5:41 # " Sittin' on Top of the World" (with

Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennes ...

) – 3:20 # " Early in the Morning" (with

) – 4:50 # " Stranded" – 5:37

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Van Morrison Volume 3, The 2007 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Van Morrison Van Morrison compilation albums