A lot of people have some of this material, due to the popularity of the three CD bootleg "Van Morrison Gets His Chance to Wail." But that boot doesn't organize the material well, and it misses a lot of stuff. For instance, there was an acetate found recently at a garage sale (!) that contained three previously unknown Van Morrison studio recordings. One of them was a song, "Coming Down to Joy," that had been previously unbooted and even unheard of. It makes one wonder what else is still in the vaults.
For this album, I found songs from a variety of sources. Four of the eight songs are still officially released. Another song, "4% Pantomime," is a collaboration between Van Morrison and The Band. It was on a Band album, but I don't see why it couldn't have been on a Morrison album too. Similarly, Morrison collaborated with blues legend John Lee Hooker for a song ("Never Get Out of These Blues Alive") on one of Hooker's albums. The song was exceedingly long and somewhat repetitive at 12 minutes, so I edited it down. I also found a live version of the Bob Dylan classic "Just like a Woman" and edited out the crowd noise.
The result is a 40 minute album that could have come out in 1971. I think it's just as strong as, say, the album "His Band and Street Choir."
01 You've Got the Power (Van Morrison)
02 Coming Down to Joy (Van Morrison)
03 Lorna (Van Morrison)
04 Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison)
05 Just like a Woman (Van Morrison)
06 4% Pantomime (Band & Van Morrison)
07 Ordinary People (Van Morrison)
08 Tell Me about Your Love (Van Morrison)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15257048/VanMrsn_1971_CmingDwntoJoy_atse.zip.html
The cover is a 1970 photo of Morrison. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any color ones that I really liked that weren't of him in concert. (I'll save the concert pics for live material I'll post here later.) Many months after initially posting this album, I colorized the photo.
I am a huge Van fan. I think "It's Too Late To Stop Now" is one of the greatest recordings ever. Also "A Night in San Francisco". I will be listening to any Van (or Them) that you post with great interest!
ReplyDeleteP.S. My other great love is Neil Young.
Great. I agree with you about "Too Late to Stop Now." I'll be posting lots of live Van Morrison after I finish with the basic studio stuff. And I also have a lot more Neil Young stuff coming. I can't post everything at once.
DeleteThanks so much for all of the Van Morrison. This is such a wonderful creative period for Van the Man.
ReplyDeleteI have a reel to reel of 3 non-lp songs from Van, including "you got the power", "bit by bit", and "coming down to joy". This is an official Warner Brothers demo. I can't find any info on "Bit by Bit" and "Coming Down To Joy", when they were recorded, etc. Any info? I'm putting them up for sale on eBay. I actually tried to get ahold of VM to see if he was interested in them, but no response. Any help would be awesome! greg
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm aware of this. Apparently someone found a copy at a garage sale. I mentioned it above. Nobody knows where it comes from or other details.
Deletesounds like a 1969 track to me
ReplyDeleteWhich track are you talking about? By the way, thanks to your comment, I took a look at the cover and decided to colorize it.
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