The Best Of 2004 Compilation, Various, Various

Set 1
Vol. 1
Van started off 2004 slowly with only a few concerts in January and February but I believe he does much better when he starts off and when he's not doing a week of concerts continuously Inarticulate at 11.46 min is one of the best versions ever Get On with The Show was only done 3 times in 2004, Hoochie Coochie-5 times, Outskirts-1 time, Ain't Nothing-1 time, Meaning-3 times, Game-this version contains his infamous internet rant, Rambler's Blues-2 times. We finish off with a great string from Malaga, I don't usually include Bright Side and Gloria but there was a nice feeling at this show and he's on and enjoying himself. On Healing-he does some diggediggeee and he's way down the backstreets and at 12.17 min is one his longer outings for this song. Baby Blue is one his better versions

01-Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart-Daring Night-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Late
02-Get On With The Show-01-10-Sandefjord-Norway
03-Hoochie Coochie Man-01-10-Sandefjord-Norway
04-Outskirts Of Town-01-17-Granada-Spain
05-Ain't Nothing You Can Do-01-17-Granada-Spain
06-Meaning Of Loneliness-01-17-Granada-Spain
07-It's All In The Game-01-17-Granada-Spain
08-Rambler's Blues-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Late
09-Bright Side Of The Road-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Late
10-And The Healing Has Begun-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Late
11-It's All Over Now, Baby Blue-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Late
12-Gloria-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Late

Vol. 2
We start off with another great Inarticulate coming in at over 11 min then It Once Was with his "famous-bullshit" commentary and only done 2 times in 2004, another great Hoochie, Real Real done 3 times, Goodnight Irene-1 time, So Complicated-1 time, A rocking Baby Please Foggy-4 times, I'll Never Be Free-1 time and the only live version I have of 900 boots, Just A Little Bit-1 time-this is the one Ned Edwards has been opening some 2006 shows with-originally sung by Roscoe Gordon and later by Roy Head then Rome-a great concert with an old style Help Me and an emotional Bring It On Home then we have the Star-Solid Ground Medley done 2 and 3 times, and the infamous "any bootleggers out there-St Patrick's Day In Rome-that would make a good one" inserted-taken from another source-most versions of this boot have this section deleted and we end with a dynamite Did Ye Get Healed medley that comes in at over 12 min!!!!!!!!!!!!

01-Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart-When Heart Is Open-01-26-Goteborg-Sweden
02-It Once Was My Life-01-26-Goteborg-Sweden
03-Hoochie Coochie Man-01-26-Goteborg-Sweden
04-Real Real Gone-You Send Me-01-26-Goteborg-Sweden
05-Goodnight Irene-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Early
06-So Complicated-01-18-Malaga-Spain-Early
07-Baby Please Don't Go-02-06-Copenhagen-Denmark
08-Foggy Mountain Top-T For Texas-02-06-Copenhagen-Demark
09-I'll Never Be Free-03-10-York-England
10-Just A Little Bit-03-10-York-England
11-Help Me-03-17-Rome-Italy
12-Bring It On Home To Me-03-17-Rome-Italy
13-Star Of The County Down-03-17-Rome-Italy
14-Northern Muse-Solid Ground-03-17-Rome-Italy
15-Did Ye Get Healed-Daring Night-Yeh Yeh-01-17-Granada-Spain

We start off Vol.3 with 2 tracks from Boston and then go to San Francisco where he does a great version of One Irish Rover-only done once in 2004. Then It Once Was My Life-done 2 times and then on to Milan-One of the top 5 concerts of the year. He was on and his setlist was great. The Healing Game-only time, Get On With The Show-done 3 times, Caravan-only time-There is a small glitch at the start when someone in the audience goes ohoh which cannot be repaired-this is on the original source shn files. Summertime In England-only time, Sack O' Woe-only time, See Me Through-only time. A great show all in all. We then move on to NYC where he gave his best US show of the year in the theatre at MSG. He seems to like this venue and he had just had a 2 week break and it shows. A great performance.

