Van Morrison 01 Astral Weeks & I Believe I've Transcendend Live at the Hollywood Bowl HD

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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[MsCopper06]

Awesome! This is the first time I've seen any footage of this concert at the bowl. Apparently this DVD is no longer available in North America. I was fortunate enough to see this concert in Toronto at Massey Hall, it was a great night! Please continue with these great posts. Thank you.

[MrJkindl2112]

this is the first time he's performed astral weeks since 1968! and i think its his best most meaningful song to him. well definitely my favorite! the story in this song and album is amazing and can be taken in many different ways. i'm 19 and my dad made me listen to classic rock when i was young. then i found all his albums and he had basically an entire van morrison collection. Now i see how amazing this guy actually is. everyone talks lennon as the greatest songwriter. i give it to Van.

[TheGloriaForever]

Awesome indeed. I love the cd and now having this magic to watch is the icing on the cake. Please Van re-release this in the UK I want it so much. Ta so much for the posts

[SilvioManfredDante85]

@MrJkindl2112 I agree with you 100%  and I'm 24

[SilvioManfredDante85]

@MsCopper06 Really ?

Im glad I bought it when it first came out

[bobbelafonte]

The emperor wears no clothes. Nobody loves Astral Weeks more than I, but Van is a shell of himself - lost all the sweetness in his young voice and just mumbles through songs.

[zenzione1]

Thank you so much for this video. I have been looking for a live video version of this song for a while. VAN THE MAN AND HIS MAGIC!!!!!. Thanks Van.

[MrBuzz13]

great, thanx

[buckleygeneration]

How Van is able to sing while barely making any understandable words with his mouth, and still sounding fantastic, is just amazing.

[agnostiker09]

Wonderful. MANY THANKS for this videos !! GREAT.

[zoedaria]

@Kliffy77 / yes indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!