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VAN MORRISON
The Healing Game Live! [no label, 1CD]
Fan compilation. Various dates and venues. Very good audio - mix of radio broadcasts and audience recordings?
The Healing Game [1997] is the 26th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.
Mark Coleman, rollingstone.com:
Though The Healing Game won’t erase the years of dashed expectations, it should salve the wounds of frustrated fans. Morrison hasn’t retreated from his spiritual quest or retracted his loathing of Information Age phonies. Maybe he has just remembered something: Graspable tunes and reasonable, cogent lyrics are a more efficient means of communicating than endless vamps and lofty sermonizing. The Healing Game’s 10 songs adhere to pop structures while allowing him room to stretch his celebrated vocal cords. Morrison works the gruff low end of his register to great effect, especially; like a veteran blues belter, he’s grown more authoritative with age.
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Thanks to robbiem for sharing the tracks at Dime.
robbiem noted:
A few of these songs were played quite sparingly and generally only for a short period directly after the album was released in June, 1995. Consequently, some tracks are of less than stellar quality and, for those, it was because the selection was extremely limited.
Many thanks and much appreciation for all the tapers, masterers and seeders for making this sort of thing possible. Special thanks to prb for being a font of knowledge and clarity.
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Track 01. Rough God Goes Riding 5:16
April 8, 1997; Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida
Track 02. Fire In The Belly 6:14
October 2, 2004; Laugardalsholl, Reykjavik, Iceland
Track 03. This Weight 5:36
August 30, 1996; The Dome, Brighton, UK
Track 04. Waiting Game 5:08
August 15, 1997; The Pavilion Theatre, Ross-on-Wye, UK
Track 05. Burning Ground 6:28
October 1, 1996; Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK
Track 06. It Once Was My Life 4:31
December 31, 2019; Stormont Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Track 07. Sometimes We Cry - with Tom Jones 5:08
November 8, 2015; O2 Arena, London, UK
Track 08. If You Love Me 4:31
January 12, 1999; The Apollo, Manchester, UK
Track 09. The Healing Game 6:09
June 24, 1998; National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK
49 mins
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