His Band and the Street - Expanded and Remastered

Van Morrison's early years at Warner Bros. Records were revisited in grand form in 2013 with the deluxe edition of 'Moondance' packed with unreleased studio outtakes. Now the bookends to that classic album, Morrison's legendary 1968 label debut 'Astral Weeks' and 1970's 'His Band And The Street Choir', get honoured with expanded and remastered versions. Following Moondance's breakthrough success, 'His Band And The Street Choir' arrived in November 1970. While 'Astral Weeks' and 'Moondance' contemplate the cosmos and love's rich conundrums, Street Choir resonates with a purposefully loose ebullience on songs like the Top Ten hit 'Domino,' 'Blue Money,' and 'Call Me Up In Dreamland.' This remastered version of the album is expanded with five unreleased bonus tracks, including an early, raw take of 'Give Me Kiss' without piano, horns or backing vocals. Morrison's impressive falsetto gets a workout on Take 3 of 'Gypsy Queen,' while the band turns up the funk on the greasy alternate version of 'I've Been Working' that's featured here.