Van Morrison - His Band & The Street Choir - VINYL LP

Pressed on 180 gram vinyl at RTI. Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Grey at Acoustech Mastering. Features all original packaging. Highlights include 'Caravan', 'Into the Mystic' and 'Moondance'. Van Morrison's 1970's follow up album to Astral Weeks titled Moondance was every bit as brilliant; buoyant and optimistic where Astral Weeks had been dark and anguished it cracked the Top 40 and generated classic hits. Album Tracks 1. And It Stoned Me 2. Moondance 3. Crazy Love 4. Caravan 5. Into the Mystic 6. Come Running 7. These Dreams of You 8. Brand New Day 9. Everyone 10. Glad Tidings

- Featuring the U.S. Top Ten smash hit 'Brown Eyed Girl' - The most popular song of the entire 1960s decade. - As featured in the Julia Roberts film Sleeping With The Enemy- The original New York alternate takes.Sir George Ivan Morrison needs little introduction to the record buying public. He was born in Belfast in 1945 and his music career, spanning seven decades, has earned him countless awards, accolades and honours including an OBE, two Grammy's, a further five Grammy nominations, a Brit, an Ivor Novello, BMI Icon, induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and a Knight Bachelor in 2015.Morrison is often cited as one of the greatest artists and writers of our time and his debut solo hit 'Brown Eyed Girl' - the focus of our collection - was considered the most popular song of the entire Sixties in a 2015 evaluation. The song was recorded during a controversial two-day session at A & R Studios in New York in March 1967. Eight songs were laid down and released on Bang Records by tag owner Bert Berns, without consultation or approval from Morrison. Despite the fall-out the album, Blowin' Your Mindprompted the of 'Brown Eyed Girl' as a single and it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It spent 16 weeks in the charts and is considered Morrison's signature song. Here, we present the original Bang alternate takes showcasing Morrison's raw talent at the birth of his solo career. Album Tracks 1. Brown Eyed Girl 2. He Ain't Give You None (With False Start) 3. T.B. Sheets 4. Spanish Rose 5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) 6. Ro Ro Rosey 7. Who Drove the Red Sports Car? (With Spoken Intro) 8. Midnight Special

Pressed on 180gram vinyl. Mastered from the original analog master tapes and it features all original packaging 1968's Astral Weeks remains not only Morrison's masterpiece, but one of the greatest records ever made. A haunting, deeply personal collection of impressionistic Folk styled epics recorded by an All Star Jazz backing unit including bassist Richard Davis and drummer Connie Kay, it's poetic complexity earned critical raves but made only a minimal commercial impact. Astral Weeks had been dark and anguished. Album Tracks 1. Astral Weeks 2. Beside You 3. Sweet Thing 4. Cyprus Avenue 5. Way Young Lovers Do 6. Madame George 7. Ballerina 8. Slim Slow Slider