Deal alert / Van Morrison: Moondance 4CD+Blu-ray audio
Tonight is a marvellous night for a Moondance five-disc deluxe edition because the Van Morrison classic is going for a song on Amazon Italy at the moment.
As well as a newly remastered version of the album, the 2013 deluxe edition includes three further CDs with multiple takes of the album tracks and a fifth blu-ray audio disc that contains the entire remastered album in hi-res stereo and 5.1 surround sound.
This splendid set was £50 when it came out but you can pick up this five-disc set for about £20 (€28) on the Italian site which is an incredible deal!
FIVE DISC deluxe edition track listing:
Disc One – Original Album Remastered
- 1. “And It Stoned Me”
- 2. “Moondance”
- 3. “Crazy Love”
- 4. “Caravan”
- 5. “Into The Mystic”
- 6. “Come Running”
- 7. “These Dreams Of You”
- 8. “Brand New Day”
- 9. “Everyone”
- 10. “Glad Tidings”
Disc Two – All Previously Unreleased
- 1. “What do we call this Van?”
- 2. “Caravan” (Take 1)
- 3. “Caravan” (Takes 2-3)
- 4. “Caravan” (Take 4)
- 5. “Caravan” (Takes 5-6)
- 6. “Caravan” (Take 7)
- 7. “Caravan” (Take 8)
- 8. “I’ve Been Working” (Early Version Take 1)
- 9. “I’ve Been Working” (Early Version Take 2)
- 10. “I’ve Been Working” (Early Version Take 5)
- 11. “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out” (Outtake)
- 12. “I Shall Sing” (Take 1)
- 13. “I Shall Sing” (Takes 2-3)
- 14. “I Shall Sing” (Takes 4-6)
- 15. “I Shall Sing” (Take 7)
- 16. “I Shall Sing” (Takes 8-12)
- 17. “I Shall Sing” (Take 13)
Disc Three – All Previously Unreleased
- 1. “Into The Mystic” (Take 10)
- 2. “Into The Mystic” (Take 11)
- 3. “Into The Mystic” (Takes 12-13)
- 4. “Into The Mystic” (Takes 14-16)
- 5. “Into The Mystic” (Take 17)
- 6. “Brand New Day” (Take 1)
- 7. “Brand New Day” (Take 2)
- 8. “Brand New Day” (Take 3)
- 9. “Brand New Day” (Take 4)
- 10. “Brand New Day” (Takes 5-6)
- 11. “Brand New Day” (Take 7)
- 12. “Glad Tidings (Take 1)
- 13. “Glad Tidings (Takes 2-4)
- 14. “Glad Tidings (Takes 7-8)
- 15. “Glad Tidings (Take 9)
- 16. “Caravan Redo” (Takes 1-2)
- 17. “Caravan Redo” (Take 3)
Disc Four – All Previously Unreleased
- 1. “Come Running” (Take 1)
- 2. “Come Running” (Take 2)
- 3. “Come Running” (Takes 3-4)
- 4. “Come Running” (Take 5)
- 5. “Come Running” (“Rolling On 4”)
- 6. “Moondance” (Take 21)
- 7. “Moondance” (Take 22)
- 8. “Glad Tidings” (Alt. Version)
- 9. “These Dreams Of You” (Alt Version)
- 10. “Crazy Love” (Remix)
- 11. “Glad Tidings” (Remix 1)
- 12. “Glad Tidings” (Remix 2)
- 13. “Glad Tidings” (Remix 3)
- 14. “Caravan” (Remix)
- 15. “These Dreams Of You” (Remix)
- 16. “I Shall Sing” (Mix)
Disc Five – Blu-Ray Audio disc with high-resolution 48K 24 bit PCM stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound audio of original album (no video)
By Paul Sinclair
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