Wikipedia - "Astral Weeks is the second solo album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in November 1968 on Warner Bros. Records. It was Morrison's first album after Warner Bros. had been able to free him from his contract with Bang Records. ... Employing a mixture of folk, blues, jazz, and classical music, Astral Weeks received critical acclaim immediately upon its first release and subsequently has been placed on numerous widely-circulated lists of best albums of all time."
Wikipedia, W - Astral Weeks, W - Beside_You, W - Sweet Thing, W - Cyprus_Avenue, W - The Way Young Lovers Do, W - Madame George, W - Ballerina, W - Slim Slow Slider
Astral Weeks by Lester Bangs from "Stranded" (1979), npr
YouTube - 1973.07.27 - Old Grey Whistle Test Interview, Van Morrison on Astral Weeks: why I had to go back to my soul classic, YouTube - TIME Magazine Interviews: Van Morrison
YouTube - Cyprus Avenue, live 1970, Cyprus Avenue (1), Beside You, Ballerina - Live
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