Tag: Van Morrison

Van Morrison – The Prophet Speaks (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:49 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Blues, Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | © Exile Productions Ltd.

The prophet has returned! Van Morrison, he who brought us the timeless Gloria and Brown Eyed Girl, steps back in time for his new album The Prophet Speaks. The Irish bard delves into the world of jazz, blues and rhythm’n’blues with his renditions of classics from John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke, Willie Dixon and Soloman Burke, to name but a few. Such are the talents of Van The Man that he even includes six of his own compositions (Got to Go Where The Love Is, 5am Greenwich Mean Time, Love Is Hard Work,Spirit Will Provide, Ain’t Gonna Moan No More and The Prophet Speaks) within the genre of jazz’n’blues’n’soul.

Van Morrison – Versatile (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 01:08:18 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Front Cover | © Caroline Records

Van Morrison never had to choose between rock, blues, rythm ‘n’ blues, soul and jazz, since he created his own style, the Van Morrison style; that is to say a subtle blend of rock, blues, soul and jazz… Sometimes, however, the septuagenarian bard from Belfast insists a bit more on one of those genres. Like here with Versatile, where the mood is definitely jazzy. Only three months after having released Roll With The Punches, in which he covered soul and blues wonders penned by Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley or Little Walter, this time round he revisits classics that have become legends of the blue note. In this return to the basics, Van The Man sings the Gershwin brothers (A Foggy Day and They Can’t Take That Away From Me), Cole Porter (I Get A Kick Out Of You) and some essentials like Let’s Get Lost (popularized by Chet Baker), Bye Bye Blackbird, Makin’ Whoopee, The Party’s Over, Unchained Melody (magnified in the last century by the Righteous Brothers) and I Left My Heart In San Francisco which was one of Tony Bennett’s greatest hits. It’s a 38th studio album that the master of the blue-eyed soul tackles with some serenity. His crooner voice is no longer his same voice from his 20s or 30s, but he manages to make each and every one of his sentences endearing, poignant even. There’s nothing revolutionary here which could compete with his masterpieces Astral Weeks, Moondance or Veedon Fleece, but a great feeling of serenity anyway. That’s not so bad in a way…

Van Morrison – Keep Me Singing (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz  | Time – 56:40 minutes | 658 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Front Cover | © Caroline Records

“Keep Me Singing” is the 36th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74 based on 10 reviews, which indicates “generally favorable reviews”.

Van Morrison – How Long Has This Been Going On (1995/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 50:55 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

How Long Has This Been Going On is the twenty-fourth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, subtitles “with Georgie Fame and Friends”. The album was recorded live (but without an audience) at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England, on 3 May 1995, and features a number of jazz standards and a be-bop influenced rendition of Morrison’s classic “Moondance”.

Van Morrison – Roll With The Punches (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:03:24 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover | © Exile

Van Morrison’s 37th studio album – sees him simultaneously hand-picking a selection of rhythm and blues classics (by the likes of Bo Diddley, Mose Allison, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Lightnin’ Hopkins among others) and recording a set of new self-written songs. It’s an album that features raw, intimate interpretations of some of the cornerstones of rock’n’roll alongside five new numbers by one of our most consistently brilliant recording artists.

Van Morrison – Moondance (1970/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:09 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | © Warner Bros. Records

Chart History/Awards
– Ranked #65 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
– Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
– Peaked at #29 on Billboard’s Pop Albums chart in 1970
– Peaked at #32 in the UK

In the fall of 1969, Van Morrison entered the studio to record Moondance, the album that would soon become his commercial breakthrough and one of the most beloved recordings of all time. This re-release is a high-resolution stereo remaster by the original album engineer Elliot Scheiner.

Van Morrison – The Essential Van Morrison (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 157:12 minutes | 3,5 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  | Source: 7Digital | Artwork: Front cover

37-track, cross-label career-spanning anthology. All the hits & key album tracks. From Them through to later collaborations with the Chieftains & Cliff Richard.