Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971) Part 1 (Full Album)

Track List: 1-3 1. Van Morrison - Wild Night (0:00) 2. Van Morrison - (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball (3:33) 3. Van Morrison - Old Old Woodstock (7:16) Part 1.    • Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971) Pa...   Part 2.    • Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971) Pa...   Part 3.    • Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971) Pa...   Tupelo Honey is the fifth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in October 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. Morrison had written all of the songs on the album in Woodstock, New York, before his move to Marin County, California, except for "You're My Woman", which he wrote during the recording sessions. Recording began at the beginning of the second quarter of 1971 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco. Morrison moved to the Columbia Studios in May 1971 to complete the album. The namesake for the album and its title track is a varietal honey produced from the flowers of the tupelo tree found in the Southeastern United States. The album features various musical genres, most prominently country, but also R&B, soul, folk-rock and blue-eyed soul. The lyrics echo the domestic bliss portrayed on the album cover; they largely describe and celebrate the rural surroundings of Woodstock and Morrison's family life with then-wife Janet "Planet" Rigsbee. Tupelo Honey received most of its success in America; it charted at number 27 on the Billboard charts and in 1977 it was certified gold by the RIAA. It failed to reach any of the European or other worldwide charts. The album yielded two hit singles, the hymn-like title track, and the R&B-flavored "Wild Night". The third released single, "(Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball", was less successful and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100. The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics at the time of its release, but Morrison's biographers were less favorable towards it in later years. Personnel: Van Morrison – rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals, backing vocals Ronnie Montrose – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, backing vocals John McFee – pedal steel guitar Bill Church – bass Ted Templeman – organ on "Tupelo Honey" Mark Jordan – piano, electric piano Jack Schroer – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones Luis Gasca – trumpet Bruce Royston – flute "Boots" Houston – flute, backing vocals Ellen Schroer – backing vocals Janet Planet – backing vocals Rick Shlosser – drums Connie Kay – drums on "Starting a New Life", "Tupelo Honey", "When That Evening Sun Goes Down" and "Old Old Woodstock" Gary Mallaber – percussion, vibraphone Production: Producers: Van Morrison, Ted Templeman Engineers: Stephen Barncard, David Brown, Doc Storch Remixing: Lee Herschberg, Donn Landee Remastering: Ian Cooper Art direction: Ed Thrasher Photography: Michael Maggid Horn arrangements: Van Morrison, Jack Schroer Flute arrangements: "Boots" Houston on "Like a Cannonball", Bruce Royston on "Tupelo Honey"

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