The expanded Astral Weeks will include the first take of “Beside You,” a stripped down, vibraphone-heavy “Madame George” and longer versions of “Ballerina” and “Slim Slow Slider.” All offer a deeper examination of Morrison’s working relationship with the quartet that helped him record the LP: bassist Richard Davis, guitarist Jay Berliner, percussionist Warren Smith, Jr. Van Morrison‘s seminal 1968 LP Astral Weeks and 1970’s His Band and the Street Choir, will be expanded, remastered and reissued on October 30th via Warner Bros.īoth LPs will be made available digitally and on CD, each featuring a handful of previously unreleased, alternate versions of album cuts.
