# Bang Masters

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***Bang Masters*** is a [compilation album](/source/Compilation_album) by [Van Morrison](/source/Van_Morrison) released in 1991 by [Sony Music](/source/Sony_Music)—owners of [Bang Records](/source/Bang_Records)' back catalog. The tracks were remixed from the original multi-tracks and were given a wider stereo spread with less compression. These remixes would later appear on a 1998 CD reissue of *[Blowin' Your Mind!](/source/Blowin'_Your_Mind!)*, and subsequent compilations [official and otherwise](/source/New_York_Sessions_'67). The original stereo mixes would not see CD release until *[The Authorized Bang Collection](/source/The_Authorized_Bang_Collection)* in 2017.

The alternate version of "[Brown Eyed Girl](/source/Brown_Eyed_Girl)" included on this album was according to Bill Flannagan take six out of the twenty-two takes before the final released form.[1]

## Track listing

All songs by [Van Morrison](/source/Van_Morrison) except as noted.

1. "[Brown Eyed Girl](/source/Brown_Eyed_Girl)" – 3:03
1. "[Spanish Rose](/source/Spanish_Rose)" (alternate version) – 3:52
1. "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" ([Wes Farrell](/source/Wes_Farrell), [Bert Russell](/source/Bert_Berns)) – 2:57
1. "[Ro Ro Rosey](/source/Ro_Ro_Rosey)" – 3:03
1. "Chick-A-Boom" ([Bert Berns](/source/Bert_Berns), Morrison) – 3:12
1. "It's All Right" – 4:58
1. "Send Your Mind" – 2:52
1. "The Smile You Smile" – 2:54
1. "The Back Room" – 5:30
1. "[Midnight Special](/source/Midnight_Special_(song))" ([traditional](/source/Traditional_music)) – 2:45
1. "[T.B. Sheets](/source/T.B._Sheets)" – 9:36
1. "He Ain't Give You None" (alternate version) – 5:50
1. "Who Drove the Red Sports Car?" – 5:39
1. "[Beside You](/source/Beside_You_(Van_Morrison_song))" – 6:05
1. "Joe Harper Saturday Morning" (alternate version) – 4:15
1. "[Madame George](/source/Madame_George)" – 5:17
1. "Brown Eyed Girl" (alternate take) – 3:40
1. "I Love You (The Smile You Smile)" – 2:22

## Notes

1. Heylin. (2003). p152

## References

- [Heylin, Clinton](/source/Clinton_Heylin) (2003). *Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography*, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7

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