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Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Warner Bros. Records (1971)

4.00 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating
(1 customer review )

$65.00

Rare Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing Of The Country Tinged Fifth LP From Van Morrison. Vinyl Still In Great Condition! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics.

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SKU: P-8179W Categories: Japanese Pressings, Pop, Rarities Tag: Van Morrison
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Rare Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing Of The Country Tinged Fifth LP From Van Morrison. Vinyl Still In Great Condition! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Japanese. 

Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Very light surface marks do not affect play at all. Wonderful sound quality!

Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD! Shelf wear, age spots, smudge on front.

Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Nice condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.

Side 1:
Wild Night
(Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball
Old Old Woodstock
Starting A New Life
You’re My Woman

Side 2:
Tupelo Honey
I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)
When That Evening Sun Goes Down
Moonshine Whiskey

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Origin

Japan

Condition

EX / VG

Format

LP

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1 review for Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Warner Bros. Records (1971)

  1. geoffofdunnlirium@hotmail.com
    4 out of 5

    AMG – April 9, 2020

    An ebullient look at the domestic bliss Morrison had found. Morrison's lyrics, singing, and phrasing are so free and natural... 4 ½ Stars Bob Dylan, a like-minded soul mate of Van Morrison, has said that "Tupelo Honey" has always existed and that Morrison was merely the vessel and the earthly vehicle for it. Dylan intended his comment, of course, as the ultimate compliment. Morrison responded in a Rolling Stone interview in 1984 that "That's the only way I write. That's the only way I can write." In other words, these writers, like Keith Richards, feel that the best songs are in the firmament, the collective unconscious, and great artists have their "antennas" up (Richards' metaphor) to receive them. "Tupelo Honey" does indeed have that timeless quality of, say, the Band's songs from the same era. Morrison had tapped into the "mystic" already starting on his masterwork Astral Weeks, and his explorations of the soul, on all its levels -- transcendence, exuberance, misery -- continued through the 1970s on records like Moondance and Veedon Fleece. His muse during this period was clearly his wife, Janet Planet (formerly Janet Rigsbee and now known as Janet Morrison Minto), who he had met during his tenure with the seminal Irish R&B outfit Them and who had inspired many of his early great songs like "Ballerina. "Tupelo Honey" is an ebullient look at the domestic bliss Morrison had found. Morrison's lyrics, singing, and phrasing are so free and natural on the country-soul song that it is indeed hard to imagine that the song, and the original recording of "Tupelo Honey," has not always been there. "Men with insight, men of granite," which Morrison playfully pronounces "gran-eyete," no one and nothing can stand in their way "to freedom." There is loose a joie de vivre, a peaceful contentment to Morrison's near-perfect recording, which begins with drummer Gary Mallaber's jazzy shuffle and a bittersweet theme -- played on flute (Stuart "Boots" Houston), organ (Ted Templeman, who is also the record's producer), and vibes (Mallaber) -- which reoccurs throughout the piece. By the time of the vamp at the end of the song, Morrison and the band have kicked it up a bit into a joyful incantation. Dusty Springfield, as per her reputation, did the song justice on her 1973 record Cameo. Other top-notch song interpreters like the soulful folk singer/guitarist Richie Havens and jazz-folk diva Cassandra Wilson have done unique and lovely versions of "Tupelo Honey" as well. Dylan himself played a duet with Morrison on the tune during their co-headlining tours of the 1990s. 4 ½ Stars

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