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  8122799070Long Player  £13.00

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Warner Bros.

Van Morrison

Moondance

60s 70s back in stock at a cheaper price vinyl reissue complete with original artwork and remastered audio pressed on highquality 180 gram vinyl van morrison went a long way towards defining his wild irish heart with his first two classic albums the brooding introspective 'astral weeks' 1968 and the expansive swinging 'moondance' if the first was the work of a poet its sequel was the statement of a musician and bandleader 'moondance' is that rare rock album where the band has buffed the arrangements to perfection and where the sax solos instead of the guitar the band puts out a jazzy shuffle on 'moondance' and plays it soulful on 'these dreams of you' the album includes both morrison's most romantic ballad 'crazy love' and his most haunting 'into the mystic' 'and it stoned me' rolled off morrison's tongue like a favourite fable while 'caravan' told a tale full of emotional intrigue 'moondance' stood out in the rock world of 1970 like a grownup in a kiddie matinee