Essential Van Morrison

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Includes 13 classic Van Morrison recordings such as 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Spanish Rose', 'Midnight Special' and 'Twist and Shout'. Also 2 exclusive bonus remixed tracks 'Brown Eyed Girl' and 'Spanish Rose'. 15 tracks. 2001 release.

Tracks:

Brown Eyed Girl
Chick-A-Boom
Spanish Rose
T.B. Sheets
Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
Ro Ro Rosey
Midnight Special
Madame George
Send Your Mind
I Love You (The Smile You Smile)
The Back Room
Joe Harper Saturday Morning
Twist And Shake
Brown Eyed Girl
Spanish Rose

Album Description

Includes 13 classic Van Morrison recordings such as 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Spanish Rose', 'Midnight Special' and 'Twist and Shout'. Also 2 exclusive bonus remixed tracks 'Brown Eyed Girl' and 'Spanish Rose'. 15 tracks. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

False Marketing.......2006-09-06

This CD is false marketing and not the "Essential Van Morrison" as the title indicates. Aside from "Brown-Eyed Girl", this is NOT a collection of Van Morrison's well known tunes. Buyer beware.

High quality, low integrity.......2001-07-06

The single star isn't meant to indicate the quality of the music on this CD, but rather its integrity as a product. This is just another repackaging of music that's been around for many years. These same sessions have also been on shelves as "Blowin' Your Mind", "T.B. Sheets", and "Bang Masters" (of which "Bang Masters" was and is the most complete). A new one comes out about every decade. You know all those songs Van has about crooks in the music industry? Well, he's writing about this record company.

My gripe about this particular release is that by naming this the "Essential" Van Morrison and putting Van's most widely known song front and center, the record company has tried to dress it up as some sort of greatest hits album -- which it's not. If someone who didn't already know Van's work --somebody who would recognize, say, "Moondance" or "Crazy Love" if they heard it but have no clue who sang it -- if that kind of person picked this up thinking of it as "essential" Van, then they would likely not move on to his more mature body of work, and so would miss out on "Astral Weeks", "Moondance", "Veedon Fleece", etc. This album represents a three-star beginning to a five-star career; it's unfair to mislead consumers into thinking that this represents the best of Van.

A Great Beginning...The early sounds of Van Morrison.......2001-05-26

This collection of Van Morisson's earlier work shows how this master of music began. The funky upbeat harmonica on "midnight special" contrast with the silky/bluesy "in the back room" and both combine with other tremendous sounds to give the careful listner a much greater appreciation for the ensuing 20+ years of amazing tunes which Van has given us. Some releases of this CD or "T.B. Sheets" give two versions of "Brown Eyed Girl". It still is a great tune!

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