Van Morrison - The Philosopher's Stone
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Free Music Notes for The Philosopher's Stone
Free Music Review: A remarkable collection of songs for the real Van fans
Hit: 3 Stars
Van Morrison is a remarkable artist. There's probably no pop musician who has kept up such a high standard of music during such a long period. Folk, soul, gospel, blues, jazz, Van is a master in every musical style and always blends it into a magnificent style of his own. The Philosopher's Stone is a collection of songs for the real Van adepts. This CD covers almost his whole career. For the true Van fan it's an interesting listening experience because you can immediately link every song with a certain stage in Van's career. The way songs are arranged, played or mixed enables you to link every title with earlier releases. One may wonder why these songs have not been issued earlier. Most likely there is only one reason: In the pre-CD-era a record could only contain a maximum of 45 minutes of music!
Naturally, the "the unreleased tapes"-character of this CD does not lead to new insights into the music and soul of Van. If you are still in a stage of 'discovering' this great Irish composer and musician, I would rather recommend one of the following CD's (also available at Amazon.com): - Astral Weeks (1968) - Moondance (1970) - Tupelo Honey (1974) - Into the music (1979) - Common one (1980) - Inarticulate speech of the heart (1983) - No guru, no method, no teacher (1986)
Free Music Review: van is still the man
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been a VAN MORRISON fan for 25 years.This CD is classic VAN at his best with tracks such as JOHN HENRY,MADAME ROSE,DONT WORRY ABOUT TOMMOROW just to name a few that are TOTALLY AWESOME.This cd is a MUST BUY .DON'T DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF SOME CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL.............Free Music Review: Classic Van "The Man", enjoyed most by true Morrison fans.
Hit: 4 Stars
I really liked most of the material on this CD! I've been a Van Morrison fan for the better part of 15 years now and have each of the CD's available in the US.(that's alot!) This particular record only furthered my personal belief that this man is the greatest single singer songwriter ever. No apologies to Mr.Dylan. The songs here are raw in places because that's what they are...raw Van Morrison. I particularly liked the "Wonderful Remark" cut. I found it to be better than the version released on the "King of Comedy" film. Other songs I enjoyed were, "Naked in the Jungle" and "John Henry" with their unabashed hard edged funk and soul. Not typical Van, but a great sound to for him in my opinion! I was drawn to more Morrisonesque tunes like "Madame Joy" and "I Have Finally Come to Realise" as well as "Not Supposed to Break Down". All in all, this is a fine group of songs that every Van fan will enjoy and most will praise. I don't see it drawing in or creating new fans, but then I don't really think Van cares. For that matter, nor do I. This is great music from a master and those of us who know this mans work will enjoy it thoroughly!Free Music Review: Absent From Previous Releases For a Reason...
Hit: 3 Stars
While a bad Van song is usually better than a good song by most others, it is not surprising that these cuts were left on the cutting floor. Truly magical moment are few (you know, the ones where song, vision and spirituality mesh.... Sweet Thing, Listen to the Lion, It's So Quiet In Here, etc...) Only one track came close and, frankly, I forget which one it was because I returned Philosopher's Stone in exchange for Dylan's Biograph.Free Music Review: Fine stuff from the past
Hit: 5 Stars
This set fills in some of the blanks as to what Van was doing between Veedon Fleece and Period of Transition. His voice sounds in peak mid-70s form. More blues tunes. Too bad there are no radio stations in the US who play this kind of music. This is an album you can keep around for a while.