| Identifier | 6916057 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | CDR |
| Media Count | 8 |
| Sound Rating | B+ |
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| Van Morrison Compilations 2004-??-?? The Best Of 2004 Compilation, Various, Various | |
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| 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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