Saint Dominic's Preview

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Saint Dominic's Preview
Saint Dominic's Preview cover
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released July, 1972
Recorded Late spring or early summer 1971 and late winter/spring 1972
Genre Folk rock, R&B
Length 41:12
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Ted Templeman,
Van Morrison
Professional reviews
Van Morrison chronology
Tupelo Honey
(1971)		 Saint Dominic's Preview
(1972)		 Hard Nose the Highway
(1973)
Singles from Saint Dominic's Preview
  1. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" b/w "You've Got the Power"
  2. "Redwood Tree" b/w "Saint Dominic's Preview"
  3. "Gypsy" b/w "Saint Dominic's Preview"

Saint Dominic's Preview is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1972. The diversity of the material on the album highlighted the skill with which Morrison could fuse Celtic folk, R&B, blues, jazz and the singer-songwriter genre. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" and the title track, top quality blends of Stax soul and folk, became staples of his live set, while lesser known tracks such as "Gypsy" and "Redwood Tree" continued to display a lyrical celebration of nature's beauty.

Also on the album were two lengthy, hypnotic tracks, "Listen to the Lion" and the closing "Almost Independence Day" which were given primal, cathartic and intense vocal performances from Morrison. These tracks were more similar to the songs on his critically lauded 1968 song-cycle Astral Weeks.

Rolling Stone Magazine declared it "the best-produced, most ambitious Van Morrison record yet released."[1]It ranks at #36 at Rate Your Music's Top Albums of 1972.[2]

It was his first album not to have love as its central theme and significantly (as his marriage was deteriorating) the cover shows Morrison looking like a gypsy troubadour out on the street.

Contents

[edit] Reissue and remastered album

In September 2008, Exile/Polydor will release this album as part of batch three of the four catalogue reissues of Morrison's albums dated from 1971 through 2002.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Van Morrison

Side One

  1. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" – 2:56
  2. "Gypsy" – 4:35
  3. "I Will Be There" – 3:03
  4. "Listen to the Lion" – 11:08

Side Two

  1. "Saint Dominic's Preview" – 6:30
  2. "Redwood Tree" – 3:01
  3. "Almost Independence Day" – 10:03

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Van Morrison, Ted Templeman
  • Engineers: Donn Landee, Bob Schumaker, Jim Gains, Dave Brown, Steve Brandon
  • Mixing: Donn Landee, Bob Schumaker on "Jackie Wilson Said"
  • Photography: Michael Maggid
  • Arrangements: Van Morrison, Tom Salisbury on "I Will Be There", "Redwood Tree", "Saint Dominic's Preview"
  • Remastering: Tim Young, Walter Samuel

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1972 The Billboard 200 15

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Turner, Too Late To Stop Now, p. 111
  2. ^ Saint Dominic's Preview at Rate Your Music

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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