Van Morrison - 1973-07-24 - London, UK (FM)

Van Morrison

1973-07-24

Rainbow Theatre

London, UK

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Warm Love

02. Take your Hands Out Of My Pocket

03. Here Comes The Night

04. I Just Want To Make Love To You

05. Brown Eyed Girl

06. Moonshine Whiskey

07. Moondance

08. Help Me

09. Domino

10. Caravan

11. Cyprus Avenue

12. Wild Night

13. I Paid The Price

14. Saint Dominic's Preview

15. Gloria

Van Morrison - 1973-07-24 - London, UK (FM) 

In May 1973, Van Morrison launched a 3 month tour of the US and Europe, accompanied by with his legendary backing band, the Caledonia Soul Orchestra. Music historians often label these shows as among the finest of his long storied career. Even the fickle Morrison seems to agree, having said at the time that “I am getting more into performing. It's incredible. When I played Carnegie Hall in the fall something just happened. 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.” The concert performances were described by writer Erik Hage as "sequences of a young soul lion whipping the crowd into a frenzy and then stopping on a dime—teasing out anticipation, rushing, receding, and coaxing every drop out of his band." The tour produced the album It’s Too Late To Stop Now, which critics have hailed as one of the finest live discs ever recorded. Of course, on the heels of that success, in typical Van fashion, he abruptly went in a different direction, disbanding the Caledonia Soul Orchestra just 3 months after the tour ended. This FM broadcast captures Van during that legendary tour, in London on July 24, 1973, 46 years ago this very day. Download this one to hear Van the Man at his peak.