Brown Eyed Girl [DJ Specialist] (2000)

About this title: Castle Pie's Brown Eyed Girl is comprised of the (much compiled) recordings Van Morrison made for Bang! after his split from Them. Teaming with Brill Building vet producer Bert Berns, Morrison's wild-eyed lyricism is often a tight fit with Berns' straight-ahead commercial sound (see the silly but fun "Chick-a-Boom" for an example). Still a number of great songs can be found here, including the all-time great "Brown Eyed Girl," "The Back Room," "He Ain't Give You None," and "Ro Ro Rosey." Early versions of tracks from Astral Weeks, "T.B. Sheets" and "Madame George," also appear. Despite Van's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Brown Eyed Girl [Morrison]
2. He Ain't Give You None [Morrison]
3. T.B. Sheets [Morrison]
4. Spanish Rose [Morrison]
5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) [Farrell/Russell]
6. Ro Ro Rosey [Morrison]
7. Who Drove the Red Sports Car? [Morrison]
8. Midnight Special [Morrison/Traditiona]
9. Beside You [Morrison]
10. It's All Right [Morrison]
11. Madame George [Morrison]
12. Send Your Mind [Morrison]
13. The Smile You Smile [Morrison]
14. The Back Room [Morrison]
15. Joe Harper Saturday Morning [Morrison]
16. Chick-A-Boom [Berns/Morrison]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.