VAN MORRISON COLLECTION OF 15 TITLES AND 21 PIECES OF VINYL - TWO TITLES ARE IN MINT CONDITION THE REST ARE ALL FACTORY SEALED - MOST ARE OUT OF PRINT AUDIOPHILE MASTERPIECES & OUR LAST COMPLETE SET FOREVER

COLLECTION STARTS WITH KEEP IT SIMPLE DOUBLE LP SET - ORIGINAL RELEASE WITH 3 BONUS TRACKS THAT WERE ONLY ON THIS VINYL RELEASE NOW OUT OF PRINT AND OUR LAST COPY FOREVER IN THIS MINT CONDITION STILL IN THE PLASTIC WRAP & MARKETING STICKER STILL ATTACHED.

Those familiar with Van Morrison’s ever mercurial muse could hardly have been surprised when he turned up on the artistically centered, avant-country label Lost Highway to pay tribute to a era-spanning slate of country icons on the Nashville imprint's ‘06 collection, Pay the Devil. But while the ensuing years were dominated by several rich anthologies of Morrison’s work, he’s returned here to masterfully show his love of country was no passing fancy. As the title suggests, Morrison’s self-produced approach to the genre is both musically and emotionally elemental, a no frills approach that fits him like a well-worn pair of Tony Llamas. Indeed, even as he’s addressing matters of musical style and substance in an unusually introspective way on "That’s Entertainment" and "Soul," the veteran’s singing here is so natural and deceptively effortless as to disguise how forcefully Morrison has immersed himself in the country mold – or, more to the point, remade it lovingly in his own image, also marking the first time in several years he’s penned all the songs on one of his albums. Whether offering a little tutelage about the vagaries of fate on "School of Hard Knocks," taking W.C. Handy’s "St. Louis Blues" as the starting point for the slow-burning, Hammond B3-seeped country blues lament "Don’t Go to Nightclubs Anymore," or preaching the backroads Zen gospel of the title track and Banjo-seasoned elegy "Song of Home," Morrison’s warm, world-weary voice connects with themes that are as familiar as sunshine – and every bit as fundamentally complicated. 

Product Description

On April 1st, Lost Highway will proudly release Keep It Simple, the new album from Van Morrison. Keep It Simple is Morrison's first album of new material since 2005, and the first in several years in which he composed all 11 songs specifically for one album.

In the interim the legendary artist had a year that may be unprecedented for any living artist, having released three separate collections of his hits, with the latest, Still On Top entering the UK charts at #2 and selling platinum, proving the ongoing appetite for his unrivalled work.

His music has always incorporated the widely varied influences he heard and absorbed since his childhood days on the streets of Belfast- long before the bands of his youth and his initial breakthrough with the band he started early on- called "Them."

On Keep It Simple, Morrison honors all those varied influences - Ulster-Scots Celtic, Jazz, Folk, Blues, Country, Soul and Gospel - and an added surprise of a mighty Ukelele -most times melding them all together at once creating his unmistakable signature sound.

In some of these songs Morrison addresses the propaganda of the myth perpetrating rock music world. There is a definite theme that recurs throughout the album, especially in the title track.

In keeping with that idea, Keep It Simple does not boast the big horns or expected string arrangements of some of Morrison's previous work. What it does feature are gorgeous songs rich with emotion, depth and beauty.

The LP edition boasts 3 additional tracks recorded live in 2008: "Blue And Green", "Little Village", "And The Healing Has Begun".

Track Listings

1. How Can a Poor Boy? 2. School of Hard Knocks 3. That's Entrainment 4. Don't Go to Nightclubs Anymore 5. Lover Come Back 6. Keep It Simple 7. End of the Land 8. Song of Home 9. No Thing 10. Soul 11. Behind the Ritual 12. Blue And Green (Recorded Live 2008-Vinyl Only) 13. Little Village (Recorded Live 2008-Vinyl Only) 14. And THe Healing Has Begun (Recorded Live 2008-Vinyl Only)

VAN MORRISON - PAY THE DEVIL - ORIGINAL RELEASE 180 Gram Limited Edition classic LP high-definition Virgin Vinyl pressing for superior fidelity OUT OF PRINT & BECOMING TREMENDOUSLY RARE IN MINT CONDITION.

