Van Morrison
1995-09-16
Bournemouth I.E.C
Bournemouth, England
Excellent Audience recording
320 kbps
CD 1:
01. I Want You To Know
02. I Will Be There
03. Days Like This
04. Perfect Fit
05. Homeboy . Jelly Jelly Jelly > Bigtime Operators > Ordinary People
06. My Name Is Raincheck
07. The New Symphony Sid
08. Who Can I Turn To
09. Sack O’Woe
10. Satisfied (
11. Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby
12. Vanlose Stairway > Transeuro Train
13. Help Me
14. Moondance
CD 2
01. You Don’t Know Me (Lawler / Arnold) (5:03)
02. Melancholia (6:18)
03. Tupelo Honey > Why Must I Always Explain
04. That’s Life
05. In The Garden
06. Have I Told You Lately
Bonus Tracks
Mercury Music Awards 1995
07. Moondance
08. That’s Life
Bonus Tracks
Helsingor Jazz Festival 1995.
09. Here Comes the Knight
10. Listen To The Lion
11. Orangefield#
12. Stormy Monday > Lonely Avenue > You Give Me The Blues
Liner Notes:
Recorded live at Bournemouth I.E.C. on September 16th 1995, MOONTUNES presents “Van the Man” delving deeper into his Jazz and Blues Roots. This is a stunning audience recording (soundboard quality) featuring British Jazz giants Buy Barker & Alan Skidmore.
Musicians: (Bournemouth concert)
Van Morrison: Vocals, Harmonica
Georgie Fame: Hammond Organ/Vocals
Ralph Salmins: Drums
Pee Wee Ellis: Saxophone, Flute
Alan Skidmore: Saxophone
Guy Barker: Trumpet
Alec Dankworth: Bass
Robin Aspland: Piano
Review from Vennarucci@aol.com:
The first 20 tracks of this great new 2-CD bootleg are definitely in Van’s new jazz style, with the skillfully reworked jazz versions of his own classics. The new arrangement of “Tupelo Honey” is a masterpiece, and Van’s introductory comments to it were: “This is an old song that has been reinvented at least fifty times. This is the current version of it!”
At the start of CD 2, in the introduction to “You Don’t Know Me”, Van talks openly to the audience: “I’m sure this is all very confusing for ya… It’s got to be very confusing! How many people know, eh, half the songs we played tonight? That’s not very many! …This song we’re about to do is off the current album. …Some are from older records… And we did some from the future record… It’s not even out yet! That’s probably what’s so baffling about this!!! You win some and you lose some!”
The Man gives his excellent musicians plenty of time to show off their own stuff with many instrumental solos. For an audience recording, the sound is excellent. One side benefit of this particular recording is that during the quieter moments, you can hear a little of the enthusiastic patter from the concert goers. For me, I got a real sense of actually being there.
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