Van Morrison – London, England (02/27/79)

Van Morrison
02/27/79 (Tue)
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England

Moondance
And It Stoned Me > Into The Mystic
Wavelength
Checkin’ It Out
Kingdom Hall
Crazy Love(KK)
Don’t Look Back
Moonshine Whiskey
Wild Night
Hungry For Your Love
I’ve Been Working
Caravan
Gloria
Tupelo Honey

Lineup: John Altham – saxophones
Herbie Armstrong – guitar
Peter Bardens – keyboards
Mickey Feat – bass
Pat Kyle – saxophones
Toni Marcus – violin & vocals
Bobby Tench – guitar
Peter Van Hooke – drums
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
Anna Peacock – backing vocals

Lineage;

audio CD-R, unknown gen, obtained in trade

archived originally as Monkey’s Audio files, converted from .ape > .wav > .flac using Trader’s Little Helper

4 thoughts on “Van Morrison – London, England (02/27/79)”

Thank you so much for this Mat! 1978 and ’79 are my favorite “live” years of Van and I’d never heard of this show before so this is a treat!

Happy holidays to you and your family.

Blimey my thoughts were as above, then i checked my archives and found a transfer i did a few years back from an old tape trade. I’ll let you know how quality/completeness compares when i’ve had a chance to check – expect this one will be an upgrade as my tape is of unknown gen

Comments from a deleted repost:

Grant says:
August 5, 2018 at 4:03 am

Looking forward to this – thanks for the upgraded version, Mat!

Tim says:
August 5, 2018 at 3:45 pm

I think it might be two shows, one on the 26th, the other on the 27th.

Mauro says:
August 17, 2018 at 10:33 pm

Thanks Mat for all these Van’s shows.

Grant says:
December 8, 2016 at 3:51 pm

Thanks for this, Mat!

Dell says:
August 3, 2017 at 11:30 am

Hello – Trying to find recent Van Morrison at Hampton Court June 2017- any ideas?

Mat Brewster says:
August 3, 2017 at 5:50 pm Edit

I’d look around Guitars101 forums. They usually get Van shows up eventually. Other than that keep an eye out on the usual torrent sites. If I see it I’ll post it.

DELL KNOX says: 
September 6, 2017 at 10:56 am Edit  

Hi Matt, Just come across the attached link which indicates a number of Van Morrison boots including the Carnegie Hall in 1972 – though I am unable to download in Flac/MP3 format. http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/van-morrison-1963-1979-bootleg-index-%5Bflac%5D-173445.html Can you help or advise? Many thanks in anticipation. Best regards – Dell

DELL KNOX says: 
February 17, 2018 at 12:12 pm 

Hi Mat – thanks for the Van updates. I have an mp3 file of the Van gig at Wembley Arena in June 19989 which I attended when he appeared alongside Bob Dylan. I could send to you via the ‘Wetransfer’ app to add to your collection if you wish let me know. Cheers, Dell

Mat Brewster says:
September 6, 2017 at 3:28 pm

That looks amazing. The link goes to a torrent file. I’ve hooked up to it but unfortunately it doesn’t appear there are any seeders which means its likely dead in the water. I’ll stay connected to it for a bit just in case the original seeder comes around but most likely its a lost cause.

Dell says:
September 7, 2017 at 10:52 am Edit

It does look quite impressive, unfortunately I am not familiar with torrent files and the seeder’ process so can only wait until someone who knows better to open, convert & upload the files. Shall continue to monitor. Thanks for your help.

Mat Brewster says:
September 7, 2017 at 6:32 pm

The Torrent is working, but its very slow going. I’m trying to weed out the shows I already own so that it will go faster, but at this rate it will take me a couple of weeks to get all of it.

Dell says:
September 7, 2017 at 7:06 pm

Excellent news Mat – thanks!