Six of the songs on the album were Morrison originals, including the famous
garage band anthem "
Gloria". Another song on the album, "
Mystic Eyes", was a spontaneous creation that came out of the band just "
busking around" in Morrison's words and after seven minutes of instrumental playing he impulsively threw in the words of a song he had been working on. The lengthy versions of "Gloria" that the band performed at the Maritime and the 10-minute recording of "Mystic Eyes" have never surfaced. All that is left of the "Mystic Eyes" performance is the little over 2 minutes on the album that remained after splicing out from the beginning and ending. "You Just Can't Win" was a
Bob Dylan-inspired song about a gold digger, set in specific places in London such as
Camden Town. "Little Girl" was about a boy's obsession with a 14-year-old school girl (an earlier take on
Lord's Taverners charity album had been deleted when a profanity was heard in the fade out at the end). "If You And I Could Be As Two" starts with a spoken introduction by Morrison. Three originals by
Bert Berns were included and a cover of
John Lee Hooker's "
Don't Look Back" was considered by Morrison to be his finest vocal to date. ==Track listing==