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Gypsy Soul
Lost Demos From A Classic Period
(bootleg CD)

Astral Weeks 1968

1. The Way Young Lovers Do (3:33) acoustic guitar
2. Ballerina (4:45) acoustic guitar

   Moondance 1969
   

3. And It Stoned Me (4:22) acoustic guitar & harmony vocals
4. Caravan (4:35) acoustic guitar & electric bass
5. Come Running (1:45) acoustic guitar
6. These Dreams Of You (2:24) acoustic guitar & tambourine
7. Brand New Day (5:56) acoustic guitar, electric bass & drums

   His Band And The Street Choir 1970
   

8. Domino (3:56) acoustic guitar, percussion & harmony vocals
9. If I Ever Needed Someone (3:42) acoustic guitar

   Tupelo Honey 1971
   

10. Wild Night (5:18) acoustic guitar & acoustic bass
11. When That Evening Sun Goes Down (2:14) acoustic guitar

    Unissued Songs 1968 - 1971
    

12. Nobody Really Knows (6:04) acoustic guitar & acoustic bass
13. Bit By Bit (4:58) acoustic guitar & acoustic bass
14. Hey Where Are You (6:23) acoustic guitar, acoustic bass & flute
15. I Need Your Kind Of Loving (3:29) acoustic guitar, acoustic bass & flute
16. Lorna (2:35) acoustic guitar
17. Rock And Roll Band (5:02) acoustic guitar
18. Funny Face (2:22) acoustic guitar
    Total time: (74:18)

Review by Carlo in Berkeley:
This new Van Morrison Bootleg has 18 tracks of studio demos from his classic period: 1968 - 1971. All of the material has been bootlegged before on Laughing In The Wind (tracks 1-12), and Naked In The Jungle (tracks 1-6). The tracks are acoustic recordings with very good sound quality. All arrangements have a slow tempo where all of the lyrics are crystal clear. (sort of like tracks 15-20 on the Dark Knight Of The Soul bootleg.) The beginning of some tracks include Van introducing the song or discussing the arrangement with someone else. The most exiting thing about this new boot is that it has seven unissued songs. For me, this fills a tiny part of void created by PolyGRAB's decision to delay the release of The Philosopher's Stone into 1997 or beyond. The artwork on/in the CD jewel-box might be the best on any VM CD (commercial or bootleg); it includes many color photographs of Van, Janet Planet, and her son Peter (no relation to Van) taken around the time of His Band And The Street Choir release. The cover photo is one of a very young George Ivan Morrison holding an album cover called KING PLEASURE. The only writing on the CD is 'Made in Australia'. The back of the jewel-box has a 'PEG BOY' logo on it.

Note:
Re-appeared (1998) under the name Unplugged In The Studio

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