To call this a BBC album is technically true, but I had to work to make it. The basis of it is a BBC TV special focused on Morrison released in 1991, called "One Irish Rover." This was composed of different segments, including duets with John Lee Hooker and Bob Dylan. But most of it consisted of songs from two concerts. This is one of them.
So I extracted all the songs from this concert that made it into that video. I also found an audience bootleg of the same concert. The sound quality is obviously worse, but still decent, so I added three songs from that (tracks 2, 3, and 5). Having that extra source turned out to be crucial, because two of the songs from the video were mostly complete, but had some of their beginnings cut off. I was able to use the audience boot to fill in those missing pieces. That's why "Help Me" and "Summertime in England" have "[Edit]" in their titles.
The concert appears to have been an unusual one. It took place in Ronnie Scott's, a relatively small jazz club in London. It also seems to have been short, well under a hour. It probably was done specifically for the BBC documentary, since it was professionally filmed. It took place a couple of weeks before the release of his studio album "Avalon Sunset," and featured some of the first performances of songs from that album. For instance, this seems to be the very first public performances of "Whenever God Shines His Light," "When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God," and "Have I Told You Lately."
By the way, as one can see from the video, Georgie Fame played keyboards on these songs. He was a member of Morrison's band for quite a few years, after being a big star in the 1960s.
Sorry about the noticeable difference in quality of the songs from the video compared to those of the audience boot. If that bothers you, just delete tracks 2, 3, and 5.
This album is 44 minutes long.
01 Did Ye Get Healed (Van Morrison)
02 Whenever God Shines His Light (Van Morrison)
03 Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
04 It's All in the Game - You Know What They're Writing About (Van Morrison)
05 When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God (Van Morrison)
06 Help Me [Edit] (Van Morrison)
07 Summertime in England [Edit] (Van Morrison)
08 Moondance (Van Morrison)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/EpHd731e
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/v8YCl8xqjaUqswE/file
The cover image comes from this exact concert. I took a screenshot from the One Irish Rover video. Then I ran it through the Krea AI program to improve the quality.
Hello Paul,
ReplyDeleteOne Irish Rover." This was composed of different segments, including duets with John Lee Hooker
Its those duets with John Lee Hooker that interest me, please.