"Astral Weeks" from 1968. This is one of the strangest records I've ever heard. You can listen to it over and over again without getting any grip of it. During the years, I think I've had every song as my special favorite, still I havn't listened enough. Also "Veedon Fleece" is a must...
1967:Blowin' Your Mind, Bang
1968:Astral Weeks, Warner Bros
1970:Moondance,Warner Bros
1970:The Best of Van Morrison,
1970:His Band and the Street Choir, Warner Bros
1971:Tupelo Honey, Warner Bros
1972:Saint Dominic's Preview, Warner Bros
1973:Hard Nose the Highway, Warner Bros
1974:T. B. Sheets,
1974:It's Too Late to Stop Now, Warner Bros
1974:Veedon Fleece, Warner Bros
1977:A Period of Transition, Warner Bros
1977:This Is Where I Came In,
1978:Wavelength, Warner Bros
1979:Van Morrison / Live at the Roxy, Warner Bros
1979:Into the Music, Warner Bros
1980:Common One, Mercury
1982:Beautiful Vision, Mercury
1983:Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, Mercury
1984:Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast, Mercury
1984:A Sense of Wonder, Mercury
1986:No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Mercury
1987:Poetic Champions Compose, Mercury
1988:Irish Heartbeat (with the Chieftains), Mercury
1989:Avalon Sunset, Polydor
1990:The Best of Van Morrison, Bang
1990:Enlightenment, Polydor
1991:Hymns to the Silence, Polydor
1991:Bang Masters,
1992:The Lost Tapes: The Bang Masters and Previously Unreleased Takes,
1992:Best of Van Morrison Volume Two, Polydor
1993:Too Long in Exile, Polydor
1994:A Night in San Francisco, Polydor
1994:Blowin' Your Mind (Gold Mastersound),
1995:Days Like This, Polydor
1995:How Long Has This Been Going On, Polydor
1996:Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison,
1997:The Healing Game,
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Van Morrison was steeped in the sounds of American
blues and R&B form his youth. By age 11 he had mastered guitar, saxophone and harmonica
and was performing with skiffle bands in local dance halls.
On 1960 he joined the Monarchs and toured U.S air bases in Germany. Returning to Belfast,
he formed Them, one of hte great British rock bands of the period. The group scored with
such early hits as "Don't start Crying Now", "Baby Please don't go" and "Here comes the
Night", a Morrison original and the groups's first transatlantic hit. "Gloria", also penned
by Morrison, has gone on to become a rock & roll classic.
After Them disbanded, Morrison embarked on a solo career. He hit the Top 10 in 1967
with "Brown eyed girl". He signed to Warner Bros. Records the following year and released
"Astral Weeks" in November 1968. Cut in New York in less than two days, "Astral Weeks"
is one of the innovative and influential albums of the era. Without any obvious hit singles
"Astral Weeks" nevertheless features some of Morrison's most enduring work, including
"Cyprus Avenue", "The way young lovers do", "Beside you" and the poignant story-in-song
"Madame George".
After Astral Weeks followed a load of great records like "Moondance", "Tupelo Honey",
"Veedon Fleece", and so on, Van Morrison, is still today, one of the world's greatest.
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