VAN MORRISON : FROM DUBLIN UP TO SANDY ROW

 

Disc One (56:03)

  1. Ain't that loving you baby ?

  2. No religion

  3. Days like this

  4. Raincheck

  5. That's life

  6. Wonderful remark

  7. Saint Dominic's preview

  8. Listen to the lion

  9. Slim slow slider

  10. Vanlose stairway / Trans Euro Train

  11. Irish heartbeat

  12. Ballerina

Disc Two (60:12)

  1. Tupelo Honey / Why must I always explain ?

  2. Moondance

  3. Whenever God shines his light

  4. In the garden / You send me

  5. Star of the country down

  6. Satisfied

  7. Melancholia

  8. I'm not feeling it anymore

  9. Madame George

  10. Brown eyed girl

  11. Have I told you lately ?

Label : Tonight Only

Venue : The Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland

Date : December 17th, 1995

Quality : FM from soundboard (A+)

Review : This 2-CD set includes the complete FM broadcast from The Point Theatre, Dublin on December 17th, 1995 The quality is reported to be absolutely stunning - better than some of Van's commercial live records. It's a limited edition set - copies appear to be individually numbered - limited run of 250. It has a total running time of just under two hours. Sound really is sensational. The package is described as 'classy'. This is the third Van show of which I am aware that the Tonight Only label has released, and they seem to know they had something special here. A couple of blurbs from the very sharp artwork: "Tonight Only is proud to present the definitive recording of one of the definitive Van Morrison concerts of the 1990's . . . .The pristine recording you hold in your hands is released with a very limited pressing of just 250 copies, each one numbered to enhance its value as a rare record of a spectacular concert at Dublin's Point Depot". The setlist speaks for itself, and Van's performance is simply "on"; even "Moondance" works! But the value of this recording is the sound, which has a richness and complexity, as well as subtlety, that TNWFOS lacks. Guy Barker's sax solo on "That's Life" absolutely shimmers, and one can literally feel Alec Dankworth's fingers on the up-right bass during "Why Must I Always Explain".