Pay The Devil is a new country set from the legendary Van Morrison. It is comprised of 14 tracks; three of these are originals and 11 are covers of some of Morrison's favorite classic country songs, including "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Things Have Gone To Pieces" and "Big Blue Diamonds." In 1962, Ray Charles, one of Morrison's biggest influences recorded the monumental Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music. At the time the genre jump seemed risky, but Charles proved that a great artist could make it work if he worked with great songs. Morrison, who has successfully recorded jazz, rock, R&B, blues, Celtic, skiffle and more, proves that theory to be valid. His distinctive voice melds seamlessly with these classics written by songwriting masters such as Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Merle Kilgore, Rodney Crowell and Leon Payne.

Track Listings

               1.            There Stands The Glass

               2.            Half As Much

               3.            Things Have Gone To Pieces

               4.            Big Blue Diamonds

               5.            Playhouse

               6.            Your Cheatin Heart

               7.            My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

               8.            Back Street Affair

               9.            Pay The Devil

               10.         What Am I Living For

               11.         This Has Got To Stop

               12.         Once A Day

               13.         More And More

               14.         Till I Gain Control Again

ASTRAL WEEKS - Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 19/500!

TAS Recommended! Rated a 'Best Audiophile Label Recording' in the November 2009 issue of The Absolute Sound!
TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the April/May 2009 Issue of The Absolute Sound!

Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Acoustech Mastering!

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, its poetic complexity earned critical raves but made only a minimal commercial impact.

"There was no precedent for it in Van Morrison's previous vocal and songwriting success: the bright, rolling pop of his 1967 Top Ten hit, "Brown Eyed Girl"; his earlier spell as the leader of Irish R&B punks Them and writer of the garage-rock standard "Gloria." And Morrison — a notoriously private man for whom singing and songwriting have long been a form of emotional armor as well as release — never sounded as warm and ecstatic, more sensual and vulnerable, as he did on Astral Weeks." - 

"Once the needle drops, it's as if the music is being piped in from the heavens. Vocals are lifelike, levels non-fatiguing, and instruments richly detailed." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound, April/May 2009, Issue 192

Features:
• Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Acoustech Mastering!
• Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl
• Pressed at R.T.I.
• Features all original packaging
• Single Pocket Gatefold Jacket with Insert

Selections:
Part One: In The Beginning
1. Astral Weeks
2. Beside You
3. Sweet Thing
4. Cyprus Avenue
Part Two: Afterwards
5. Young Lovers Do
6. Madame George
7. Ballerina
8. Slim Slow Slider  

VAN MORRISON - MOON DANCE  - Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 66/500!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Into The Mystic" - Rated 474/500!

TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the April/May 2009 Issue of The Absolute Sound! Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the July 2009 Issue of Stereophile!

Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at AcousTech Mastering and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

It's unusual for a decade-defining record to come out in that decade's first year, but that was clearly the case with "Moondance". While it would have been one of the finest albums of any decade, it clearly marked a turning point both for Van Morrison and for rock as a whole. Coming after 1968's expansive, acoustic, jazz-inflected "Astral Weeks", "Moondance" marks a complete about-face; instead of looking inward to the depths of his soul, Van turned his gaze towards sunnier climes, offering up a seamless disc of tightly composed and arranged tunes brimming with warmth and energy.

Here the R&B influence that had been part of Morrison's toolkit since his days fronting them truly came to the fore at last. "Crazy Love", "Caravan", and "Brand New Day" could have been covered by any great soul singer, even as they redefined "soul" through the filter of Morrison's eclectic sensibilities. An openhearted record full of truly inspirational moments, "Moondance" is Van at the absolute top of his game, setting the pace for everyone else to follow. Nearly every song here is a stone-cold classic, and "Moondance" has become embedded in the collective pop consciousness as one of the most important touchstones of its time.

