Van Morrison – Reno, NV (09/27/98)

Van Morrison
09/27/98
Reno Hilton Ampitheater
Reno, NV

01. Rough God Goes Riding (5:03)
02. Cleaning Windows (4:42)
03. Fire In The Belly (5:45)
04. Jackie Wilson Said (3:35)
05. Whenever God Shines His Light (3:22)
06. In The Afternoon (7:27)
07. Moondance/My Funny Valentine (7:30)
08. Satisfied/Organ Grinder Jam (4:51)
09. Send In The Clowns (3:59)
10. Tupelo Honey/Crazy Love (7:37)
11. Vanlose Stairway (4:47)
12. Summertime In England (8:33)
13. Cypress Avenue (8:44)

tt: 75:54
517 Mb

MASTER RECORDING: Sony MDZ-R35->CSB->Sony JE510->Tascam CD-RW700

The recording is EXCELLENT, VERY upfront and balanced A/A+

Every Van fan should have this show. This is a GREAT show. Van and Bob (and Lucinda on a few of these shows)
did a fall tour in 1998. I saw 3 of them (only taped 2). This was the final show of this mini tour. Van was in a GREAT mood,
in his enthusiastic mode (which isn’t always the case). The crowd was hooping and hollering along. The setlist is GREAT,
with a very rarely played ending twosome of Summertime in Enland along with Cypress Ave.

This was one of the first recording I made with this equipment, and there are a couple of mic pops during the recording
(just a few). Also, I inexplicably decided to fit this on 1 74 minute disc (there were no 80 minute discs then).
So…I removed Whenever God Shines His Light from the original recording and put it on another disc, so later I replaced it,
but there is a fade-out and start up between Track 4 and Track 5. Also there was a disc flip between Track 11 and 12,
so Track 12 starts abruptly, but no music is missed.

All Van fans should take a listen to this, especially with the relative mediocrity (Keep mediocrity at bay, indeed) of his shows
from the last 4-5 years, and t he newbies to Van should take a listen to this relatively neglected period of time.
Van’s voice is HUGE on this one. Hope you like it. I only have the front art I made back in the day…can’t find the rear.
I’ll put up the Dylan recording of this show later.

8 thoughts on “Van Morrison – Reno, NV (09/27/98)”

  2. Thanks for these Van posts and re-posts – fantastic stuff time and again. Amongst others, this Fire in the Belly is a mucky soulful monster of a masterpiece…

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  7. I hate to do it … but I am going to post one of those “I was there” comments … because … well … I was there. I attended the Concord and Shoreline shows and then drove up to this one from the San Francisco Bay Area. It was, indeed, a good show. All three of them had some really good highlights. I especially loved seeing him perform “Cypress Avenue.” Fun, but not so fun fact: all throughout Van and Dylan’s sets, you could see and hear planes taking off from the nearby airport.

    PS Dylan’s set at the Concord Pavilion was my favorite of his three sets I saw on this tour. I have always loved his tune about “Blind Willie McTell” and he did a great version that evening– as well as a fun cover of “Friend of the Devil.” All us Deadheads were still not even close to being used to the fact that Garcia had died, so it was touching to hear Dylan sing it. I should also add that Lucinda Williams’ set was smoking. What a great band she had for that tour.

    PPS I thought the Dylan set at the San Jose show earlier in May from that year was even better– one of my favorite times seeing Dylan. What a show that was (with Joni and Van also playing that night).

    PPS Sorry about my reminiscing …

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