Astral Weeks has always been enthralling and now with this remaster, it's been given a new lease of life. Van's best effort is 'Here Comes The Night', but they'll never see it. As much of a change as there was from the “Brown Eyed Girl” hit to the Catacombs tape, there was quite a bit more change on the way when Morrison entered New York’s Century Sound Studios to start work on Astral Weeks the following month. Addendum: After writing this article, I went to the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco to hear Van Morrison.Van, on acoustic guitar, performs with a stand-up bass player and a horn man who alternates between sax and flute. 8 tracks (46:27). There'll then be a thunderstorm. In 1978, it was voted the 4th best album of all time in Paul Gambaccini's poll of 50 prominent American and English rock critics. Listen free to Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (Astral Weeks (1999 Remaster), Beside You … After a brilliant set in which he sang all of Astral Weeks, as well as three songs from his previous record, we talked about the failure of Blowin’ Your Mind! A little background about me; I was originally a tuba player in high school, realized very quickly there were no jobs for tuba player in the real world, so bought a cheap upright bass and went to music school studying classical performance. I heard this album for the first time on December 24, 2015. After much drama, including payoffs and a fistfight, Morrison recorded the album with a bunch of jazz musicians without telling them what to play. One day, one of these bozos will tell us something we don't already know. I am 15 years old and Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks is the worst music I have ever heard in my life. Read the untold story of how Van Morrison fled record-industry thugs, hid out in Boston, and wrote 'Astral Weeks,' one of rock’s greatest albums. Addendum: After writing this article, I went to the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco to hear Van Morrison.Van, on acoustic guitar, performs with a stand-up bass player and a horn man who alternates between sax and flute. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 MQA x UHQCD CD release of Astral Weeks on Discogs. Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’ Sideman Looks Back: ‘I Was Lucky to Be There’ Percussionist Warren Smith, who played vibes on the singer … Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz bassist. As much of a change as there was from the “Brown Eyed Girl” hit to the Catacombs tape, there was quite a bit more change on the way when Morrison entered New York’s Century Sound Studios to start work on Astral Weeks the following month. The Astral Weeks Sessions. The Astral Weeks Sessions. On its release in 1968 Van Morrison's second album, Astral Weeks, baffled both the public and his record company. After a brilliant set in which he sang all of Astral Weeks, as well as three songs from his previous record, we talked about the failure of Blowin’ Your Mind! Please take 30 seconds to register your free account to remove most ads, post topics, make friends, earn reward pointsfree account to remove most ads, post topics, make friends, earn reward points A new book about Van Morrison’s album “Astral Weeks” unearths the largely forgotten context from which it emerged. Van Morrison tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including brown eyed girl, and it stoned me, astral weeks, brand new day, back on top Astral Weeks (2015 Remaster) Buy track 00:07:04 Richard Davis, Double Bass - VAN MORRISON, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Lewis Merenstein, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Brooks Arthur, Engineer - Jay Berliner, Guitar - Larry Fallon, Conductor, String Arranger - John Payne, Flute - Warren Smith Jr., Percussion, Vibraphone - Kevin Gray, Remastering Engineer