Van Morrison
03/14/08
Wang Theater
Boston, MA

Intro
This Love Of Mine
Magic Time
Don’t Worry About A Thing
Bright Side Of The road
Moondance
Vanlose Stairway
Stop Drinking
In The Afternoon > Joe Turner Sings > Raincheck > Golden Autumn Day
School Of Hard Knocks
End Of The Land
That’s Entrainment
Keep It Simple
No Thing
Don’t Go To Nightclubs Anymore
Soul
Song Of Home
Lover Come Back
How Can A Poor Boy?
Behind The Ritual
Gloria > A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

A friend of the site sent me this, and I thank him for it.

Converted WAV to FLAC using xACT.

Van Morrison
Wang Theater
Boston, MA
1985-05-17

Source: AUD > C(1) via Chris Hecht
Transfer Info: C > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96)
Lineage: Wav 24/96 > Wavelab 9.5 (tracking, Ozone 8 EQ, mBit+ dither, resample, levels) > FLAC 16

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer

1. Inarticulate Speech of the Heart No. 2 >
2. Baby Please Don’t Go >
3. Gloria >
4. Here Comes The Night >
5. Brown Eyed Girl
6. Jackie Wilson Said
7. It’s All In The Game /
   Meet Me Down By The River /
   Make It Real One More Time
8. Help Me
9. Tore Down a la Rimbaud
10. Vanlose Stairway
11. Hard Nose The Highway
12. If Only You Knew
13. Northern Muse (Solid Ground)
14. A Sense of Wonder
15. Cleaning Windows
16. Cry For Home
17. She Gives Me Religion
18. Haunts of Ancient Peace
19. What Would I Do
20. Summertime In England
21. Full Force Gale

A seemingly uncirculated performance. Taper unknown. Received in trade by Chris Hecht. Cassette marked “1st gen.” There is a tape flip after Northern Muse and a second in the middle of Summertime in England. Both had already been faded in/out, which supports MC > C by the person making the C(1) tape.

As with many Van Morrison recordings, the vocals are mmrph luh rrrble da bada. Ozone 8’s Vocal Richness preset helps a bit, and also brought up the levels and put a little polish on things Still, the vocals are often incomphrehensable.

Baby Please Don’t Go through Brown Eyed Girl is a medley, as is the It’s All The Game > Make It Real segment, which may be the best part of the show. The crowd certainly reacts well to it.

https://etreedb.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=27618 lists Bright Side of the Road and Tupelo Honey as the last two songs, but neither was present on this recording. That setlist was imported back when the db got started. The setlist was probably derived from Wavelength magazine (not the surfing one) and is probably correct.

The Band:

Van Morrison with …
John Allair – organ
Bob Doll – trumpet
Tom Donlinger – drums
Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
David Hayes – bass
Chris Michie – guitar
Annie Stocking – backing vocals
Pauline Lozano – backing vocals

Fun stuff, enjoy!

–mhg :: 2020-09-29

Van Morrison
Wang Theater
Boston, MA
April 26,2016

Recorded by Belfrank.
Transferred by Kagee.
Recorded Balcony – Centre Left Row H
CA14s(cards)>CA9100>R09HR>wavepad(levels etc)>cdwav>tlh>you

01. Celtic Swing
02. Close Enough for Jazz
03. Magic Time
04. By His Grace
05. In The Midnight
06. Born To Sing (with Chris Farlowe)
07. That Old Black Magic (with Shana Morrison) (Written by Johnny Mercer)
08. Rock Me Baby (written by BB King)
09. Someone Like You
10. Wavelength
11. Sometimes We Cry
12. Enlightenment
13. Baby, Please Don’t Go / Parchman Farm / Don’t Start Crying Now
14. In The Afternoon / Ancient Highway / Burn Baby Burn
15. Wild Night
16. Whenever God Shines His Light
17. It’s All In The Game / Burning Ground
18. Brown Eyed Girl
19. Into The Mystic
20. Stand By Me (with Chris Farlowe)

Van Morrison, Sax, Harmonica Vocals

Paul Moran, keyboards Hammond B-3 trumpet
Dave Keary, Guitar, Vocals
Paul Moore, Bass, Vocals
Robbie Ruggiero, Drums, Vocals
Dana Masters, Vocals, Percussion

Guest Vocalists:
Shana Morrison
Chris Farlowe