VAN MORRISON – His Band And The Street Choir – LP – 180G Vinyl

LABEL: Warner

CAT NO: 081227950385

BARCODE: 081227950385

Tracklisting:

Side 1
1. Domino (3:11)
2. Crazy Faces (3:00)
3. Give Me A Kiss (2:41)
4. Ive Been Working (3:26)
5. Call Me Up In Dreamland (3:55)
6. Ill Be Your Lover, Too (3:52)

Side 2
1. Blue Money (3:45)
2. Virgo Clowns (4:10)
3. Gypsy Queen (3:16)
4. Sweet Jannie (2:13)
5. If I Ever Needed Someone (3:50)
6. Street Choir (4:52)

VAN MORRISON
His Band And The Street Choir

LP 180g Black Vinyl
(Housed in a Gatefold Sleeve.)

The dark night of the soul that culminated in Astral Weeks found its counterpart in Morrisons next two albums, the seminal Moondance and its subsequent sister, His Band and the Street Choir. Both released in 1970, these latter two albums defined the folk / soul / blues amalgam that would prove to be the foundation of Morrisons music.

The tunes here are among the most soulful in Morrisons repertoire. The classic opener Domino finds him wailing over a punchy horn section and insistent, percolating rhythms, setting the tone for the rest of the album. Van rocks his way through the r&b-inflected Blue Money, gets down on the funk workout Ive Been Working, and waxes lyrical on If I Ever Needed Someone, which seems to be both a gospel song and love ballad simultaneously. His Band and the Street Choir is perhaps Morrisons most open, exuberant recording.LP.

See below for tracklisting