This is the most comprehensive round-up of Van Morrison’s Them ever issued, including not just their two albums – 1965’s raw The Angry Young Them and 1966’s soul-influenced Them Again and their singles – but a third disc of mainly previously unreleased demos, radio sessions and rarities, including the excellent, long-unavailable Mighty Like A Rose.
The sound quality is an improvement on 1997’s two-CD release The Story Of Them, and Morrison has contributed sleevenotes himself, helping to explain the band’s confusing history, which took in numerous line-ups, recordings with session musicians such as Jimmy Page and tracks only released after the band split.
