Van Morrison Reissues

Hey everyone--

This link is reporting that Van Morrison's entire 34-album catalog will be reissued via Polydor, issued in six-album batches with bonus tracks beginning in 2008. Big news if it's true . . .

http://www.theloon.com/

Luke

 

SH.TV Commandment #1:
Hold onto those originals until you hear the remasters!

 

for sure

The good news to me is all the out of print stuff that sounds good will come way down in price.

 

More On Van's re-releases of 34 album back catalogue...

Beginning in 2008, they will be released in batches of 6.
All are planned with expanded audio content.

 

This is funny -- would make a GREAT fundraiser. SH.TV T-shirts with an Audiophile's 10 Commandments!

 

is this in addition to the moondance i have on pre-order somewhere or is it part of that set of releases?

 

Now the healin' has really begun...

There's no shortage of bonus material to choose from either!

 

I can't find the article.

 

Interesting news if true. I just hope Moondance and Street Choir come out on vinyl with Steve's mastering.

 

ok, that is what i was talking about.....

 

Mentioned w/links in these threads the other day...

Out of print Van Morrison titles

NEW 2CD Van Morrison Best of Coming!

 

nevermind......

 

BACK CATALOGUE REISSUES FOR JANUARY 2008 :

Tupelo Honey
It's Too Late To Stop Now
Wavelength
Into The Music
A Sense Of Wonder
Avalon Sunset
Back On Top

Extra tracks as follows :

Tupelo Honey : Wild Night (alternative take) and a reworking of the traditional Down By The Riverside

It's Too Late To Stop Now : live take on Brown Eyed Girl

Wavelength : Kingdom Hall and Wavelength (Live at the Roxy Theatre, LA, Nov 26, 1978)

Into The Music : Steppin' Out Queen and Troubadours (alternative takes)

A Sense Of Wonder : Crazy Jane On God and A Sense Of Wonder (alternative takes)

Avalon Sunset : Whenever God Shines His Light (alternative take) and When The Saints Go Marching In (with additional lyrics by Van Morrison)

Back On Top : Philosopher's Stone (alternative take) and Valley Of Tears (A completely new arrangement of the Fats Domino Song)

can I just say HOW UNDERWHELMING...

Could they spare these bonus tracks?????

 

underwhelming to say the least.....

i'll settle for a couple SH remasters of old VM stuff.

 

well this'll save me a $hitload of money, cause I need nothing from this listing myself. I thought we'd get the mother load of unreleased tracks here. though that was my fantasy. still i was expecting them to be interesting enough to get me to buy many of them again. I dont need out takes of a song here and there...so yeah, more money for me, less money for Universal...

 

Yep. It's not interesting stuff. They're probably saving that for Philospher's Stone 2. I'll buy it. I'll also buy a few of these, because I need them. Or maybe I'll buy the original CD masters after these come out and the OOP pricing goes away. Should be interesting. I'll pick up ITLTSN immediately, because on disc of my set is missing. And of course I'll be able to compare it to the other disc.

Tim

 

Precisely. And what's with the strict "2 bonus tracks only" thing? We all know there's dozens and dozens of outtakes to choose from...
I stopped holding my breath for PS2 about five years ago.

 

yea 2 bonus tracks of songs already out in some fashion legitimately. why not some of the dozens of unreleased tunes from those era's.

honestly such a missed opportunity. Frankly, these two bonus cuts per cd is not going to generate sales the way 4-6 unreleased and often booted songs would have and generated much more income into Universal's coifers. I'm really quite astonished...but ultimately its Van's call isnt it? He controls his masters, so he's the one doling out the bonus cuts I imagine.

oh well, at least i'm not re-buying some 30 some odd cds next year.

 

Well, I might pick up Tupelo Honey if the mastering is any good. It's the only Van I like. And yes, I've tried Astral Weeks, Moondance and all the other big ones.

 

oh thats too bad...you can always try a little one like Days Like These...

 

I just hope his gives up his beef with Warner Bros and gives us Astral Weeks,His Band and Street Choir and Moondance (SH mastered vinyl,remastered cd,and completed DVD-A) sometime soon

 

I would like to know... who did the remastering?

 

Yes, that is the big question for me as well.

I dream of someday hearing a CD issue of Veedon Fleece that surpasses the original Warner Bros. CD sonically, but ... I'll be surprised if that happens.

 

You didn't like the remastered Veedon Fleece?

 

No. Far too bright.