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Artist:Van Morrison
Title:Blowin' Your Mind
Label:  Bang
Country:USA
Catalogue:BLPS 218
Date:Aug 1967
Format:Stereo LP (also Mono LP)
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 14 Own, 6 Want
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Van MorrisonBrown Eyed GirlVan Morrison9.0  Rate
A2Van MorrisonHe Ain't Give You NoneVan Morrison7.0  Rate
A3Van MorrisonT.B. SheetsVan Morrison8.0  Rate
B1Van MorrisonSpanish RoseVan Morrison7.0  Rate
B2Van MorrisonGoodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)Bert Berns, Wes Farrell7.0  Rate
B3Van MorrisonRo Ro RoseyVan Morrison8.0  Rate
B4Van MorrisonWho Drove The Red Sports CarVan Morrison8.0  Rate
B5Van MorrisonMidnight SpecialArr. By Bert Berns7.0  Rate


Notes

BB Album Reviews: September 9, 1967

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Number: 1242759  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: TheDroid
Description: Front Cover

Number: 1242760 
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Description: Back Cover

Number: 1242761 
Uploaded By: TheDroid
Description: Side One Label - Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA

Number: 1242762 
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Description: Side Two Label - Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA


Number: 1464092 
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Description: A-Side Label Bang BLPS-218 VAN MORRISON-Blowin' Your Mind (text variation)

Number: 1464093 
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Description: B-Side Label Bang BLPS-218 VAN MORRISON-Blowin' Your Mind (text variation)

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Comments and Reviews
 
leonard
13th Jun 2022
 Added later label design images
 
 
SvendHenrik00
2nd Oct 2017
 Added Labels with text variation.
Note the variation regarding Catalogue Number between Front Cover, Rear Cover and Labels - Front Cover says "BLPS-218", Rear Cover says "BLB 218" and Labels say "BLP 218"
 
 
TheDroid
16th Jan 2017
 Added front cover, back cover and label images. The Monarch deltas for this are:
Side One Δ 10868.
Side Two Δ 10868-X.
 
 
ppint. ●
18th Jan 2015
 Review
overlaps a lot with decca's "t.b. sheets" - which is a lot later, so bert berns can't fairly be blamed for that.

these tracks were recorded by van morrison for bert berns in new york, whither he'd imported the then current line-up of them, who were on the verge of breaking up (as ever), with an eye on getting their lead singer into the recording studio on his own. berns was the founder-owner of bang! records, as well as a sought-after soul/r&b/pop singles producer whose mindset was focused on the singles charts both by inclination and training - and now, perforce, of necessity: the new york banks he'd borrowed from to buy out ahmet & nesuhi ertegun required regular repayments - or else. . .

fine music, but bitty: a record of a work in transition:

van morrison was progressing from r&b/pop/r&r towards a much more jazz-influenced style of music, and, whilst still capable of short, crisp and snappy-sounding songs - "brown-eyed girl", for example - was increasingly unhappy with berns' obsessive singles charts concentration - see "madame george" & "t.b. sheets", for examples of the direction in which he was moving - and bert berns put this lps together from the tracks van morrison laid down before he left, something he was less than entirely gruntled by.

van morrison also received minuscule royalties from the recordings or the publishing rights to the songs, "late, or upon lawsuit, or threat of extra-legal action", which didn't increase van morrison's delight at constant requests for "brown-eyed girl" at all his live gigs for decades thereafter. . .

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USA - Bang - 1967 [Mono]

Europe - Bang - 2006


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