Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film

Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film
Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film
Video by Van Morrison
Released	May 19, 2009
Recorded	November 7 and 8, 2008
Venue	Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Blue-eyed soul
Label	Listen to the Lion
Producer	Van Morrison
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ReleasedMay 19, 2009

RecordedNovember 7 and 8, 2008

VenueHollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California

GenreBlue-eyed soul

Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film is the second official DVD by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released May 19, 2009 (see 2009 in music).^[1] It features the songs from his 1968 classic album, Astral Weeks. The live performances on the DVD were filmed from two separate concerts by Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, with a fourteen-member band. The DVD is featured as an Amazon.com Exclusive in the United States with a release date of May 19, 2009. Morrison also released an album on CD and vinyl on February 24, 2009, entitled Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl with material from these two concerts.

Included as a trailer and entitled "To Be Born Again" is an interview conducted by Scott Foundas with Morrison explaining some of the meaning behind Astral Weeks and other footage behind the scenes.^[2] Some of the songs on the DVD have new sections that were added during the live performances on stage at the Hollywood Bowl. As producer of the CD and DVD, Morrison insisted on no post-production engineering so that the sound would be as close as possible to the live concert performances.

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Them	The Angry Young Them Them Again The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison
Studio albums	Blowin' Your Mind! Astral Weeks Moondance His Band and the Street Choir Tupelo Honey Saint Dominic's Preview Hard Nose the Highway Veedon Fleece A Period of Transition Wavelength Into the Music Common One Beautiful Vision Inarticulate Speech of the Heart A Sense of Wonder No Guru, No Method, No Teacher Poetic Champions Compose Irish Heartbeat Avalon Sunset Enlightenment Hymns to the Silence Too Long in Exile Days Like This How Long Has This Been Going On Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison The Healing Game Back on Top You Win Again Down the Road What's Wrong with This Picture? Magic Time Pay the Devil Keep It Simple Born to Sing: No Plan B Duets: Re-working the Catalogue Keep Me Singing Roll with the Punches Versatile You're Driving Me Crazy The Prophet Speaks Three Chords & the Truth Latest Record Project, Volume 1 What's It Gonna Take? Moving On Skiffle Accentuate the Positive New Arrangements and Duets Remembering Now
Live albums	It's Too Late to Stop Now Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast A Night in San Francisco The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998 Live at Austin City Limits Festival Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl Live at Orangefield
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Videos	Van Morrison in Ireland Van Morrison The Concert
DVDs	Live at Montreux 1980/1974 Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film
Unofficial Bang albums	T.B. Sheets Bang Masters Payin' Dues/New York Sessions '67/The Complete Bang Sessions
Tribute albums	No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison Vanthology: A Tribute to Van Morrison
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Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film

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