01-Good Morning Blues-04-08-Boston-Massachusetts
02-Don't Start Crying Now-Custard Pie-04-09-Boston-Massachusetts
03-One Irish Rover-04-04-San Francisco-California
04-It Once Was My Life-04-01-Minneapolis-Minnesota
05-The Healing Game-03-18-Milan-Italy
06-Get On With The Show-03-18-Milan-Italy
07-Caravan-03-18-Milan-Italy
08-Summertime In England-03-18-Milan-Italy
09-Sack O' Woe-03-18-Milan-Italy
10-See Me Through-Burning Ground-03-18-Milan-Italy
11-Tore Down A La Rimbaud-03-31-NYC
12-Into The Mystic-03-31-NYC
13-That's Life-03-31-NYC
14-And The Healing Has Begun-03-31-NYC
15-It's All In The Game-03-31-NYC

We Start off Vol.4 with a track from Swansea where he seems to like to perform. Then Benidorm where we have the only performance of Custard Pie alone of the year. Back to Swansea with a great reading of Fast Train. Smokestack Lightning-done 2 times, Give Me A Kiss-done 2 times, Melancholia-done 3 times, Rough God-done 4 times but he mentions Hopalong, and he always does well in Malmo. Then a beautiful reading of When The Leaves. On to Utrecht where he gave 2 of his best shows of the year, I Can't Stop Loving You before the pedal steel came aboard. I Just Want-done 1 time, Arklow-done with feeling, Bring It On Home-done 4 times in 2004. Carrying A Torch-done 3 times and with feeling. And then on to Paris with a great rendition of I Believe To My Soul. On to Newport-Wales where we have a nice Afternoon and we finish With Star from Reading-done 3 times

01-I Like It Like That-Kansas City-04-25-Swansea-Wales-Early
02-Custard Pie-12-11-Benidorm-Spain
03-Fast Train-04-25-Swansea-Wales-Late
04-Smokestack Lightning-04-20-Coventry-England
05-Give Me A Kiss-04-20-Coventry-England
06-Melancholia-04-20-Coventry-England
07-Rough God Goes Riding-05-02-Malmo-Sweden
08-When The Leaves Come Falling Down-05-03-Malmo-Sweden
09-I Can't Stop Loving You-05-19-Utrecht-The Netherlands
10-I Just Want To Make Love To You-05-20-Utrecht-The Netherlands
11-Streets Of Arklow-05-20-Utrecht-The Netherlands
12-Bring It On Home To Me-05-20-Utrecht-The Netherlands
13-Carrying A Torch-05-20-Utrecht-The Netherlands
14-I Believe To My Soul-06-16-Paris-France
15-In The Afternoon-05-14-Newport-Wales
16-Star Of The County Down-10-08-Reading-England


Vol. 5 starts off with So Complicated-done 2 times. We then have a nice version of Early then on to Brighton with Steal My Heart Away-done 1 time and on to Bonn where he gave a great concert. We have Fire In the Belly and then some oldies. Then on to Liverpool with Beautiful Vision-done 1 time and a nice version of Help Me and we end up in Antwerp where he gave one of his top 5 concerts of the year. He was on and enjoying himself as evidenced by the song selection A great Did Ye Get Healed, You Make Me Feel So Free, I believe To My Soul-done 5 times, All Saint Day-done 7 times, Crazy Love-done only once, Somerset-done 4 times, A beautiful In The Afternoon and close with Just Like A Woman a great version and only done twice this year

01-So Complicated-06-29-Glasgow-Scotland
02-Early In The Morning-08-06-Edinbugh-Scotland
03-Steal My Heart Away-11-26-Brighton-England
04-Fire In The Belly-07-11-Bonn-Germany
05-Here Comes The Night-07-11-Bonn-Germany
06-Baby Please Don't Go-07-11-Bonn-Germany
07-And It Stoned Me-07-11-Bonn-Germany
08-Beautiful Vision-06-03-Liverpool-England
09-Help Me-06-03-Liverpool-England
10-Did Ye Get Healed-Yeh Yeh-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
11-You Make Me Feel So Free-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
12-I Believe To My Soul-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
13-All Saints Day-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
14-Crazy Love-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
15-Somerset-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
16-In The Afternoon-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium
17-Just Like A Woman-06-17-Antwerp-Belgium


Volume 6 should be called the best of Torquay because the whole concert is a combination of the early and late shows and what shows they were. The taper has got superior sound-the setlist is great - the crowd is appreciative but quiet during songs and Van is dead on and having a grand old time. He must really like this venue because every show I've heard from here is pretty good. Raglan road-done 1 time, Star-done 3 times, In The Afternoon-Perfect, This Love Of Mine-done 5 times, Only A Dream-done superbly, Lost John-done 2 times, The Beauty-done 3 times, Little Village-the best of the year, Baby What You Want-done 2 times, Raincheck-right on, Georgia with feeling, And The Healing with Norman Bates In The Attic, What more could you ask for?????

