Gets His Chance to Wail

This is a multi-CD collection of bootleg material, with a rather confusing publishing history. The following information on the chronology of this set is from Craig Kerns:

There are four different discs that I know of in the Gets His Chance To Wail saga:

Gets His Chance To Wail
No record label - product # 17087-1
The original Gets His Chance To Wail has 17 tracks from 1969-1971. Mostly demos that would end up on Moondance, His Band and the Street Choir, Tupelo Honey and several others.
Laughing In the Wind (Van Morrison Gets His Chance To Wail Vol. 1)
Gold Standard - MOR 768
19 tracks - 12 studio demos from 1969 & 1970 including some of the same songs on the original GHCTW (but better sounding) and 7 demos from 1974 & 1975 that are not on any offical release.
Note: the disc itself is labeled Naked In the Jungle Vol. 1, but the 'booklet' and jewel box are Laughing In the Wind.
Naked In the Jungle (Van Morrison Gets His Chance To Wail Vol. 2)
Gold Standard - ANA 728
17 tracks - 6 studio demos from 1969-1971 including some more of the same songs on the original GHCTW. 10 tracks from 1974-1976 and "Foreign Window" with Bob Dylan live from "late 1980's".
Rocks His Gypsy Soul (Van Morrison Gets His Chance To Wail Vol. 3)
Gold Standard - 195-VM-16-08
17 tracks - 12 live songs from the Fillmore West April 26, 1970. 2 studios demos from 1964. 1 Them track live at the BBC in 1965. 2 tracks with the Caledonia Soul Orchestra 1973.

The first two Gold Standard discs may have been sold as a double disc set (I think I [Craig Kerns] saw them advertised by someone in GOLDMINE that way).

See also Gypsy Soul - a later (1996) bootleg with material from both Laughing In The Wind and Naked In The Jungle - and the And It Stoned Me boot (which appears to be just a clone of the original Gets His Chance to Wail). Note that "Lean On Me" and "Wasn't That a Time"on the original Gets His Chance to Wail are known as "Hey, Where are You" and "Rock and Roll Band" (the title Van announces on the track) on the Gypsy Soul bootleg.

Review from Carsten Brenski: The 3 CD set "Van Morrison Gets His Chance to Wail" is really a jewel among lots of Bootlegs. Vol. 1 & 2 contain rare studio outtakes and demos, most of them played "unplugged", only Van singing and playing guitar. There are even "preview versions" of songs he later did on albums in the nineties such as "Real Real Gone" or "I Need Your Kind Of Loving". The sound quality of the CD's is very pleasant throughout. Vol. 3 contains mainly the well-known concert of Van at Fillmore West, San Francisco, April 26th 1970. The show must have been broadcasted but nevertheless none of the other CD's which cover this show have a comparable stunning sound for a 25 year old recording.

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