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VAN MORRISON – LIVE AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE BELFAST LP 33 RPM VINYL
This is a homecoming record in many ways, since Morrison went back home to live in Ireland shortly after this was  released, after many years in the United State. The Grand Opera House set is compiled form two nights of performances. The band here is stellar and includes Pee Wee Ellis on saxophones, Mark Isham on trumpet and synthesizers, and drummers Peter Van Hooke and Tom Donlinger, just to mention a few. Five of these cuts -- "She Gives Me Religion," "Beautiful Vision," "Vanlose Stairway," "Northern Muse," and set closer "Cleaning Windows" -- come from the vastly underrated Beautiful Vision album, and the rest from Common One, Into the Music, and Inarticulate Speech of the Heart.  The only places one hears Morrison as a soul shouter here is on "Vanlose Stairway," where he lets out a scream and plays off the trio of female backing vocalists, and on the final tracks where the bandmembers loosen up and allow the dirt to get under their fingernails a bit -- especially on "Vanlose Stairway" and "Cleaning Windows." Would that there were more. Still, for those who can't get enough of Morrison from the period, this will be a welcome addition to the shelf.
Van Morrison – Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast Label:Mercury – SRM 1 4116 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album Country:Canada Released:1984 Genre:Rock Style:Blues Rock, Pop Rock
Tracklist Introduction: Into The Mystic (Instrumental) / Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart(1:06) A1.1Into The Mystic (Instrumental) A1.2Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart A2Dweller On The Threshold3:38                 It's All In The Game / You Know What They're Writing About(7:08) A3.1It's All In The Game A3.2You Know What They're Writing About A4She Gives Me Religion4:35 A5Haunts Of Ancient Peace6:24 A6Full Force Gale2:23
B1Beautiful Vision3:33 B2Vanlose Stairway5:29                 Rave On John Donne / Rave On Part Two(9:08) B3.1Rave On John Donne B3.2Rave On Part Two B4Northern Muse (Solid Ground)3:45 B5Cleaning Windows4:48
VINYL IS IN LIKE NEW CONDITION
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