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Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl is the fifth live album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison, and released in the US on February 24, 2009 and on February 9, 2009 in the UK. It was recorded during two live concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California in 2008 and released on Morrison's new Listen to the Lion label and distributed by EMI.
The live performances of the eight original songs that feature on the album were recorded on November 7 and 08, 2008. Coincidentally, they took place forty years after the classic Astral Weeks was first released by Warner Bros. Records in 1968. One of the original musicians, guitarist Jay Berliner, joined with the many other musicians on the revisited version of Astral Weeks.
The New York Daily News in the January 4 edition named Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl as one of the "Five Most Anticipated Pop Music Events for 2009. A DVD of performances from the concerts, Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film is available on Amazon.com. Van Morrison - vocals, guitar, harmonica, Hammond organ Jay Berliner - acoustic guitar Tony Fitzgibbon - violin, viola Roger Kellaway - grand piano David Hayes - double bass Bobby Ruggiero - drums Liam Bradley - percussion[35] John Platania - guitar (Bonus material only) Paul Moran - harpsichord, trumpet Richie Buckley - flute, saxophone Sarah Jory - rhythm guitar Bianca Thornton - backing vocals (Bonus material only) Nancy Ellis - violin Terry Adams - cello Michael Graham - cello John Densmore - tambourine ("Gloria" only)

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• The Lion Speaks
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• Live At The Hollywood Bowl

[jpassion222]

My Favorite song for 40 years............

[carolinaswampfox]

ASLAN ROARS right through Van the Man to Heal our Wounds. Thank GOD for Van and the music he's brought to soothe our souls. I love this man and what he makes me feel.

[bennyjazzful]

VAN,THE MAN is the GOD of white R&B,SOUL.

He could make the bible rock!What a genius & like Sinatra only has the very best musicians

backing him----who wouldn't want to play with him.Simply AMAZING!

[nedgofs]

I wish I had been there !!!

[cutlily]

I first heard this song when I was seventeen, still find this an amazing piece