Van Morrison
12/19/98
Rockpalast
Düsseldorf, Germany
Set I
Chicken
Jackie Wilson Said
These Dreams (of You)
Raincheck
Moondance->
My Funny Valentine
Rough God
Goes Riding
Give Me A Kiss
That’s Life
Naked In The Jungle
In The Afternoon
Set II
Satisfied
Georgia On My Mind
Call Me Up In
Dreamland
Summertime In England
See Me Through>
The
Burning Ground>
Soldier Of Fortune>
The Burning
Ground
Have I Told You Lately?
themidnightcafe.org 
Hilarious… I would say the exact same thing. Whenever I buy a CD that has a bonus DVD, I rarely even end up watching it – it sits there. I’m the same as you — would much, much rather hear than listen.
Thanks for this share though – love your site!
I might watch a video once, but after that it pretty much sits on the shelves. This one will probably be deleted without me ever watching it.
Well you hit one out of the park with this one, this is one of my favorites – and considered by many to be on of the finest Van bootleg recordings ever circulated.
It is a rare Sound Board gem, much appreciation for sharing this one here.
Here’s a quick review from Nile Connors>
Review by Niall Connors:
Van’s show at the Rockpalast Christmas Show in Dusseldorf on 19-Dec-98 will
likely
go down as one of Van’s most famous concerts: it was broadcast live; it is
an excellent
show; the band was buttressed by Candy Dulfer and Fred Wesley.
The Internet quickly spread the gospel of this show’s contents, and that
same Internet
helped to spread quite quickly excellent videotape and audiotapes (as well
as CDRs) of
the performance. So, was there a need for me to splurge for The Polar Bear
boot of the
show, which Polar Bear claims to be a “soundboard” recording? No. Did I?
Absolutely. As even my wife contents, my Van hobby may be expensive, but is
quite
benign in the face of other “hobbies” that are out there.
While I am not an audiophile, to my ear this is a soundboard recording, and
it is a notch
above the excellent FM recordings that are available through the Van-List
and
Van-Trades folks. Katie Kissoon’s background vocals are extremely clear and
the
instrument’s contribution is felt both individually and collectively. A
superb recording of
a great show. A+
Part of The Van Morrison Website
Thanks for the review. I guess I’m gonna have to watch it. Do you happen to have an audio rip? As I mention I really don’t enjoy watching concert videos, but I could totally dig the audio.
Or does anybody know how to rip audio from a video on a mac?
Good idea – I have several versions of the DVD audio – let me give ’em a look see and then we’ll attempt an upload of this killer show.
That would be so cool, FreeMorrison! I meant to say above I love to listen more than I love to watch, so to be able to just hear this great show would be a real treat. Thanks if you can do it!!
That would be fantastic FreeMorrison.
Comments from a deleted repost:
Merlin Bear
mat, thanks so much for these many van-the-man gems you have shared with us. so many of us enjoying the fruits of your efforts. this is truly one of the best shows i have heard from you. so many ways to judge: the technical sound quality, the era and song selections, the band of the day, and maybe most importantly, van’s head space. IMO this is one of the best shows you have shared. van is obviously happy to be sharing himself on this night (as he so often is when he shares the stage with candy.) this “in the afternoon” and “see me through …” are awesome and the technical sound is as good as van’s commercially released live albums. thanks again mat.
2012/12/17 at 11:47 pm
Margaret
Many thanks for the share. Amazing quality – as good as his ‘Live in San Francisco’ cd.