And on October 30, Rhino will be reissuing expanded editions of classics like 1968’s Astral Weeks and 1970’s His Band and the Street Choir, featuring a host of great alternate takes and long versions of key album cuts.
Looking ahead, Sony has also announced plans to release deluxe Legacy Editions of deep career cuts like Saint Dominic’s Preview, It’s Too Late To Stop Now, Hard Nose the Highway, and Enlightenment. Additionally, Sony released the 37-track career spanning anthology The Essential Van Morrison. Last month, however-just three days shy of Morrison’s 70th birthday-Sony’s Legacy Recordings acquired the grand majority of his catalog, making 33 records available digitally for streaming services. Records in 1983, the legendary singer from Belfast has jumped from label to label ever since, most recently signing with RCA Records for the release of his latest LP, Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, a collection of collaborations that do just as the title implies. Following his departure from Warner Bros.
Van Morrison’s travails with the music industry have punctuated the majority of his half-century-long career in music.
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