VAN MORRISON Astral Weeks LP WB7 1968 STEREO Rare UK 1st Press Orange Label THEM
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VAN MORRISONwith
JAY BERLINER, RICHARD DAVIS, CONNIE KAY, JOHN PAYNE, WARREN SMITH
Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer,
Van Morrison is among popular music's true innovators, a restless seeker
whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R&B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk
produced perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock & roll canon
"ASTRAL WEEKS"
Produced by Lewis Merenstein for Inherit Productions
1968 LP WARNER BROS RECORDS WS 1768 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS
Released in a laminated (front) with 'Flipback' cover
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LABEL: WARNER BROS SEVEN ARTS - ORANGE LABELS - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: WS 1768
Catalog on labels: WS 1768 (WS 1768-A / WS 1765-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): WS 1768A-2 ?T STEREO
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): WS 1768B-1 ?T
On labels: ? 1968 (on both labels at 3 o'clock)
In The Beginning (Side A) Afterwards (Side B)
...Made in England: Distributed by PYE Records... (on Lower rim)
Right Society:
M.C.P.S. (2) W7 Music (1, 3, 4)
On Back Sleeve: W7 WS 1768
Produced by Lewis Merenstein for Inherit Productions Division of Schwaid-Merenstein
All selections written by Van Morrison
WARNER BROS. SEVEN ARTS RECORDS LTD.
Distributed by PYE Records (Sales) Ltd.,
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 943.895
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: In The Beginning: ASTRAL WEEKS - BESIDE YOU
SWEET THING - CYPRUS AVENUE
Side B: Afterwards: YOUNG LOVERS DO - MADAME GEORGE
BALLERINA - SLIM SLOW SLIDER
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RECORD STRONG VG+, NEAR EX (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)
Astral Weeks is generally considered one of the best albums in pop music history.
For all that renown, Astral Weeks is anything but an archetypal rock & roll album: in fact, it isn't a rock & roll album at all.
Employing a mixture of folk, blues, jazz, and classical music, Van Morrison spins out a series of extended ruminations
on his Belfast upbringing, including the remarkable character "Madame George"
and the climactic epiphany experienced on "Cyprus Avenue."
Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Morrison sings in his elastic, bluesy voice, accompanied
by a jazz rhythm section (Jay Berliner, guitar, Richard Davis, bass, Connie Kay, drums),
plus reeds (John Payne) and vibes (Warren Smith, Jr.), with a string quartet overdubbed.
An emotional outpouring cast in delicate musical structures,
Astral Weeks has a unique musical power...(AllMusic)
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