Van Morrison
Catalog Strays
1965-2000
Various Unreleased Studio Sessions

Wild Card AAAR-101-102-103
(Released circa June 2002)

my cdr's > eac(sercure) wav > audacity (see notes) > flac level 6 [aligned sector boundaries]

Disc One:

01. Little Girl (with famous "f**k" fade)
02. Bring Em On In (genuine stereo mix)
03. Turn On Your Love Light (genuine stereo mix)
04. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (genuine stereo mix)
05. I Gave My Love A Diamond (accidental alternate mix to "Story Of Them")
06. Mighty Like A Rose (from German only "Them Featuring..." CD)
07. Brown Eyed Girl (instrumental B side)
08. Ro Ro Rosey (single version with girl singers)
09. When The Evening Sun Goes Down (single B side alternate take)
10. 4% Pantomine (from "Cahoots" with The Band)
11. Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (with John Lee Hooker)
12. Redwood Tree (single B side alternate mix)
13. You've Got The Power (single B side)
14. Caledonia (withdrawn single A side)
15. What's Up Crazy Pup (unknown single B side)
16. Tell Me About Your Love ( "Back On Top" CD single B side)
17. Mechanical Bliss (unknown single B side)
18. Sax Instrumental ("Back On Top" CD single B side)
19. John Brown's Body ("Back On Top" CD single B side)

Disc Two:

01. I'm Ready ("Back On Top" CD single B side)
02. Dead Girls Of London (unreleased track with Frank Zappa)
03. Wonderful Remark (King of Comedy Soundtrack)
04. Mr Thomas (unknown single B side)
05. All Saint's Day (instrumental B side)
06. Send In The Clowns (with Chet Baker)
07. Moondance (with Georgie Fame)
08. Cover The Waterfront (with John Lee Hooker)
09. I Can't Stop Loving You (with the Chieftains)
10. All Saints Day (with the Chieftains)
11. Carrying A Torch (with the Chieftains)
12. That's Where It's At (with the Holmes Brothers)
13. Serves Me Right (with John Lee Hooker)
14. Have I Told You Lately (with the Chieftains)
15. Full Force Gale (CD single B side)
16. Look What The Good People Done (Japanese release"The Healing Game "CD single B side)

Disc Three:

01. Celtic Spring (withdrawn CD single)
02. St Dominic's Preview (1996 TV version Van on Acoustic)
03. I Will Be There (with Pee Wee Ellis and the NDR Band))
04. If You Love Me (with BB King)
05. The Healing Game (with John Lee Hooker)
06. Don't Look Back (with John Lee Hooker)
07. Travellin' Blues (with John Lee Hooker)
08. Shenandoah (Long Journey Home soundtrack)
09. I Don't Want To Go On Without You (unknown CD single)
10a. That Ol' Black Magic ("Days Like This CD single B side)
10b. Yo [Instrumental] ("Days Like This CD single B side)
11. At The End Of The Day (Japanese release "The Healing Game" CD single B side)
12. The Healing Game (withdrawn CD Single version)
13. Before The World Was Made (unknown CD Single)
14a. Turn On Your Love Light (with Howling Wolf)
14b. Ain't Nothing You Can Do (with Howling Wolf)
15. Muleskinner Blues (Jimmy Rogers tribute album)

Also included as a BONUS for your pleasure
"1991 - Now Dig This " interview in a text file [ with Van, mentioned in comments below] I highly suggest to read the interview while listening to this AWESOME package of music. ENJOY

Source Notes
This may be the CLEANEST copy (i think it is) out there if it is even circulating and/or on any tracker and possibly cleaner than the original. i used audacity to clean up any pops and/or clicks that were present. I also deleted some dead noise at the end of most tracks (so some tracks are shorter than the original track times. if you own this you would know some tracks fade at the end and stop suddenly) Don't worry no music is missing. Also on Disc 3 Tracks 10 & 14 i used cdwave and split the songs into there own tracks.
A lot of hard work went in to this project to bring forth the best sounding source for the members here and for myself as i enjoy listening to this when my health on certain days gets the best of me. This is some of the best music along with Jerry Garcia and Bob Marley. I hope all will ENJOY

Appearances By
The Band
John Lee Hooker
Frank Zappa
Georgie Fame
The Chieftains
Chet Baker
The Holmes Brothers
Pee Wee Ellis
BB King
Howling Wolf

COMMENTS
Note that the cover image - obviously doctored - shows Van holding the The Genuine Philosopher's Stone boot...

Described in ICE as follows: "Wild Card deals its way into every nook and cranny of the last 35 years of Vandom to compile Catalog Strays. The three-CD anthology - boasting 51 tracks in all - covers every Morrison non-album track, B-Side, alternate mix, duet, withdrawn song, soundtracks and/or rarity hidden somewhere between 1965-2000."
The package includes 51 track and a 52 page brochure with a biography and the interview called "Roots and Influences" with Paul Lewis from Now Dig This magazine, in November 1991.
Some of the tracks from this collection come from the various Guest Appearances that Van has done on other artists' CDs over the years. Others are from some of Van's CD singles

EXCEPTIONAL SOUND QUALITY
This is a MUST HAVE for any Van Fan
FANTASTIC Material of Music

added notes by happy jack
received 2004?
cleaned up with audacity
added info. text
[SA] spectral analysis of track 02 included
[FA] frequency analysis of track 02 included
eac log included
added md 5
added flac fingerprints
SBEs Fixed checked and passed
Artwork included

Do NOT Sell !!!!

Enjoy

Happy Jack
Part of my Van the Man project

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