Audio CD review:
Them - The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison

Them - The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison

Band: Them Title: The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison Rating: Release Date: 1998-01-13 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Story of Them, Pt. 1 & 2 - Them, Morrison, Van 2: Don't Start Crying Now - Them, Moore, James [Blues 3: Gloria - Them, Morrison, Van 4: Philosophy - Them, Morrison, Van 5: One Two Brown Eyes - Them, Morrison, Van 6: Baby Please Don't Go - Them, Williams, Big Joe 7: Here Comes the Night - Them, Berns, Bert 8: All for Myself - Them, Morrison, Van 9: One More Time - Them, Morrison, Van 10: Little Girl - Them, Morrison, Van 11: I Gave My Love a Diamond - Them, Berns, Bert 12: Go on Home Baby - Them, Berns, Bert 13: My Little Baby - Them, Berns, Bert 14: Mystic Eyes - Them, Morrison, Van 15: Don't Look Back - Them, Hooker, John Lee 16: If You and I Could Be as Two - Them, Morrison, Van 17: I Like It Like That - Them, Morrison, Van 18: I'm Gonna Dress in Black - Them, Gillon, M. 19: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Them, Troup, Bobby 20: Just a Little Bit - Them, Bass, Ralph 21: You Just Can't Win - Them, Morrison, Van 22: Bright Lights, Big City - Them, Reed, Jimmy [1] 23: Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Them, Reed, Jimmy [1] 24: I'm Gonna Dress in Black - Them, Gillon, M. 25: One More Time - Them, Morrison, Van 26: Little Girl - Them, Morrison, Van 27: How Long Baby - Them, Gillon, M. 28: It Won't Hurt (Half as Much) - Them, Berns, Bert 29: Something You Got - Them, Kenner, Chris 30: Call My Name - Them, Scott, Tommy [1] 31: Turn on Your Lovelight - Them, Malone, Deadric 32: I Put a Spell on You - Them, Hawkins, Screamin' 33: I Got a Woman - Them, Charles, Ray [1] 34: Out of Sight - Them, Brown, James [1] 35: It's All over Now, Baby Blue - Them, Dylan, Bob 36: Bad or Good - Them, Morrison, Van 37: Hello Josephine - Them, Domino, Fats 38: Don't You Know - Them, Scott, Tommy [1] 39: Hey Girl - Them, Morrison, Van 40: Bring 'Em on In - Them, Morrison, Van 41: Time's Gettin' Tougher Than Tough - Them, Witherspoon, Jimmy 42: Stormy Monday - Them, Walker, T-Bone 43: Friday's Child - Them, Morrison, Van 44: Richard Cory - Them, Simon, Paul 45: My Lonely Sad Eyes - Them, Morrison, Van 46: I Can Only Give You Everything - Them, Scott, Tommy [1] 47: Could You, Would You - Them, Morrison, Van 48: Bring 'Em on In - Them, Morrison, Van 49: Richard Cory - Them, Simon, Paul 50: Call My Name - Them, Scott, Tommy [1]

Them For Me! The music scene in Ireland in 1964, centered around the Emerald Isle's most popular group. . "Them. " This tuff bunch of scruffs was out of the Northern Ireland seaport of Belfast. Like Liverpool in Western England, Belfast youths could listen to American R & B and Blues records brought into the city by the sailors from all over the world. These American records were apart of the Culture of these two great ports-of-call. As The Beatles were taking the World by storm, Van Morrison and his band were nightly playing Pubs and small theaters from Belfast all the way south to Cork in The Republic. And like The Animals from Newcastle in the north of England, Them, was gritty and dirty, and so very cool to listen to! This Two CD Set contains 49 tracks of great Blues and R & B Music, that is the core of the music of Them. Driving Bass & Drums, Slide Guitar, Harp, Swirling Organ, more Gritty Guitars, and those hard to understand Vocals from Van. When I was a youngster, this music was like looking at a Playboy Magazine, forbidden fruit for the ears! With: "Gloria", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Here Comes The Night", "Mystic Eyes", "Route 66" and "Call My Name", the Hit Singles are of course right here on thses Discs. But, there is so much more to enjoy, "Richard Cory" was writen by Paul Simon as a Folk Song, but when Van & Band perform this, it is miles away from Folk. "Go On Home Baby" thumps along like nobody's business, "I'm Gonna Dress In Black" is sinister stuff, "I Got A Woman" is an introduction to the music of Ray Charles, that plays perfectly to the Times. This is still: "Beat Music" but this is really much different from: "She Loves You" or "I Want To Hold Your Hand". Them, didn't want to hold your hand, thay wanted your older sister! This music might sound tame to the ears of 2008, but for me, it is the Sound that I couldn't get enough of in 1965, the Sound of Van Morrison and his Amazing Band. . . "Them!" FIVE STARS !!! . The Story of Them to be re-released this year! You haven't heard Van Morrison until you have heard "Mystic Eyes" (currently only available on the first "Sopranos" soundtrack) and Van's take on "Richard Cory. First off, "The Story of Them" is a great album. " It's a shame that this album is currently out of print. The good news is that Van Morrison's official website states that this album will be remastered and re-released this year, along with 28 other vintage Van Morrison albums. Don't be gouged for an overpriced used copy when you can buy a new one in a few short months! When I wrote this review, someone was actually asking $175. 00 for this. . . THEM CD featuring Van Morrison Van Morrison's young voice is wonderful but with a raw quality to it. The music in this CD is of the mid 60's. The music is simple and easy to discern all the instruments. If you are a Van Morrison fan or not, this is definately a CD you want to listen to. Like me it took me back down memory lane. . a rare album of the past you must do know this album to your friends!. a very good best of them. Amazing music....but there's a number of MAJOR errors Read the other reviews. . most are spot on, but there's some problems with this reissue. 5 of the tracks are horribly rechanneled with "stereo" percussion on one channel that was added for a 1970's US Parrot 2-LP set: "Mystic Eyes" "Don't Look Back" "I Like It Like That" "Route 66" "Little Girl" (alternate) None of these bits of percussion are on the original mono versions and since all of the above tracks are rechanneled, you can see the error (who at US London back then allowed this to happen?. . . and why are all of the subsequent reissues containing these songs using these horrible rechanneled "stereo" versions??) Also, there are an additional 5 tracks that are rechanneled for stereo: "Turn On Your Love Light" "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough" "Stormy Monday" "My Lonely Sad Eyes" "I Can Only Give You Everything" "Stormy Monday" and "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough" have always been rechanneled, but the other three were only issued this way on the US Parrot "Them Again" vinyl LP and nowhere else in the world. Even the "Them Again" CD from the 1990's had these three in mono. The remainder of the tracks are either clean mono or terrific stereo. Oh yea, finally, "Philosophy", an amazing and obscure track, was recorded at the same stereo session as "Gloria" and "One Two Brown Eyes", yet it's mono here. That, too, is a disappointment. So. . . everything good about this 2-CD set written above is right, but these errors are very annoying and you have a right to know up front. You can see a complete list of all Them discography, or go back to the Them tabs