Into the Mystic cover
(click on image for larger version of the Hawk cover)

Into the Mystic
Live at Pacific High Studios 1971
(bootleg CD)

2 CD set (Hawk 78/79) Disc 1 is 15-4051; Disc 2 is 15-4052
Also on the Scorpio label (product code not known)

Disc 1

  1. Into the Mystic (5:39)
  2. I've Been Working (6:02)
  3. Friday's Child (5:33)
  4. Hound Dog (2:54)
  5. Ballerina (8:44) (misspelled Bellerina on the label & insert - Hawk version)
  6. Tupelo Honey (6:06)
    Into the Mystic cover
    Cover of Scorpio version
  7. Wild Night (4:34)
  8. Just Like a Woman (7:36)
  9. Moonshine Whiskey (7:33)
    Total time: (54:41)

    Disc 2
  1. Dead or Alive (5:10)
  2. You're My Woman (5:48)
  3. These Dreams of You (3:18)
  4. Domino (5:49)
  5. Call Me Up in Dreamland (3:26)
  6. Blue Money (3:56)
  7. Bring It On Home To Me (4:14)
  8. Buena Sera Senorita (3:16)
  9. Caledonia Soul Music (16:21)
    Total time: (51:18)

Recorded live at Pacific High Studios, Marin, CA, September 5, 1971. Soundboard recording.

Notes from Ron_Wyly@cofo.edu:
I believe "Caledonia Soul Music" is not live but a studio outtake. The playing time of the song is listed on this CD as 16:21. For years I've had a vinyl bootleg called Van the Man (note: not the bootleg CD of the same name) which also has "Caledonia Soul Music" on it, but its playing time is a little over 18 minutes. It's clearly the same performance on both the CD and the vinyl, but the CD version, besides having better sound, does sound "speeded up" compared to the vinyl boot. Does anyone know which recording might be the one that's the accurate speed?

By the way, new Van fans will eventually want to hear this track; it's not much like anything else Van has ever done, being a 16-18 minute tune that's mostly an instrumental. It never gets dull and also shows Van-and-band's talent for shifts in dynamics (fast/slow; loud/soft) within the same performance. I hope the tune is officially released someday, maybe as part of the boxed set.

Musicians:
(not yet available)

Notes from Russell Parkinson:
The 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, Moonshine Whiskey, This is Van Morrison, Desert Land, 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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