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VAN MORRISON’S THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON, VOLUME 3 TO BE RELEASED IN CANADA ON JUNE 12 ON MANHATTAN/EMI
2-CD Collection Features 31 Tracks Including Previously Unreleased Collaborations with Tom Jones and Bobby Bland
Manhattan/EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release The Best Of Van Morrison, Volume 3 on June 12, 2007. The new 2-CD collection, compiled by Morrison himself, offers a comprehensive overview of his later material. The set’s 31 tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones and Bobby Bland, as well as duets with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles.
From THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON, VOLUME - 3 liner notes - (By Michael Heatley)
It’s now been more than four decades since Van Morrison left his native Belfast to embark on a career as a professional musician. And while there will be a number of people buying this third volume of highlights from that career who remember the days of Them, and others who picked up the story with legendary late 1960s/early 1970s albums like ‘Astral Weeks’ and ‘Moondance’, there is yet another generation that tuned in during the 1980s.
The first ‘Best Of Van Morrison’ made the UK Top 5, proof that his fan base was still expanding after a quarter of a century at the cutting edge of music. And the reason is clear. Live shows are no ‘greatest hits’ parades but have always incorporated healthy amounts of new music, and the public has responded by buying tickets and albums in ever-increasing numbers. The 1990s would prove to be a fruitful and prolific period in Morrison’s history, with a release round about every year taking his original recordings total past the 30 mark by the middle of the following decade.
All of which means the people who purchase this double album will differ widely in their knowledge of the man’s back catalogue. Some of the songs here will be familiar – even if not in these exact versions – while others will have escaped all but the most ardent Van-ologist. What’s certain is that it’s a hand-picked selection with something for everyone whose life has been touched by Morrison’s music.
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Van Morrison played a run of highly praised sold out shows, in Western Canada this past February
“Other highlights included a bit of Irish-flavoured drinking music that had the audience in fighting form, an irresistible, bass-groovy spin through Wild Nights and a run at Brown Eyed Girl that felt rousing given the crowd's enthusiastic response, even if Morrison played it ever so smoothly.
The night ended with a spirited version of the rocker Gloria, from Morrison's earliest days with Them.
Here, the whole band tore into the anthem with fire, raves coming from the backup singers and blazing harmonica licks from Van the Man himself.” – February 28, 2007 Live Review, Calgary Herald
Details for upcoming Van Morrison shows in Canada for will announced very shortly.
THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON, VOLUME 3 (2-CD and Digital Album)
Disc 1
1. Cry For Home (with Tom Jones) (previously unreleased)
2. Too Long In Exile
3. Gloria (with John Lee Hooker)
4. Help Me with Junior Wells (live)
5. Lonely Avenue / 4 O’ Clock In The Morning (with Jimmy Witherspoon, Candy Dulfer & Jim Hunter) (live)
6. Days Like This
7. Ancient Highway
8. Raincheck
9. Moondance
10. Centerpiece (with Georgie Fame & Annie Ross)
11. That's Life (live)
12. Benediction (remix) (with Georgie Fame & Ben Sidran)
13. The Healing Game (re-mix)
14. I Don't Want To Go On Without You (with Jim Hunter)
Disc 2
1. Shenandoah (with The Chieftains)
2. Precious Time
3. Back On Top (remix)
4. When The Leaves Come Falling Down
5. Lost John (with Lonnie Donegan) (live)
6. Tupelo Honey (with Bobby Bland) (previously unreleased)
7. Meet Me In The Indian Summer (orchestral version) (remix)
8. Georgia On My Mind
9. Hey Mr. DJ
10. Steal My Heart Away
11. Crazy Love (with Ray Charles)
12. Once In A Blue Moon
13. Little Village
14. Blue and Green
15. Sitting On Top Of The World (with Carl Perkins)
16. Early In The Morning (with B.B. King)
17. Stranded
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