Van Morrison - Moondance 5 Disc Deluxe Edition (Remastered)

Coming soon!

Will be available as:
1. 4cd+ 1 blue ray disc
2. 2CD set (Remastered)
3. 1CD (Remastered)

Blue ray includes DTS-HD 5.1 for surround lovers!


Awesome!

 

YES!!!!

Source?

 

Checking the calendar.....it's not April 1.

Can this be real????

 

Saving up. Thanks!

 

it's for real!

 

Box set will include 50 unreleased tracks / takes, beautiful booklet as well

 

According to this blog post from last year, Van offered to allow WB the opportunity to release deluxe editions of Astral Weeks, Moondance, and His Band and Street Choir albums in return for the rights to said albums:

http://www.eastportlandblog.com/201...oir-and-moondance-albums-on-cd-by-pat-thomas/

Now this is total speculation as far as I can tell. But maybe, just maybe, there is the tiniest chance that WB may decided that this would be a worthwhile endeavor. Again, total speculation.

 

Wasn't this the one title in his catalog that has never been remastered due to some litigation of some kind?

If true, what in the heck is on the 4cd set?

 

Steve & Kevin did the vinyl...put the tambourine back in Into The Mystic.

 

The Japanese market got remasters on CD of those three albums as well. The tambourine is on that issue too. All three sound fantastic.

 

I waaaaannnnt

 

This set sounds great, but why only 24/48 on the Blu-Ray disc, especially if there is no video content?

Is there an official link for these reissues? I checked Google for "van morrison moondance box set" and found nothing. Has a release date been announced?

 

Where do you get ONLY 24/48 on the Blu Ray disc? You can have a 24/48 surround mix on BR as well as a 24/96 or 24/192 stereo mix

 

There was a DVD-A prepared for Moondance back in the (non) heyday. I would think it would have been at least 96/24 no?

 

http://www.uncut.co.uk/van-morrison-to-release-deluxe-edition-of-moondance-news

The big question is, has Uncut been reading the Steve Hoffman forums? I do think there are details here that weren't put in that now deleted post.

Van Morrison is to release a deluxe edition of his 1970 album, Moondance.
It will be released by Warner Bros on September 30 across various formats.
A 4 CD/1 Blu-ray Deluxe Edition will feature a newly remastered version of the original album, three discs of previously unreleased music from the sessions, and a 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. It will be presented in a linen-wrapped folio and includes a booklet with liner notes from Alan Light and original engineer Elliot Scheiner.
A 2CD Expanded Edition set that features the newly remastered version of the original album and 11 previously unreleased tracks drawn from highlights from the Deluxe Edition.
A Standard Edition of the newly remastered version of the original album.
The full track listing for Moondance Deluxe Edition is:
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)
The track listing for Moodance Expanded Edition is:
Disc One
Original Album Remastered
Disc Two – All Previously Unreleased
1. “Caravan” (Take 4)
2. “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out” (Outtake)
3. “Into The Mystic” (Take 11)
4. “Brand New Day” (Take 3)
5. “Glad Tidings” (Alt. Version)
6. “Come Running”(Take 2)
7. “Crazy Love” (Mono Mix)
8. “These Dreams Of You” (Alt. Version)
9. “Moondance” (Take 22)
10. “I Shall Sing” (Take 7)
11. “I’ve Been Working” (Early Version, Take 5)

 

great. and then release an expanded 'Astral Weeks"

 

A single disc limited edtion is being released in Japan on July 24 as part of a big Forever Young series reissue. I don't know if it uses the same "Into The Mystic" mix as the last release.

Are these all tambourine takes?

 

An actual link! Well done, sir!

Let's hope there's some isolated tambourine on disk 3.

 

Pre-ordered!

http://www.amazon.com/Moondance-Del...UTF8&qid=1374073641&sr=1-2&keywords=moondance

 

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/07/van-morrison-to-release-5-disc-moondance-remasterd/

5 discs, one a Blu-Ray, for $70. Take that, Bob Dylan and Columbia (who want nearly twice as much for 4 CDs and two booklets).

 

Cool, now please give us a similar release of Astral Weeks as well. A well mastered version in hi-res would be just fantastic.

 

Awesome news!!!!

 

No. Only take 17. I think.

 

Good news indeed. 2 of the most important albums from this era. One can never have enough copies of either M or AW. UK; US; JPN; Deluxe, etc. Bring it all on.

 

I like this album, but box sets like these with different versions of the same song sequentially tracked are very annoying... can't image I'd ever listen to discs 2 through 4 in their entirety more than once (if that). Decent price though compared to other uber deluxe versions. I may be interested in the two disc set, depending on the reviews.