01-I Will Be There-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
02-Raglan Road-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
03-Star Of The County Down-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
04-In The Afternoon-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
05-All Saints Day-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
06-This Love Of Mine-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
07-Only A Dream-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
08-Lost John-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
09-Vanlose Stairway-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
10-The Beauty Of The Days Gone By-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
11-Little Village-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
12-Baby What You Want Me To Do-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
13-Raincheck-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
14-Georgia On My Mind-08-14-Torquay-England-Late
15-And The Healing Has Begun-08-14-Torquay-England-Late

Vol. 7 is quite a mish mash of different concerts and different styles. We start off with Celtic Swing-done only once in Benidorm at the end of the year, Dead Or Alive-done 6 times and Rimbaud from Torquay
which I couldn't fit on Vol. 6, Centerpiece-done 1 time, Who Can I Turn To-done 1 time and not since 2001
Evening Shadows-done 1 time, Somerset-done 4 times-this time with Acker Bilk guesting, Fever-done 2 times-and done rarely since the times he would combine it with Moondance, Real Real-done 4 times and one of my favourite Van songs, Hey Mr DJ-done 4 times, Listen To The Lion-done 2 times-the other will be on Vol. 8 and another of my all time favourites There Stands The Glass and More And More-both done only once and not since 2000 when he started his disastrous experiment with Linda Gail in his first concert with her-and before his equally disastrous Pay The Devil era-remember this is IMHO-to me these versions are far better than what he's done in the Pay The Devil era Muleskinner-basically a country song but done with a jazz tinge-IMHO And we end with Saratoga-his Birthday concert Sometimes We Cry-with Shana, Satisfied
In The Afternoon with the Happy Birthday segue and we finish with Moondance-the best version I could find of his lousy 2004 readings. I just wish he would do Moondance and HITYL as they were originally recorded

01-Celtic Swing-12-10-Benidorm-Spain
02-Dead Or Alive-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
03-Tore Down A La Rimbaud-08-14-Torquay-England-Early
04-Centerpiece-09-23-Cheltenham-England
05-Who Can I Turn To-09-23-Cheltenham-England
06-Evening Shadows-09-18-Prague-Czech Republic
07-Somerset-09-15-Yeovil-England
08-Fever-10-14-Cardiff-Wales
09-Real Real Gone-08-20-Marbella-Spain
10-Hey Mr DJ-10-21-Swindon-England
11-Listen To The Lion-10-21-Swindon-England
12-There Stands The Glass-10-21-Swindon-England
13-More And More-10-21-Swindon-England
14-Muleskinner Blues-10-21-Swindon-England
15-Sometimes We Cry-08-31-Saratoga-California
16-Satisfied-08-31-Saratoga-California
17-In The Afternoon-08-31-Saratoga-California
18-Moondance-08-31-Saratoga-California

We end our journey in Manchester with a 9 minute Did Ye Get Healed-one of his longest workings ever
then to Blackpool with Haunts of -Coney Island-done once and of which the next most recent version I have of Coney being from 1992-Marvelous Another great Rough God from Malmo where he always does well
Montreux gives us the only other version of Just Like A Woman. Then to Brecon-Wales at a small venue where we have the rest of this compilation which was another of the top 5 of 2004. The other Listen To
Meaning Of Loneliness-done 2 times as well, Beauty Of-done 3 times, Someone Like You-in my collection not done since 2001, A brilliant Saint James, Wonderful Remark, Rambler's Blues-done 3 times. A tremendous Game-Burning Ground which he would use again in 2005, and finishing off with the best Baby Blue of the year


01-Did Ye Get Healed-Rave On John Donne-Yeh
Yeh-11-05-Manchester-England
02-Haunts Of Ancient Peace-Coney Island-11-04-Blackpool-England
03-Rough God Goes Riding-05-03-Malmo-Sweden
04-Just Like A Woman-07-09-Montreux-Switzerland
05-Listen To The Lion-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Early
06-Meaning Of Loneliness-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Early
07-The Beauty Of The Days Gone By-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Early
08-Someone Like You-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Early
09-Saint James Infirmary-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Late
10-Wonderful Remark-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Late
11-Rambler's Blues-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Late
12-It's All In The Game-Burning Ground-10-29-Brecon-Wales-Late
13-It's All Over Now, Baby Blue-Brecon-Wales-Late

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