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Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue

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On DUETS: RE-WORKING THE CATALOGUE, Van Morrison and the guests selected and recorded some of his songs from the catalog of 360 songs across his career. Deliberately steering away from his more well-known classics, Van enlisted some of the artists he most respects to perform these songs with him to re-craft and re-imagine them. The album was recorded in his home town of Belfast and London in the United Kingdom over the last year, using a variety of musicians and fresh arrangements.

Produced by Van Morrison along with Don Was and Bob Rock, the album features duet performances with Bobby Womack, Steve Winwood, Mark Knopfler, Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, George Benson, Gregory Porter, Clare Teal, P.J. Proby, Joss Stone, Georgie Fame, Mick Hucknall, Chris Farlowe, and Van's daughter Shana Morrison.

Van Morrison is considered one of the most prolific recording artists and extraordinary live performers of our time. He has received a multitude of awards and accolades including 6 Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, an OBE, an Ivor Novello, and has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His visionary songwriting and mastery of many genres continues to shine on albums celebrating and re-exploring his blues, jazz, skiffle and country roots. With one of the most revered catalogues in music history, his talents as a composer, singer and performer are unmatched.

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1 30	Some Peace Of Mind by Van Morrison & Bobby Womack Some Peace Of Mind by Van Morrison & Bobby Womack	5:15		Listen Now $1.29
2 30	If I Ever Needed Someone by Van Morrison & Mavis Staples If I Ever Needed Someone by Van Morrison & Mavis Staples	3:49		Listen Now $1.29
3 30	Higher Than The World by Van Morrison & George Benson Higher Than The World by Van Morrison & George Benson	3:48		Listen Now $1.29
4 30	Wild Honey by Van Morrison & Joss Stone Wild Honey by Van Morrison & Joss Stone	6:22		Listen Now $1.29
5 30	Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby by Van Morrison & P.J. Proby Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby by Van Morrison & P.J. Proby	3:42		Listen Now $1.29
6 30	Carrying A Torch by Van Morrison & Clare Teal Carrying A Torch by Van Morrison & Clare Teal	4:52		Listen Now $1.29
7 30	The Eternal Kansas City by Van Morrison & Gregory Porter The Eternal Kansas City by Van Morrison & Gregory Porter	4:10		Listen Now $1.29
8 30	Streets of Arklow by Van Morrison & Mick Hucknall Streets of Arklow by Van Morrison & Mick Hucknall	4:57		Listen Now $1.29
9 30	These Are The Days by Van Morrison & Natalie Cole These Are The Days by Van Morrison & Natalie Cole	3:51		Listen Now $1.29
10 30	Get On With The Show by Van Morrison & Georgie Fame Get On With The Show by Van Morrison & Georgie Fame	4:41		Listen Now $1.29
11 30	Rough God Goes Riding by Van Morrison & Shana Morrison Rough God Goes Riding by Van Morrison & Shana Morrison	4:23		Listen Now $1.29
12 30	Fire In The Belly by Van Morrison & Steve Winwood Fire In The Belly by Van Morrison & Steve Winwood	6:40		Listen Now $1.29
13 30	Born To Sing by Van Morrison & Chris Farlowe Born To Sing by Van Morrison & Chris Farlowe	3:59		Listen Now $1.29
14 30	Irish Heartbeat by Van Morrison & Mark Knopfler Irish Heartbeat by Van Morrison & Mark Knopfler	5:14		Listen Now $1.29
15 30	Real Real Gone by Van Morrison & Michael Bublé Real Real Gone by Van Morrison & Michael Bublé	4:00		Listen Now $1.29
16 30	How Can A Poor Boy? by Van Morrison & Taj Mahal How Can A Poor Boy? by Van Morrison & Taj Mahal	6:34		Listen Now $1.29

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Audio CD (March 23, 2015)
Original Release Date: March 23, 2015
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony Legacy
Run Time: 76 minutes
ASIN: B00TKSKGAW
Average Customer Review: 361 customer reviews
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March 29, 2015

Format: Audio CDVerified Purchase

I was sort of ambivalent about this disc. I love Van to the point I would pay to hear him sing the phone book. So I wasn't totally thrilled to learn he was doing an album where OTHER PEOPLE sang along with him. If I wanted to listed to Michael Buble, I would buy a song of his. And of course, there were no new songs (a blessing and a curse, I suppose). But it is a real fun disc to listen to. Van tends to loosen up and get out of his funk when he plays with other musicians and I think that is what most comes through when I listen to these songs. He's just having fun. It's like a good Van concert. I particularly liked the stretch of songs from Wild Honey, track 7, through Streets of Arklow, track 11. Also Rough God Goes Riding with his daughter and Carrying the Torch with Claire Teal stood out. Surprisingly, These Are the Days with Natalie Cole and track 2 with George Benson were not as impressive as I was expecting given their reputations.

