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Desert Land
(bootleg CD)

Cover Drawing by Dietmar Schubring

1. Brown-Eyed Girl (3:12)
2. Moonshine Whiskey (7:12)
3. Moondance (5:46)
4. Wild Night (4:53)
5. Ballerina (9:31)
6. Blue Money (4:09)
7. Buenosera Senorita (3:31)
   Total time: (38:14)

Liner states "All Songs recorded live in USA, November 1971" - but see notes below.

Review from Ric Kabat:
The sound quality is very good. There is no listing of musicians, but I would guess that the band is made up of most of the people who played on the songs on This Is Van Morrison.

Notes from David Walker:
All sources I've encountered state that Desert Land is simply an abbreviated offering of the famous, oft-booted Pacific High Studios radio performance of September 5, 1971. This is not entirely accurate. The first three songs on Desert Land ("Brown-Eyed Girl," "Moonshine Whiskey," and "Moondance") are definitely from a different concert than the remaining four songs, which are indeed from the Pacific High show.

Based on information found on Nathan Wirth's excellent home page, I've concluded that the three mystery songs actually come from VTM's concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London on July 24, 1973, during the great Caledonia Soul Orchestra tour. Much of this show wound up on It's Too Late To Stop Now. This particular show was also broadcast on radio and TV in Europe.

Also, it would seem that the Desert Land CD is simply a digital copy of the famous vinyl boot Belfast Cowboy (TMOQ 73035).

Notes from Russell Parkinson:
This Pacific High Studios material has been frequently booted. It is reviewed in full in the Discography entry for The Inner Mystic. The material also appears (in whole or in part) on a number of other boots, including Fridays Child, I've Been Working, Into the Mystic, Moonshine Whiskey, This is Van Morrison, Wild Night in California, and the vinyl Van the Man. Check the other Discography entries for additional details on a specific bootleg.

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