Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece (Reis)
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Artist: Van MorrisonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Published: 2010-01-29
CD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Fair Play
- Linden Arden Stole The Highlights
- Who Was That Masked Man
- Streets Of Arklow
- You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push The River
- Bulbs
- Cul De Sac
- Comfort You
- Come Here My Love
- Country Fair
- Twilight Zone
- Cul De Sac
Free Music Notes for Veedon Fleece (Reis)
Free Music Review: Older but Sensational
Hit: 5 Stars
I came of age through Van Morrison, and, in particular 'Veedon Fleece' when it first came out. At that time I found it intoxicating, deep, and inspiring. This album and 'Astral Weeks' were on the top of my list of favourites. Time went by and I forgot about both these albums. When I recently rediscovered them, it was like unlocking the key to some of my dreams that had got forgotten along the way. I love most of Van Morrison's music, especially his 'Celtic Blues' style which is what he did a lot of after he completed these two albums. While I have grown to appreciate many genres of music, 'Veedon Fleece' rediscovered filled a deep hole in my soul that needed filling. It was after I heard it many times that I realized a few things: it is an important part of me that went missing, it made me feel complete, and it is superb music in every way. The vocals are amazing and the softer songs like 'Country Fair' are incomparably poetic and soothing. 'Cul de Sac' is one of my favourites, not to mention 'You don't pull punches...', and 'Linden Arden Stole the Highlights'. I feel Van Morrison is quite an introspective type of performer and in this collection he performs some of his best. Really, there isn't one track I don't love. I was surprised by the addition of 'Twilight Zone' and, typically took a while to warm up to it, but it really grows on you. Try listening to it lying in bed on a rainy night - it is magic and deep. All in all, I do not see how anyone who appreciates Van Morrison could be disappointed by this jewel of an album. It is a first-rate credit to the blush and genius of youthful enthusiasm, that so many true poets reveal. If you have never heard this and you have a penchant for poetry, you will not regret it. It's a keeper!
Veedon Fleece (Reis) Poster
2008 newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of the 1974 album Veedon Fleece the eighth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The cover photograph picturing Morrison with two Irish Wolfhounds was taken at the Sutton House Hotel, a converted mansion overlooking Dublin Bay, where Morrison first stayed upon arriving in Ireland for a vacation. The opening track, "Fair Play" derived its name from Morrison's Irish friend, Donall Corvin's habit of using the Irish colloquialism "fair play to you" as a wry compliment.On this subtle classic, a comparatively somber, subdued Van Morrison emerged from the rubble of the failed marriage that a few years earlier infused his American studio sessions with a conjugal glow and journeyed home to Ireland to revive his Celtic identity. From the pale, hand-colored images on its cover to the quieter, more skeletal arrangements of the music, 1974's Veedon Fleece originally seemed dispiriting to Morrison fans hoping for the R&B ebullience of its predecessors. Yet songs like "Linden Arden Stole the Highlights," "Streets of Arklow," and "Country Fair" anticipate the pastoral Irish lyricism that would bloom again a half decade later on Into the Music, emerging as a cornerstone of Morrison's work from the '80s forward. --Sam Sutherland
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