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Van Morrison - A Night in San Francisco CD2
Year: 1993
Label: Exile
Format: Live
Total playing: 147:21
Bitrate: 320 kbps

Recorded live at the Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, California on December 18, 1993
and The Mystic Theater, Petaluma, California on December 12, 1993.

Overlaid on the song titles on the back of this live double CD are the words ballads, blues, soul and funk & jazz. Conspicuously absent are rock & roll. That's probably a deliberate omission of a style that, in Van Morrison's eyes, has become corrupted by commercialism and compromised by an ignorance of its own roots. Morrison seeks to redress that imbalance on A Night in San Francisco with a jaw-dropping performance. It furthers a process of re-engagement on Morrison's part – begun with Too Long in Exile – that finds him grounding his spiritual questing in earthier stuff.

A Night in San Francisco is the culmination of a career's worth of soul-searching that finds Morrison's eyes turned toward heaven and his feet planted firmly on the ground. The program opens with "Did Ye Get Healed?" in which horns and voices playfully rise and fall behind Morrison's vocal. It closes, some two and a half hours later, with fluegelhorn player and emcee Haji Ahkba asking the crowd, "Did you get healed?" in the wake of a medley of "Shakin' All Over" and "Gloria." In between, Morrison intersperses august pastoral meditations ( "Beautiful Vision," "It Fills You Up," "In the Garden" ) with lithe blues and soul make-overs. Songs frequently flow into one another in medley form, with Morrison originals such as "Vanlose Stairway" and "Trans-Euro Train" linked with the likes of Ray Charles' "Fool for You." Such conjoinings – Sam Cooke, James Brown, Doc Pomus, Sly Stone and Rodgers and Hart are among the other references – reinforce the notion of a musical and spiritual continuum at the heart of this undertaking.

Another key facet of this performance is the sense of community fostered from the stage by Morrison, whose temperament heretofore (apart from his music) hasn't exactly been endearing. An array of guest artists – most notably John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Jimmy Witherspoon – is warmly welcomed by Morrison in duets that result not in hysterical one-upmanship but in revealing give-and-take. He is generous also with his superb cast of musicians, giving them room to breathe and letting them coalesce around him, anchored by guitarist Ronnie Johnson and organist Georgie Fame.

Morrison addresses the audience with surprising gusto, identifying band members after solos, heartily disbursing thank-you's and gamely attempting between-song patter. The capstone to this magnificent performance is a lengthy new arrangement of "Moondance" that audaciously remakes that classic. For Van Morrison, on the evidence of this resurgent testimonial, it would appear that it's far too late to stop now. ~ Parke Puterbaugh - www.rollingstone.com

I'm a huge Van Morrison fan and this is absolutely my favorite album! From the big hit albums like Moondance, to the more hardcore fan albums like The Philosopher's Stone and Back on Top, they all contain some amazing music. However, this live album is really Van at his most amazing.

Listen to the nearly 10 minute long "In the Garden/You Send Me/Allegheny" or the 9 minute long "Moondance/My Funny Valentine" and you'll see why he is such a master. The music is perfect for sitting outside on a warm summer evening. You'll feel like you are in that auditorium with him and it is like some kind of musical trance. I also love this version of "Beautiful Vision" and the upbeat "Did Ye Get Healed?". But I think it is the multiple encores that really cap this off as my favorite Van Morrison CD and one of my "Top 10 Desert Island CDs"!

If you love the "feel" of live music, you'll love this album. If you love Van Morrison, you'll love this album. But if you are new to Van Morrison, you may want to check out The Best of Van Morrison first. That too is a fantastic album and probably the best "summary" of his style and his hits. Then once you are hooked, grab this album for some great performances of some of the big hits, plus some more obscure songs. ~ "howdydudes"

Personnel:
Van Morrison (Vocals, Guitar, Alto Saxophone and Harmonica)
Georgie Fame (Organ and Vocals)
Haji Akhba (Flugelhorn, Backing Vocals)
Kate St. John (Oboe, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Backing Vocals)
Ronnie Johnson (Guitar )
Teena Lyle (Vibes, Percussion, Recorder and Backing Vocals)
John Savannah (Keyboards and Vocals)
Nicky Scott (Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals)
Geoff Dunn (Drums)
Brian Kennedy (Vocals)
James Hunter (Guitar and Vocals)
Candy Dulfer (Alto Saxophone and Backing Vocals)
Shana Morrison (Vocals) - 7
John Lee Hooker (Vocals) - 8
Junior Wells (Vocals and Harmonica) - 11, 12
Jimmy Witherspoon (Vocals) - 10

Van Morrison - A Night in San Francisco tracks on CD2:
01 Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (Clarence Beeks/Lester Young) 4:48
02 It Fills You Up (Van Morrison) 4:42
03 I'll Take Care Of You/It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World (Brook Benton/James Brown/Betty Jean Newsome) 16:23
04 Lonely Avenue/4 O'Clock In The Morning (Doc Pomus/Van Morrison) 14:50
05 So Quiet In Here/That's Where It's At (Van Morrison/James W. Alexander/Sam Cooke) 5:00
06 In The Garden/You Send Me/Allegheny (Van Morrison/Sam Cooke/Bill Staines) 9:40
07 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (Van Morrison) 3:51
08 Shakin' All Over/Gloria (Johnny Kidd/Van Morrison) 11:30

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