Bright Side of the Road (1979 studio version)
~ Recording by Van Morrison
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:45 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 9102 852 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:40 | Van Morrison | Bright Side of the Road | Van Morrison | Single |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 6001 121 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:44 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | HS 3390 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | Into the Music (made in West Germany by Polygram) | Van Morrison | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 800 057-2 |
| 1.9 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | The Best of Rock Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2290 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 841 970-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 841 970-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation | Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 841 970-2 | |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 839 603-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 841 970-4 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 841 970-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 841 970-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | STARCD 5688 |
| 1.4 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | Michael: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Revolution (late 1990s US, subsidiary of Giant Records) | 9 24666-2 |
| 1.14 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:43 | Van Morrison | Fever Pitch: Music and Moments From the Film | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | 0630-18453-2, WE833 | ||
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Exile (Van Morrison) | 537 540-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile (Van Morrison), Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 559 440-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 31453 7459-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile (Van Morrison) | 537 459-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | STARCD6430 |
| 1.15 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | At the Movies – Soundtrack Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile Productions Ltd. (not for Label Release) | |
| 1.15 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | At the Movies: Soundtrack Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation | EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 00946 3 84224 2 6 | |
| 1.5 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Still on Top: The Greatest Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile (Van Morrison) | 1749967 |
| 1.5 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Still on Top: The Greatest Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile (Van Morrison) | 1747483 |
| 1.5 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Still on Top – The Greatest Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile (Van Morrison) | 1747483 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Exile (Van Morrison), Polydor (British label, see annotation) | UICY-93437 |
| 1.11 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:45 | Van Morrison | Still on Top: The Greatest Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) | B0010070-02 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Exile (Van Morrison) | |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | ?:?? | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Exile (Van Morrison), Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 5305454 |
| 1.5 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Still on Top: The Greatest Hits | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | B0010567-02 |
| 2.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Essential Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875141712 |
| 2.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Essential Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 888751290624 |
| 2.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Essential Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:49 | Van Morrison | Anthology | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | Into the Music (made in West Germany) | Van Morrison | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 800 057-2 |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Into the Music | Van Morrison | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 26248-2 |
| 1.4 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:47 | Van Morrison | Michael: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Giant (imprint for “Giant Records”, Warner Bros. subsidiary) | |
| 1.1 | Bright Side of the Road | 3:46 | Van Morrison | The Best of Van Morrison | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Mick Glossop (producer & engineer) (in 1979) |
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| assistant engineer: | Alex Kash |
| assistant producer: | Mick Glossop (producer & engineer) |
| producer: | Van Morrison |
| assistant mixer: | Leslie Ann Jones (recording engineer) |
| mixer: | Mick Glossop (producer & engineer) |
| guest tabla: | Zakir Hussain (in 1979) |
| horn arranger: | Pee Wee Ellis Mark Isham (American musician and score composer) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Exile Productions Ltd. (not for Label Release) (in 1979) |
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| recorded at: | The Record Plant (Sausalito, 1972-1981) in Sausalito, California, United States (in 1979) |
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| mixed at: | The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States |
| recording of: | Bright Side of the Road (in 1979) |
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Related works
Bright Side of the Road
| lyricist and composer: | Van Morrison |
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| publisher: | Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Essential Music (logo subtitled "The music of your life") Exile Publishing Ltd. Gallo Music Publishers Intersong Music Ltd. PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. Songs of PolyGram Int'l, Inc. Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) |
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