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And It Stoned Me To My Soul
(bootleg CD)
Oil Well (RSC CD 079)
(Released 1994/5)
- Domino (4:02)
- If I Ever Needed Someone (3:40)
- These Dreams of You (2:31)
- And It Stoned Me (4:28)
- Come Running (1:50)
- Bit By Bit (5:04)
- Lean On Me (6:31)
- Lorna (2:41)
- I Need Your Kind of Loving (3:33)
- Wasn't That a Time (5:08)
- Funny Face (2:39)
- Wild Night (5:22)
- Brand New Day (6:02)
- When the Evening Sun Goes Down (2:19)
- Nobody Really Knows (6:09)
- Caravan (4:48)
- The Way Young Lovers Do (3:38)
Total time: (70:25)
Allegedly recorded live in Chicago on April 8th, 1971
Notes from Denis Healy and Art Siegel:
This bootleg is actually the same as the
original Gets His Chance to Wail in content
and song order, and is probably just a copy of that earlier boot. It is also largely the same as the
Gypsy Soul: Lost Demos From a Classic
Period without "Ballerina." Sound seems just as good.
"Hey, Where are You" on Gypsy Soul is known as "Lean On Me" and "Rock and Roll Band" is known as "Wasn't That a Time."
Whether the recordings are from the date cited is very doubtful given that there are tracks which were used on Astral Weeks in '68 up to Tupelo Honey in '71. Having said this, the tracks seem to be fairly consistent sound-wise and may all have been recorded in one session. Perhaps they are not demos as such and maybe Van was revisiting the earlier tracks in preparation for performance.
Notes from Donna Burdick:
At the beginning of "Domino" there's a little
of the studio discussion included and they decide to leave the flute out of
the mix. Then Van says, "I think that's a better key for me; gives me a chance
to 'wee-ale' more." The accent kills me...I guess that's where "gets his chance
to wail" comes from.
Part of the van-the-man.info unofficial website