The Authorized Bang Collection


The Authorized Bang Collection is a compilation album by Van Morrison containing every track that Morrison recorded for Bang Records in the 1960s. It was released on April 28, 2017, by Legacy Recordings on the Bang label.
The first disc, The Original Masters, contains 17 tracks including every track from Morrison's debut album Blowin' Your Mind! in their original stereo mixes. The second disc, Bang Sessions & Rarities, contains alternate takes from the Bang sessions. The third disc, Contractual Obligation Session, contains demos Morrison recorded to fulfill his contractual obligations to Bang; he recorded them in one session on an out-of-tune guitar, with lyrics about subjects including ringworm and sandwiches. The throwaway compositions came to be known as the "revenge" songs, and remained officially unreleased until this collection was compiled.

Track listing

Disc 1: ''The Original Masters''

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

Disc 2: ''Bang Sessions & Rarities''

  1. Brown Eyed Girl
  2. Ro Ro Rosey
  3. T.B. Sheets *
  4. Goodbye Baby *
  5. Send Your Mind *
  6. Midnight Special
  7. He Ain't Give You None
  8. Ro Ro Rosey *
  9. Who Drove the Red Sports Car
  10. Beside You *
  11. Joe Harper Saturday Morning *
  12. Beside You *
  13. Spanish Rose *
  14. Brown Eyed Girl *
  15. Brown Eyed Girl *
Note
  • —Previously unreleased

Disc three: ''Contractual Obligation Session''

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