Van Morrison

[wasy]

If your into Van Morrison here is some great vintage Van.


Van Morrison
The Inner Mystic Remastered [no label, 2CD]
Live at Pacific High Studios, CA, September 1971
"This show was recorded live in the studio before a small audience. The band is essentially the Caledonia Soul Orchestra. This show is probably the most booted recording out there and for good reason. Van is on fire from the very start with a slow burning Into the Mystic which is, in my books, the best version I've heard. A frantic I've Been Working is next. Six minutes of pure funk ending with Van whispering "you send me" to a fade out. Awesome and once again, the best version of this song there is.
"The small audience couldn't have believed their luck to strike Van on this sort of form. To reinforce this Van strikes out with a wonderful version of the Them song Fridays Child and follows it up with Elvis Presleys Hound Dog. Van doesn't quite bring the sexual innuendo that Elvis does to this song but it rocks and is a lot of fun."
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality, stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, this recording has never been officially released.

Note: Kindly be patient when taking the songs. Please email us at mybigo@bigozine.com if you encounter problems downloading the tracks.

Track 101 Into the Mystic
Track 102 I've Been Working
Track 103 Friday's Child
Track 104 Hound Dog
Track 105 Ballerina
Track 106 Tupelo Honey
Track 107 Wild Night
Track 108 Just Like a Women
Track 201 Moonshine Whiskey
Track 202 Dead or Alive
Track 203 You're My Women
Track 204 These Deams(Of You)
Track 205 Domino
Track 206 Call Me Up In Dreamland
Track 207 Blue Monday
Track 208 Bring It On Home To Me
Track 208 Buona Sera

 

[SweetMelissa]

Tupelo Honey is one of my favorites...

Melly

 

[ndp]

Van is one of my all time favorites. Everything from his appearance in The Last Waltz, to his later album of classic country covers is great, thanks for posting this wasy.

Nate

 

[jfields]

Thanks Alan. Downloading it now as we speak. :thumbs:

 

[Maggs44]

Thanks for the link to the songs.

I saw Van Morrison at the Milwaukee Performing Arts Center in 1974 (I think that was the year). I had 3rd row seats and it still is the best concert I have seen. The PAC is normally used only by the Symphony, but it was such a great forum for Van Morrison's music; it was just like being in a small club. Though he isn't very demonstrative on stage, I could really "feel" the emotion and soul of his music.