Van Morrison - Moondance 5 Disc Deluxe Edition (Remastered)

I would advise anyone who likes this album to grab Steve and Kevin's cut - it's a work of beauty! An amazing sounding LP, one of my top 5 LPs I own.

 

I like the price but is this really necessary? How much mumbling of Van Morrison can one person take?

I guess I'm going to find out.

 

So, to get hi-rez, I have to buy a 4 disc set in addition to the original American CD release
and my Japanese copy? How 'bout a hybrid SACD that'll give me reamstered layers in
redbook CD, stereo & 5.1 all on one disc...?

I'm so pissed off about this trend I think I'll pass on this one and put the saved $$$ into a
D/A converter that'll make all of my CDs sound great, one high def data bit at a time... I
remember back in '91 or '92 when Mark Levenson put out the first 2 piece transport & DAC,
with an esteemed reviewer in either Stereophile or The Absolute Sound, stating "Phillips &
Sony, with their choice of giving us 16 bits of information for compact disc, might have been
all the more accurate in just how much bit rate you really need for the red book standard,
for, the people at Mark Levenson LTD created a digital front end that extracts every bit of
info from the optical disc we've been lambasting since it's launch just a few years ago ('82-
'83). There's so much music that we've been missing until now with their new world class
transport & D/A converter..."

 

Any idea where I could still grab a copy of this online?

 

It was both, but never signed off. It sounds Great and hopefully it will be the same mastering / mix that will be released in this upcoming set. In fact I just played it for a few friends a couple weeks ago.

 

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/38985/Van_Morrison-Moondance-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record

You might as well pick up Kevin's cut of Astral Weeks while you're there!

 

What was the sampling rate?

 

Seriously, unfortunately I doubt Warner Bros. would use Steve's digital master on the Blu-ray or CD but there is always hope.

 

Looking forward to the opening bonus track of What Do We Call This, Van? I wonder what Van's reply will be! Listening to the original album right now to get in the mood for the three bonus discs and the blu ray stereo track.

There are six or seven takes shown as remixes at the end of disc four, but all the other additional takes are vintage rough mixes? Mixes more thoroughly worked on at the time for potential album release ? Newly remixed from the multi-tracks for this release?

 

I love this album and have the Japanese remaster on CD. If they sold the Blu by itself, I would consider it but I honestly don't know that I could listen to five versions of one track.

Good idea but a bit late I'm afraid for me. I probably would have jumped on this five years ago. Honestly, the finished album is, for the most part, what matters to me now.

If there were unreleased songs in the mix, that would be a different story.

I'd rather Van spent his time getting his out of print stuff back in print.

 

Thanks. So even though it was never released, it "got out"?

 

Yeah, they have Steve's outstanding mastering in digital form but aren't using it for the box set. Granted, I haven't the version they are using for the box set, but I wonder if anyone at Warner considered using Steve's mastering.

 

I don't understand why they wouldn't... if it's right there, and ready to use

 

There's the problem. Someone with NO sources makes a statement like it's definitive, and everyone jumps on board.

WHERE has it been FACTUALLY determined which mastering is being used ?

 

For me the cut is Moondance,the bass is all over my speakers! John Klingberg...wow.

 

i would't buy a 5 disc set of Born to sing either!

 

I can't believe WB is that stupid. The rights to the albums in perpetuity are worth more than the chance for a one time blip in revenues from any deluxe issues.

 

Seems Van is far from happy with this - from his website :
" Yesterday Warner Brothers stated that "Van Morrison was reissuing Moondance". It' is important that people realise that this is factually incorrect. I did not endorse this, it is unauthorised and it has happened behind my back

My management company at that time gave this music away 42 years ago and now I feel as though it"s being stolen from me again​

18th July 2013"​

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I take it that when Van recorded the album he was rather hoping that people might want to buy it?

Surely it is a tad easier for people to buy it if the record company issues or reissues it?

Surely it brings him some revenue? What sense is there in his seeming desire to veto it?

Pardon me for struggling to understand.

The prospect of that 5.1 mix has tempted me into wanting to buy it for the first time.

 

It sounds like if it were up to Mr. Morrison, we'd get squat. I understand his frustration that this was done behind his back, but I get the impression he doesn't approve of this release.

 

Yesterday Warner Brothers stated that "Van Morrison was reissuing Moondance". It' is important that people realise that this is factually incorrect. I did not endorse this, it is unauthorised and it has happened behind my back

My management company at that time gave this music away 42 years ago and now I feel as though it"s being stolen from me again.

Van Morrison

 

Yeah, the question is what does he approve of???

For such a major talent with a huge back catalogue that is largely out of print, you kinda have to say, I guess he doesn't approve of much at all.

Someone posted earlier that they usually support artists having a lot of control but with Van they would make an exception.... or something to that effect. I agree. This is one bitter dude, an introvert in an extroverts business.