..It's Too Late to Stop Now...Vol. II, III & IV (Live) (Remastered) Van Morrison

• 1 Come Running (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 02:55
• 2 These Dreams of You (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 03:35
• 3 The Way Young Lovers Do (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 04:10
• 4 Snow in San Anselmo (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 04:35
• 5 I Just Want to Make Love to You (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 03:37
• 6 Purple Heather (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 05:21
• 7 Hey, Good Lookin' (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 02:13
• 8 Bein' Green (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 04:54
• 9 Brown Eyed Girl (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 03:30
• 10 Listen to the Lion (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 09:07
• 11 Hard Nose the Highway (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 05:01
• 12 Bring It on Home to Me (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 03:58
• 13 Moondance (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 05:09
• 14 Cyprus Avenue (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 08:45
• 15 Caravan (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA - May 1973) 08:45
• 16 I've Been Working (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:56
• 17 There There Child (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:16
• 18 No Way (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:48
• 19 Since I Fell for You (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 04:29
• 20 Wild Night (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 04:25
• 21 I Paid the Price (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 04:45
• 22 Domino (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 04:11
• 23 Gloria (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:14
• 24 Buona Sera (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 02:42
• 25 Moonshine Whiskey (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 06:51
• 26 Ain't Nothing You Can Do (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:05
• 27 Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:20
• 28 Sweet Thing (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 04:43
• 29 Into the Mystic (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 04:30
• 30 I Believe to My Soul (Live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA - May 1973) 03:36
• 31 Listen to the Lion (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 07:51
• 32 I Paid the Price (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 05:45
• 33 Bein' Green (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 04:47
• 34 Since I Fell for You (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 04:24
• 35 Into the Mystic (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 04:57
• 36 Everyone (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 00:00
• 37 I Believe to My Soul (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 03:29
• 38 Sweet Thing (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 05:50
• 39 I Just Want to Make Love to You (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 05:32
• 40 Wild Children (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 04:45
• 41 Here Comes the Night (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 03:21
• 42 Buona Sera (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 02:39
• 43 Domino (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 04:21
• 44 Caravan (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 08:32
• 45 Cyprus Avenue (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK - July 1973) 08:15
• Total Runtime 03:30:54

Info zu ..It's Too Late to Stop Now...Vol. II, III & IV (Live) (Remastered)

A collection of previously unreleased live concert recordings from Morrison’s mythic 1973 tour with the Caledonia Soul Orchestra, "..It's Too Late to Stop Now...Vol. II, III & IV" collates peak performances originally recorded at three venues: The Troubadour in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Civic Center, and The Rainbow Theatre in London.

Often cited as one of the best live albums ever made, Van Morrison’s original ..It's Too Late to Stop Now... has been remastered in 24-bit high resolution sound.

Morrison’s highly acclaimed 1973 concert album was compiled from eight sets of live performances–recorded at The Troubadour, the Santa Monica Civic Center and The Rainbow Theatre–and was notably free of any post-performance overdubs or studios “fixes”. "..It's Too Late to Stop Now...Vol. II, III & IV" returns to those original performances, first captured on two-inch 16-track analog tapes, and, through the mastery of noted engineer Guy Massey, puts the contemporary listener in the enviable position of being sonically present at each venue. All of the recordings on the new collection have been previously unavailable and none of them overlap with the performances on “Volume I” of ..It's Too Late to Stop Now...

“I am getting more into performing,” said Van Morrison in 1973, during his tour with his newly-formed Caledonia Soul Orchestra. “It’s incredible…. All of a sudden I felt like ‘you’re back into performing’ and it just happened like that…. A lot of times in the past I’ve done gigs and it was rough to get through them. But now the combination seems to be right and it’s been clicking a lot.”

Morrison’s 1973 tour found the Irish soul singer at the peak of his powers, returning to the stage to deliver scorching definitive renditions of the signature material comprising his catalog at the time, from the R&B/rock roots of THEM to the haunting folk soul of Astral Weeks and Moondance in songs like “Gloria,” “Into The Mystic,” “Warm Love,” “Domino” and more. Accompanied by the 11-pice Caledonia Soul Orchestra, featuring two horn players and a four-piece string section, Van Morrison set a new standard for live performance while ..It's Too Late to Stop Now... raised the bar on what was possible on a concert recording.

Van Morrison, vocals
Bill Atwood, trumpet, backing vocals
Jack Schroer, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, tambourine, backing vocals
Jef Labes, piano, organ
John Platania, guitar, backing vocals
David Hayes, bass, backing vocals
Dahaud Shaar (David Shaw), drums, backing vocals
Nathan Rubin, first violin
Tom Halpin, violin
Nancy Ellis, viola
Teresa Adams, cello

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Van Morrison
One of music’s true originals Van Morrison’s unique and inspirational musical legacy is rooted in postwar Belfast.

Born in 1945 Van heard his Shipyard worker father’s collection of blues, country and gospel early in life.

Feeding off musical greats such as Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Muddy Waters, Mahalia Jackson and Leadbelly he was a travelling musician at 13 and singing, playing guitar and sax, in several bands, before forming Them in 1964.

Making their name at Belfast’s Maritime Club Them soon established Van as a major force in the British R&B scene. Morrison’s matchless vocal and songwriting talents produced instant classics such as the much covered ‘Gloria’ and ‘Here Comes The Night’.

Those talents found full astonishing range in Van’s solo career.

After working with Them’s New York producer Bert Berns on beautiful Top 40 pop hit ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ (1967), Morrison moved to another realm.

Recorded over 3 days with legendary jazz musicians Astral Weeks (1968) is a still singular album combining street poetry, jazz improvisation, Celtic invocation and Afro Celtic Blues wailing.

Morrison would weave these and myriad other influences into the albums that followed in quick succession.

Reflecting on new life in America on the joyous Sinatra soul of Moondance (1970) and the country inflected Tupelo Honey (1971) he summoned old spiritual and ancestral life in the epic St Dominic’s Preview (1972) closer track Listen To The Lion.

Double live album Too Late To Stop Now (1973) highlighted Morrison’s superlative performing and bandleader skills. Mapping out a richly varied musical course throughout the 70s he shone among an all-star cast including Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters on The Band’s Last Waltz.

Indeed, borne of his Irish Showband instincts, the magic of the live performance has been a consistent feature of Morrison’s career.

Settling back into life in the UK in 1980 he released Common One an album centring on Summertime In England an extraordinary invocation of literary, sensual and spiritual pleasure the song would often become a thrilling improvised centrepiece to his live shows.

Steering his own course throughout the 80s on albums such as No Guru, No Method, No Teacher he claimed Celtic roots with The Chieftains on Irish Heartbeat. Teaming with Georgie Fame brought new impetus to his live show while Avalon Sunset saw him back in the album and single charts by the decades end.

Van Morrison continued to advance on his status as a game- changing artist through the 90s and into the 21st century.

Awards and accolades - a Brit, an OBE, an Ivor Novello, 6 Grammys, honourary doctorates from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster, entry into The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and the French Ordres Des Artes Et Des Lettres - attested to the international reach of Van’s musical art.

Yet there was never any suggestion that Morrison, one of the most prolific recording artists and hardest working live performers of his era, would ever rest on his laurels.

Collaborations with, among others, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Lonnie Donegan, Mose Allison and Tom Jones confirmed the breadth of his musical reach.

Morrison’s visionary songwriting and mastery of many genres continued to shine on albums celebrating and re-exploring his blues, jazz, skiffle and country roots.

The influence of the musical journey that began back in Post War Belfast stretches across the generations, and Morrison’s questing hunger insures that the journey itself continues.

Constantly reshaping his musical history in live performance, Morrison reclaimed Astral Weeks on 2009’s album Live At The Hollywood Bowl.

The subtitle of Van Morrison's latest album, Born to Sing: No Plan B, indicates the power that music still holds for this living legend. "No Plan B means this is not a rehearsal," says Morrison. "That’s the main thing—it’s not a hobby, it’s real, happening now, in real time."

With one of the most revered catalogues in music history and his unparalleled talents as composer, singer and performer Morrison’s past achievements loom large. But, as throughout his extraordinary career, how that past informs his future achievements and still stirs excitement and keen anticipation.

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