Van Morrison
A Spawn of The Dublin Pubs
Download FLAC: Google Drive
SOURCE: Vinyl Album > Sony TC-640 Open Reel (Back-Up Copy, 7 1/2ips) > Soundforge PRO 10
> FLAC Level 6 Align on Sector Boundaries
NOTE from original uploader: On my Original disc Cypress Avenue cuts abruptly app. 37secs before the end. I have included an alternate track 10 with an ending edited on. Either version can be used to burn to disc.
Side 1
01. Saint Dominic’s Preview
02. These Dreams Of You
03. The Way Young Lovers Do
04. Bad Man Looking For A Fight
05. More And More
06. Listen To The Lion
Side 2
07. Domino
08. Warm Love
09. Caravan
10. Cypress Avenue
Transfer by JTT 2010
From Discogs:
All tracks were recorded live (in California) on May 24, 1973 [tracks A1 to A6, B2] and the rest on May 27, 1973.
Track A4 is listed as “Bad Man Looking For A Fight” on the insert cover.
themidnightcafe.org 
Thanks FM, would die for some Van stufff from the late 80`s and early 90`s….for example: Listen to the Lion with the danish radio big band from 87, the voss cinema gigs from 88, the fife aid gig in st andrews scotland 88 or the Van with the danish big band 90….
greetings Ben
This is monumental! Thanks FreeMorrison – this CD is a legend, and to have the JTT remaster in FLAC here is a real gift. Many cheers!
With regard to the alterative track the ending added to conclude the cut track @ 9.01 is from Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA, May 8th, 1973.
Thanks for this. THE FIRST VAN MORRISON BOOTLEG.
from archives:
Collector’s Question: What is the first Van Morrison bootleg?
Note from “John”: (September 2006)
I ran across your Van Morrison website and got a kick out of seeing the discussion of what is the first Van boot.
The thing is – I made the first (was doing a lot with TMQ at the time).
It was A Spawn of the Dublin Pubs. That’s my handwriting on the cover, my typewriter’s typface. Very homemade.
I recorded those two Troubador shows on my trusty cassette recorder and we had that album out in about a month
after the concerts I’d say. TMQ didn’t want to – said nobody cared about a Van boot. I told ’em – the hell they
don’t. Let’s try one and see. And it was very popular.
We did two more: Van the Man and Belfast Cowboy. Frankly, I’m not entirely sure about the order of those.
Probably because we did them at about the same time. I’m quite sure I put together Van the Man (that’s my
girlfriend of the time who is credited for the photo – she did a lot of great concert photos). A good friend of
mine, with help from me, put together Belfast Cowboy. In any case, he came up with that title I think. “Spawn”
and “the Man” were my titles.
In any case, maybe I’ve cleared up the record, so to speak, on the first Van boot. It was Spawn. I know. I did
it and I fought to get it out…
Thanks for this “first Van Morrison Bootleg”.
from archives:
Collector’s Question: What is the first Van Morrison bootleg?
Note from “John”: (September 2006)
I ran across your Van Morrison website and got a kick out of seeing the discussion of what is the first Van boot.
The thing is – I made the first (was doing a lot with TMQ at the time).
It was A Spawn of the Dublin Pubs. That’s my handwriting on the cover, my typewriter’s typface. Very homemade.
I recorded those two Troubador shows on my trusty cassette recorder and we had that album out in about a month
after the concerts I’d say. TMQ didn’t want to – said nobody cared about a Van boot. I told ’em – the hell they
don’t. Let’s try one and see. And it was very popular.
We did two more: Van the Man and Belfast Cowboy. Frankly, I’m not entirely sure about the order of those.
Probably because we did them at about the same time. I’m quite sure I put together Van the Man (that’s my
girlfriend of the time who is credited for the photo – she did a lot of great concert photos). A good friend of
mine, with help from me, put together Belfast Cowboy. In any case, he came up with that title I think. “Spawn”
and “the Man” were my titles.
In any case, maybe I’ve cleared up the record, so to speak, on the first Van boot. It was Spawn. I know. I did
it and I fought to get it out…
Very cool. Thanks.