Silver Eagle Audio
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks First US Pressing
$ 95.00
Media VG+
Sleeve VG
Label:
Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records – WS 1768, Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records – 1768
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country:
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Tracklist
| Part 1: In The Beginning | ||
| A1 | Astral Weeks | 7:00 |
| A2 | Beside You | 5:10 |
| A3 | Sweet Thing | 4:10 |
| A4 | Cyprus Avenue | 6:50 |
| Part 2: Afterwards | ||
| B1 | Young Lovers Do | 3:10 |
| B2 | Madame George | 9:25 |
| B3 | Ballerina | 7:00 |
| B4 | Slim Slow Slider | 3:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
- Produced For – Inherit Productions
- Produced For – Schwaid-Merenstein
Credits
- Arranged By, Conductor – Larry Fallon
- Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
- Bass – Richard Davis (2)
- Drums – Connie Kay
- Flute, Soprano Saxophone – John Payne (4)
- Guitar – Jay Berliner
- Percussion, Vibraphone – Warren Smith, Jr.*
- Photography By – Joel Brodsky
- Producer – Lewis Merenstein
- Vocals, Guitar, Liner Notes – Van Morrison
- Written-By – Van Morrison
Notes
This is the original US release on Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
The labels are green and have the "W7" boxed logo.
Side A is labeled "Part 1"; Side B is labeled "Part 2" (see images)
First cat. # on labels, and back sleeve, spine.
Second cat. # on front sleeve.
A small inverted "P" stamped in the runout areas
denotes a Columbia, Pitman pressing.
Note: Pitman seems to be the only plant that
pressed this LP with a "W7" logo label stock
All other early US versions derive from this one
but use a green label stock with "WB" shield logo instead.
The sleeves are identical on all early versions
The labels are green and have the "W7" boxed logo.
Side A is labeled "Part 1"; Side B is labeled "Part 2" (see images)
First cat. # on labels, and back sleeve, spine.
Second cat. # on front sleeve.
A small inverted "P" stamped in the runout areas
denotes a Columbia, Pitman pressing.
Note: Pitman seems to be the only plant that
pressed this LP with a "W7" logo label stock
All other early US versions derive from this one
but use a green label stock with "WB" shield logo instead.
The sleeves are identical on all early versions