Van Morrison – Moondance
Label: |
Direct-Disk Labs – SD 16604 |
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Series: |
Super Disk (2) |
Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Folk, World, & Country |
Style: |
Classic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Stoned Me | 4:30 | |
| A2 | Moondance | 4:35 | |
| A3 | Crazy Love | 2:34 | |
| A4 | Caravan | 4:57 | |
| A5 | Into The Mystic | 3:25 | |
| B1 | Come Running | 2:30 | |
| B2 | These Dreams Of You | 3:50 | |
| B3 | Brand New Day | 5:09 | |
| B4 | Everyone | 3:31 | |
| B5 | Glad Tidings | 3:13 |
Credits
- Bass – John Klingberg
- Clavinet [Clavinette], Piano, Organ – Jeff Labes
- Congas – Guy Masson
- Design – Bob Cato
- Drums, Vibraphone, Percussion – Gary Malaber*
- Engineer – Tony May
- Lacquer Cut By – JH*
- Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – John Platania
- Liner Notes – Janet Planet
- Mastered By – Jack Hunt
- Photography By – Elliott Landy
- Producer – Van Morrison
- Producer [Executive] – Lewis Merenstein
- Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Tambourine – Van Morrison
- Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Jack Schroer
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Collin Tillton*
Notes
Janet Planet's "A Fable" on inside of gatefold.
Direct-Disk Labs inner sleeve.
Half-speed mastering by Jack Hunt, J.V.C. Cutting Center, Pressed by Direct Disk Labs.
Manufactured and distributed by Direct Disk Labs, 16 Music Circle South, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 under license from Warner Brothers Records, Inc.
This pressing uses the original mix of 'Into the Mystic,' where Van Morrison can be heard playing the tambourine.
Direct-Disk Labs inner sleeve.
Half-speed mastering by Jack Hunt, J.V.C. Cutting Center, Pressed by Direct Disk Labs.
Manufactured and distributed by Direct Disk Labs, 16 Music Circle South, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 under license from Warner Brothers Records, Inc.
This pressing uses the original mix of 'Into the Mystic,' where Van Morrison can be heard playing the tambourine.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): SD-16604-A JH/2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): SD-16604-B-RE-1 J.H./2
Other Versions (5 of 293)
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Moondance (LP, Album, Gatefold, W7, Tambourine) | Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records | WS 1835 | US | 1970 | ||
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Moondance (LP, Album, Stereo, Orange Labels) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1835, WS.1835, 1835 | UK | 1970 | ||
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Moondance (LP, Album, Stereo, Green Labels) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1835 | Australia | 1970 | ||
| Moondance (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1835, 1835 | 1970 | ||||
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Moondance (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1835, 1835 | Canada | 1970 |
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Reviews
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A beautiful pressing of a beautiful album. Excellent clarity and detail. Picking up things I’ve never heard. -
Compared this direct disk to the orange UK 1st, W7 US 1st, and Gray/Hoffman 2008 AAA cut. This one has the best mix of freshness, detail, and balance. UK has hot vocals, which could be cool for your set up. First US sounds nice, natural, not quite as detailed. Gray/Hoffman is strong, detailed, balance, just not quite as fresh as the Direct Disk. They all sound good.. for me, this one is slightly better, the best combo of all the qualities.
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Wow this pressing sounds absolutely stellar. Van Morrison's voice is very punchy and the cymbals and acoustic guitars sound especially brilliant. This would be hard to beat. Pick this up if can still find a clean copy! -
Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. After the commercial failure of his first Warner Bros. album Astral Weeks (1968), Morrison moved to upstate New York with his wife and began writing songs for Moondance. There, he met the musicians that would record the album with him at New York City's A & R Studios in August and September 1969.
The album found Morrison abandoning the abstract folk jazz compositions of Astral Weeks in favour of more formally composed songs, which he wrote and produced entirely himself. Its lively rhythm and blues/rock music was the style he would become most known for in his career. The music incorporated soul, jazz, pop, and Irish folk sounds into songs about finding spiritual renewal and redemption in worldly matters such as nature, music, romantic love, and self-affirmation.
Moondance was an immediate critical and commercial success. It helped establish Morrison as a major artist in popular music, while several of its songs became staples on FM radio in the early 1970s. Among the most acclaimed records in history, Moondance frequently ranks in professional listings of the greatest albums. In 2013, the album's remastered deluxe edition was released to similar acclaim.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondance -
A lot of reissues suffer from loss of detail and high-end extension. But, for whatever reason, not this one. It's superior to the original pressing. Not hugely superior, but clearly better. -
I finally sourced a near mint copy and boy was it worth the wait.. even my girlfriend commented on how wonderful it sounds (a rarity indeed).
The Direct-Disk audio is warm and enveloping - with stacks of detail, truly one of my favourite analogue listens.
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