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VAN MORRISON – ‘THE HEALING GAME (DELUXE EDITION)’ – OUT NOW

March 22, 2019

We’re proud to announce the latest addition to our monumental Van Morrison catalogue project – ‘The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition)’, a luxurious 3CD set centred around Morrison’s seminal mid-period album of the same name. It’s out now.

Originally released in 1997, ‘The Healing Game’ was the twenty sixth studio album from the famously prolific Morrison, going top ten in the UK album charts.

Revisiting his early jazz and rhythm ‘n’ blues influences, Morrison assembled a new band featuring such heavy hitters as saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis (formerly of James Brown’s band), British jazz/blues legend Georgie Fame and bassist Alec Dankworth.

CD1 features the original album (plus five bonus tracks previously released on singles or compilation), Disc 2 – ‘Seasons & Collaborations’ – includes early versions of key tracks as well as a whole host of previously unreleased recordings including tracks recorded with Carl Perkins and John Lee Hooker.

Disc 3 – ‘Live At Montreal 17 July 1997’ demonstrates Morrison at the height of his live powers, here presented in pristine state-of-the-art audio for the very first time.

VAN MORRISON – ‘THE HEALING GAME (DELUXE EDITION)’ – OUT NOW

‘The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition)’ is available on 3CD plus digital formats in addition to a 1LP 12″ vinyl edition of the (long out-of-print) original album (minus the bonus tracks).

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That tracklisting in full:

Disc 1 – (The Original Album…Plus)
1. Rough God Goes Riding
2. Fire in the Belly
3. This Weight
4. Waiting Game
5. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
6. Burning Ground
7. It Once Was My Life
8. Sometimes We Cry
9. If You Love Me
10. The Healing Game

Bonus tracks
11. Look What the Good People Done
12. At the End of the Day
13. The Healing Game (single version)
14. Full Force Gale ’96 (single version)
15. St. Dominic’s Preview

Disc 2 – Sessions & Collaborations
1. The Healing Game (alternate version) (previously unissued)
2. Fire in the Belly (alternate version) (previously unissued)
3. Didn’t He Ramble (previously unissued)
4. The Healing Game (jazz version) (previously unissued)
5. Sometimes We Cry (full length version) (previously unissued)
6. Mule Skinner Blues
7. A Kiss to Build a Dream On (previously unissued)
8. Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker
9. The Healing Game – John Lee Hooker
10. Boppin’ the Blues – Carl Perkins & Van Morrison (previously unissued)
11. Matchbox – Carl Perkins & Van Morrison (previously unissued)
12. Sittin’ on Top of the World – Carl Perkins & Van Morrison (arranged by Van Morrison)
13. My Angel – Carl Perkins & Van Morrison (previously unissued)
14. All By Myself – Carl Perkins & Van Morrison (previously unissued)
15. Mule Skinner Blues – Lonnie Donegan & Van Morrison

Disc 3 – Live at Montreux 17 July 1997 (all tracks previously unreleased)
1. Rough God Goes Riding
2. Foreign Window
3. Tore Down A La Rimbaud
4. Vanlose Stairway/Trans-Euro Train
5. Fool For You
6. Sometimes We Cry
7. It Once Was My Life
8. I’m Not Feeling It Anymore
9. This Weight
10. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
11. Fire in the Belly
12. Tupelo Honey/Why Must I Always Explain
13. The Healing Game
14. See Me Through/Soldier of Fortune/Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)/Burning Ground

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