NEW YORK, May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings,
the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, in association
with Exile Productions, Ltd., is pleased to announce the release of
Van Morrison's ..IT'S TOO LATE
TO STOP NOW...VOLUMES II, III, IV & DVD on Friday, June 10.
A 3CD/1DVD collection of previously unreleased live concert
recordings from Morrison's mythic 1973 tour with the Caledonia Soul
Orchestra, ..IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW...VOLUMES II, III, IV
& DVD collates peak performances originally recorded at
three venues: The Troubadour in Los
Angeles, the Santa Monica Civic Center, and The Rainbow
Theatre in London. The set's DVD
features professionally-lensed live footage from the Rainbow
Theatre, which originally aired on the BBC in the UK and is now
available for the first time as a commercial home video
release.
Often cited as one of the best live albums ever made,
Van Morrison's original ..IT'S
TOO LATE TO STOP NOW... has been remastered in 24-bit high
resolution sound and will be available in both 2CD and 2LP
configurations, creating the first vinyl pressing of the album in
more than 25 years plus availability of the album to hi-res
partners (Mastered for iTunes, HD Tracks, Pono).
Morrison's highly acclaimed 1973 concert album was compiled from
eight sets of live performances--recorded at The Troubadour, the
Santa Monica Civic Center and The Rainbow Theatre--and was notably
free of any post-performance overdubs or studios "fixes".
..IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW...VOLUMES II, III, IV &
DVD returns to those original performances, first captured
on two-inch 16-track analog tapes, and, through the mastery of
noted engineer Guy Massey, puts the
contemporary listener in the enviable position of being sonically
present at each venue. All of the recordings on the new collection
have been previously unavailable and none of them overlap with the
performances on "Volume I" of ..IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW....
"I am getting more into performing," said Van Morrison in 1973, during his tour with his
newly-formed Caledonia Soul Orchestra. "It's incredible…. All of a
sudden I felt like 'you're back into performing' and it just
happened like that…. A lot of times in the past I've done gigs and
it was rough to get through them. But now the combination seems to
be right and it's been clicking a lot."
Morrison's 1973 tour found the Irish soul singer at the peak of
his powers, returning to the stage to deliver scorching definitive
renditions of the signature material comprising his catalog at the
time, from the R&B/rock roots of THEM to the haunting folk soul
of Astral Weeks and Moondance in songs like "Gloria,"
"Into The Mystic," "Warm Love," "Domino" and more. Accompanied by
the 11-piece Caledonia Soul Orchestra, featuring two horn players
and a four-piece string section, Van
Morrison set a new standard for live performance while
..IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW... raised the bar on what
was possible on a concert recording.
Each disc on ..IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW...VOLUMES II,
III, IV & DVD features previously unreleased
performances, newly remixed from the original multitrack recordings
by Guy Massey (the acclaimed
engineer behind the remasters of The Beatles and Paul McCartney). Massey's new mixes recreate the
sonic atmosphere of each venue, from the standing-room-only
intimacy of The Troubadour to the expansive excitement filling the
3,000-seat Rainbow Theatre.
Van
Morrison
..IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW...VOLUMES
II, III, IV & DVD
VOLUME II (Recorded live at The Troubadour,
Los Angeles, May 23, 1973)
- Come Running (Van Morrison)
- These Dreams Of You (Van
Morrison)
- The Way Young Lovers Do (Van
Morrison)
- Snow In San Anselmo (Van
Morrison)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie
Dixon)
- Bring It On Home To Me (Sam
Cooke)
- Purple Heather (Van
Morrison)
- Hey, Good Lookin' (Hank
Williams)
- Bein' Green (Joseph G.
Raposo)
- Brown Eyed Girl (Van
Morrison)
- Listen To The Lion (Van
Morrison)
- Hard Nose The Highway (Van
Morrison)
- Moondance (Van Morrison)
- Cyprus Avenue (Van
Morrison)
- Caravan (Van Morrison)
VOLUME III (Recorded live at the Santa Monica
Civic, California, June 29. 1973)
- I've Been Working (Van
Morrison)
- There There Child (Van Morrison,
John Platania)
- No Way (Jeff Labes)
- Since I Fell For You (Woodrow Buddy
Johnson)
- Wild Night (Van Morrison)
- I Paid The Price (Van Morrison,
John Platania)
- Domino (Van Morrison)
- Gloria (Van Morrison)
- Buona Sera (Carl Sigman,
Peter De Rose)
- Moonshine Whiskey (Van
Morrison)
- Ain't Nothing You Can Do (Don D.
Robey, Joseph Wade
Scott)
- Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket (Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Sweet Thing (Van Morrison)
- Into The Mystic (Van
Morrison)
- I Believe To My Soul (Ray
Charles)
VOLUME IV (Recorded live at The Rainbow,
London, July 23 & 24, 1973)
- Listen To The Lion (Van
Morrison)
- I Paid The Price (Van Morrison,
John Platania)
- Bein' Green (Joseph G.
Raposo)
- Since I Fell For You(Woodrow Buddy
Johnson)
- Into The Mystic (Van
Morrison)
- Everyone (Van Morrison)
- I Believe To My Soul (Ray
Charles)
- Sweet Thing (Van Morrison)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie
Dixon)
- Wild Children (Van
Morrison)
- Here Comes The Night (Bert
Berns)
- Buona Sera (Carl Sigman,
Peter De Rose)
- Domino (Van Morrison)
- Caravan (Van Morrison)
- Cyprus Avenue (Van
Morrison)
DVD (Recorded live at The Rainbow, London, July 24,
1973)
- Here Comes The Night (Bert
Berns)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie
Dixon)
- Brown Eyed Girl (Van
Morrison)
- Moonshine Whiskey (Van
Morrison)
- Moondance (Van Morrison)
- Help Me (Ralph Bass,
Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy
Williamson)
- Domino (Van Morrison)
- Caravan (Van Morrison)
- Cyprus Avenue (Van
Morrison)
THE CALEDONIA SOUL
ORCHESTRA:
Jeff Labes – piano & organ
Dave Shaw – drums
John Platania – guitar
David Hayes – bass guitar
Jack Schroer – alto, tenor, baritone
saxophones
Bill Atwood – trumpet
Nathan Rubin, Tim Kovatch & Tom
Halpin – violin
Nancy Ellis – viola
Terry Adams – cello
ORIGINAL RECORDINGS PRODUCED FOR CALEDONIA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
BY VAN MORRISON AND TED TEMPLEMAN
www.vanmorrison.com
www.legacyrecordings.com
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