24.02.2007.

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VAN MORRISON - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)

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Van Morrison's first solo album

After 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, including some on this same label. But this is 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.

01. Brown Eyed Girl
02. He Ain't Give You None
03. T.B. Sheets
04. Spanish Rose
05. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
06. Ro Ro Rosey
07. Who Drove the Red Sports Car
08. Midnight Special
09. Spanish Rose (Alternate Take)
10. Ro Ro Rosey (Alternate Take]
11. Goodbye Baby (Alternate Take)
12. Who Drove the Red Sports Car (Alternate Take)
13. Midnight Special (Alternate Take)