The Church of our Lady St. Mary
(bootleg CD)

1. Did Ye Get Healed (6:13)
   
2. Whenever God Shines His Light (4:35)
   
3. It's All In The Game (Dowes/Sigman) (5:34)
   
4. Orangefield (3:19)
   
5. When Will I Ever Learn? (5:02)
   
6. Full Force Gale (2:14)
   
7. Beautiful Vision (3:53)
   
8. Dweller On The Threshold (4:09)
   
9. Vanlose Stairway (4:24)
   
10. Give Me My Rapture (3:41)
    
11. Bright Side Of The Road (3:59)
    
12. So Quiet In Here (6:05)
    
13. Thank God (Allison) (3:01)
    
14. Into The Mystic (5:03)
    
15. She Gives Me Religion (4:56)
    
16. Northern Muse (6:46)
    
17. Down By The Riverside (Traditional) (3:50)
    Total time: (76:50)

Recorded live at the Church of our Lady St. Mary, Stogumber, Somerset, U.K., January 17, 1990

Musicians: (see note below)
Van Morrison: Guitar, saxophone, keyboards
Georgie Fame: hammond organ
Dave Early: drums
Bernie Holland: guitar
Haji Ahkba: flugelhorn
Brian Odger: bass

Review from Carsten Brenski:
The show on this CD must be a audience recording. The sound is not very pleasant, not at least because of the acoustics of the church where Van was playing. The concert was a surprise concert where only about 300 people could take part in. For more information on this show, see pg. 167 of Steve Turner's biography of Van.

Additional notes from Andy Lock:
I'm the person who set up the concert (see the John Collis book). The reason the sound is poor is because it was recorded from the front, which picked up the band monitors rather than the main PA. The band members listed on the CD are completely wrong, [the correct lineup is shown above]. The CD missed off "In the Garden", which closed the set, and I think it was the first ever live performance of "It's So Quiet in Here".

From the liner notes:
It hardly seemed credible - Van Morrison, a rock legend for over 25 Years, playing live to a small audience in the Somerset parish church of Stogumber.

But it was happening, and there was a good mix of locals and Somerset people together with a spinkling of 'devotees' from far and wide to witness it. In the side-chapel Van Morrison waits, his face gleaming above his dark coat. He really looks quite distinguished with long straggly hair. He grabs the saxophone and plays a Latin style intro to "Did Ye Get Healed?" His voice sounds so good and natural in these surroundings. He looks round to his band and bursts into his Christmas hit "Whenever God Shines His Light", gesturing the crowd to clap. They need little encouragement. He plays the standard "It's All In The Game" with Georgie Fame singing falsetto backing like any regular choir boy. The crowd loves it. Then it's a run-through some of Van's best-known songs and you realise how many of them have a spiritual fell. Almost too soon it's the interval. The vicar says he will ring the bell when it's time to come back! The second half includes the powerful "Into The Mystic" and closes with "Down By The Riverside", which almost brings the house down.

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