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 was superseded in 1991 by Bang Masters, which contains all of its tracks except "He Ain't Give You None," presented in an alternate take, plus Morrison's other recordings for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.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown Eyed GirlVan Morrison | Van Morrison | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | He Ain't Give You NoneVan Morrison | Van Morrison | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | TB SheetsVan Morrison | Van Morrison | Play | 09:44 | 22 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Spanish RoseVan Morrison | Van Morrison | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)Bert Berns, Wes Farrell, Bert Russell | Van Morrison | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Ro Ro RoseyVan Morrison | Van Morrison | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Who Drove The Red Sports CarVan Morrison | Van Morrison | Play | 05:35 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Midnight SpecialVan Morrison, Traditional | Van Morrison | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 36 mins | 83 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vic Anesini | Mastering |
| 2 | Brooks Arthur | Engineer |
| 3 | Bert Berns | Arranger, Composer, Director, Liner Notes, Producer |
| 4 | Wes Farrell | Composer |
| 5 | John Jackson | Project Director |
| 6 | Van Morrison | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Primary Artist, Saxophone, Vocals |
| 7 | Bert Russell | Composer |
| 8 | Garry Sherman | Music Supervisor |
| 9 | Gary Sherman | Music Supervisor |
| 10 | Traditional | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |