Van Morrison
1970-04-26
Fillmore
West, S.F., CA
1
A+
Moondance
(4:38)
Glad
Tidings (3:42)
Crazy
Love (2:55)
Come
Running (4:23)
The
Way Young Lovers Do (3:18)
Everyone
(3:03)
Brown
Eyed Girl (2:05)
Medley:
Stoned Me / These Dreams Of You (7:47)
Into
The Mystic (5:14)
Cyprus
Avenue (6:07)
Total
time: (45:18)
The
quality is quite execellent-- most likely sourced from a KPFA fm broadcast
[NOTE: Joe Cocker's set was
also
broadcast].
There are several CD Bootlegs of this show— Into the Man, Moonlight Serenade,
and Rocks His
Gypsy
Soul: Van Morrison Gets His Chance to Wail Volume 3 (on Gold Standard).
Review
by Russell Parkinson:
[The
Fillmore West] one hour show features Van and what will be the
Caledonia
Soul Orchestra performing all the Moondance album except for
"Brand
New Day". Also included are two songs from Astral Weeks and an
obligatory
"Brown Eyed Girl".
The
sound is either radio broadcast or soundboard and is very good,
especially
considering the recording is nearly 30 years old.
The
show kicks off with an excellent lively rendition of "Moondance".
"Glad
Tidings"
follows and although a quicker version than on the album this song
remains,
for me anyway, filler. A lovely soulful "Crazy Love" is next. Van
sings
this in his normal voice rather than falsetto. A six minute improvised
"Come
Running" misses rather than hits. In the middle of this song the band
and
van move off into a sixties rock organ/guitar kind of thing with some
improvised
lyrics. On first listening it sounds great bit after a while I
find
it disrupts a good song. Interesting but ultimately a bit
disappointing.
"The
Way Young Lovers Do" is a blast, a great lively version with excellent
horns
and piano. Everyone joins Glad Tidings in the filler category. "Brown
Eyed
Girl" is pretty standard. A good "And it Stoned Me" runs into an
equally
good "These Dreams of You". The Last Waltz version of
"Caravan" has
always
been my favorite but this one comes close. A thoroughly enjoyable
version
of a great song.
Van
winds up with the longest "Cypress Avenue" I've heard. Heavy on organ
and
guitar you get to hear the ending twice! After the usual "its too late
to
stop now!" van introduces the band and reprises the whole ending from
"and
you were standing there." amazing. Van then encores with a superb
version
of "Into The Mystic". Very soulful, this must be close to being the
best
version of this song out there.
RATING
That
organ/guitar thing sometimes dates this show but overall its a great
boot.
Not quite essential, mainly due to the narrow range of material
played,
I would give this a "Highly Recommended". If you are a big
"Moondance"
fan then it's probably a must.
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