Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Format: LP, Album, RP, 180

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    Europe  
Released:  2020
Genre:       Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop, Folk World & Country
Style:         Blues Rock, Acoustic, Soul, Folk Rock

Comments:
Factory Sealed Brand new. 

Astral Weeks is generally considered one of the best albums in pop music history, but for all that renown, it is anything but an archetypal rock & roll album. It it isn't a rock & roll album at all. Van Morrison plays acoustic guitar and sings in his elastic, bluesy, soulful voice, accompanied by crack group of jazz studio players: guitarist Jay Berliner, upright bassist Richard Davis, Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay, vibraphonist Warren Smithand soprano saxophonist John Payne. It's unlike any record before or since; it mixes together the very best of postwar popular music in an emotional outpouring cast in delicate, subtle musical structures.

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Notes:

Repress of the 2009 EU release, [r1848127, on label is even the cat# of that pressing, not exactly but the number. Without labelcode. Incl. black/white "Back To Vinyl" hype-sticker. Optimal Media Production changed the name to Optimal Media GmbH, under 'Pressed by' I wrote the new name but the old production number as the runout shows. ©+Ⓟ 1968 Warner Records. Manufactured In The E.U.

. Part One: In The Beginning
A1. Astral Weeks 7:00
A2. Beside You 5:10
A3. Sweet Thing 4:10
A4. Cyprus Avenue 6:50
. Part Two: Afterwards
B1. Young Lovers Do 3:10
B2. Madame George 9:25
B3. Ballerina 7:00
B4. Slim Slow Slider 3:20

Produced For Inherit Productions
Mastered At Record Technology Incorporated
Lacquer Cut At AcousTech Mastering
Pressed By Optimal Media GmbH