Astral Weeks
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Astral Weeks is the second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York during September and October 1968 and released in Novembe
Van Morrison Astral Weeks
Cyprus Avenue – the street in Belfast that inspired the song.
Moondance
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Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. After the commercial failure of his first Warner Bros.
Astral Weeks
…featuring Morrison's "small harsh voice" backed by an attractive musical combo that "verges on genius" during "Madame George". When his third album Moondance was released in 1970, Warner Bros. ran full-page advertisements remarking on the unavailability of Astral Weeks in record stores, calling it a "damn…
Van Morrison Moondance
Morrison wrote songs for Moondance at a mountain-top home in the Catskills (view from Overlook Mountain pictured).
Some songs used a three-piece chorus of backup singers that featured Emily Houston (pictured in 1975).