| Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl | ||||
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| Released | 9 February 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 7 November, 8 November 2008 | |||
| Venue | Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 68:46 | |||
| Label | Listen to the Lion Records | |||
| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl is the fifth live album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison, and released in the UK on 9 February 2009, and in the United States on 24 February 2009.[1] It was recorded during two live concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California in 2008 and released on Morrison's new Listen to the Lion label and distributed by EMI.[2]
The live performances of the eight original songs that feature on the album were recorded on 7 and 8 November 2008. Coincidentally, they took place forty years after the classic Astral Weeks was first released by Warner Bros. Records in 1968.[3][4] One of the original musicians, guitarist Jay Berliner, joined with the many other musicians on the revisited version of Astral Weeks.[5]
The New York Daily News in the 4 January edition named Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl as one of the "Five Most Anticipated Pop Music Events for 2009".[6]
A DVD of performances from the concerts, Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film is an Amazon.com Exclusive and was released on 19 May 2009.
The album won Live Album of the Year at the MPG awards held on 11 February 2010.[7]
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- ^ Edwards, Gavin (10 November 2008). "Van Morrison revisits "Astral Weeks" at Hollywood Bowl". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ Farber, Jim (4 January 2009). "Five most anticipated pop music events of 2009". nydailynews. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Music Week: Epworth named Producer of the year". musicweek.com. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.