In 1967, Morrison started his solo career, and had a big hit right off the bat with "Brown Eyed Girl." A bitter dispute followed with his record company. That caused him to give up on trying to come up with more hit material for a while, and he focused on acoustic music for all of 1968 and most of 1969. Of course, one outcome of that was the classic album "Astral Weeks." The songs on this album are very much in the same vein. In a better world, they would be on a deluxe version of "Astral Weeks," but instead all but one of these songs remain officially unreleased in any form.The one officially released song, "The Smile You Smile," is actually from 1967, before Morrison cut ties with his record company. But it's an acoustic version that I think very much fits the sound of the other songs. It's the only acoustic take from his 1967 sessions.
If you enjoy classic era Van Morrison, you'll enjoy this, as well as the albums I'll be posting to cover the rest of that era. Most of the songs are from 1968, but the last three were recorded in 1969, so I figure the album should have been released in 1969, a year in which he didn't release any music.
01 Hey, Where Are You (Van Morrison)
02 I Need Your Kind of Loving (Van Morrison)
03 Bayou Girl (Van Morrison)
04 Magic Night (Van Morrison)
05 Mona Mona (Van Morrison)
06 The Smile You Smile (Van Morrison)
07 If I Had a Rainbow (Van Morrison)
08 On a Rainy Afternoon (Van Morrison)
09 Nobody Really Knows (Van Morrison)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15257036/VanMrsn_1968-1969_NbodyReallyKnws_atse.zip.html
The cover is based on a photo taken from the same photo session that resulted in the photo used for the cover of the "Astral Weeks" album.
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