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Happy year 75 to singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, poet & bluesman, George Ivan Morrison, born August 31, 1945. 

Van Morrison ~  A Night in San Francisco - 1994 (Incomplete)

A Night in San Francisco is a live album by Van Morrison, released in 1994. Guest artists were Candy Dulfer, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Jimmy Witherspoon as well as Morrison's daughter, Shana Morrison. James Hunter and Brian Kennedy helped out with the vocals and Georgie Fame was also present. The album is compiled of live performances at the Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, California on 18 December 1993 and the Mystic Theater, Petaluma, California, on 12 December 1993. The bonus track "Cleaning Windows/The Street Only Knew Your Name" was recorded on 17 December 1993 at the Masonic Auditorium San Francisco, California.

Track listing:

All songs written by Van Morrison unless noted.

Disc one:

"Did Ye Get Healed?" – 4:18

"It's All in the Game/Make It Real One More Time" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman)/(Morrison) – 4:19

"I've Been Working" – 3:24

"I Forgot That Love Existed/All Along the Watchtower" (Morrison)/(Bob Dylan) – 6:17

"Vanlose Stairway/Trans-Euro Train/A Fool for You" (Morrison)/(Morrison)/(Ray Charles) – 6:55

"You Make Me Feel So Free" – 3:14

"Beautiful Vision" – 4:11

"See Me Through/Soldier of Fortune/Thank You" (Morrison)/(Morrison)/(Sylvester Stewart) – 10:18

"Ain't That Loving You Baby?" (Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde Otis) – 4:44

"Stormy Monday/Have You Ever Loved a Woman?/No Rollin' Blues" (T-Bone Walker)/(Billy Myles)/(Jimmy Witherspoon) – 6:08

"Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 6:10

"Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Sonny Boy Williamson I) – 3:33

"Tupelo Honey" – 4:01

"Moondance/My Funny Valentine" (Morrison)/(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 9:09

Organ solo from "Green Onions" (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson, Jr.)

Disc two:

"Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (King Pleasure, Lester Young) – 4:47

"It Fills You Up" – 4:43

"I'll Take Care of You"/It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brook Benton) / (James Brown, Betty Newsome) – 16:23

"Lonely Avenue/Be-Bop-A-Lula/4 O'Clock in the Morning (Try for Sleep)/Family Affair/You Give Me Nothing but the Blues/When Will I Become A Man?/Sooner Or Later/Down the Line" (Doc Pomus) / (Gene Vincent, Bill Davis) / (Morrison, John Platania) / (Sylvester Stewart) / (Morrison) / (Erica Ehm, Tim Thorney) / (Vernon, Ross, Shaw) / (Roy Orbison) – 14:51

"So Quiet in Here/That's Where It's At" (Morrison) / (James Alexander, Sam Cooke) – 5:00

"In the Garden/Real Real Gone/Allegheny/You Send Me" (Morrison) / (Morrison) / (trad.) / (Sam Cooke) – 9:41

"Have I Told You Lately" – 3:51

"Shakin' All Over/Gloria" (Johnny Kidd) / (Morrison) – 11:29

Bonus track (2008 CD reissue)

"Cleaning Windows/The Street Only Knew Your Name" – 3:46

Personnel:

Van Morrison – vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, harmonica

Haji Ahkba – flugelhorn, background vocals

Geoff Dunn – drums

Georgie Fame – vocals, organ, background vocals

Ronnie Johnson – guitar

Teena Lyle – vibraphone, percussion, recorder, background vocals

Jonn Savannah – vocals, piano, background vocals

Nicky Scott – bass guitar, background vocals

Kate St John – soprano and tenor saxophones, oboe

With

James Hunter – vocals, guitar, background vocals

Brian Kennedy – vocals, background vocals

Special guests

Candy Dulfer – alto saxophone, background vocals

John Lee Hooker – vocals on "Gloria"

Shana Morrison – vocals on "Beautiful Vision"

Junior Wells – vocals, harmonica on "Help Me" and "Good Morning Little School Girl"

Van Morrison Days Like This 1995 Polydor ——————————————————————— Tracks: 01. Perfect Fit 02. Russian Roulette 03. Raincheck 04. You Don’t Know Me 05. No Religion 06. Underlying Depression 07. Songwriter 08. Days Like This 09. I’ll Never Be Free 10. Melancholia 11. Ancient Highway 12. In the Afternoon ———————————————————————

Liam Bradley

Phil Coulter

Geoff Dunn 

Noel Eccles

Ronnie Johnson

Foggy Lyttle

Van Morrison

Jonn Savannah

Nicky Scott

And I will raise my hand up Into the night time sky And count the stars That's shining in your eye Just to dig it all an' not to wonder That's just fine And I'll be satisfied Not to read in between the lines