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  • Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (180 Gram LP Vinyl) - Front
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  • Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (180 Gram LP Vinyl) - Front
  • Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (180 Gram LP Vinyl) - Back
  • Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (180 Gram LP Vinyl) - Detail
  • Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (180 Gram LP Vinyl) - Alternate View

Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (180 Gram LP Vinyl)

$ 29.95
$ 29.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Recorded in two September and October 1968 sessions in New York, Van Morrison was just 23 years old and freshly escaped from a bad record deal when he walked into Century Sound Studios with a jazz ensemble he had never rehearsed with. That creative friction, musicians reading charts cold while Morrison sang in near-isolation, produced something that operates entirely outside genre logic and has quietly rewired the taste of singers, poets, and obsessive listeners for over five decades.

Pressed on 180gram vinyl. Mastered from the original analog master tapes and it features all original packaging 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 including bassist Richard Davis and drummer Connie Kay, it's poetic complexity earned critical raves but made only a minimal commercial impact. Astral Weeks had been dark and anguished.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Astral Weeks (7:00)
2. Beside You (5:10)
3. Sweet Thing (4:10)
4. Cyprus Avenue (6:50)

Side B

1. Young Lovers Do (3:10)
2. Madame George (9:25)
3. Ballerina (7:00)
4. Slim Slow Slider (3:20)

UPC: 081227990718
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 12.30.08
Format: LP Vinyl