Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

The long-awaited 2-CD set that brings together the originals of songs that the lone artist Van Morrison has loved and sung! Roll with the Punches", Van Morrison's 37th album, is an interesting collection of covers of his original blues and R&B songs. This collection includes the originals on disc one and the originals of songs he has covered in the past on studio recordings and on his masterful live disc, "Soul's Way," on disc two." Enjoy to your heart's content all 30 of the classics that the "solitary artist" Van has loved and cherished singing.

Tracklisting:

DISC 1:ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES ORIGINALS
1. I CAN TELL / BO DIDDLEY (CHECKER '62) SAMUELS/MCDANIELS
2. STORMY MONDAY / T-BONE WALKER (ATLANTIC '59) A.WALKER
3. LONELY AVENUE / RAY CHARLES (ATLANTIC '56) D.POMUS
4. GOIN' TO CHICAGO BLUES / JIMMY WITHERSPOON (PRESTIGE '63) BASIE/RUSHING
5. BRING IT ON HOME TO ME / SAM COOKE (RCA VICTOR '62) S.COOKE
6. HOW FAR FROM GOD / SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (DECCA '58) R.THARPE
7. TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES / RUTH BROWN (ATLANTIC '51) R.TOOMBS
8. AUTOMOBILE BLUES / LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS (PRESTIGE BLUESVILLE '61) L.HOPKINS
9. MEAN OLD WORLD / LITTLE WALTER AND HIS NIGHT CAPS (CHECKER '52) W.JACOBS
10. RIDE ON JOSEPHINE / BO DIDDLEY (CHECKER '60) E.MCDANIELS

BONUS TRACKS
11. STORMY MONDAY BLUES / BOBBY BLAND (DUKE '62) A.WALKER
12. BRING IT ON HOME TO ME / THE ANIMALS (COLUMBIA '65) S.COOKE
13. TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES / RAY CHARLES (ABC-PARAMOUNT '64) R.TOOMBS
14. MEAN OLD WORLD / T-BONE WALKER (ATLANTIC '59) W.JACOBS

DISC 2:FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD
1. THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL / LEADBELLY AND THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET (VICTOR '40) TRAD.
2. AIN'T NOTHING YOU CAN DO / BOBBY BLAND (DUKE '64) MALONE/SCOTT
3. I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL / RAY CHARLES AND HIS ORCHESTRA (ATLANTIC '59) R.CHARLES
4. HELP ME / SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (CHECKER '63) S.B.WILLIAMSON
5. I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU / MUDDY WATERS (CHESS '57) W.DIXON
6. TAKE YOUR HAND OUT OF MY POCKET / SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (CHECKER '58) S.B.WILLIAMSON
7. HEY. GOOD LOOKIN' / HANK WILLIAMS WITH HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS (MGM '51) H.WILLIAMS
8. SINCE I FELL FOR YOU / ANNIE LAURIE WITH PAUL GAYTEN AND HIS TRIO (DELUXE '47) B.JOHNSON
9. BUONA SERA / LOUIS PRIMA WITH SAM BUTERA AND THE WITNESSES (CAPITOL '57) SIGMAN/DE ROSE
10. IT'S ALL IN THE GAME / TOMMY EDWARDS (MGM '58) DAWES/SIGMAN
11. WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU / RAY CHARLES (ATLANTIC '56) R.CHARLES
12. I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU / RAY CHARLES (ABC-PARAMOUNT '62) D.GIBSON
13. GOOD MORNING. SCHOOL GIRL / SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (BLUEBIRD '37) S.B.WILLIAMSON
14. MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE / KING PLEASURE (PRESTIGE '52) MOODY/PLEASURE
15. I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU / BOBBY BLAND (DUKE '59) B.BENTON
16. I'LL NEVER BE FREE / JIMMY WITHERSPOON (CROWN '60) BENJAMIN/WEISS