Van Morrison – The Philosopher's Stone (The Unreleased Tapes Volume One) (1998) (2020, Hi-Res)

Artist: Van Morrison
Title Of Album: The Philosopher's Stone
Year Of Release: 1998/2020
Label (Catalog#) :Legacy
Country:: Northern Ireland
Genre: Blues, R&B, Folk Rock, Jazz Funk
Quality: FLAC (*tracks)
Bitrate: 24bit / 96kHz
Time: 77:55+75:26
Full Size: 3.14Gb(+3%)
Info:wiki

The Philosopher's Stone is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released in 1998.

The songs released on this 2-CD thirty-track album were previously unreleased outtakes from 1969 to 1988. The album features twenty-five songs that had never been released, and early alternative renditions of "The Street Only Knew Your Name" from Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, "Wonderful Remark" from The Best of Van Morrison, "Real Real Gone" from Enlightenment, "Joyous Sound" and "Flamingos Fly" from A Period of Transition, and "Bright Side of the Road" from Into the Music.

Three songs on the album were evidently intended for Morrison's unreleased 1975 album Mechanical Bliss. "Twilight Zone", "Foggy Mountain Top" and "Flamingos Fly" were all mixed in 1974 just before Mechanical Bliss was due to come out.

Tracks:
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Disc one
01. "Really Don't Know" – 3:37
02. "Ordinary People" – 5:20
03. "Wonderful Remark" – 8:01
04. "Not Supposed to Break Down" – 5:24
05. "Laughing in the Wind" – 4:10
06. "Madame Joy" – 4:23
07. "Contemplation Rose" – 5:15
08. "Don't Worry About Tomorrow" – 5:20
09. "Try for Sleep" (Morrison, John Platania) – 6:05
10. "Lover's Prayer" – 3:57
11. "Drumshanbo Hustle" – 4:48
12. "Twilight Zone" – 8:23
13. "Foggy Mountain Top" – 5:27
14. "Naked in the Jungle" – 4:36
15. "There There Child" (Morrison, Platania) – 3:01



Disc two
01. "The Street Only Knew Your Name" – 6:25
02. "John Henry" (Traditional) – 5:48
03. "Western Plain" (Lead Belly, John Lomax) – 5:42
04. "Joyous Sound" – 2:30
05. "I Have Finally Come to Realize" – 5:09
06. "Flamingoes Fly" – 6:28
07. "Stepping Out Queen Part 2" – 4:26
08. "Bright Side of the Road" – 4:02
09. "Street Theory" – 4:54
10. "Real Real Gone" – 3:45
11. "Showbusiness" – 9:21
12. "For Mr. Thomas" (Robin Williamson) – 4:15
13. "Crazy Jane on God" (William Mathieu, William Butler Yeats) – 4:05
14. "Song of Being a Child" (Peter Handke, Morrison) – 4:09
15. "High Spirits" (Paddy Moloney, Morrison) – 4:21 (recorded with The Chieftains)

Personnel:
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Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, saxophone
June Boyce – vocals
Ronnie Montrose – guitar, background vocals on "Wonderful Remark" and "Ordinary People"
John Blakey, John Platania, Mick Cox, Chris Michie – guitar
Herbie Armstrong – rhythm guitar
Toni Marcus – violin
Jules Broussard – flute, tenor saxophone
"Boots" Rolf Houston – flute
Jack Schroer – alto and baritone saxophones
Collin Tilton, Pee Wee Ellis – tenor saxophone
Bill Atwood – trumpet
Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizers
John Allair – piano, organ
Jeff Labes, Mark Naftalin, Mark Jordan, Pete Wingfield – piano
Smith Dobson – piano, electric piano
Bernie Krause – moog synthesizer
John Klingberg, Bill Church, David Hayes, Jerome Rimson, Clive Culbertson – bass
Gary Mallaber, Connie Kay, Lee Charlton, Dahaud Shaar, Rick Shlosser, Peter Van Hooke, Tony Day, Tom Donlinger, Roy Jones, Dave Early – drums
Jackie DeShannon, Judy Clay, Bianca Thornton, Pauline Lazano, Annie Stocking – background vocals
Neil Drinkwater – keyboards
The Chieftains, Moving Hearts – bands

All thanks to original releaser