"That was the type of band I dig," Morrison said of the Moondance sessions. "Two horns and a rhythm section — they're the type of bands that I like best." Morrison took that soul-band lineup and blended it with jazz, blues, poetry and vivid memories of his Irish childhood, until songs such as the title track, "And It Stoned Me" and "Caravan" felt like a lucid dream. On the sprightly "Everyone," Morrison turns the title over and over in his mouth, not scatting so much as searching for the sound of magic. One song, "Into the Mystic," serves as an apt summary: To listen to the album is to get your passport stamped for Morrison's world of ecstatic visions." - rollingstone

"...Songs such as the title track 'And It Stoned Me' and 'Caravan' felt like a lucid dream..." - Rolling Stone (12/11/03)

"Once the needle drops, it's as if the music is being piped in from the heavens. Vocals are lifelike, levels non-fatiguing, and instruments richly detailed." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound, April/May 2009, Issue 192

"'Into the Mystic' is one of Morrison's warmest ballads, an Otis Redding-style reverie with acoustic guitar and horns. The lyrics are truly mysterious: "People say, 'What does this mean?' said Morrison. 'A lot of times I have no idea what I mean. That's what I like about rock & roll — the concept. Like Little Richard — what does he mean? You can't take him apart; that's rock & roll to me.'" - Rolling Stone

Features:
• Cut by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at AcousTech Mastering!
• From the Original Analog Master Tapes!
• Pressed on Virgin 180-Gram Vinyl at Record Technology, Inc.
• Gatefold Packaging

Musicians:
Van Morrison - guitar, rhythm guitar, tambourine, vocals
Judy Clay - vocals, background vocals
Cissy Houston - vocals
Emily Houston - background vocals
John Klingberg - bass
Jeff Labes - organ, percussion, piano, keyboard, clavinet
Gary Malabar - percussion, drums, vibraphone
Guy Masson - conga
John Platania - guitar, rhythm guitar
Jack Schroer - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
David Shaw - clarinet, percussion
Collin Tilton- flute, tenor saxophone,
Jackie Verdell - vocals, background vocals

Selections:
1. 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

Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco You're Driving Me Crazy 2LP SET

Collaborative Album On Vinyl LP!

Van Morrison Joins Forces with Jazz Organ Virtuoso Joey DeFrancesco on You're Driving Me Crazy

Morrison's 39th Studio Collection Showcases Electrifying Musical Collaborations, Fresh Interpretations of Blues/Jazz Standards and Deep Cuts from Van's Songbook

You're Driving Me Crazy is a musical collaboration of Van Morrison with Hammond organ virtuoso and trumpet master Joey DeFrancesco.

A new milestone in Van Morrison's ever-expanding catalog of essential recordings, You're Driving Me Crazy finds the iconic Irish singer-songwriter-performer exploring a variety of jazz and blues standards and classics ("Miss Otis Regrets," "The Things I Used to Do," "Every Day I Have the Blues") alongside fresh interpretations of songs from Van's own catalog ("Have I Told You Lately," "The Way Young Lovers Do," "Magic Time").

You're Driving Me Crazy finds Morrison collaborating in the studio with DeFrancesco and his band--including Dan Wilson (guitar), Michael Ode (drums) and Troy Roberts (tenor saxophone). DeFrancesco, who signed his first deal with Columbia Records at the age of 16, has performed with Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Grover Washington, Jr. and many more while leading his own band, and is responsible for bringing the classic Hammond organ sound back to the world of jazz in the late 1980s.

The world of jazz has provided a vital ongoing influence on the music of Van Morrison, whose acclaimed 1968 studio masterpiece, Astral Weeks, showcased jazz musicians Connie Kay, Jay Berliner, and Richard Davis. Inspired by the spontaneity, soul and sound of jazz, Morrison has performed on stage and/or in the studio with a variety of jazz and blues musicians including John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Mose Allison, Bobby Bland, Solomon Burke, Jeff Beck, Georgie Fame, Robbie Robertson, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Maceo Parker, Candy Dulfer and others.

Joey DeFrancesco is a prolific American jazz organist, trumpeter, and vocalist and Grammy-nominee who signed his first record deal (with Columbia Records) at the age of 16 and has gone on to release more than 30 albums. He has performed on stage and in the studio with a wide variety of artists including Miles Davis, Jimmy Smith, Ray Charles, Bette Midler, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, Larry Coryell, Frank Wess, John McLaughlin, Danny Gatton, Elvin Jones, and many more. DeFrancesco is a nine-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (organ) and has won the Down Beat Readers Poll every year since 2005. He has won a number of JazzTimes Awards and is an inaugural member of the Hammond Hall of Fame.

