As far as I can tell, Morrison performed surprisingly rarely for the BBC in 1970s and 80s. I'm only aware of two BBC concerts in those decades, and no studio sessions. This first one comes arguably at the peak of his live performances, during the concerts recorded for his acclaimed double live album "It's Too Late to Stop Now." The songs on that album were taken from seven concerts in the summer of 1973, including two at the Rainbow Theatre in London, on July 23rd and 24th.
The Wikipedia entry for the "It's Too Late to Stop Now" album has something to say about those two concerts at the Rainbow: "The London concerts were the first time he had appeared in that city since performing with Them, six years earlier. The two concerts at the Rainbow Theatre in London were referred to as 'the rock event of the year' by critics, according to Ritchie Yorke in his biography. The 24 July 1973 London Rainbow concert was the first BBC simulcast broadcast simultaneously on BBC 2 television and Radio 2 stereo so that viewers with strategically sited loudspeakers could enjoy 'stereo TV.'"
In 2016, a super deluxe edition of "It's Too Late to Stop Now" was released, called "It's Too Late To Stop Now Volumes II, III, IV." That included a full CD of the Rainbow Theatre concerts. However, that one mixed the July 23rd and 24th shows together without specifying which songs were from which. I listened, and it seems to me the vast majority of the songs were from the 23rd show, because I hear little overlap with this. So some of the songs here may be on the original "It's Too Late to Stop Now" and/or some may be from the super deluxe edition, but I'm betting most are still unreleased.
This comes from a bootleg of the original BBC broadcast. The sound quality generally is excellent. Unfortunately though, the quality dips some for the last three songs, which was the show's encore. In particular, during the last song, "Gloria," a BBC DJ spoke over a short section in the middle of the song to make an announcement about the concert soon coming to an end. I had to remove that section entirely and patch it in instead with a chunk of the same song from "It's Too Late to Stop Now." That's only for about ten to fifteen seconds, but it's pretty noticeable as the sound quality briefly gets better. That's why that one song has "[Edit]" in the title.
This album is an hour and 19 minutes long.
01 Warm Love (Van Morrison)
02 Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket (Van Morrison)
03 Here Comes the Night (Van Morrison)
04 I Just Want to Make Love to You (Van Morrison)
05 Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
06 Moonshine Whiskey (Van Morrison)
07 Moondance (Van Morrison)
08 Help Me (Van Morrison)
09 Domino (Van Morrison)
10 Caravan (Van Morrison)
11 Cyprus Avenue (Van Morrison)
12 Wild Night (Van Morrison)
13 I Paid the Price (Van Morrison)
14 Saint Dominic's Preview (Van Morrison)
15 Gloria [Edit] (Van Morrison)
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The cover photo might or might not be from this concert. It was taken at the Rainbow Theatre in London in July 1973. But he played two concerts there that month, so the odds are probably 50-50.
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