Van Morrison
Belfast, Northern Ireland
02/xx/79
Rock On Interview
This interview with John Tobler appears to have been recorded in Belfast around 20/21 February 1979, when Van returned to perform in Belfast for the first time since Them days. It was broadcast on the BBC Radio 1 programme “Rock On”, introduced by Tommy Vance, a couple of months later.
I recorded this on poor quality tape on a domestic radio/cassette, so the sound quality is mediocre, but first generation. Also missed the odd word here and there due to clumsy tape flips. When Tobler refers to an annual poll of favourite songs, he’s talking about John Peel’s festive fifty. Madame George (not Astral Weeks as Tobler incorrectly states) was voted #21 in the 1978 Festive Fifty.
Duration 10 min 7 sec. Download size 54kB.
themidnightcafe.org 
The whole interview is at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/van-morrison-1979 but it is behind a paywall.
Thank you. Too bad about that paywall.