Bang Masters

Bang Masters
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Compilation album by Van Morrison
Released	February 1991
Recorded	1967
Studio	A&R Studios, New York Century Sound, New York
Genre	Rock & roll, R&B
Length	77:50
Label	Epic, Legacy
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 in 1991 by Sony Music—owners of Bang Records' back catalog. The tracks were remixed from the original multi-tracks and were given a wider stereo spread with less compression. These remixes would later appear on a 1998 CD reissue of Blowin' Your Mind!, and subsequent compilations official and otherwise. The original stereo mixes would not see CD release until The Authorized Bang Collection in 2017.

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 released form.

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)" – 2:22

References

• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press,