Van Morrison: The Authorized bang Collection

These are recordings Van Morrison made for Bang Records in 1967, including an entire disc of tracks seeing official release for the first time. The compilation gathers songs the Irish singer-songwriter laid down during his brief period on legendary producer Bert Berns' label.

The collection features three discs of music that Morrison recorded alongside Berns: The first disc focuses on the original masters from Morrison's Bang sessions - including original mixes of songs like "Brown Eyed Girl," "T.B. Sheets" and "Madame George" - while the second boasts rarities from the sessions.

The third disc - dubbed the Contractual Obligation Session, as it closed Morrison's tenure with the label - contains 32 short, stripped-down and less-refined songs that were oft-bootlegged over the years but presented here in its best sound quality to date.