UK Mono THEM Angry Young Morrison 1965 GLORIA Garage

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1965 Hard Driving R&B Blues Beat-Punk COLLECTIBLE        

                            THEM

\                                              UK - (red & silver) Decca -  LK 4700 - MONO

Minty clean, hard to find older 2ndpress of terrific 14 track British version of the first album superior to the USA "Gloria" album with more tracks and different running order, not to mention a completely different group cover design ...

All in glorious MONO....the mono release offers different song mixes from the stereo and has a big punchy production suitable to the recording...

"Gloria" Anyone who might think that Van Morrison is more an artifact and purveyor of '70s post-folk singer/songwriter gentle on my mind fare (not that there's anything wrong with that) is referred directly to this mid-'60s debut of his Belfast Ireland band, THEM. "Gloria" alone, an instant standard for garage bands worldwide, should answer any further questions, but the yowling kick of the rest is all the way up to that classic and not to be missed. "Baby Please Don't Go" was a breakthrough single and British EP for Them early in 1965. That led to the recording of this LP. Their hit single "Here Comes The Night" was their biggest hit single. "Gloria", although superior to The Shadows Of Knight's hit version, wasn't the radio play choice because of suggestive lyrics omited by the Shadows Of Knight. The driving rough-house stomper "Mystic Eyes" was a minor-league hit in the US around Christmas time. And there's a cover of "Route 66" here (also done by the Stones in the mid-60s), otherwise most of the material seems to be original. Them were comparable to the Stones with thir hard edged tough sound. Bob Dylan is somewhat restrained by comparison to Van Morrison's  breathtaking immersion in tumbling blasts of language, his poetry is accompanied by a bluesy band as raw as the scrapes on knees and elbows after a spill from a cycle. THEM rocks very hard and so does Van Morrison.

Mystic Eyes

If You And I Could Be As Two

Little Girl

Just A Little Bit

I Gave My Love A Diamomd

Gloria

You Just Can't Win

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Go On Home Baby

Don't Look Back

I Like It Like That

I'm Gonna Dress In Black

Bright Lights, BIg City

My Little Baby

(Get Your Kicks On ) Route 66

CONDITION: The cover is clean and sharp, with a top level MINT look

The vinyl is all clean & smooth M-

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record