THEM (Van Morrison) "The Angry Young Them" LP 1965 MONO NM/VG+ w/ WOC, DECCA 1st

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The Angry Young Them Review by William Ruhlmann

Decca's willingness to release a full-length Them album was conditioned upon the breakthrough success of the band's third single, "Here Comes the Night." It was not, however, the practice in Britain at the time to put hit singles on albums, so this 14-track LP does not include that song. It does, however, contain six songs written by lead vocalist Van Morrison, including the immortal "Gloria" and "Mystic Eyes," which became a chart single in the U.S., plus some well-played R&B covers. Because of an annotation on the back of the LP, this album is sometimes referred to as The Angry Young Them, although its official title is Them.

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Them (3) – The "Angry" Young Them!

Label:Decca – LK.4700, Decca – LK 4700

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country:UK

Released:1965

Genre:Rock

Style:Blues Rock, Garage Rock

A1Mystic Eyes

Written-By – Morrison*

A2If You And I Could Be As Two

Written-By – Morrison*

A3Little Girl

Written-By – Morrison*

A4Just A Little Bit

Written-By – Gordon*

A5I Gave My Love A Diamond

Written-By – Berns*

A6Gloria

Written-By – Morrison*

A7You Just Can't Win

Written-By – Morrison*

B1Go On Home Baby

Written-By – Berns*

B2Don't Look Back

Written-By – Hooker*

B3I Like It Like That

Written-By – Morrison*

B4I'm Gonna Dress In Black

Written-By – Gillon*, Howe*

B5Bright Lights Big City

Written-By – Reed*

B6My Little Baby

Written-By – Berns*, Farrell*

B7(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

Written-By – Troup*

Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited

Printed By – James Upton Ltd.

Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited

Made By – The Decca Record Company Limited

Lacquer Cut at – Decca Studios

Published By – Hyde Park Music (2)

Published By – One Four Two Music

Published By – Belgravia Music

Published By – E. H. Morris

Lacquer Cut By – A (26)

Producer – Tommy Scott

First pressing only mentions Tommy Scott as the producer on the back cover, below the tracklisting and above the Decca logo. Covers were changed almost immediately to add Bert Berns and Dick Rowe (see The "Angry" Young Them!).

Issued on red deep groove Decca labels with "unboxed" logo and "Long Playing ffrr." The boxed "N.C.B" is on the right on the B-side label. Tax code appears above label matrices.

Front cover laminated.

On back cover:

Laminated with 'Clarifoll' made by British Celanese Limited

Printed in England by James Upton Ltd. Birmingham & London.

© 1965, The Decca Record Company Limited, London.

On labels:

Made In England • The Decca Record Co. Ltd.

℗1965

First catalog number (LK.4700) on labels.

Second catalog number (LK 4700) on jacket.

Artist/title on back cover: The "Angry" Young THEM !

Artist/title on labels and spine appears only as "Them."

No artist/title on front cover.

Track publishers:

A1 to A3, A6, A7, B3: Hyde Park Music

A4, B2, B5: 142 Music

A5, B1, B4, B6: Belgravia Music

B7: E. H. Morris

Runouts are stamped, additional markings/plating identifiers may be positioned opposite the matrix.

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.