It was done under pressure, but the pressure turned out to be good pressure.”įor the live shows, Morrison shuffled the song order.
Everybody had to be on their toes and had to be there, had to be totally present. “Everybody was under the right kind of pressure.
I’m not a rehearsal-type person,” Morrison said. We just ran through a few songs and then did the gig. In keeping with the loose studio sessions that produced the original record, Morrison and his collaborators got together only once to rehearse the live concert. He enlisted musicians he had worked with before, including guitarist Jay Berliner, who played on the original “Astral Weeks” album. Morrison decided it was time to pull out those tunes again and play the entire album live, with a full string section. New fans would discover the album, and audiences still call out for “Cyprus Avenue,” “Ballerina” or the title track from “Astral Weeks,” songs played here and there when the album first came out but only rarely since. As Morrison followed with such radio-friendly singles as “Moondance,” “Domino” and “Jackie Wilson Said,” critics continued to talk up “Astral Weeks,” which gradually took on an almost mythical aura.
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