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For Van, It's All About the Music

May 10, 2015

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For most fabled singer-songwriters, duet compilations are typically the last oil change before the wheels finally fall off the old clunker and the engine blows up. They're typically lame excuses for disconnected musical has-beens to cling together once again and perhaps squeeze out a farewell nostalgia tour, and maybe even earn a few extra bucks merchandising to what little remains of the steadily diminishing record-buying consumer market.

Van Morrison quit caring about the music business or his record sales nearly a half century ago. Consider this is a man who didn't even bother to show up for his own induction into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, back in 1993 (to be fair, he did turn up and also performed at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction alongside Ray Charles, which he considered far more meaningful). His run-ins with record companies and executives, studio engineers, concert promoters, fellow bandsmen, members of the media, ex-wives and girlfriends, and even his own fans reveal an appalling decent towards self-imposed alienation, especially for such an internationally apotheosized icon, earning him a well-earned reputation as one of pop music's most onerous personalities. Indeed, the only thing Morrison despises more then granting media interviews are typically the interviewers themselves, even when they're from widely-respected trade outlets. He once cut off a well-known music critic in mid-sentence, curtly insisting "you're 30 minutes are up -- goodbye."

Then, there's Van -- the Performer. Often awkward while performing onstage and customarily unwilling to engage his audiences, but also admittedly shy and uncomfortable while in public, Morrison's live concerts can be spectacularly unpredictable and mind-bogglingly dreadful, especially given the lofty expectations buoyed by such a stellar catalogue that's been written and produced over five decades and vast array of different styles of music (including rock, jazz, blues, classical, folk, and country), diverse instrumentation, and lyrics of sheer poetry incorporated into the Northern Irish singer's best songs, so often impossible to categorize into any specific musical genre. He's given an erratic series of live performances recently, based primarily around his home in Belfast, also combined with the occasional tour date out on the road somewhere. Those performances have ranged from terrible to brilliant, depending on what night it is, how Morrison happens to be feeling at that moment, and simply the luck of the draw.

The uncompromising Morrison has never willingly played by the rules, because in music he's convinced that there aren't any, and what rules did once exist were violated by just about everyone he's worked with, especially when it comes to the business side of things. Screwed over by all but a few trusted loyalists in his own mind, and admittedly incompetent when it comes to handling his own financial affairs, Morrison has been on the verge of bankruptcy more than a few times. He's been involved in legal tug-of-wars over royalties and profits ever since his earliest days with the Belfast-based R&B group Them, which put the introspective front man on the rock n' roll map and spawned Morrison's first hit single, "Gloria," released in 1964, followed by "Baby, Please Don't Go," which came out a year later.

Since Morrison went solo, signing with Bang Records in 1967, raw New York recording sessions which produced his first solo hit "Brown-Eye Girl" followed by the classic rock album Astral Weeks, he's arguably released as much great music as anyone in popular music -- including a whopping 47 live and studio albums (not counting bootlegs) and more than 360 original songs, including 19 movie sountracks. Sadly, his best material which was written and produced during the later half of his career (1990 to present) didn't sell nearly as well as the creative output of his heyday between 1968 and 1978, when Morrison pumped out 11 studio albums and increasingly became the favorite of critics, second only to his contemporary Bob Dylan in reverence as a truly original solo artist and songwriter, as well as malcontent.