Features:
• Double LP
• Gatefold jacket
• Limited time digital download

Selections:
Side 1:
1. Miss Otis Regrets
2. Hold It Right There
3. All Saints Day
4. The Way Young Lovers Do
Side 2:
5. The Things I Used To Do
6. Travellin' Light
7. Close Enough For Jazz
Side 3:
8. Goldfish Bowl
9. Evening Shadows
10. Magic Time
11. You're Driving Me Crazy
Side 4:
12. Every Day I Have The Blues
13. Have I Told You Lately
14. Sticks And Stones
15. Celtic Swing

THEM WITH VAN MORRISON THEM AGAIN LIMITED EDITION VINYL LP 2016 180-gram vinyl reissue

The classic album featuring Van Morrison, original U.K. art and track listing!

 

Includes "It's All Over Now," "Baby Blue" and "I Got A Woman"

 

Them Again was Them's second, and, for all intents and purposes, last full album, writes Bruce Eder for AllMusic.

 

"To this day, nobody knows who played on the album, other than Van Morrison and bassist Alan Henderson, though it is probable that Jimmy Page was seldom very far away when Them was recording. The 16 songs here are a little less focused than the first LP. The material was cut under siege conditions, with a constantly shifting lineup and a grueling tour schedule; essentially, there was no 'group' to provide focus to the sound, only Morrison's voice, so the material bounces from a surprisingly restrained 'I Put a Spell on You' to the garage-punkoid 'I Can Only Give You Everything.' Folk-rock rears its head not only on the moody cover of Dylan's 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' but also the Morrison-authored 'My Lonely Sad Eyes,' but the main thrust is soul, which Morrison oozes everywhere ... his is a voice that could easily have knocked Mick Jagger or Eric Burdon off their respective perches." — AllMusic

 

 

 

               Side 1

               Could You Would You

               Something You Got

               Call My Name

               Turn on Your Love Light

               I Put a Spell on You

               I Can Only Give You Everything

               My Lonely Sad Eyes

               I Got a Woman

              

Side 2

               Out of Sight

               It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

               Bad or Good

               How Long Baby

               Hello Josephine

               Don't You Know

               Hey Girl

               Bring 'Em on In

 BLOWIN YOUR MIND! -

 

THESE ORIGINAL EUROPEAN LIMITED EDITION PRESSING NOW OUT OF PRINT & BECOMING TREMENDOUSLY RARE.  Which includes the 49th best song in Rock N Roll history Morrison's Classic Brown Eyed Girl

 

After a young Van Morrison left his Belfast R&B-pop band Them following a couple of U.K. hits in "Gloria" and "Here Comes the Night," American producer-songwriter Bert Berns brought him to New York for 48 hours in early 1967 to record the tracks that would become BLOWIN’ YOUR MIND.

 

Berns died shortly thereafter, but the tracks he cut included the song that launched Morrison's solo career--the U.S. top 10 hit "Brown Eyed Girl." - voted the 49th Best Single of All-Time.

 

Most of these songs have been released on early Morrison compilations, including some on this same label. Originally produced by Epic/distributed by Sony Music on Bang Records in 1968 - this is a repressed version in its original format with great psychedelic artwork on the cover.

 

Contains some youthful vocal magic on the soul standard "He Ain't Give You None," the stark and graphic "TB Sheets," and the strange and wonderful "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)."

 

This was undoubtedly Morrison's first period of transition. After the release of BLOWIN’ YOUR MIND! he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to work on his next album, th eASTRAL WEEKS landmark.

 

Tracks include: Brown Eyed Girl - He Ain’t Give You None - T.B. Sheets - Spanish Rose - Goodbye Baby - Ro Ro Rosey - Who Drove The Red Sports Card and Midnight Special.

 

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PLUS BONUS BANG SESSIONS THAT WAS LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED TO 300 COPIES WITH COLLECTORS PIN INCLUDED. YOURS IS NUMBERED 151

 

Van Morrison Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue 150 GRAM LIMITED EDITION 2LP SET

150g Double LP Features 16 Newly Reimagined Songs from Morrison's Catalog!

Guests Features Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Mark Knopfler, and More!

 

Musical icon and visionary Van Morrison’s Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue is the 35th studio album of his storied career. The album was produced by Van Morrison along with Don Was and Bob Rock.

