Van Morrison

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThis wasn't just a concert, it was a rock event: the first ever UK performance of Astral Weeks, the 1968 album that established Van Morrison's solo career, and regularly appears in best-album lists, especially when compiled by those nostalgic for the 60s parties where Madame George would forever be playing in the background. It didn't matter that Morrison is still a regular on the London concert scene, for there was a sense of anticipation in the packed-out Albert Hall t...

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