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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsVan Morrison's new record deal results in "deluxe reissues" and streaming of his back catalog
It's a good time to be a Van fan:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-morrison-back-catalog-finally-gets-digital-release-20150825
A new record label deal will make dozens of Van Morrison albums available to stream and download for the first time. Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music, recently acquired the rights to 50 albums, videos and compilations that the singer-songwriter has put out over the past half-century, dating back to his days in the group Them. Over time, the label intends to put out deluxe editions of select records and eventually make the full catalog available digitally. Additionally, it will release a 37-track, career-spanning compilation, Essential Van Morrison, on Friday. The albums that will be available digitally are listed below.
The label will release deluxe "Legacy Editions" of 1972's Saint Dominic's Preview, 1973's Hard Nose the Highway, 1974's It's Too late to Stop Now and 1990's Enlightenment to kick off the series. Although it has not specified any bonus content, Legacy typically adds several bonus tracks to these editions. It also has plans to issue a new single-disc compilation album.
In an April interview with Rolling Stone, Morrison said that making the Duets album made him realize just how many songs he'd recorded, estimating he had between 350 and 400 tunes in his catalog. "The work was created for survival reasons," he said. "I had to make two albums a year for Warner Bros. I was churning out songs, and not every song got on an album.... I didn't know I was going to have this body of work."
Van Morrison Albums Available Digitally:
St. Dominic's Preview (1972)
Hard Nose the Highway (1973)
It's Too Late to Stop Now (Live) (1974)
Veedon Fleece (1974)
A Period of Transition (1977)
Wavelength (1978)
Into the Music (1979)
Common One (1980)
Beautiful Vision (1982)
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)
Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast (Live) (1984)
A Sense of Wonder (1984)
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1984)
Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
Irish Heartbeat (w/the Chieftains) (1988)
Avalon Sunset (1989)
Enlightenment (1990)
Hymns to the Silence (1991)
Too Long in Exile (1993)
A Night in San Francisco (Live) (1994)
Days Like This (1995)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (1995)
Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996)
The Healing Game (1997)
The Philosopher's Stone (2CD outtakes compilation, 1998)
Back on Top (1999)
The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast (Live) (2000)
Down the Road (2002)
What's Wrong with This Picture? (2003)
Magic Time (2005)
Pay the Devil (2006)
Keep it Simple (2008)
Astral Weeks "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" (Live) (2009)
A new record label deal will make dozens of Van Morrison albums available to stream and download for the first time. Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music, recently acquired the rights to 50 albums, videos and compilations that the singer-songwriter has put out over the past half-century, dating back to his days in the group Them. Over time, the label intends to put out deluxe editions of select records and eventually make the full catalog available digitally. Additionally, it will release a 37-track, career-spanning compilation, Essential Van Morrison, on Friday. The albums that will be available digitally are listed below.
The label will release deluxe "Legacy Editions" of 1972's Saint Dominic's Preview, 1973's Hard Nose the Highway, 1974's It's Too late to Stop Now and 1990's Enlightenment to kick off the series. Although it has not specified any bonus content, Legacy typically adds several bonus tracks to these editions. It also has plans to issue a new single-disc compilation album.
In an April interview with Rolling Stone, Morrison said that making the Duets album made him realize just how many songs he'd recorded, estimating he had between 350 and 400 tunes in his catalog. "The work was created for survival reasons," he said. "I had to make two albums a year for Warner Bros. I was churning out songs, and not every song got on an album.... I didn't know I was going to have this body of work."
Van Morrison Albums Available Digitally:
St. Dominic's Preview (1972)
Hard Nose the Highway (1973)
It's Too Late to Stop Now (Live) (1974)
Veedon Fleece (1974)
A Period of Transition (1977)
Wavelength (1978)
Into the Music (1979)
Common One (1980)
Beautiful Vision (1982)
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)
Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast (Live) (1984)
A Sense of Wonder (1984)
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1984)
Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
Irish Heartbeat (w/the Chieftains) (1988)
Avalon Sunset (1989)
Enlightenment (1990)
Hymns to the Silence (1991)
Too Long in Exile (1993)
A Night in San Francisco (Live) (1994)
Days Like This (1995)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (1995)
Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996)
The Healing Game (1997)
The Philosopher's Stone (2CD outtakes compilation, 1998)
Back on Top (1999)
The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast (Live) (2000)
Down the Road (2002)
What's Wrong with This Picture? (2003)
Magic Time (2005)
Pay the Devil (2006)
Keep it Simple (2008)
Astral Weeks "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" (Live) (2009)
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Van Morrison's new record deal results in "deluxe reissues" and streaming of his back catalog (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Aug 2015
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Lars39
(26,116 posts)1. Thanks!
Initech
(100,103 posts)2. Wow that's a lot of albums!
Had no idea that he put out that much material!
vanlassie
(5,688 posts)3. Now my kids will know what to buy me for Christmas
and birthdays for a while. By the way, the Man will be 70 on Aug 31.
Bryan
(1,837 posts)4. Great!
I'm glad he finally settled on a deal for the parts of his catalog that he controls; I was not looking forward to paying north of $50 USD for a copy of It's Too Late To Stop Now.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)5. Thanks, Miles!