You need to answer that question before buying Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Or do you want him to play with the Astral Weeks songs so that you can hear different sounds, interpretations and inflexions? I can see his point and I totally agree with his point about live albums versus those recorded in the studio.īut what do you want from Astral Weeks played live?Ī note for note impersonation of the studio album… even though Van Morrison is forty years older and more experienced? I like the freedom of live, in-the-moment sound.” I’m not too fond of being in a studio-it’s too contrived and too confining. I always like live recording and I like listening to live records too. I had always wanted to play the record live and fully orchestrated-that is what this is all about. “It received no promotion, from Warner Bros.-that’s why I never got to play the songs live. He told Rolling Stone contributing editor, David Wild… In another place.” He sings and he delivers. Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl is the controversial reworking of the classic album Astral Weeks in concert in November 2008 by Van Morrison.Īstral Weeks is a magical record that lives up to Van’s promise…
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