[3] Morrison does not regard this record as a true album, as Bert Berns compiled and released it without his consent.
[4] This session was widely bootlegged and eventually given an official release in 2017 as part of The Authorized Bang Collection.
The album jacket's psychedelic design was strongly disliked by Morrison and his fans, who felt it misrepresented his musical style.
It references Notting Hill Gate and Curzon Street in London, England, places Morrison would have been familiar with when he lived there during his earlier touring days.
Brian Hinton compares "the delighted contempt of the singer, the song's graveyard pace, the stately organ and stinging guitar" to the Highway 61 period of Bob Dylan.