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Van Morrison It’s Too Late to Stop Now 1974 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks Disc One: 01. Ain’t Nothin’ You Can Do 02. Warm Love 03. Into the Mystic 04. These Dreams of You 05. I Believe to My Soul 06. I’ve Been Working 07. Help Me 08. Wild Children 09. Domino 10. I Just Want to Make Love to You

Tracks Disc Two: 01. Bring It on Home to Me 02. Saint Dominic’s Preview 03. Take Your Hand out of My Pocket 04. Listen to the Lion 05. Here Comes the Night 06. Gloria 07. Caravan 08. Cyprus Avenue —————————————————

Terry Adams

Bill Atwood

Nancy Ellis

David Hayes

Jef Labes

Van Morrison

John Platania

Nathan Rubin

Jack Schroer

Dave Shaw

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I have already mentioned the opus of Ted Templeman consisted of a large amount of credits thanks to him serving as a music producer since the early 70's. For instance, one of his collaborators from the era was Van Morrison. Say all you want about his latest LPs – I would agree with you, by the way –, but we have to admit his 70's remains a strong era for him. The important factor here was definitely Ted Templeman, since he produced three important albums for him during the time, including It's Too Late To Stop Now. I agree, highlighting a live disc might be weird, because you rarely notice who helms them. However, I do think Mr. Templeman had more input into the sound of the platter than the designation of the LP would've lead you to believe.

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Van Morrison - Into The Mystic 

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Van Morrison - Domino, from It’s Too Late to Stop Now...

Van Morrison is widely acknowledged to be a temperamental and erratic live performer. But in 1973, after playing a successful engagement at Carnegie Hall, something happened. Things clicked, he turned a corner, and felt like he was getting back into performing form. So he embarked on one of the most successful and consistent live tours of his career. Accompanying him was a ten piece band he put together specifically for the occasion. An amalgam of jazz, rock, and classical musicians dubbed The Caledonia Soul Orchestra, they gelled into a cohesive and responsive vehicle well suited to carry Van Morrison anywhere he cared to go and beyond. Anchored by David Hayes on bass, David Shaw on drums, John Platania on guitar, and Jef Labes on piano/organ, they added a horn section and a small string section to round out the sound.

Over the course of the tour, they amassed an arsenal of forty songs. The resultant double live album “It’s Too Late to Stop Now” immortalizes fourteen performances, and is frequently included in lists of the greatest live albums of all time. Of the original Van Morrison songs on the album, I would argue that every single one of them is better than it’s studio counterpart. The arrangements are better, the instrumentation is better, and the execution is better.

What makes the album all the more remarkable is that Van would not allow any overdubbing after the fact. (Regardless of what I said in the introduction to this month’s theme, post-production overdubbing and effects are frequently used to clean up a live album.) This policy resulted in the exclusion of Moondance (reportedly because of a misplaced guitar note), but makes you appreciate even more the incredible performances on the album.

You should listen to the whole album, it’s all worth listening to, but I’ll just highlight one song in this article. Take a listen to the dynamic performance of Domino captured here:

You can compare it to the original studio recording here:

Resources, Extra Credit

Here is a link to the entire album on youtube as a playlist. Quality not vouched for.

Here is a link to the album on Google Play Music. Quality vouched for.

For completists (guilty!), a few years ago, the entire set of recordings from the tour were released as It’s Too Late to Stop Now Volumes II, III, IV & DVD. It’s available on youtube or Google Play Music (and probably others.) The quality of the performances here are not as consistent, but there’s some great stuff on there, as well. You can hear Brown Eyed Girl and Moondance (not to mention a fantastic version of Bein’ Green – yes that Bein’ Green) here.

