Category: The Chieftains

Van Morrrison & the Chieftains – London, England (10/22-23/88)

VAN MORRISON with THE CHIEFTAINS
Royal Albert Hall
London, England
October 22nd & 23rd 1988 (MASTER TAPES)

Recorded by Rob Kedward (Thanks for The Tapes)
Lineage: Master Cassettes (Maxell XL11 90) > Akai GX95 11 > Soundforge PRO 10c > FLAC Level 8
NO AUDIO REMASTERING
Mastered by JTT, October 2011

October 22, 1988

01. Tir Na Nog
02. Tore Down A La Rimbaud
03. It’s All In The Game
04. In The Garden
05. Summertime In England
06. Rave On John Donne >
07. Did Ye Get Healed
08. Northern Muse (Solid Ground)

with The Chieftains
09. Star Of The County Down
10. She Moved Through The Fair
11. Ta Mo Chleamhaus Deanta
12. Raglan Road (fade out)
13. I’ll Tell Me Ma
14. Carrickfergus
15. Celtic Ray
16. My Lagan Love
17. Marie’s Wedding
18. Irish Heartbeat
19. Boffyflow And Spike
20. I Can’t Stop Loving You
21. Moondance

October 23rd 1988

01. Tir Na Nog
02. Tore Down A La Rimbaud
03. It’s All In The Game
04. In The Garden
05. Summertime In England
06. Rave On John Donne >
07. Did Ye Get Healed
08. Northern Muse (Solid Ground)

with The Chieftains
09. Star Of The County Down
10. She Moved Through The Fair
11. Ta Mo Chleamhaus Deanta
12. Raglan Road (fade out)
13. I’ll Tell Me Ma
14. Carrickfergus
15. Celtic Ray
16. My Lagan Love
17. Marie’s Wedding
18. Irish Heartbeat
19. Boffyflow And Spike
20. I Can’t Stop Loving You
21. Moondance

Arty McGlynn – guitar
Dave Early – drums
Clive Culbertson – bass
Ritchie Buckley – saxophone
Derek Bell – keyboards
June Boyce – backing vocals

Van Morrison – Edinburgh, Scotland (09/01/79)

VAN MORRISON
Edinburgh, Scotland
September 1st, 1979
Festival Theatre

SetList:

Kingdom Hall
Bright Side Of The Road
Into The Mystic
Here Comes The Night
You Make Me Feel So Free
Troubadours
Call Me Up In Dreamland
It’s All In The Game > You Know What They’re Writing About
Warm Love
Moonshine Whiskey
Moondance
Full Force Gale
Wavelength
Tupelo Honey
I’ve Been Working
Brown Eyed Girl
Gloria
Rolling Hills
Goodnight Irene

Comment: First Appearance with The Chieftains ever.

Lineup:
John Altham – Saxophones
Herbie Armstrong – Guitar
David Hayes – Bass
Toni Marcus – Violin
Peter Van Hooke – Drums
Pete Wingfield – Keyboards
Katie Kissoon – Backing vocals

Source 1:

Downloaded by FreeMorrison from Somewhere
Lineage: Reworked usingSony SoundForge 10 Pro > remove lower noise fuzz, raised mid & bass 125 khz > Flac level 7
Checked SBE’s (passed) FFP, MD5, auCDtect Flac Report, (all files 100% Flac) ,Original Art Included
And new Art Created by FreeMorrison for this reworked version.
Size: 383Mb’s
Venue: The Royal Highland Showground Ingliston, Edinburgh Scotland “Edinburgh Rock Festival” 09/01/79
(Slight Overall Enhancement in Sound from Original, Rework by FreeMorrison February 13th, 2001)

Source: NC, BVR, WL

A commercially ill fated festival held in the showgrounds at Ingliston near Edinburgh, good weather, good organisation but perhaps too diverse a bill that did not appeal to a wide enough audience .

The pairing of Van and the Cheiftains with a New wave set of acts was probably not a good idea in 1979, when audiences were quite polarised as to their likes and dislikes. 12,000 was not a big enough audience to justify another outing in 1980 .

Notes:
(There is another superb copy that circulates – I would highly recomend it ifyou can find it – a JTT version of this show with an Introduction bonus track incluced)
FreeMorrison February 13th, 2012

Source 2:

Thanks to “Norm” for the scans on Demonoid and correct information.
I downloaded the copy now on Demonoid but found my tape transfer to be an upgrade.
New Arwork included using Norms original Scans

SOURCE: Low Generation Tape (JG) > Soundforge PRO 10c > FLAC Level 8

JTT, December 2011

These files are labeled 09/09 but it appears to be this date.

Source 3:

No source information, just art.

Van Morrison – Dark Knight of the Soul

VAN MORRISON
Dark Knight Of The Soul
(Van Morrison with The Chieftains) (bootleg CD)
Moontunes – MOON001 (Czech Republic)

1. Tore Down A La Rimbaud (3:58)
2. In The Garden (4:49)
3. Rave On John Donne (2:00)
4. Did Ye Get Healed (4:06)
5. Star Of The Down (sic) (2:44)
6. She Moved Through The Fair (4:57)
7. Ta Mo Chleamhnas Deanta (2:57)
8. Tell Me Ma (2:24)
9. Carrick Fergus (sic) (4:39)
10. Celtic Ray (3:26)
11. Maries’s Wedding (3:18)
12. Boffyflow & Spike (2:43)
13. Goodnight Irene (4:51)
14. Moon Dance (sic) (2:55)
15. T For Texas (2:42)
16. When I Was A Cowboy (2:05)
17. Sense Of Wonder (4:42)
18. Celtic Ray (3:16)
19. In The Garden (4:53)
20. Raglan Road (4:27)
21. Send In The Clowns (3:41)
Total time: (75:44)

From the liner notes:
Tracks 1 – 14 : Ulster Hall, Belfast, 15 September 1988
Tracks 15 – 20 : Colrain University, 20 April 1988
Track 21 : Ronnie Scott’s, London 6 June 1986

Tracks 1 – 4 : Van & Van Morrison Band
Tracks 5 – 14 : Van & The Chieftains
Tracks 15 – 20 : Van & Derek Bell ‘Unplugged’
Track 21 : Van & Chet Baker

Review by Brian Murphy:
I picked up this CD on the weekend. — Absolutely amazing. It was recorded in 1988 from concerts with the Chieftains in Ireland and contains most of the stuff from Irish Heartbeat. [It contains a] version of “Moondance” – as an *IRISH JIG*. Yes that’s right. I couldn’t believe it. It sounded just like an ordinary jig until I heard the words. I didn’t think that he could still find anything new in the song, the way he plays it in concert recently, but this just blew me away. Also a version of “Send In the Clowns” in which he actually sings it for real, no clowning around, no long pauses, no nothing. Just Van singing a great song as if he means it. (This tra