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Matt Gardner's Collection

Van Morrison   07/19/1997

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreaux, Switzerland
Source DSBD>?>DAT> Digital Remastering>CDR
Media CDR   2 discs
Notes See notes for set list and liner notes.

Artwork is here:
http://www.vmtrades.de/tree.html?SpringInMyHeart+artwork
Tech Notes The Tree Annoucement:

-----Original Message-----
From: Rolf Wagner
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 6:31 PM
To: Vantrades
Subject: TREE ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring In My Heart -- Van Morrison Live In Montreux 1997


This is another great outcome of the wolf/tsc. collaboration -- and it's their best to date. After circulating for years only as a poor, substandard audience recording, this show has reached us finally in breath taking HiFi stereo quality. Oh boy, what a marvellous show and what an outstanding sound. Your ears want not believe what they hear. If you miss it, you'll miss one of your all time favourites.

The show is: Van Morrison Live In Montreux 1997, July 19, 1997, Auditorium Stravinsky, "The Gala Night".

This is what Andr? T. writes about the show:


the evening of july 19, 1997, was a rather special occasion to
visit montreux: the jazz festival had announced not only
van morrison, but also ray charles. we had opted for better
seats and therefore for a cheaper hotel, and the very friendly
landlady -- she was more 70 than 60 -- asked us who the
artists were we were going to see at the festival. she didn't
know this "van morrison", but when we mentioned ray charles,
her eyes began to shine...

the air was light, the summer at its peak, it was hot, the
lake was of a rare, quiet beauty. around the auditorium
stravinski and the miles davis hall, all along the lake,
hundreds of people were chatting, listening to music,
taking a bath in the lake, just hanging around, eating
exotic meals you could get there (or, like we did, visiting
the near castle de chillon) -- and waiting for the concerts
in the evening.

well, i was disappointed that evening. and everyone i've met
since who was at this concert was disappointed, too. we all
had the impression van's concert had been a dark one, possibly
the one evening leading later to the song "going down geneva".
and, above all, ray charles had *not* performed with van --
and this, actually, was one of the main reasons to be there at
that particular time. (imho, ray charles was rather casual,
but i never liked the ray charles shows when backed by a big
band while i love the rare ones with his trio). but the night
was young, so were we, the moon was hanging over the lake,
shadowing the freddie mercury statue at the lake, inviting to
go for a stroll -- and to pursue it, the next day, with a
visit of the near mountains that, the other morning, were
slightly wrapped up in tender mist. (i'm not payed by
montreux's tourist office, thanks for asking.) ;-)

when the first recordings of montreux 1997 appeared, the ones
having seen this concert had the impression of *knowing*
(instead of the former suspecting) this concert not be one of
the most enjoyable ones. oh, how wrong we were! it seems we
were fooled by the bad quality of these versions. now, that we
can listen to this concert in a quality i would, despites the
few minor flaws that cannot be altered (we've tried), qualify
as breath taking, now, i said, we do know that *we* were wrong
that night -- not van, not the band (where you'll find a very
relaxed georgie fame, a very present ronnie johnson,
robin aspland's pearling piano, pee wee in very good form with
matt holland and leo green, choirboy brian kennedy)...

when i joined vantrades, i initially was interested in five
recordings -- in five only (my problem: not all were/are
available in the quality i wished...). if i joined vantrades
today, i'm sure i'ld go for six. montreux 1997 would, without
any doubt, be among them.

andr? t.


To sign up to the tree as branch or leaf, go to

http://www.vmtrades.de/tree.html?SpringInMyHeart

Show, setlist and lineage information, as well as artwork is available there, either.
J-Card Comment Disc One
1. Rough God
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 Feelin' It Anymore

Disc Two
1. This Weight
2. Who Can I Turn To
3. Fire In The Belly
4. Tupelo Honey/Why Must I Always Explain
5. Satisfied
6. The Healing Game
7. Medley: See Me Through/Soldier Of Fortune/Thank you Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Burning Ground


Musicians:
Van Morrison: voc/g/hca
Georgie Fame: voc/org
Ronnie Johnson: g
Geoff Dunn: dr
Nicky Scott: b
Robin Aspland: p
Pee Wee Ellis: ss
Leo Green: s
Matt Holland: tp
Brian Kennedy: voc
Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux/Switzerland),
Auditorium Stravinski, July 19, 1997 ("The Gala Night").
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Owned by Matt Gardner · Last Updated May 23, 2023