Van Morrison - You Set My Soul on Fire - Non-Album Tracks (1969-1970)

I still can't get over how much great Van Morrison music from his best years there is that hasn't been officially released in any form. This is the second of a series of albums that almost make up an alternate career for Van the Man in the late 1960s and 1970s.

The first album in this series, "Nobody Really Knows," was mostly acoustic. This is transitional, with some acoustic and some rocking songs. Morrison made a big stylistic leap between the mostly acoustic and jazzy "Astral Weeks" and the rocking and poppy "Moondance," and this can been seen as a bridge between them.

Considering that "Astral Weeks" and "Moondance" are two of the best albums of all time, a solid guess is that even the outtakes would be pretty good. And you would be right with that guess! ;) It amazes me that only two of the songs here have been officially released in any form.

Most of the songs are from 1969, but I'm imagining that this could have come out in 1970. It would have made sense for this to come out before "Moondance," and then have "Moondance" come out a few months later.

01 I Shall Sing (Van Morrison)
02 Really Don't Know (Van Morrison)
03 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Van Morrison)
04 Rock and Roll Band (Van Morrison)
05 You Set My Soul on Fire (Van Morrison)
06 Bit by Bit (Van Morrison)
07 Don't Change on Me (Van Morrison)
08 If You Rock Me (Van Morrison)
09 By the River (Van Morrison)
10 Standing on a Corner (Van Morrison)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15257042/VanMrsn_1969-1970_YouStMySoulonFre_atse.zip.html

The cover art is of a picture of Morrison from around 1969.