You want a similar vibe? Check out – Veedon Fleece, hands down the ‘sister’ album to this one. Remember that scene in the Beatles Anthology movie where Paul McCartney addresses the long-standing comments that The White Album should have been a single LP ? And he basically says come on, people, it’s THE Beatles, it’s THE White Album” Well….come on, people, it’s ASTRAL WEEKS !!! What more could you possibly need and want !?!?Īll that said, I’ve got even less time for the people who claim this is Van’s ONLY good album or that he never made another one with a similar vibe. “I heard Van didn’t talk to anyone, especially the other musicians” “I heard all the other instruments were overdubbed later, Van initially sung and played it all by himself” No, get over it folks! A good friend of mine recently reviewed the multi-track master tapes, his report stated, “There’s not much extra there.” The rumors also dive into the recording sessions. Amongst the things I’ve heard thru the years include “The album could have been a double LP every song was twice as long and was edited down.” Uh, no. Recently, a new article about the origins of Van Morrison‘s Astral Weeks was making the rounds of Facebook, here’s a few words that I’ve jotted down on how I “hear” that album: I’ve never understood why people feel the need to expand the tale (and myth) of Astral Weeks.
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