VAN MORRISON : RENO 1998

  1. Rough God Goes Riding

  2. Cleaning Windows

  3. Fire In The Belly

  4. Jackie Wilson Said

  5. Whenever God Shines His Light

  6. In The Afternoon

  7. Moondance/My Funny Valentine

  8. Satisfied/Organ Grinder Jam

  9. Send In The Clowns

  10. Tupelo Honey/Crazy Love

  11. Vanlose Stairway

  12. Summertime In England

  13. Cypress Avenue

Label : no label

Time : 74:54

Venue : Hilton Amphitheater, Reno, Nevada, USA

Date : September 27, 1998

Quality : audience recording (A+)

Review (The taper of this show) : The recording is excellent, very upfront and balanced. Every Van fan should have this show. This is a great show. Van and Bob (and Lucinda on a few of these shows) did a fall tour in 1998. I saw 3 of them (only taped 2). This was the final show of this mini tour. Van was in a great mood, in his enthusiastic mode (which isn't always the case). The crowd was hooping and hollering along. The setlist is great, with a very rarely played ending twosome of Summertime in Enland along with Cypress Ave. This was one of the first recordings I made with this equipment, and there are a couple of mic pops during the recording (just a few). Also, I inexplicably decided to fit this on one 74 minute disc (there were no 80 minute discs then). So...I removed Whenever God Shines His Light from the original recording and put it on another disc, so later I replaced it, but there is a fade-out and start up between Track 4 and Track 5. Also there was a disc flip between track 11 and 12, so track 12 starts abruptly, but no music is missed. All Van fans should take a listen to this, especially with the relative mediocrity (keep mediocrity at bay, indeed) of his shows from the last 4-5 years, and t he newbies to Van should take a listen to this relatively neglected period of time. Van's voice is huge on this one. Hope you like it. I only have the front art I made back in the day...can't find the rear. I'll put up the Dylan recording of this show later.