1967 New York Sessions, The - Van Morrison

Advantages: You'll love this album forever
Disadvantages: You'll keep thinking you've lost it as it will be in the CD player and not in it's case.

...When this album was first recommended to me I listened to it and thought what a waste of £5. However, upon listening to it again some of the songs began to appeal to me, subsequent sessions listening to Van the man strut his stuff in his unique way I have come to love this album and regard it as one of the best 10 albums I own. It's the type of music that eveyone needs in their collection, a album that you can either put on at a resonable level and listen to for hours, repeating it over and over again, or it can be used for background music, when freinds come over or in the garden on a warm summers evening. You can easlity loose yourself in the emotion of the music which can, for me anyway, lead to sometimes unwelcome bouts of nostalgia, but hey sometimes drunken tears are the best. This was Vans first album since leaving Them... Read review

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Advantages: Real music, upbeat or relaxing what ever takes your mood
Disadvantages: There are none

...of the above songs and plays acoustic guitar and the harmonica in most of them. A very talented man. History:- Van Morrison was born in belfast in 1945 and as a child collected american blues and jazz albums, also as a child he learnt to play the saxophone, guitar and harmonica and played in local irish bands. In 1967 he started his solo career in New York and recorded his album Blowin Your Mind. In 1978 he moved back to england and releases Wave Length and Into The Music. In 1993 he went back to blues and did a remake of Gloria with John Lee Hooker. ( which i am also a fan of). How Long Has This Been Going On came in 1995 which has mainly jazz roots. In 1997 he released The Healing Game and in 1998 came the Philosophers Stone, which contained 30 earlier tracks from 1971 to 1988 these included the absolute classic Bright Side Of The Road... Read review

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Advantages: I like to listen to it
Disadvantages: not his best

...(drums). On this C D he covers some old Rhythm and blue songs, he also uses his own tunes. I find that although this Cd is not especially uplifting music it is not depressing either. Van sings his songs with emotion. Some of the emotions are brooding, slightly menacing . He sings of devotion, love. I must have been sitting here for just over an hour listening to Vans voice the haunting tones of the sax. This C D is very bluesy There are 15 tracks on this CD. Van Morrison was born in 1945 .He started his solo career in 1967 recording many albums in America I discovered he is playing in Bournemouth in march. I really would like to see /hear him live. I have seen this cd on Amazon for £1.50... Read review

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