Van Morrison: Blowin' Your Mind (Standard Issue) CD Track Listing

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Van Morrison Blowin' Your Mind (Standard Issue) (1967)
Originally Released 1967\nGold CD Released February 7, 1995\nRemastered CD Released October 13, 1998\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Although his first solo album is remembered for containing the immortal pop hit "Brown Eyed Girl," Blowin' Your Mind! is actually a dry run for Van Morrison's masterpiece, Astral Weeks. Songs like "Who Drove the Red Sports Car" look to that song cycle, even as "Midnight Special" nods to Morrison's R&B past. But it is the agonizing "T.B. Sheets" -- all nine-and-three-quarters minutes of it -- that dominates this record and belies its trendy title and pop association. "T.B. Sheets" takes the blues and reinvents it as noble tragedy and humiliating mortality. It is where Van Morrison emerges as an artist. (Blowin' Your Mind! was superseded by Bang Masters, which contains all of its tracks except "He Ain't Give You None," presented in an alternate take, plus Morrison's other recordings for Bang, in 1991.) -- William Ruhlmann\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nAfter a young Van Morrison left his Belfast R&B-pop band Them following a couple of U.K. hits in "Gloria" and "Here Comes the Night," American producer-songwriter Bert Berns brought him to New York for 48 hours in early 1967 to record the tracks that would become Blowin' Your Mind! Berns died shortly thereafter, but the tracks he cut included the song that launched Morrison's solo career--the U.S. top 10 hit "Brown Eyed Girl." Most of these songs have been released on early Morrison compilations. But this is the audiophile version of the original album (plus alternate takes) in its original format with the great psychedelic artwork, and it contains some youthful vocal magic on the soul standard "He Ain't Give You None," the stark and graphic "TB Sheets," and the strange and wonderful "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)." This was undoubtedly Morrison's first period of transition. After the release of Blowin' Your Mind! he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to work on his next album, the landmark Astral Weeks. --John Sutton-Smith \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nFine & dandy, December 9, 1999 \nReviewer: Ali Moeller from Nebraska \nSure, it's Van Morrison. With his raspy blues voice and swaggering lyrics, that seem to get lost numerous times in the music within this album. It's a raw record, with many of the songs recorded on improv, but still, it's worth a listen. If only for the Berns number Goodbye Baby, which is a 3 minute CCR rave up, before Fogerty was every humming about Suzie Q or that crazy Proud Mary prowling down the Mississippi River. If not for undeniably one of the greatest rock songs ever, Brown Eyed Girl. If only for the excellent remastering Legacy did when they cleaned this record up. The quality is tremendous, and the songs come alive like they never did on the older T.B.'s Sheets and the numerous bootlegs that offer the same thing here, but with a minimal quality. If you love Them, you must pickup this record. There are numerous improv blues numbers, and Morrison's lyrics may not be poetic, but they'll get a laugh or two. "I've done more for you, than your daddy's already done". Recomended, but pick up Astral Weeks & Moondance first. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\ni love this album, December 13, 1999 \nReviewer: Evan Streb from Canton, OH \nI think "Brown Eyed Girl" is a great pop radio hit, but my favorite song on the album is "TB Sheets". Probably Van Morrison's all time best song, "TB Sheets" is about how Van watches his girlfriend die from tuberculosis and all the feelings that go through his mind at that time. This song is very personal to me because I've had a similar event happen to me in the past few days. \n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nBob Irwin (Reissue), Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nOriginally released on Bang Records.\n\nThe Master Sound reissue of BLOWIN' YOUR MIND includes five additional tracks--alternate takes of album cuts--not found on the original release. \n\nMaster Sound releases are 24-karat gold CDs remastered from first-generation masters. This process utilizes 20-bit technology and "Super Bit Mapping" system.\n\nIncludes liner notes by Bert Berns and Bob Irwin.\n\nDigitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).\n\nAfter his initial success as the leader of the Irish band Them, Van Morrison came to the U.S to record his solo debut. He was still in transition from the uptempo rock and roll sound of his former band to the heady, blues-and jazz-inflected musings of his later work. The classic "Brown-Eyed Girl" is the closest Morrison has ever come to a pop song, and it remains a sparkling, infectious gem. The dark, fatalistic blues workout "T.B. Sheets" is closer to the improvisatory, impressionistic style Morrison would soon perfect on ASTRAL WEEKS. It is one of the most chilling vocal performances he has ever put on record.
This rock cd contains 13 tracks and runs 52min 20sec.
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