Van Morrison - Moondance (1970, 4CD Warner Deluxe Edition 2013)⭐

Artist: Van Morrison
Title: Moondance (Deluxe Edition)
Genre: Soft Rock
Year of Release: 1970/2013
Publisher (Label): Warner Bros. Records-8122796385
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: tracks+.cue
Duration: 04:11:32

Tracklist:
Disc 1 - Moondance ~ Remastered
01. And It Stoned Me (4:32)
02. Moondance (4:34)
03. Crazy Love (2:35)
04. Caravan (5:01)
05. Into The Mystic (3:28)
06. Come Running (2:31)
07. These Dreams Of You (3:52)
08. Brand New Day (5:11)
09. Everyone (3:32)
10. Glad Tidings (3:40)

Disc 2 - Moondance ~ The Sessions
01. What Do We Call This, Van (1:50)
02. Caravan (Take 1) (5:54)
03. Caravan (Takes 2-3) (1:02)
04. Caravan (Take 4) (5:53)
05. Caravan (Takes 5-6) (3:47)
06. Caravan (Take 7) (2:31)
07. Caravan (Take 8) (5:41)
08. I've Been Working (Early Version, Take 1) (11:03)
09. I've Been Working (Early Version, Take 2) (2:51)
10. I've Been Working (Early Version, Take 5) (10:25)
11. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Outtake) (3:27)
12. I Shall Sing (Take 1) (1:42)
13. I Shall Sing (Takes 2-3) (4:48)
14. I Shall Sing (Takes 4-6) (3:40)
15. I Shall Sing (Take 7) (3:58)
16. I Shall Sing (Takes 8-12) (4:48)
17. I Shall Sing (Take 13) (3:36)

Disc 3 - Moondance ~ More Sessions
01. Into The Mystic (Take 10) (3:50)
02. Into The Mystic (Take 11) (4:05)
03. Into The Mystic (Takes 12-13) (3:59)
04. Into The Mystic (Takes 14-16) (4:38)
05. Into The Mystic (Take 17) (3:32)
06. Caravan (Redo: Takes 1-2) (0:50)
07. Caravan (Redo: Take 3) (4:58)
08. Brand New Day (Take 1) (5:24)
09. Brand New Day (Take 2) (5:30)
10. Brand New Day (Take 3) (5:25)
11. Brand New Day (Take 4) (5:36)
12. Brand New Day (Takes 5-6) (1:09)
13. Brand New Day (Take 7) (5:25)
14. Glad Tidings (Fast Version, Take 1) (3:42)
15. Glad Tidings (Takes 2-4) (5:11)
16. Glad Tidings (Takes 7-8) (5:12)
17. Glad Tidings (Take 9) (3:59)

Disc 4 - Moondance ~ Sessions, Alternates & Mixes
01. Come Running (Take 1) (4:00)
02. Come Running (Take 2) (4:38)
03. Come Running (Takes 3-4) (4:48)
04. Come Running (Take 5) (4:19)
05. Come Running (Rolling On 4) (3:58)
06. Moondance (Take 21) (1:04)
07. Moondance (Take 22) (4:51)
08. Glad Tidings (Alternate Version) (3:42)
09. These Dreams Of You (Alternate Version) (4:02)
10. Crazy Love (Mix) (2:57)
11. Glad Tidings (Remix 1) (3:53)
12. Glad Tidings (Remix 2) (3:53)
13. Glad Tidings (Remix 3) (3:53)
14. Caravan (Remix 1) (5:33)
15. These Dreams Of You (Remix) (4:31)
16. I Shall Sing (Mix) (3:11)

The yang to Astral Weeks' yin, the brilliant Moondance is every bit as much a classic as its predecessor; Van Morrison's first commercially successful solo effort, it retains the previous album's deeply spiritual thrust but transcends its bleak, cathartic intensity to instead explore themes of renewal and redemption. Light, soulful, and jazzy, Moondance opens with the sweetly nostalgic "And It Stoned Me," the song's pastoral imagery establishing the dominant lyrical motif recurring throughout the album virtually every track exults in natural wonder, whether it's the nocturnal magic celebrated by the title cut or the unlimited promise offered in "Brand New Day." At the heart of the record is "Caravan," an incantatory ode to the power of radio; equally stirring is the majestic "Into the Mystic," a song of such elemental beauty and grace as to stand as arguably the quintessential Morrison moment