![]() Most weeks, either Jim or Greg take a trip to the desert island and play a song they can't live without. So, as the album turns 50, Jim and Greg conduct a Sound Opinions Classic Album Dissection. It's as much a poem as it is an album, making it a classic in the Sound Opinions' book. You hear Van Morrison struggle with the search for home and the impermanence of life. And while the music sets the mood, Jim and Greg both marvel at the emotions conveyed by the song writing on Astral Weeks. For the recording sessions, Morrison was backed by a jazz trio made up of guitarist Jay Berliner, drummer Connie Kay and bassist Richard Davis. ![]() Astral Weeks melds rock, blues, folk and jazz in such a way that makes it hard to define. ![]() Van Morrison's 1968 album Astral Weeks didn't produce huge hits, but as Jim and Greg explain, this record is unique from any other in Van Morrison's collection, and in fact, in rock history. Audio player Download Subscribe via iTunes Astral Weeks
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