In February 1974, Van Morrison released the acclaimed two-disc concert album It’s Too Late to Stop Now, which featured select performances from a series of shows the lauded singer/songwriter played in 1973 at venues in Los Angeles; Santa Monica, California; and London. Now, unreleased performances from those same concerts have been compiled in a new three-CD/one-DVD set titled It’s Too Late To Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD, which will be released on June 10.
The collection’s three audio discs were recorded, respectively, on May 23 at The Troubadour in L.A.; on June 29 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and on July 23 and 24 at The Rainbow Theatre in London. The DVD boasts footage from the July 24 concert, which originally aired on the BBC but has never been available on home video. Morrison was accompanied at the shows by the 11-piece Caledonia Soul Orchestra, which featured two horn players and a string section.
Among the well-known songs featured on the new collection are live renditions of such classic Morrison tunes as “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Moondance,” “Caravan” “Wild Night,” “Domino,” “Gloria” and “Into the Mystic” as well as covers of Sam Cooke‘s “Bring It On Home to Me” and Hank Williams‘ “Hey, Good Lookin’.” All of the recordings have been remixed from the original multitrack tapes by engineer Guy Massey, who previously has worked on The Beatles‘ and Paul McCartney‘s remastered releases.
In addition, the original It’s Too Late to Stop Now album also has been remastered and will be reissued June 10 as a two-CD set and two-LP package, marking the first time in more than 25 years that the record will be released on vinyl. The album also will be available in hi-res digital formats.
Here is the full track list of It’s Too Late To Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD:
Volume II (Recorded at The Troubadour, May 23, 1973):
“Come Running”
“These Dreams of You”
“The Way Young Lovers Do”
“Snow in San Anselmo”
“I Just Want to Make Love to You”
“Bring It On Home to Me”
“Purple Heather”
“Hey, Good Lookin'”
“Bein’ Green”
“Brown Eyed Girl”
“Listen to the Lion”
“Hard Nose the Highway”
“Moondance”
“Cyprus Avenue”
“Caravan”
Volume III (Recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, June 29, 1973):
“I’ve Been Working”
“There There Child”
“No Way”
“Since I Fell for You”
“Wild Night”
“I Paid the Price”
“Domino”
“Gloria”
“Buona Sera”
“Moonshine Whiskey”
“Ain’t Nothing You Can Do”
“Take Your Hand out of My Pocket”
“Sweet Thing”
“Into the Mystic”
“I Believe to My Soul”
Volume IV (Recorded live at The Rainbow Theatre, July 23 & 24, 1973):
“Listen to the Lion”
“I Paid the Price”
“Bein’ Green”
“Since I Fell for You”
“Into the Mystic”
“Everyone”
“I Believe to My Soul”
“Sweet Thing”
“I Just Want to Make Love to You”
“Wild Children”
“Here Comes the Night”
“Buona Sera”
“Domino”
“Caravan”
“Cyprus Avenue”
DVD (Recorded at The Rainbow Theatre, July 24, 1973):
“Here Comes the Night”
“I Just Want to Make Love to You”
“Brown Eyed Girl”
“Moonshine Whiskey”
“Moondance”
“Help Me”
“Domino”
“Caravan”
“Cyprus Avenue”
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