Van Morrison went to the south of France in 1980 and came back with two songs that run fifteen minutes each — "Summertime in England" and "When Heart Is Open" — mystical, meandering, and completely unbothered by radio format. Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown’s own bandleader, arranges the horns underneath it, which tells you exactly how far this pulls from typical Van the Man territory. Critics were split when it came out; the people who love it love it hard.
Genre: Rock / Jazz-Rock / Blues Rock
Year: 1980
Label: Warner Bros. Records — BSK 3462
Country: US
Condition: Media: VG+ / Sleeve: VG
Notes: 1980 US pressing (Los Angeles/Capitol press), Bernie Grundman mastered. Sleeve has minor ringwear, normal handling wear. Comes with green lyric inner sleeve.
Van Morrison went to the south of France in 1980 and came back with two songs that run fifteen minutes each — "Summertime in England" and "When Heart Is Open" — mystical, meandering, and completely unbothered by radio format. Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown’s own bandleader, arranges the horns underneath it, which tells you exactly how far this pulls from typical Van the Man territory. Critics were split when it came out; the people who love it love it hard.
Genre: Rock / Jazz-Rock / Blues Rock
Year: 1980
Label: Warner Bros. Records — BSK 3462
Country: US
Condition: Media: VG+ / Sleeve: VG
Notes: 1980 US pressing (Los Angeles/Capitol press), Bernie Grundman mastered. Sleeve has minor ringwear, normal handling wear. Comes with green lyric inner sleeve.