 

Morrison re-recorded some of his favorite songs from throughout his catalog, enlisting some of the artists he most respects to perform along with him to re-imagine them. Special guests featured on the album include Michael Bublé, Bobby Womack, Steve Winwood, Mark Knopfler, Mavis Staples, Natalie Cole, Joss Stone, Taj Mahal, George Benson, Mick Hucknall, P.J. Proby, Clare Teal, Gregory Porter, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, and Van’s daughter Shana Morrison.

 

Van Morrison is considered one of the most prolific recording artists and extraordinary live performers of our time. He has received a multitude of awards and accolades including 6 Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, an OBE, an Ivor Novello, has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and possesses honorary doctorates from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster, as well as entry into the French Ordres Des Artes Et Des Lettres, all illustrating the international reach of Van’s musical art. Van Morrison has collaborated with, among others, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Lonnie Donegan, Mose Allison and Tom Jones, all confirming the breadth of his musical reach. His visionary songwriting and mastery of many genres continues to shine on albums celebrating and re-exploring his blues, jazz, skiffle and country roots. With one of the most revered catalogues in music history, his talents as a composer, singer and performer are unmatched.

 

"...his sense of phrasing is as soulful and idiosyncratic as it has ever been, and he seems determined to find something in these songs that he missed the first time...Morrison gives this material an honest and thoughtful effort...a solid, heartfelt work from a veteran artist who isn't about to give up the ghost." -Mark Deming, allmusic

 

Features:

• Double LP

• 150g Vinyl

• Gatefold Jacket

 

Selections:

LP 1 - Side 1:

1. Some Peace of Mind - with Bobby Womack

2. Lord, If I Ever Needed Someone - with Mavis Staples

3. Higher Than the World - with George Benson

4. Wild Honey - with Joss Stone

LP 1 - Side 2:

1. Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby - with P.J. Proby

2. Carrying A Torch - with Clare Teal

3. The Eternal Kansas City - with Gregory Porter

4. Streets of Arklow - with Mick Hucknall

 

LP 2 - Side 3:

1. These Are the Days - with Natalie Cole

2. Get On With the Show - with Georgie Fame

3. Rough God Goes Riding - with Shana Morrison

4. Fire In the Belly - with Steve Winwood

LP 2 - Side 4:

1. Born To Sing - with Chris Farlowe

2. Irish Heartbeat - with Mark Knopfler

3. Real Real Gone - with Michael Buble

4. How Can A Poor Boy? - with Taj Mahal

 

Van Morrison The Complete New York Sessions 1967 3LP LIMITED EDITION RARE Box Set

Triple LP Box Set! Essential for All True Van Morrison Fans! Includes 4-Page Booklet! Classic Material from the Belfast Cowboy!

 

Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns.

 

Though the relationship was short and volatile, Van Morrison's post-Them tenure with Bert Berns' Bang Records produced what probably remains his most well known tune in "Brown Eyed Girl" as well as one of his heaviest and headiest compositions, "T.B. Sheets". It also produced a "jamming session" that is now notorious and legendary, full of that well documented Van vitriol. All of that and more classic material from the Belfast Cowboy is compiled here in this deluxe 3 LP box set complete with 4 page booklet. Essential for all true Van Morrison fans.

 

"[A] number of great songs can be found here, including the all-time great 'Brown Eyed Girl,' 'The Back Room,' 'He Ain't Give You None,' and 'Ro Ro Rosey.' Early versions of tracks from Astral Weeks, 'T.B. Sheets' and 'Madame George,' also appear. Despite Van's objections to being a pop artist, the conflict between the two styles makes for some very interesting and invigorating listening... [A]nyone whose love of the man goes beyond the hits needs to add these to their collection." - Tim Sendra, allmusic Rated 4/5 Stars

 

Features:

• 3LP Box Set

• 4-Page Booklet

 

Selections:

LP1 - Side 1:

1. Brown Eyed Girl

2. He Ain't Give You None

3. T.B. Sheets

LP1 - Side 2:

1. Spanish Rose

2. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)

3. Ro Ro Rosey

4. Who Drove The Red Sports Car

5. Midnight Special

 

LP2 - Side 3:

1. Beside You

2. It's Alright

3. Madame George

4. Send Your Mind

LP2 - Side 4:

