How about a reissue of Saint Dominic's Preview? I don't think you can even buy that on CD anymore.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
really? crazy.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
you can basically do what you like van, you've earned it, but ffs "Streets of Arklow - Van Morrison & Mick Hucknall"
― woof, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
Xp yeah it is crazy but it's definitely been OOP for a few years, cuz I remember being really excited to find the vinyl at my college radio station c.2007 (& subsequently really disappointed in the record's condition)
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
Van doesn't earn anything from the Warner Bros albs, so he's got no motivation or interest in helping out with or endorsing remastered editions.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
yeah makes sense that he wouldn't want to do it, but can he stop WB from doing it?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Well he couldn't with Moondance - but can't think of another reason why WB haven't given Astral Weeks similar deluxe treatment (there are def outtakes etc floating around on bootlegs)
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
are there actual astral weeks outtakes on bootlegs? only things I've heard are the acoustic demos for moondance. i would kill for astral weeks session outtakes. KILL.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Think there's def some AW session stuff on that four CD 'Genuine Philosopher's Stone' bootleg set
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
should've gone with 'astral leaks'
― we reward the hake (NickB), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
there are some pre-astral weeks demos, but i don't think there are any actual session outtakes on that genuine philosopher's stone set.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
kinda love that the duets record almost exclusively focuses on '80s and '90s material, very van
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
Hey did anyone read that Clinton Heylin bio of Van? I gave up pretty early in because he was so dismissive of The Them and Bang Records stuff, and also seemed weirdly hung up on bashing other Van Morrison biographies. Is it worth schlepping through the whole thing?
― Brio2, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
it has some good stuff iirc, but you have to take the good with the cranky when it comes to heylin. great interview w/ astral weeks' producer here: http://darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2009/03/in-full-lewis-merenstein-producer-of.html
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
wtf are you playing at Van? God bless the fucking Queen, long may she reign over us?
― Willibald Pirckheimers Briefwechsel (Tom D.), Saturday, 13 June 2015 09:29 (eight years ago) link
Really disappointed to find out that the 00s reissues of the early to mid 70s stuff was long gone. THink I had thought until sometime last year that it was still available just not on local shelves. & not sure how popular back catalogue Van is, despite this being ireland etc. Would hope that it would be since there is some classic stuff there. I think at the time i was just bewailing the lack of an Astral Weeks in the series and putting other titles on the back burner. I do at least have a Veedon Fleece from that series but should definitely have St Dominic's Preview and a couple of others. Actually not sure of the state of that VF since somebody left it face up on a table in an environment that had a lot of sand blowing around in it. Mostly listened to tracks from it on my walkman until recently I think.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 13 June 2015 10:14 (eight years ago) link
van morrison is really weird, why is this man shouting at me about how much he loves me? stop shouting at me!
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Great interview linked above! I don't have any idea of what to make of this part of it though:
HS: I'm wondering if you feel in your years since then, did you ever hear any albums or artists that were kind of picking up the thread of what you guys had begun with that record?
LM: I think it may have, I don't know. I have heard artists, the first album of this English group.
HS: Current group? Radiohead?
LM: Beautiful keyboard thing, singing beautiful vocals. The lead singer is married to the actress.
HS: Coldplay.
LM: Their first album wiped me to the ground, leveled me. I lie in bed, listened to the album, and had the same feeling. When I get that feeling, I know something is going to happen. A friend of mine in California, had just gotten it and said, "Lewis, I'm going to send you an album that's just going to knock you down." Coldplay did the same thing to me in a way; it got me in the same place where it just exhausted my emotions, I said, "Oh I can't hear it again. Let me hear it again, but I can't hear it again." It was too much to handle.
― niels, Saturday, 27 June 2015 08:56 (eight years ago) link
Legacy is going reissue all Van recordings
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/legacy-recordings-acquires-catalog-of-music-legend-van-morrison-spanning-more-than-50-years-of-music-300132701.html
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
hooray!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 00:53 (eight years ago) link
finally i can listen to hymns to the silence at work
hi Brad
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 01:11 (eight years ago) link
aweeesome news
― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
First Legacy Reissue Announced: http://theseconddisc.com/2015/11/05/g-l-o-r-i-ous-legacy-announces-new-set-featuring-van-morrisons-complete-recordings-with-them/
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:58 (eight years ago) link
Nice
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link
Have heard the solo stuff is coming early next year. Still not heard what exactly is coming whether it's the 4 initially announced to get Legacy Deluxe releases or a much larger selection.
I have The Story Of Them but will probably grab this upgrade.
