The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison is a compilation album that includes almost every song recorded by the Northern Irish band Them

Them (band)

Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career...

 during the two year history of the band when it featured Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...

 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
    Mystic Eyes
    "Mystic Eyes" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison when he was leader of the band Them. It was the opening tune for the band's first album, The Angry Young Them that was released in June 1965. It was released as a single in the US and UK on November 12, 1965 and ...
    
    " - 2:41 (rechanneled)
15. "Don't Look Back
    Don't Look Back (John Lee Hooker song)
    "Don't Look Back " is a song written by Blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker and released as a single in 1964. As a duet Hooker performed with Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, it was a Grammy Award winner in Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 1998 from the album, Don't Look...
    
    " (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) - 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
    Bright Lights, Big City (1961 song)
    "Bright Lights, Big City" is a blues song written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1961. It became one of Reed's most popular songs, reaching number three in the R&B chart and number fifty-eight in the Hot 100. The song was included on the album Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall...
    
    " (Reed) - 2:30
23. "Baby What You Want Me to Do
    Baby What You Want Me to Do
    "Baby What You Want Me to Do" is a blues song that was written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1959...
    
    " (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 mix 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
   Turn On Your Love Light
   "Turn On Your Love Light" is an R&B-style blues song recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961. It was a both an important R&B and pop chart hit for Bland and has become one of his most identifiable songs...
   
   " (Malone, Scott) - 2:19 (rechanneled++)
6. "I Put a Spell on You
   I Put a Spell on You
   "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also ranked #320 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Although Hawkins'...
   
   " (Hawkins) - 2:36
7. "I Got a Woman
   I Got a Woman
   "I Got a Woman" is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B/soul musician Ray Charles and released as a single in December 1954 on the Atlantic label as Atlantic 45-1050 b/w "Come Back Baby." Both sides later appeared on his 1957 album Ray Charles .-Origin:The song builds on...
   
   " (Charles) - 3:12
8. "Out of Sight
   Out of Sight (song)
   "Out of Sight" is an Rhythm and blues song recorded by James Brown in 1964. A twelve-bar blues written by Brown under the pseudonym "Ted Wright", the stuttering, staccato dance rhythms and blasting horn section riffs of its instrumental arrangement were an important evolutionary step in the...
   
   " (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
    Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)
    "Call It Stormy Monday " is a blues song written by T-Bone Walker and first recorded in 1947. Confusingly, it is also sometimes referred to as "Stormy Monday Blues", although that is the title of a 1942 song by Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine...
    
    " (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" - 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 1970's, ++ indicates sides using the Parrot rechanneled mixes from the second album, and +++ indicates demos that were slightly rechanneled when issued on LP in 1960's in Germany, and they did not have the mono mixes available.)

External links

• [ All Music biography] Them