Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Album

Tracklist

1	In The Beginning
2	Cyprus Avenue	6:50
3	Afterwards
4	Ballerina	7:00
5	Sweet Thing	4:10
6	Beside You	5:10
7	Astral Weeks	7:00
8	Madame George	9:25
9	The Way Young Lovers Do	3:10
10	Slim Slow Slider	3:20

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WS 1768, 1768	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks ‎(LP, Album, Pit)	Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records	WS 1768, 1768	US	1968
1768-2	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Warner Bros. Records	1768-2	US	Unknown
WS 1768	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks ‎(LP, Album, RE, Cre)	Warner Bros. Records	WS 1768	US	Unknown
MID 26 004	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Midi	MID 26 004	Germany	Unknown
WS 1768, 1768	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks ‎(LP, Album, RP, Ter)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WS 1768, 1768	US	1970

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – Larry Fallon
• Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
• Bass – Richard Davis
• Drums – Connie Kay
• Flute, Soprano Saxophone – John Payne
• Guitar – Jay Berliner
• Percussion, Vibraphone – Warren Smith Jr.
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Joel Brodsky
• Producer – Lewis Merenstein
• Written-By, Vocals, Guitar – Van Morrison

• Arranged By – Larry Fallon
• Bass – Richard Davis
• Drums – Connie Kay
• Flute, Soprano Saxophone – John Payne
• Guitar – Jay Berliner
• Percussion – Warren Smith
• Producer – Lewis Merenstein
• Written-By – Van Morrison

• Arranged By, Conductor – Larry Fallon
• Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
• Bass – Richard Davis
• Drums – Connie Kay
• Flute, Soprano Saxophone – John Payne
• Guitar – Jay Berliner
• Percussion, Vibraphone – Warren Smith, Jr.
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Joel Brodsky
• Producer – Lewis Merenstein
• Written-By, Vocals, Guitar – Van Morrison

Notes

All selections published by Van-Jan Music (BMI), except "Beside You" and "Madame George" published by Web IV Music (BMI)

Produced by Lewis Merenstein for Inherit Productions
Division of Schwaid-Merenstein

CDD Pre-Mastering by WCI Record Group

Made in U.S.A.Category on front/back sleeve and spine is K 46024, on label is K 46 024. Warner Bros Records logo on front cover and white labels with WB Records logos.

℗ 1968

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout: AI-98-138

• Label Code: LC 0392
• Rights Society: MCPS
• Matrix / Runout (Pressed Runout Side A, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 26004 A3-56987 A3 57 STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Pressed Runout Side B, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 26004 B2-56987 B2 STRAWBERRY (G) 24 UK
• Matrix / Runout (Pressed Runout Side A, 83 etched, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 26004 A3-56987 A3 83 STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Pressed Runout Side B, 53 etched, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 26004 B2-56987 B2 53 STRAWBERRY (G) UK

• Barcode (Text): 0 7599-27176-2 5
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 1 1768-2 SRC-07 M2S5
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 1 1768-2 SRC+05 M3 S12
• Rights Society: BMI

Companies

• Produced For – Inherit Productions
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music
• Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
• Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
• Pressed By – Record Service GmbH
• Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse

• Record Company – Warner Communications
• Produced For – Inherit Productions
• Mastered At – WCI Record Group
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
• Published By – Van-Jan Music
• Published By – Web IV Music
• Licensed To – Columbia House

Short intro

Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl - Van Morrison. Completa la tua Collezione su Van Morrison. He was going deep inside himself, without a net or fear. Album 1968 8 Songs. The thrillingly transcendent journey finds him mixing bittersweet childhood memories and in-the-moment reveries like a folk-rock James Joyce. The crowning touch was the superior jazz quintet convened by producer Lewis Merenstein to color the mists and shadows. Формируйте собственную коллекцию записей Van Astral Weeks. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison. The album's music blends folk, blues, jazz, and classical styles, signalling a radical departure from the sound of Morrison's previous pop hits, such as Brown Eyed Girl 1967. Original Release Date: November 1968 Van Morrison - rhythm guitar, keyboard, saxophone, vocal Jay Berliner - guitar Barry Kornfeld - guitar on The Way Young Lovers Do Richard Davis - bass Connie Kay - drums John Payne - flute, soprano saxophone Warren Smith, Jr. That was the type of band I dig, Morrison said of the Moondance sessions. It was recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York during September and October 1968, and released in November of the same year by Warner Bros. Ищете треки из альбома Astral Weeks исполнителя Van Morrison Тогда заходите на наш сайт - слушайте музыку онлайн и скачивайте бесплатно. Completa la tua Collezione su Van still seems nonplussed and insecure about the album. He had these signals behind his back, guitarist John Platania later told Rolling Stone. Listen free to Van Morrison Astral Weeks Astral Weeks 1999 Remaster, Beside You 1999 Remaster and more. Fresh off the success of Brown Eyed Girl, which hit the Top 10 in 1967, and. To celebrate its 50t. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Hed come around to Weeks onstage, performing the album during a run of Hollywood Bowl concerts in 2008 - but with the track sequence completely reshuffled. The magic Morrison created here is as otherworldly as the title suggests. Featuring his characteristic growl - a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences - Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists i read more. According to the albums liner notes, the album was cut in less than two days in New York City. Two horns and a rhythm section - theyre the type of bands that I like best. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Bassist Richard Davis later said that Morrison never told the musicians what he wanted from them or what the lyrics meant. His soulful voice soars over a constantly shifting, almost impressionistic landscape of fluid, jazzy lines, gentle strumming and shimmering orchestrations. Theres never been anything like Astral Weeks-not before or since. About Astral Weeks. Van Morrison never sounded more warm and ecstatic, more sensual and vulnerable, than on his enigmatically beautiful solo debut. 8 tracks 46:27. Morrison still seems nonplussed and insecure about the album. Over the years, hes strangely described it as a rock opera, denigrated the heavily improvised arrangements as too samey, and even declared the young mans yearnings in the lyrics to be totally fictional. He's a singer, songwriter, author, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since 1958. If Astral Weeks is the sound of Morrison rejecting radio-friendly formatting, Moondance captures him utterly excelling within it. Despite its cool reception in 1968 and Morrisons waffling opinion in the 21st century, Astral Weeks continues to ensnare new listeners to this day. The lyrics and cover art portray the symbolism equating earthly love and heaven. Sir George Ivan Van Morrison, OBE generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Parting with the straightforward, R&B-based rock of his past, a young Van Morrison embraced his love of jazz, blues, folk and poetry all at once. Maybe he didnt know how to. We knew instantly we had to bring it down, and then wed build it up again. The album's music blends folk, blues, jazz, and classical styles, signalling a radical departure from the sound of Morrison's previous pop hits, such as Brown Eyed Girl 1967. Astral Weeks is the second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Morrison serves up a fiery, clap-along Gloria and a brisk, horns-and-piano-drenched Domino, climaxing with a marathon take on the Astral Weeks stunner Cyprus Avenue