1. The Smile You Smile

2. The Back Room

3. Joe Harper Saturday Morning

4. Chick-a-Boom

5. I Love You (The Smile You Smile)

6. Brown Eyed Girl

 

LP3 - Side 5:

1. Jamming Session (Part One and Two)

2. Twist And Shake

3. Shake And Rolle

4. Stomp And Scream

5. Scream And Holler

6. Jump And Thump

7. Drivin' Wheel

8. Just Ball

9. Shake It Mable

10. Hold On George

11. The Big Royalty Check

12. Ring Worm

13. Savoy Hollywood

14. Freaky If You Got This Far

15. Up Your Mind

16. Thirty Two

LP3 - Side 6:

1. All The Bits

2. You Say France And I Whistle

3. Blow In Your Nose

4. Nose In Your Blow

5. La Mambo

6. Go For Yourself

7. Want A Danish

8. Here Comes Dumb George

9. Chickie Coo

10. Do It

11. Hang On Groovy

12. Goodbye George

13. Dum Dum George

14. Walk And Talk

15. The Wobble

16. Wobble And Ball

 

Van Morrison Roll With the Punches 180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION  2LP SET

 

37th Album On 180g Vinyl Double LP Features R&B Covers Alongside Originals!

 

Roll With The Punches, the Belfast legend’s 37th album, sees him simultaneously hand-picking a selection of rhythm’n’blues classics (by the likes of Bo Diddley, Mose Allison, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Lightnin’ Hopkins, among others) and recording a set of new self-written songs.

 

Songs including Count Basie and Jimmy Rushing’s ‘Goin’ To Chicago’, Bo Diddley’s ‘Ride On Josephine’ and Lightnin’ Hopkins’ ‘Automobile Blues’ are among Morrison’s raw, intimate reinterpretations of some of the cornerstones of rock’n’roll, alongside five original numbers including ‘Transformation’, ‘Fame’, ‘Ordinary People’ and the titular song, which is co-written with Don Black.

 

Roll With The Punches was produced by Van Morrison and recorded with an incredible team of studio collaborators including Chris Farlowe, Georgie Fame, Jeff Beck, Paul Jones and Jason Rebello.

 

Van commented: “From a very early age, I connected with the blues. The thing about the blues is you don’t dissect it – you just do it. I’ve never over-analysed what I do; I just do it. Music has to be about just doing it and that’s the way the blues works – it’s an attitude. I was lucky to have met people who were the real thing – people like John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bo Diddley, Little Walter and Mose Allison. I got to hang out with them and absorb what they did. They were people with no ego whatsoever and they helped me learn a lot.

 

“The songs on Roll With The Punches – whether I’ve written them or not – they’re performance oriented,” he continues. “Each song is like a story and I’m performing that story. That’s been forgotten over years because people over-analyse things. I was a performer before I started writing songs and I’ve always felt like that’s what I do.”

 

"Roll With the Punches includes tunes by Bo Diddley ("I Can Tell," "Ride on Josephine"), Lightnin' Hopkins ("Automobile Blues") and Little Walter ("Mean Old World"). Several of Van Morrison's selections are popular post-war standards, like "Stormy Monday," which has been recorded by Lou Rawls and the Allman Brothers and lead single "Bring It on Home to Me," originally performed by Sam Cooke and later rendered as a duet by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas." - rollingstone

 

Features:

• Double LP

• 180g Vinyl

• Gatefold jacket

• Made in Netherlands

 

Selections:

Side A:

1. Roll With The Punches

2. Transformation

3. I Can Tell

4. Stormy Monday / Lonely Avenue

Side B:

5. Goin' To Chicago

6. Fame

7. Too Much Trouble

Side C:

8. Bring It On Home To Me

9. Ordinary People

10. How Far From God

11. Teardrops From My Eyes

Side D:

12. Automobile Blues

13. Benediction

14. Mean Old World

15. Ride On Josephine

 - VAN MORRISON It's Too Late To Stop Now - DOUBLE LP SET  - 180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION VINYL

    While Van Morrison is, to be kind, an erratic and temperamental live performer, he's in stellar from throughout the double album It's Too Late To Stop Now, a superb concert set that neatly summarizes his career from his days with Them through 1973's Hard Nose The Highway. In addition to the hits, including "Caravan," "Domino" and "Into They Mystic," Morrison even pulls out a handful of R&B chestnuts.

