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Having Fun With Van Morrison On Stage
(bootleg CD)

Disc One:

1. Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart No.1 (3:35)
2. Moondance (6:01)
3. Foreign Window (4:53)
4. Goin' Down Geneva (4:36)
5. Raglan Road (4:08)
6. The New Symphony Sid (5:10)
7. One Of These Days (7:03)
8. In The Afternoon / Joe Turner Sings / Don't You Make Me High (10:56)
9. High Summer (5:09)
10. Help Me (6:08)
11. Back On Top (4:06)
12. Precious Time (3:36)
13. Tupelo Honey (6:56)
    Total time: (72:17)

1. Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart No. 1 (6:06)
2. Moondance (7:31)
3. When The Leaves Come Falling Down (6:05)
4. New Biography (5:35)
5. Vanlose Stairway / Trans Euro Train (5:40)
6. Ain't That Loving You Baby (5:13)
7. Philosphers Stone (9:09)
8. In The Afternoon / Joe Turner Sings / Don't You Make Me High (11:31)
9. Satisfied (7:01)
10. Reminds Me Of You (6:03)
11. Centerpiece (5:34)
    Total time: (75:28)

1. Georgia On My Mind (6:55)
2. Summertime In England (7:30)
3. See Me Through / Soldier Of Fortune / Burning Ground (19:44)
4. You Don't Know Me (5:11)
5. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (2:50)
6. I Can't Stop Loving You (5:51)
7. Goodnight Irene (2:38)
8. Midnight Special (4:51)
   Total time: (55:55)

Notes:
This is reported to be "a new 3 CD-R set from Doberman Records, that will contain the complete performances gave at the Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature and Arts on May 28, 1999. These were really good sets, with Van at his most good natured and talkative, with lots of nice performances. All tracks are taken from the best available digital audience recordings."

Review:
In terms of sound, it's one of the best Doberman recordings, with none of the distortion in the high notes that I've occasionally found (purely in terms of sound, A Night In Oxford might be the best of the Doberman efforts.)

Only three numbers from the first show are repeated in the second and Van sings "Moondance" so differently the second time that it's fun to listen to the two versions back-to-back. Van's voice is so supple throughout. Over the course of the evening he ranges in mood from the ecstatic to playful. He does (I count) eight songs from Back On Top and I'd say each of them has grown since its initial recording, particularly "The Philosopher's Stone." There are the rarities at the end when Van discovers that there is no curfew. The first show is great, but if I had to chose, it'd be the second show, easily ... but I refuse to choose: I want all of the 3+ hours of pleasure. I place it firmly among the top live recorded performances.