Got the new Astral Weeks playing now and its great.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 12 November 2015 07:44 (eight years ago) link
You what's the rumpus with this? Tyler tweeted it last night, can't seem to find any more details
http://www.amazon.com/Its-Too-Late-Stop-Volumes/dp/B01EMP3WOY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461686090&sr=1-1&keywords=Volumes+II%2C+III%2C+IV
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:51 (eight years ago) link
yeah, apparently all previously unreleased stuff from the same shows as it's too late to stop now + a DVD of a rainbow theatre gig, which has rarely been seen (i think it was on youtube for a bit, but i've never seen it). haven't seen a tracklisting yet. should be totally great.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
Think I may have the Rainbow thing of dvd. Seems to have dialogue duplicating things on the lp, but he may have some of the same things repeated at the same spot in different shows.I got it from Minus Zero about 8 or 9 years back but think it may be something that was torrented in a few places. It came with a cd of related audio I think. Cd split when I took it out of the dvd case. Shame, I like the band from then.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Was it a tv broadcast from the time?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
&is this likely to mean a bunch of Van back catalogue appearing on cd at last? Been best part of a year by then since the digital d/lds appeared. 10 months?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
yeah i think it's all trickling out. the rainbow film was broadcast on the BBC in 1974 I think?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
Disc: 1 1. Come Running 2. These Dreams of You 3. The Way Young Lovers Do 4. Snow in San Anselmo 5. I Just Want to Make Love to You 6. Bring It on Home to Me 7. Purple Heather 8. Hey, Good Lookin' 9. Bein' Green 10. Brown Eyed Girl 11. Listen to the Lion 12. Hard Nose the Highway 13. Moondance 14. Cyprus Avenue 15. Caravan
Disc: 2 1. I've Been Working 2. There There Child 3. No Way 4. Since I Fell for You 5. Wild Night 6. I Paid the Price 7. Domino 8. Gloria 9. Buona Sera 10. Moonshine Whiskey 11. Ain't Nothing You Can Do 12. Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket 13. Sweet Thing 14. Into the Mystic 15. I Believe to My Soul
Disc: 3 1. Listen to the Lion 2. I Paid the Price 3. Bein' Green 4. Since I Fell for You 5. Into the Mystic 6. Everyone 7. I Believe to My Soul 8. Sweet Thing 9. I Just Want to Make Love to You 10. Wild Children 11. Here Comes the Night 12. Buona Sera 13. Domino 14. Caravan 15. Cyprus Avenue
Disc: 4 1. Here Comes the Night 2. I Just Want to Make Love to You 3. Brown Eyed Girl 4. Moonshine Whiskey 5. Moondance 6. Help Me 7. Domino 8. Caravan 9. Cyprus Avenue
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
listening to the original it's too late, and damn it remains so good
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's the definitive version of Caravan in my estimation, so joyful
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Do Love the Caledonian Soul Orchestra. What i've heard from him live from around that time has been pretty great, as long as the sound is good.
he's pretty good throughout '74 too I think. Though CSO cease to be sometime during that.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
yeah i find myself wondering about all the people who played w/ van during this time ... how good they are, and how they seem to disappear after van gives them the boot!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 16:17 (eight years ago) link
Revival of this thread finally got me to some of the music linked from Tyler's great blog, like the sets in this post (though better to do Google Advanced Search than tumblr's own search semi-function)http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/77389633507/van-morrison-live-at-the-lions-share-san
― dow, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
― tylerw, Wednesday, April 27, 2016 12:17 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, yeah, the last time I listened to it I thought, hm, ok, these are obviously big-deal players, wonder who they are? Didn't recognize a single name.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i assume a lot of 'em in the early to mid-70s are bay area session dudes ... maybe i'm just looking in the wrong places for them. would be interesting to read an oral history from van's sidemen. i imagine some of it wouldn't be pretty.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Oh well yknow Morrison had some well-known jazz musicians (and Ronnie Montrose) on previous albums, but the only name that comes to mind re mid-70s Caledonia Soul is John Platania, who also played with Raitt, Newman, a bunch of others back then, and even got back with Van for the 2000s live album verion of Astral Weeks---how is that, btw??
― dow, Thursday, 28 April 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
i've never heard that live astral weeks ... not sure if i really want to.
― tylerw, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:15 (eight years ago) link
new album sounds good!
― niels, Sunday, 16 October 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Van still seems very cranky, though:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/van-morrison-on-blues-roots-rock-roll-bulls--t-w441824
― niels, Sunday, 16 October 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
what's new
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 16 October 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Exactly
― Special Derrida Blues (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 October 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
i like the new one a lot, v autumnal
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Cranky or not looking forward to seeing him tomorrow night in SF.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
Cool, let us know how it goes!
― niels, Sunday, 16 October 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
Is there still now news about the reissue of the cd catalogue?Was really hoping to get at least the early 70s studio stuff.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 16 October 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link