Van Morrison tem reputação de ser ao mesmo tempo teimoso, idiossincrático, e sublime. Com a sua voz característica, uma mistura de folk, blues, soul, jazz, gospel e influências Celtas, Morrison é considerado por muitos historiadores do Rock como um dos artistas mais originais e influentes da história do rock and roll. Remasterização com corte totalmente analógico de Kevin Gray.

Rolling Stone 500 Melhores Albums de Sempre na posição 19/500

• Vinil 180 Gramas
• Corte a partir das Fitas Master Originais
• Masterização totalmente Analógica por Kevin Gray
• Masterizado na AcousTech

1968's Astral Weeks remains not only Morrison's masterpiece but one of the greatest records ever made. A haunting, deeply personal collection of impressionistic folk-styled epics recorded by an all-star jazz backing unit including bassist Richard Davis and drummer Connie Kay, its poetic complexity earned critical raves but made only a minimal commercial impact.

"…it obsoletes the original in almost every way…When you hear the new reissue, even if you've heard the original 100 times since it first came out, which would easily be me, you will almost jump out of your seat when you hear these familiar elements move from the shadows to the foreground…Astral Weeks, one of the great records of the rock era, is destined to become one of the great reissues of the post-CD/analog revival era." Music = 11/11, Sound = 10/11 – Michael Fremer

"There was no precedent for it in Van Morrison's previous vocal and songwriting success: the bright, rolling pop of his 1967 Top Ten hit, "Brown Eyed Girl"; his earlier spell as the leader of Irish R&B punks Them and writer of the garage-rock standard "Gloria." And Morrison — a notoriously private man for whom singing and songwriting have long been a form of emotional armor as well as release — never sounded as warm and ecstatic, more sensual and vulnerable, as he did on Astral Weeks." - Rolling Stone

"Once the needle drops, it's as if the music is being piped in from the heavens. Vocals are lifelike, levels non-fatiguing, and instruments richly detailed." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound

Lista de Faixas:

Part One: In The Beginning
1. Astral Weeks
2. Beside You
3. Sweet Thing
4. Cyprus Avenue

Part Two: Afterwards
5. Young Lovers Do
6. Madame George
7. Ballerina
8. Slim Slow Slider

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