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Inside Van Morrison's Legendary 'It's Too Late to Stop Now' Tour

Jef Labes, a keyboardist who'd first hooked up with Van Morrison on the classic Moondance album, was back working on a new record with Morrison in 1973 when his boss flashed on an idea. "He said, 'Let's put together a tour with strings and everything!'" Labes recalls of what was, at the time, a fairly

This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside Van Morrison's Legendary 'It's Too Late to Stop Now' Tour

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Inside Van Morrison's Legendary 'It's Too Late to Stop Now' Tour

[Ebony Nightclub] Rolling Stone Music News: Jef Labes, a keyboardist who'd first hooked up with Van Morrison on the classic Moondance album, was back working on a new record with Morrison in 1973 when his boss flashed on an idea. "He said, 'Let's put together a tour with strings and everything!'" Labes recalls of what was, at the time, a fairly This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside Van Morrison's Legendary 'It's Too Late to Stop Now' Tour http://dlvr.it/Pjv5PK #RollingStone #MusicNews

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Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life’s blueprint

Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life’s blueprint

This Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo shows a a petri dish containing live yeast cultures at a New York University labe at the Alexandria Center for Life Sciences in New York, where researchers are attempting to create completely man-made, custom-built DNA. Photo: AP NEW YORK: At Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiff an odour that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his…

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Van Morrison Hard Nose the Highway 1973 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks: 1. Warm Love 2. Snow in San Anselmo 3. Hard Nose the Highway 4. Wild Children 5. The Great Deception 6. Green 7. Autumn Song 8. Purple Heather —————————————————

David Hayes

Jef Labes

Gary Mallaber

Van Morrison

John Platania

Jack Schroer

Rick Shlosser

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Bonnie Raitt ~ Runaway

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Van Morrison Moondance 1970 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks: 01. And It Stoned Me 02. Moondance 03. Crazy Love 04. Caravan 05. Into the Mystic 06. Come Running 07. These Dreams of You 08. Brand New Day 09. Everyone 10. Glad Tidings —————————————————

Jef Labes

John Klingberg

Guy Masson

Van Morrison

John Platania

Jack Schorer

Colin Tillton

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Van Morrison Veedon Fleece 1974 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Fair Play 02. Linden Arden Stole the Highlights 03. Who Was That Masked Man 04. Streets of Arklow 05. You Don’t Pull No Punches, But You Don’t Push the River 06. Bulbs 07. Cul de Sac 08. Comfort You 09. Come Here My Love 10. Country Fair —————————————————

David Hayes

Jef Labes

Joe Macho

Van Morrison

Jim Rothermel

Jack Schroer

Allan Schwartzberg

John Tropea

James Trumbo

Ralph Walsh

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Van Morrison Moondance [Deluxe Edition] 2013 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks Disc One: Original Album Remastered 01. And It Stoned Me 02. Moondance 03. Crazy Love 04. Caravan 05. Into the Mystic 06. Come Running 07. These Dreams of You 08. Brand New Day 09. Everyone 10. Glad Tidings

Tracks Disc Two: All Previously Unreleased 01. What Do We Call This Van? 02. Caravan [take 1] 03. Caravan [takes 2-3] 04. Caravan [take 4] 05. Caravan [takes 5-6] 06. Caravan [take 7] 07. Caravan [take 8] 08. I’ve Been Working [early version take 1] 09. 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]

Tracks Disc Three: All Previously Unreleased 01. Into the Mystic [take 10] 02. Into the Mystic [take 11] 03. Into the Mystic [takes 12-13] 04. Into the Mystic [takes 14-16] 05. Into the Mystic [take 17] 06. Brand New Day [take 1] 07. Brand New Day [take 2] 08. Brand New Day [take 3] 09. 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]

Tracks Disc Four: All Previously Unreleased 01. Come Running [take 1] 02. Come Running [take 2] 03. Come Running [takes 3-4] 04. Come Running [take 5] 05. Come Running [rolling on 4] 06. Moondance [take 21] 07. Moondance [take 22] 08. Glad Tidings [alternate version] 09. These Dreams of You [alternate 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

Tracks Blu-ray: 5.1 Surround Sound Audio of Original Album 01. And It Stoned Me 02. Moondance 03. Crazy Love 04. Caravan 05. Into the Mystic 06. Come Running 07. These Dreams of You 08. Brand New Day 09. Everyone 10. Glad Tidings —————————————————

Jef Labes

John Klingberg

Guy Masson

Van Morrison

John Platania

Jack Schorer

Colin Tillton

* Long Live Rock Archive