Van Morrison - Down The Road -Polydor 589-177 UK LIMITED EDITION 2LPs MINT-

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Van Morrison

Down The Road

Polydor 589-177

Stereo UK 2002

Double 2LPs Album 

It is no longer in print.

Down the Road mixes R&B and jazz with bits of country and folk, all conjured from the singer's 1950s youth. Lyrically, it deliberately makes use of blues clichés and catch phrases to tell its tales of struggle, recollection, and regret. The album cover depicts the front of a record store, Music and Memorabilia, with a window full of LP covers by blues, R&B, jazz, and old rock & roll artists, and the music inside corresponds to that picture. A key song is "Whatever Happened to PJ Proby?," in which Morrison identifies himself with trendy British pop singers of the early '60s, including Scott Walker and Screaming Lord Sutch.

Track listing

RECORD 1:

(Side One)1. Down the Road 2. Meet Me in the Indian Summer 3. Steal My Heart Away 4. Hey Mr. DJ

(Side Two) 1. Talk Is Cheap 2. Choppin' Wood 3. What Makes the Irish Heart Beat 4. All Work and No Play

RECORD 2:

(Side One) 1. Whatever Happened to PJ Proby? 2. Beauty of the Days Gone By, The 3. Georgia on My Mind 4. Only a Dream

(Side Two) 1. Man Has to Struggle 2. Evening Shadows 3. Fast Train

Details

Contributing artists:Acker Bilk, Geraint WatkinsProducer:Van Morrison

Personnel includes: Van Morrison (vocals; acoustic guitar, harmonica, alto saxophone); Ned Edwards (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Mick Green (acoustic & electric guitars); Johnny Scott (electric guitar, background vocals); Rosie Wetters (violin); Jake Walker (viola); Lee Goodall (flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, background vocals); Martin Winning (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Acker Bilk (clarinet); Matt Holland (trumpet, flugelhorn); Richard Dunn (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Fiachra Trench (piano); John Allair, Geraint Watkins (Hammond B-3 organ); Pete Hurley (bass); Colin Griffin, Bobby Irwin (drums); Aine Whelan, Crawford Bell, Karen Hamill, Olwin Bell, Siobhan Petit (background vocals).

Recorded at The Wool Hall, Bath, England. Includes liner notes by Ben Sidran.

Audio Mixer: Walter Samuel.

Liner Note Author: Ben Sidran.

Recording information: Wool Hall, Bath, Somerset, England.

Photographer: Peter Thorpe.

Arrangers: Fiachra Trench; John Scott; Aine Whelan.

Like Woody Allen (if you'll indulge the analogy), Van Morrison is an artiste seemingly bound to a heavy-duty work ethic, churning out one release after another at a startlingly regular, workmanlike pace and only occasionally hitting some majestic artistic heights. DOWN THE ROAD might seem like a slow starter, but hear it through and it will gradually but definitively distance itself from the crowded, often samey pack of VM releases immediately preceding it. While the first few tunes are forays into folk-rock, R&B, and balladry of a sort far from uncommon in the Morrison repertoire, things pick up considerably midway through. "Talk is Cheap" is an uncompromising blues tune that could be a BLONDE ON BLONDE-era Dylan outtake. "Choppin' Wood" bears an Ivory Joe Hunter-like backing, but the lyrics compare favorably to Van's '80s fave "Cleaning Windows." The Cab Calloway-style minor-key blues of "Whatever Happened to PJ Proby?" support quirky lyrics lamenting the loss of British rock cult figures Proby and Screaming Lord Sutch. Perhaps most impressive is "Man Has to Struggle," which manages the considerable feat of mating humanist philosophy to a soul groove. You never can tell what a mercurial sort like Van has up his sleeve.

Condition:

Cover: N/MINT+

Records: MINT

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