Astral Weeks

by Van Morrison

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The four unreleased recordings that debut on this Deluxe Expanded Edition highlight the interplay between Morrison and the quartet that joined him in the studio - bassist Richard Davis, guitarist Jay Berliner, percussionist Warren Smith, Jr., and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay.

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A stream of conscious masterpiece, a commercial dud at the time that is now considered one of the best records ever made. (

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1968-11

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The four unreleased recordings that debut on this Deluxe Expanded Edition highlight the interplay between Morrison and the quartet that joined him in the studio - bassist Richard Davis, guitarist Jay Berliner, percussionist Warren Smith, Jr., and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay.

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