| Product Summary | | Label: Manhattan | | UPC: 00094637896822 | | Release Date: 6/19/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204687249 | | Item#: M3MDN7 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Cry For Home - (previously unreleased, with Tom Jones) ~ Van Morrison |  | | 2. Too Long In Exile ~ Van Morrison | | | 3. Gloria - (with John Lee Hooker) ~ Van Morrison | | | 4. Help Me - (Live, with Junior Wells) ~ Van Morrison | | | 5. Lonely Avenue / 4 O'Clock In the Morning - (Live, with Jimmy Witherspoon) ~ Van Morrison | | | 6. Days Like This ~ Van Morrison | | | 7. Ancient Highway ~ Van Morrison | | | 8. Raincheck ~ Van Morrison | | | 9. Moondance - (with Georgie Fame) ~ Van Morrison | | | 10. Centerpiece - (Live, with Georgie Fame/Annie Ross) ~ Van Morrison | | | 11. That's Life - (Live) ~ Van Morrison | | | 12. Benediction - (remix, with Georgie Fame/Ben Sidran) ~ Van Morrison | | | 13. Healing Game, The - (remix) ~ Van Morrison | | | 14. I Don't Want to Go on Without You - (with James Hunter) ~ Van Morrison | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Shenandoah - (with The Chieftains) ~ Van Morrison | | | 2. Precious Time ~ Van Morrison | | | 3. Back On Top ~ Van Morrison | | | 4. When The Leaves Come Falling Down ~ Van Morrison | | | 5. Lost John - (Live, with Lonnie Donegan) ~ Van Morrison | | | 6. Tupelo Honey - (previously unreleased, with Bobby Bland) ~ Van Morrison | | | 7. Meet Me In The Indian Summer - (remix, Orchestral Version) ~ Van Morrison | | | 8. Georgia On My Mind ~ Van Morrison | | | 9. Hey Mr. DJ ~ Van Morrison | | | 10. Steal My Heart Away ~ Van Morrison | | | 11. Crazy Love - (with Ray Charles) ~ Van Morrison | | | 12. Once In A Blue Moon ~ Van Morrison | | | 13. Little Village ~ Van Morrison | | | 14. Blue And Green ~ Van Morrison | | | 15. Sitting on Top of the Wolrd - (with Carl Perkins) ~ Van Morrison | | | 16. Early in the Morning - (with B.B. King) ~ Van Morrison | | | 17. Stranded ~ Van Morrison | |
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Manhattan Records is honored to release The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 3, preceded by the new single, "Cry for Home". A 2 CD collection featuring 31 tracks, The Best of Van Morrison is a comprehensive collection of Van's later material and includes two previously unreleased tracks and duets with Tom Jones, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, and Ray Charles among others. It is a must for fans old and new.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Van Morrison (acoustic guitar); Mick Cox, Mick Green, Artie McGlynn, Paul "Turk" Henry, Jim Sullivan (acoustic guitar); Dave "Clem" Clempson, Jerry Elston, Jeff Mironov, Ronnie Johnson, Foggy Lyttle (electric guitar); Derek Bell (harp); Sean Keanne, Martin Fry (fiddle); Paddy Moloney (tin whistle); Martin Winning (clarinet); Lee Goodall, Alan Skidmore, Candy Dulfer (alto saxophone); Kate St. John, Charles Pillow (tenor saxophone); Jeff Kievit, Guy Barker, Tony Kadleck (trumpet); James McMillan (flugelhorn); Chris Stainton, Joe Schenk, Phil Coulter, Robin Aspland, Brian Connor (piano); Richard Dunn, Fiachra Trench, John Allair, Geraint Watkins (Hammond b-3 organ); Michael Bearden (keyboards); Pete Hurley, David Hayes, Greg Perkins, Richard Cousins, Steve Pearce, Yolanda Charles (bass instrument); Ian Jennings, Alec Dankworth (double bass); Chris Hunt, Geoff Dunn, Kevin Hayes , Stan Perkins, Shawn Pelton, Ralph Salmins, Ian Thomas, Liam Bradley, Bobby Irwin (drums); Alan 'Sticky' Wicket (washboard); Nathaniel Kunkel (shaker); Chris Barber , Leo Green, Nick Payne, Matt Holland, Teena Lyle, Haji Ahkba, Crawford Bell, Fonzi Thornton, Johnny Scott, Nicky Scott, Pee Wee Ellis, Shana Morrison, Tawatha Agee, Jonn Savannah, Vaneese Thomas, Jerome Rimson, Siobhan Pettit, Olwin Bell, Aine Whelan, Karen Hamill, Brian Kennedy (background vocals); Sharon Riley & Faith Chorale Choir, Irish Film Orchestra. | | Additional personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon, Annie Ross, Tom Jones, Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); James Hunter (guitar); Lonnie Donegan (acoustic guitar); John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Carl Perkins (electric guitar); Junior Wells (harmonica); Ben Sidran, Ray Charles (piano); Georgie Fame (Hammond b-3 organ); The Chieftains. | | Van Morrison stopped having hits long before the release of the second volume of The Best of Van Morrison in 1993, so it's not practical to assume that it's double-disc successor -- delivered a whopping 14 years later, compared to the three separating the first two volumes -- has songs that are familiar to a general audience. Nor should it be assumed that this a collection of great songs that he's written in that decade and a half, since this is chock-full of covers, including revivals of songs he recorded in his career. Furthermore, a full 14 songs -- the length of the first disc of this comp -- are credited as collaborations, including some previously unreleased cuts that can be counted among a handful of rarities here. It's idiosyncratic, which perhaps could be expected from any comp assembled by the artist himself, but it's also accurate, and it helps makes sense of a rather odd stretch of album-making in a way that's necessary. Taken one at a time, Van's excursions into jazz, country, even skiffle seemed odd, but condensed into this 31-track set, it not only makes sense, it makes an argument that Van has been more true -- if not necessarily vital -- than many of his peers in his latter days. Instead of churning out songs that he's not inspired to write, he's relying on standards to find himself, and finding more inspiration in singing with others than flying solo. As individual records, some of these albums were bewildering, some were quite wonderful, but excerpted and sculpted into something resembling a testimonial if not a narrative, it's easier to understand what Morrison was up to during a span where he never delivered one album as acclaimed or vital as Dylan or Young (or even McCartney or the Stones), but this goes a long way to proving that hardly means he stopped making good music. If anything, listening to his music in this fashion makes a strong argument for the value of this decade and a half of recording better than any individual Van album from this time, so it's as worthy a listen for those fans who have followed him loyally over these 15 years as it is for those who bowed out around the time of the last The Best of Van Morrison. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Ben Sidran; Paddy Moloney; Van Morrison; Georgie Fame |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/19/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 094637896822 | | Label : EMI Music Distribution | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 143m : 14s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00094637896822 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Uncut (p.104)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Morrison has never lowered the bar of expectation. Half the tracks here are collaborations, all equally pertinent to Van..." |
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| | Bio | | | Van Morrison Van Morrison has never been a man to rest on his considerable laurels - live shows have always incorporated healthy amounts of new music, and the public has responded by buying tickets and albums in ever-increasing numbers. So this third volume of highlights from his four-decade-plus career, expansive though it may be, is already a piece of history. But the rich cast of supporting characters it features, including many of Van?s earliest influences, will give fans who came to his work more recently (and helped the first ?Best Of ? make the UK Top 5) a rare insight into Morrison?s richly complex musical make-up. What constitutes The Best of Van Morrison will always be a subjective choice: the man himself ran through several listings and running orders before pronouncing himself satisfied. The sources of the key tracks from the last 15 years range from 1993?s Number 4 album Too Long in Exile to 2005?s Magic Time, while a selection of choice cuts from hard-to-find releases will delight aficionados. It?s impossible to define Morrison with reference to any one recording, but the sheer diversity of the material here, encompassing live tracks, studio takes and remixes, sets a standard others will be hard-pressed to equal.
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