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MOVLP594

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-10-29

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

Little Amber Fish

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Standard:20

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8718469531325

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Van Morrison

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Van Morrison, born on August 31, 1945 in Belfast, is a Grammy Award-winning Northern Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist. He has been a professional musician since the late 1950s and is known for his skills on various instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums and saxophone.

Starting his career as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, Morrison gained fame with their hit song "Gloria" in 1964. Later on, he embarked on a successful solo career which earned him numerous accolades.

Morrison's contributions to music have been recognized by institutions such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has also been ranked among the greatest artists of all time by VH1 and Rolling Stone Magazine. His talent as a songwriter was acknowledged by Paste Magazine while Q Magazine praised his singing abilities.

nice 180 gram vinyl reissue. 'blowin' your mind', the first album by van morrison, is generally regarded as the warming up round to astral weeks (1968), a critically acclaimed masterpiece by this northern irish blues singer. but blowin' your mind really is a masterpiece in its own right, containing truly epic tracks such as the megahit "brown eyed girl", the somewhat funky "goodbye baby (baby goodbye)" and "midnight special", a traditional with a contemporary groove and infectious bass line. 

"t.b. sheets", one of the most real songs about death you'll ever hear, is a 10-minute organ packed blues jam about a dying girlfriend and one of the sweatiest and claustrophobic tunes to come out of the sixties. the latter song has been used to good effect as the sole soundtrack song to the highly recommended nicholas cage &amp; patricia arquette movie "bringing out the dead" (1999), and was also covered by john lee hooker.

Blowin' Your Mind

Music GB

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