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"Moondance" is a song recorded by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison and is the title song on his third studio album Moondance (1970). It was written by Morrison, and produced by Morrison and Lewis Merenstein. Morrison did not release the song as a single until September 1977, seven and a half years after the album was released.
Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records . After the commercial failure of his first Warner Bros. album Astral Weeks (1968), Morrison moved to upstate New York with his wife and began writing songs for Moondance .
Morrison first recorded the song in the summer of 1969 at the Warner Publishing Studio, New York with producer Lewis Merenstein. The track was rerecorded in the sessions from September to November of the same year at the A&R Recording Studios, 46th Street, New York to be released on Moondance. [1]
"These Dreams of You" is a song written by the Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison on his 1970 album Moondance. It was also included on his 1974 live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now . "The inspiration of "These Dreams of You", it seems, was a dream about an assassination attempt on Ray Charles , who then 'got up to do his best'.
"Glad Tidings" was the final song recorded on the Moondance sessions from September to November 1969 at the A&R Recording Studios in New York City with Elliott Scheiner as engineer. [2] Van Morrison gave the origins of the song's composition, remarking that "Glad Tidings" is about a period of time in which he was living in New York City.
Song by Van Morrison; from the album Moondance; Released: February 1970: Recorded: Summer 1969, Warner Publishing Studio, New York City: Genre: Rock [1] R&B; folk rock [2] Length: 4: 30: Label: Warner Bros. Songwriter(s) Van Morrison: Producer(s) Van Morrison and Lewis Merenstein: Official Audio; on YouTube: Moondance track listing
Van Morrison's band in 1970 (from left to right): Alan Hand, Larry Goldsmith, Keith Johnson, Dahaud Shaar, Van Morrison, John Klingberg, Jack Schroer. For his new band Morrison brought back three musicians from the Moondance sessions: saxophonist Jack Schroer; guitarist John Platania and bassist John Klingberg.
Platania also co-wrote two songs with Morrison, on his compilation album of out-takes The Philosopher's Stone, as well as playing guitar on several of the tracks on disc one. [4] In July 1980, Platania played guitar with Van Morrison's band at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and appeared on the issued DVD Live at Montreux 1980/1974 (2006). [5]