{"product_id":"van-morrison-astral-weeks-expanded-edition-remastered-cd","title":"Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded over just two days in September 1968 with a group of jazz session players who had never met Morrison before entering the studio, the results captured something genuinely unrepeatable. Morrison was 22 years old, freshly out of a record deal with Bang Records, and working largely outside the rock idiom entirely, closer in spirit to Van Dyke Parks or Tim Buckley than anything on AM radio that autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRemastered audio, each album also features previously unreleased versions of several album tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAstral Weeks failed to make the charts when it was released in the fall of 1968. But 47 years later, the album has achieved a near-mythic status across generations of listeners who have \"ventured in the slipstream\" and fallen under the music's spell. \"Any best-of list is unthinkable - and worthless - without it,\" writes Cory Frye in the album's liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four unreleased recordings that debut on this deluxe edition highlight the interplay between Morrison and the quartet that joined him in the studio - bassist Richard Davis, guitarist Jay Berliner, percussionist Warren Smith, Jr., and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay. These bonus tracks include the first take of \"Beside You,\" the full version of \"Slim Slow Slider,\" and a stripped back version of \"Madame George\" that emphasizes the vibraphone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePart One: In The Beginning\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Astral Weeks (7:04)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Beside You (5:13)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Sweet Thing (4:22)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Cyprus Avenue (6:56)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePart Two: Afterwards\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. The Way Young Lovers Do (3:12)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Madame George (9:41)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Ballerina (7:00)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Slim Slow Slider (3:30)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBonus Tracks - Previously Unissued\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Beside You (Take 1) (5:58)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Madame George (Take 4) (8:24)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Ballerina (Long Version) (8:02)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Slim Slow Slider (Long Version) (4:54)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 081227952310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rhino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.30.15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455536738459,"sku":"418705","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-van-morrison-astral-weeks-expanded-edition-remastered-cd-cd-relix.png?v=1777389597","url":"https:\/\/relix.shop\/products\/van-morrison-astral-weeks-expanded-edition-remastered-cd","provider":"relix.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}