The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison

The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison
Compilation album by Them
Released	20 October 1997 (UK)
Recorded	1964–1966
Genre	Rhythm and blues, Garage rock
Length	143:34
Label	Deram
Producer	Tommy Scott, Bert Berns, Dick Rowe
Them chronology
Them Again (1966) The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison (1997)

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The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison is a compilation album, that includes almost every song recorded by the Northern Irish band Them, during the two-year history of the band when it featured Van Morrison as the vocalist for the group.

Track listing

All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted

Disc 1

1. "The Story of Them" [Parts 1 & 2] – 7:18
2. "Don't Start Crying Now" (Moore, West) – 2:03
3. "Gloria" 2:35 (stereo)
4. "Philosophy" – 2:35
5. "One Two Brown Eyes" – 2:34 (stereo)
6. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Williams) – 2:40
7. "Here Comes the Night" (Berns) – 2:46 (stereo)
8. "All for Myself" – 2:47
9. "One More Time" – 2:48
10. "Little Girl – 2:47
11. "I Gave My Love a Diamond" (Berns) – 3:02
12. "Go on Home Baby" (Berns) – 2:32 (stereo)
13. "My Little Baby" (Berns, Farrell) – 2:00 (stereo)
14. "Mystic Eyes" – 2:41 (rechanneled)
15. "Don't Look Back" (Hooker) – 3:20 (rechanneled+)
16. "If You and I Could Be as Two" – 2:51 (stereo)
17. "I Like It Like That" – 3:16 (rechanneled+)
18. "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" (Gillon aka Tommy Scott) – 3:29 (stereo)
19. "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" (Troup) – 2:22 (rechanneled+)
20. "Just a Little Bit" (Gordon) – 2:21
21. "You Just Can't Win" – 2:21
22. "Bright Lights, Big City" (Reed) – 2:30
23. "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Reed) – 3:26
24. "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" (Gillon) – 3:34 [Alternate Mix]
25. "One More Time" – 2:45 [US Version – Stereo Mix] (stereo)
26. "Little Girl" – 2:47 [Alternate Version] (rechanneled+)

• UK release contains a different take of "I Gave My Love A Diamond". It also omits the alternate version of "Little Girl"

Disc 2

All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted

1. "How Long Baby" (Gillon) – 3:37
2. "(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much" (Berns) – 3:01 (stereo)
3. "Something You Got" (Kenner) – 2:31
4. "Call My Name" (Scott) – 2:20
5. "Turn On Your Love Light" (Malone, Scott) – 2:19 (rechanneled++)
6. "I Put a Spell on You" (Hawkins) – 2:36
7. "I Got A Woman" (Charles) – 3:12
8. "Out of Sight" (Wright, Brown) – 2:21
9. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) – 3:47
10. "Bad Or Good" – 2:06
11. "Hello Josephine" (Domino, Bartholomew) – 2:04
12. "Don't You Know" (Scott) – 2:22
13. "Hey Girl" – 3:00
14. "Bring 'em on In" 3:13
15. "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough" (Witherspoon) – 2:12 (rechanneled+++)
16. "Stormy Monday" (Walker) – 2:40 (rechanneled+++)
17. "Friday's Child" – 3:27
18. "Richard Cory" (Simon) – 2:43
19. "My Lonely Sad Eyes" – 2:28 (rechanneled)
20. "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Scott/Coulter)– 2:39 (rechanneled++)
21. "Could You, Would You" – 3:08
22. "Bring 'em on In" – 3:41 [US Version 2]
23. "Richard Cory" (Simon) – 3:47 Version 2 (stereo)
24. "Call My Name" (Scott) – 2:18 [Version 2]

(In regards to the rechanneled tracks, + indicates sides using the Parrot rechanneled mixes with non-original added percussion, probably done for the 2LP Parrot anthology from the 1970s, ++ indicates sides using the Parrot rechanneled mixes from the second album, and +++ indicates demos that were slightly rechanneled when issued on LP in the 1960s in Germany, and they did not have the mono mixes available.)

Notes on the album sleeve

• Note: The Demo "Mighty Like a Rose" has been excluded from this album
• Package design: Phil Smee at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium
• Digitally re-mastered from the original analogue masters by Jon Astley

External links

• All Music biography Them
• EclecticParrot Review