               1.            Ain't Nothing You Can Do

               2.            Warm Love

               3.            Into the Mystic

               4.            These Dreams of You

               5.            I Believe to My Soul

               6.            I've Been Working

               7.            Help Me

               8.            Wild Children

               9.            Domino

               10.         I Just Wanna Make Love to You

               11.         Bring It on Home

               12.         Saint Dominic's Preview

               13.         Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket

               14.         Here Comes the Night

               15.         Gloria

               16.         Caravan

               17.         Cyprus Avenue

    VAN MORRISON TUPELO HONEY - AN AUDIOPHILE MASTERPIECE - OUT OF PRINT EUROPEAN PRESSING TREMENDOUSLY RARE LIMITED EDITION

THE 180 GRAM TUPELO HONEY - LP 180 Gram Vinyl of Tupelo Honey, an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1971. The hymn-like title track has been an enduring hit, as well as the other single released from the album, "Wild Night". The namesake for the album is a varietal honey produced from the flowers of the tupelo tree in southeastern US. The cover photograph showed Janet, his wife at the time, on horseback and Van walking alongside. Part of Van Morrison's living-in-the-country-and-taking-life-easy series of early-1970s albums, Tupelo Honey is full of the organic mix of soul, folk, blues and rock that was his signature sound at the time. The freewheeling "Wild Night" bursts at the seams with the pure joy of living, carried along by R&B horns and Morrison's own soulful invocations.

Wild Night

(Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannon Ball

                              Old Old Woodstock

                              Starting A New Life

                              You're My Woman

                              Tupelo Honey

                              I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)

                              When That Evening Sun Goes Down

                              Moonshine Whiskey

VAN MORRISON - HIS BAND AND THE STREET CHOIR - Featured as one of the 'Records to Die For' in the February 2011 issue of Stereophile!

TAS Rated 4.5/5 Music, 4/5 Sonics in the April/May 2009 Issue of The Absolute Sound!

Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Acoustech Mastering!

Van Morrison's 1970 release "His Band and The Street Choir" had a more relaxed sound than its predecessor "Moondance." This release was just one of many critically acclaimed releases for the equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild eyed poet sorcerer.

"Once the needle drops, it's as if the music is being piped in from the heavens. Vocals are lifelike, levels non-fatiguing, and instruments richly detailed." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound, April/May 2009, Issue 192

Features:
• Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Acoustech Mastering!
• Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl
• Pressed at R.T.I.
• Features all original packaging
• Single Pocket Gatefold Jacket with Insert

Selections:
1. Domino
2. Crazy Face
3. Give Me A Kiss
4. I've Been Working
5. Call Me up In Dreamland
6. I'll Be Your Lover, Too
7. Blue Money
8. Virgo Clowns
9. Gypsy Queen
10. Sweet Jannie
11. If I Ever Needed Someone
12. Street Choir

 

THEM WITH VAN MORRISON  ANGRY YOUNG THEM LIMITED EDITION VINYL LP 2016 180-gram vinyl reissue

The debut album featuring Van Morrison, original U.K. art and track listing!Includes the classics "Gloria" and "Mystic Eyes"

The debut album by the group, also known as The Angry Young Them, and half its tracks make it a dead-on rival to the Stones' debut album, writes Bruce Eder for AllMusic. This reissue features the album's original British configuration ("Just a Little Bit," "I Gave My Love a Diamond," "Bright Lights, Big City," and "My Little Baby" are here; "One Two Brown Eyes" and "Here Comes the Night" are absent).

Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career. The original five member band consisted of Morrison, Alan Henderson, Ronnie Millings, Billy Harrison and Eric Wrixon. The group was marketed in the United States as part of the British Invasion. 

Selections:
Side One:
1. Mystic Eyes
2. If You And I Could Be As Two
3. Little Girl
4. Just A Little Bit
5. I Gave My Love A Diamond
6. Gloria
7. You Just Can't Win
Side Two:
1. Go On Home Baby
2. Don't Look Back
3. I LIke It Like That
4. I'm Gonna Dress In Black
5. Bright Lights, Big City
6. My Little Baby
7. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 

              

 

 

 

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