Blowin' Your Mind! [Bonus Tracks]

by Van Morrison

Overview

Although Van Morrison's first solo album is remembered for containing the immortal pop hit "Brown Eyed Girl," Blowin' Your Mind! is actually a dry run for his masterpiece, Astral Weeks. Songs like "Who Drove the Red Sports Car" look to that song cycle, even as "Midnight Special" nods to Morrison's R&B past. But it's the agonizing "T.B. Sheets" -- all nine-plus minutes of it -- that dominates this record and belies its trendy title and pop association. "T.B. Sheets" takes the blues and reinvents it as noble tragedy and humiliating mortality. It's where Van Morrison emerges as an artist. [Blowin' Your Mind! was superseded in 1991 by Bang Masters, which contains all of its tracks except "He Ain't Give You None," presented in an alternate take, plus Morrison's other recordings for Bang.]

Product Details

Release Date:	01/21/1999
Label:	Epic Europe
UPC:	5099749300927
catalogNumber:	4930092
Rank:	8966

Tracks

1. Brown Eyed Girl
2. He Ain't Give You None
3. T.B. Sheets
4. Spanish Rose
5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
6. Ro Ro Rosey
7. Who Drove the Red Sports Car?
8. Midnight Special
9. Spanish Rose
10. Ro Ro Rosey
11. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
12. Who Drove the Red Sports Car?
13. Midnight Special

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Van Morrison   Primary Artist,Guitar,Keyboards,Saxophone,Vocals

Technical Credits

John Fogerty   Composer
Brooks Arthur   Engineer
Bert Berns   Arranger,Composer,Director,Producer,Liner Notes
Wes Farrell   Composer
Huddie Ledbetter   Composer
Johnny Rivers   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bob Irwin   Liner Notes,Reissue Producer