The Authorized Bang Collection

The Authorized Bang Collection is a triple-disc compilation album by Van Morrison containing every track that Morrison recorded for Bang Records with producer Bert Berns with the full blessing and participation of Morrison. It was released on April 28, 2017 by Legacy Recordings on the Bang label.[1]

The first disc, subtitled The Original Masters, contains 17 tracks including every track from Morrison's debut album Blowin' Your Mind!. The second disc, subtitled Bang Sessions & Rarities, contains alternate takes from the Bang sessions. The third disc contains tracks officially issued for the first time, subtitled Contractual Obligation Session.[2] These short improvised songs were recorded in quick succession by Morrison to fulfill his contractual obligations to Bang. Because Bert's widow Ilene Berns called those tracks 'nonsense,' they remained in the vaults, bootlegs notwithstanding, until this collection was compiled.[3]

Track listing

Disc one
  1. Brown Eyed Girl [original stereo mix]
  2. He Ain't Give You None [original stereo mix]
  3. T.B. Sheets [original stereo mix]
  4. Spanish Rose [original stereo mix]
  5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) [original stereo mix]
  6. Ro Ro Rosey [original stereo mix]
  7. Who Drove the Red Sports Car [original stereo mix]
  8. Midnight Special [original stereo mix]
  9. It's All Right [original stereo mix]
  10. Send Your Mind [original stereo mix]
  11. The Smile You Smile [original stereo mix]
  12. The Back Room [original stereo mix]
  13. Joe Harper Saturday Morning [original stereo mix]
  14. Beside You [original mono mix]
  15. Madame George [original mono mix]
  16. Chick-a-Boom [original mono mix]
  17. The Smile You Smile [demo]

Disc two
  1. Brown Eyed Girl [original edited mono single mix]
  2. Ro Ro Rosey [original mono single mix with backing vocals]
  3. T.B. Sheets [Take 2]*
  4. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) [Takes 10 & 11]*
  5. Send Your Mind [Take 3]*
  6. Midnight Special [Take 7]
  7. He Ain't Give You None (Take 4)
  8. Ro Ro Rosey [Take 2]*
  9. Who Drove The Red Sports Car (Take 6)
  10. Beside You [Take 2]*
  11. Joe Harper Saturday Morning [Take 2]*
  12. Beside You [Take 5]*
  13. Spanish Rose [Take 14] (4:23)*
  14. Brown Eyed Girl [Takes 1-6]*
  15. Brown Eyed Girl [Takes 7-11]*

Note

  • (*)--Previously unreleased

Disc three

All tracks previously unreleased.

  1. Twist and Shake
  2. Shake and Roll
  3. Stomp and Scream
  4. Scream and Holler
  5. Jump and Thump
  6. Drivin' Wheel
  7. Just Ball
  8. Shake It Mable
  9. Hold on George
  10. The Big Royalty Check
  11. Ring Worm
  12. Savoy Hollywood
  13. Freaky If You Got This Far
  14. Up Your Mind
  15. Thirty Two
  16. All the Bits
  17. You Say France and I Whistle
  18. Blowin' Your Nose
  19. Nose in Your Blow
  20. La Mambo
  21. Go for Yourself
  22. Want a Danish
  23. Here Comes Dumb George
  24. Chickee Coo
  25. Do It
  26. Hang on Groovy
  27. Goodbye George
  28. Dum Dum George
  29. Walk and Talk
  30. The Wobble
  31. Wobble and Ball

References
  1. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-morrison-details-authorized-bang-collection-w473583
  2. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-authorized-bang-collection-by-doug-collette.php
  3. https://theseconddisc.com/2017/03/standing-in-the-sunlight-legacy-preps-authorized-reissue-of-van-morrisons-bang-recordings-including-infamous-contractual-obligation-recordings/
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