I've written twice previously about the upcoming (now here) five-disc package related to the classic 1970 Van Morrison album, Moondance.
Yes, it's overblown, with so many alt takes, but can there really be
too much Van the Man? (He says, yes, as he has disassociated himself
from this project.) Anyway, what's new and exciting is that Rolling Stone today gives you one of the disc, with 11 cuts, and you can listen here now,
along with the latest rundown. There's even "take 22" of "Moondance."
And don't miss one of my faves, "I've Been Working," with extra funk,
different lyrics, a vocal that sounds like Van from "T.B. Sheets" era.
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Showing posts with label Moondance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moondance. Show all posts
18 October 2013
Deeper Into the Mystic 17OKT13
AS I have said before, I love Van Morrison. The 5 disc set Moondance is here. This from Greg Mitchell at Pressing Issues...
17 July 2013
Glad Tidings: More Marvelous Nights for 'Moondance' & Van Morrison to Revisit 'Moondance' With Reissue 17JUL13
I have always loved Van Morrison's music, and many times done a Moondance with friends and by myself. His voice, style, the beauty of his songs have brought me many hours of listening pleasure. I am looking forward to getting this new release. Check it out from +Greg Mitchell at +Pressing Issues and +Rolling Stone.....
Yeah, even longtime rabid Van Morrison (e.g. yours truly) grew sick of the song "Moondance" decades ago, but it's off a great album of that name from 1969. Was fun to see/hear "Into the Mystic" show up in a key segment in this week's episode of HBO's The Newsroom. Anyway: Surprising words emerges today that Van is coming with a FIVE disc set featuring 50 new cuts or versions of songs from the album, including seven renditions of a song famously cut, "I Shall Sing." Now if we can just get an expanded Veedon Fleece.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-morrison-to-revisit-moondance-with-reissue-20130717
Yeah, even longtime rabid Van Morrison (e.g. yours truly) grew sick of the song "Moondance" decades ago, but it's off a great album of that name from 1969. Was fun to see/hear "Into the Mystic" show up in a key segment in this week's episode of HBO's The Newsroom. Anyway: Surprising words emerges today that Van is coming with a FIVE disc set featuring 50 new cuts or versions of songs from the album, including seven renditions of a song famously cut, "I Shall Sing." Now if we can just get an expanded Veedon Fleece.
July 17, 2013 11:30 AM ET
Van Morrison to Revisit 'Moondance' With Reissue
Van Morrison will revisit once of his best-loved albums with forthcoming five-disc deluxe edition of his 1969 classic Moondance. The collection will include remastered and expanded versions of the songs, and will also feature 50 unreleased tracks, including studio outtakes of favorites like “Caravan, “Moondance” and “Into The Mystic."
"I Shall Sing," a Morrison original that he completed but left off the album, is also featured as part of the collection, and includes multiple takes of the song (spread across six tracks), plus a final mix of the finished version.
Moondance was originally recorded during the fall of 1969, and quickly became the breakthrough album for Van Morrison.
Rolling Stone praised the album when it was released for Morrison's "full command of the musicians that play with him," in addition to "the striking imagination of a consciousness that is visionary in the strongest sense of the word create an atmosphere that instantly sets its own terms."
Three different physical versions of the album will be available from Warner Bros. on September 30th.
Three different physical versions of the album will be available from Warner Bros. on September 30th.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-morrison-to-revisit-moondance-with-reissue-20130717
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