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Van the Man
(bootleg vinyl LP)

Side 1

1. Moondance (4:47)
2. Caledonia Soul Music (18:10)

1. Hound Dog (2:53)
2. Dead or Alive (5:22)
3. Friday's Child (5:48)
4. Just Like a Woman (7:37)

Notes from Ron_Wyly@cofo.edu:
A yellow insert says the following: "'Moondance' was recorded at the Fillmore West 1970, 'Caledonia Soul Music' is an out-take from Band and Street Choir; Side 2 was recorded at Pacific High Recording Studios [September 5, 1971]. A very special thanks to John for the tape and Laura for the photography."

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, Desert Land, and Wild Night in California. Check the other Discography entries for additional details on a specific bootleg.

Additional notes:
This is an interesting album for the "Caledonia Soul Music" track. All of the CD boots which contain the track have a time of about 16 minutes and 20 seconds. It appears that nobody knows which is the proper timing. See Ron WylyÕs note for the Into the Mystic: Live at Pacific High Studios 1971 CD.

The "Moondance" track is available on CDs such as, inter alia, Rocks His Gypsy Soul (Wail vol. 3) and Live in San Francisco, 1970. All of side B and "Caledonia Soul Music" are available on CD on the aforementioned Into the Mystic: Live at Pacific High Studios 1971. The side B tracks only are available on CD boots such as This is Van Morrison and Moonshine Whiskey.

Thanks to Diana De Roo for additional information.

A contender for the first-ever Van bootleg? Read David Chance's investigation into the question here.

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