Fortunately, Morrison elected to forgo what probably would have been the far more commercially appealing option of re-working many of his old hits on his latest album release, "Duets: Reworking the Catalogue," which debuted a few weeks ago and is now receiving generally favorable reviews. True to his unique style and admitted discontentment as a performer, Morrison picked some of his best more recent and lesser-known compositions, engaging other performers he was comfortable working with, which turns out to be a short but talented list worthy of the honor of recording with "Van the Man." Collaborators on the double-album 16-song playlist include -- Michael Bublé, Bobby Womack, Steve Winwood, Mark Knopfler, Mavis Staples, Natalie Cole, Joss Stone, Taj Mahal, George Benson, Mick Hucknall, P.J. Proby, Clare Teal, Gregory Porter, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, and Shana Morrison (Van's daughter).

There aren't any singles on the duet list which will become a soundtrack to our lives, although the album did chart as high as number five in the U.K. Once again, Morrison seems to be doing what he wants and enjoys, disregarding cozy comfort zones and fan expectation. One reason why Morrison's songwriting is every bit as strong now at age 70 as back when he had long hair and wore tight pants onstage is an intransigent attitude and self-awareness that it's always been about the music, and nothing else -- not the fans, not the money, not the fame, not the concerts, not the recognition, and certainly not the pitfalls which go accompany being an idol. Alas, it's the music, and the love thereof, which keeps Morrison pumping out new and occasionally refurbished material with the regularity of breakout bands in their 20s. It's the music which makes the clumsily shy stage performer continue to tour and do live shows, sometimes as hotel ballrooms in his native Ireland which are small, intimate gatherings, devoid of much in terms of profit. It's also the music which makes just about any other artist eager and willing to appear with Morrison, the fruit of which is born in Duets.

One suspects that given his 47 albums in the last 50 years, Morrison won't be sitting around, or doing Las Vegas shows performing all the old chestnuts. More than likely, he's already moved on, writing and recording his next project. If Morrison's crabby nature and lack of hit singles in recent years hasn't already made you forget him as a pop figure who's worth listening to, then his continuing endurance as a creative force should deserve some kind of collective mass reevaluation. Face it, there aren't many artists who have been steadily pumping out exceptional material for so long, nor anyone who seems to care less about all the trappings of fame. As the biographical title of one of Morrison's recent albums suggests, he was "Born to Sing: No Plan B."

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Nick PusloskieTop Contributor: Classic Rock

Van strikes again

April 25, 2015

Format: Audio CDVerified Purchase

it seems that at least once in a career, an artist will do a "duets" release. Some have been mediocre, at best. Others, such as this one, have been stellar!

Van Morrison has been around for decades. His voice is unique and his style has sometimes defied description - he has done a wide cross-section of music through the years. He sound just as powerful here as ever. And c'mon, he has George Benson, Natalie Cole, Gregory Porter, Steve Winwood, Michael Buble, Mark Knopfler, Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack, Joss Stone, Pj Proby, Clare Teal, Mick Hucknall, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe and Taj Mahal. Just for the guest musicians you should get this.

And what songs. My personal favorites (although there isn't a bad track here): If I Ever Needed Someone (with Mavis Staples); Higher Than The World (with George Benson); The Eternal Kansas City (with Gregory Porter); These Are The Days (with Natalie Cole); Get On With The Show (with Georgie Fame); Irish Heartbeat (my favorite cut, with Mark Knopfler) and How Can A Poor Boy? (my second favorite cut with Taj Mahal).

Good grief, what are you waiting for? Hit the "purchase" button!

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Rick Shaq GoldsteinTop Contributor: Baseball

RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: “MUSIC FROM AN IRISH STREET CORNER… TO THE GATES OF HEAVEN… AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN”

March 27, 2015

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Van Morrison’s voice is not only beautifully unique… but also seemingly impervious to the sands of time. This intelligently selected sixteen songs and sixteen guest artists compilation… can literally make time stand still for the listener. Van’s voice which at times seems almost omnipresent in one movie sound track after another… has the almost unmatched potential of making a person forget their troubles… and become soothed… or simply have their thoughts magically slip away.

The range of songs included covers the bases from rock and roll… to some songs that due to the almost angelic voices… feel almost heavenly… and gospel-like. Other songs will take longtime Morrison fans into a day dream of Van wearing his porkpie hat… bee-bopping on a street corner in Ireland. True blues… couldn’t be much truer than the last song with Taj Mahal.

This array of artists and song types.. as well as the good length on most songs… along with a purchase price of only $9.99 makes this a very attractive purchase for almost any lover of good music regardless of age.

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