How Long Has This Been Going on

Georgie Fame, Van Morrison | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 9, 1996)
• Original Release Date: January 9, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B000004706
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,358 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Will Be There

2. The New Symphony Sid

3. Early In The Morning

4. Who Can I Turn To

5. Sack O' Woe

6. Moondance

7. Centerpiece

8. How Long Has This Been Going On?

9. Your Mind Is On Vacation

10. All Saints Day

11. Blues In The Night

12. Don't Worry About A Thing

13. That's Life

14. Heathrow Shuffle

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Van Play More Of That Jazz Man!, May 26, 2001

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G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Long Has This Been Going on (Audio CD)

This CD featuring Van Morrison and Georgie Fame is a real treat. The arrangements are sharp and the piano and horn solos really captivate the soul. Van really mines many cover tunes from the thirties, forties, and fifities but contributes a few original reworkings. Sack Of Woe, Blues In The Night, and Your Mind Is On Vacation stand out for me but truthfully this CD is great from start to finish. Buy it now.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly, At the Very Top of His Work, October 19, 2002

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Long Has This Been Going on (Audio CD)

I wasn't expecting much from Van Morrison doing covers of showtunes and standards from the 1940s and 1950s. It just goes to show though that one never knows an artist's real range until he or she starts exploring it. Although this is as different from the rest of his work as can be imagined, it is all superb. Additionally, these are are very unique renditions of songs I have on other discs by other artists and there is NO overlap. I'm not familiar with Georgie Fame but it is too bad that he and Van Morrsion only did this one work together. What a terrific combination they are. The title tune is worth the price of admission alone. This is a live recording too and I've noticed Van Morrison does particularly well when performing live as opposed to in the studio. Many musical artists do their best work live and perhaps it is the sheer exhiliration and joy of performance that they really need to bring out their best.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Van The Jazzman Shows Off A First-Class Live Band, March 16, 2000

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Anthony G Pizza "trivialtony" (FL) - See all my reviews
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Much of Van Morrison's musical appeal stems from his spiritual quests and backward glances at the music, from radio and records, which shaped his world ("Wavelength," "Real Real Gone," "Cleaning Windows," and other Morrison classics often mention "radio" or classic R&B giants in their lyrics). So its no suprise that he would eventually take his live band (including British R&B giant Georgie Fame and James Brown sax legend Pee Wee Ellis) to a London nightclub for a loose, jamming live jazz affair.

Morrison and friends nod to the giants of this style: Sinatra (on "That's Life" and "Blues In The Night") Louis Jordan (on "Sack o' Woe" and "Symphony Sid") Mose Allison (on "Your Mind is On Vacation" and who is quoted in the liner notes) and even Morrison himself, who presents the trad jazz version of "Moondance" every vocalist hoped to create. No one will mistake any of this for the triumphs of "Astral Weeks," or "Enlightenment," or whatever your favorite Morrison set may be. But it's a wonderful side trip down some jazz alleys only alluded to in Morrison's legendary body of work. Recommended.