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Van Morrison Said (Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile))

by John J. Madonna

Sure the radio plays “ Brown-Eyed Girl” constantly (occasionally with the line about making love in green grass dubbed out,) but that song was just Van Morrison getting started. Astral Weeks, his record following Blowin’ Your Mind (containing “Brown-Eyed,”) defies classification, as it spins a combination of folk, soul, blues, jazz, rock, and everything else for a hypnotic forty minutes. No one sounds like Van Morrison, and, especially during his purple period betwixt ’68 and ’74, he released a stream of great albums. With records like Saint Dominic’s Preview, you can really just turn it on, sit back, and become completely lost in the sound.

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