The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison is a compilation album, that includes almost every song recorded by the Northern Irish band Them, during the two-year history of the band when it featured Van Morrison as the vocalist for the group.
Track listing All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted
Disc 1
"The Story of Them" [Parts 1 & 2] – 7:18 "Don't Start Crying Now" (James Moore, Jerry West) – 2:03 "Gloria" 2:35 (stereo) "Philosophy" – 2:35 "One Two Brown Eyes" – 2:34 (stereo) "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 2:40 "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) – 2:46 (stereo) "All for Myself" – 2:47 "One More Time" – 2:48 "Little Girl – 2:47 "I Gave My Love a Diamond" (Berns) – 3:02 "Go on Home Baby" (Berns) – 2:32 (stereo) "My Little Baby" (Berns, Wes Farrell) – 2:00 (stereo) "Mystic Eyes" – 2:41 (rechanneled) "Don't Look Back" (John Lee Hooker) – 3:20 (rechanneled+) "If You and I Could Be as Two" – 2:51 (stereo) "I Like It Like That" – 3:16 (rechanneled+) "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" (Gillon Tommy Scott, M. Howe) – 3:29 (stereo) "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 2:22 (rechanneled+) "Just a Little Bit" (Rosco Gordon) – 2:21 "You Just Can't Win" – 2:21 "Bright Lights, Big City" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:30 "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Reed) – 3:26 "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" (Gillon) – 3:34 [Alternate Mix] "One More Time" – 2:45 [US Version – Stereo Mix] (stereo) "Little Girl" – 2:47 [Alternate Version] (rechanneled+)
UK release contains a different take 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 "How Long Baby" (Gillon) – 3:37 "(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much" (Berns) – 3:01 (stereo) "Something You Got" (Chris Kenner) – 2:31 "Call My Name" (Scott) – 2:20 "Turn On Your Love Light" (Don Robey, Joseph Wade Scott) – 2:19 (rechanneled++) "I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 2:36 "I Got A Woman" (Ray Charles) – 3:12 "Out of Sight" (Ted Wright James Brown) – 2:21 "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 3:47 "Bad Or Good" – 2:06 "Hello Josephine" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:04 "Don't You Know" (Scott) – 2:22 "Hey Girl" – 3:00 "Bring 'em on In" 3:13 "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 2:12 (rechanneled+++) "Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) – 2:40 (rechanneled+++) "Friday's Child" – 3:27 "Richard Cory" (Paul Simon) – 2:43 "My Lonely Sad Eyes" – 2:28 (rechanneled) "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Scott, Phil Coulter)– 2:39 (rechanneled++) "Could You, Would You" – 3:08 "Bring 'em on In" – 3:41 [US Version 2] "Richard Cory" (Simon) – 3:47 Version 2 (stereo) "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 1970s, ++ indicates sides using the Parrot rechanneled mixes from the second album, and +++ indicates demos that were slightly rechanneled when issued on LP in the 1960s in Germany, and they did not have the mono mixes available.)
Notes on the album sleeve Note: The Demo "Mighty Like a Rose" has been excluded from this album Package design: Phil Smee at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium Digitally re-mastered from the original analogue masters by Jon Astley
References
External links [ All Music biography] Them EclecticParrot Review