***Wavelength: the Van Morrison Newsletter --a very professional and "beautifully obsessive" publication well worth the subscription price..."if you don't subscribe, you should"!:

**Lists of some of the best Van Morrison concerts on tape (also includes photos, a bulletin board and other good stuff):

**The online edition of this "VM Resources On The Internet" List, as well as audio files of live concerts, a link to a Vanfans chat room, and other stuff not found elsewhere:

**Van-L(ist) Archives (searchable) on the Internet:

*Van-Info Archives (searchable) on the Internet:

*The Van-L Archive files (July 12, 1994 - January 31, 1996, these 423 digest files are not searchable via the current Van-L/Info listserver which searches from February 1, 1996 to the present):

If you wish to contact someone on the Van-L or Van-Info List, and have lost their e-mail address, you may obtain a list of current subscribers by sending an e-mail message to:

LISTSERV@HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL

with the subject and the message text reading:

REVIEW VAN-L or REVIEW VAN-INFO

...you may then search the list for a name or server (etc.) using your browser's "search/find" function. If the digest version or standard version of the Van-L/Info postings is "too much to handle", you might try receiving the "index" (a list of the postings with the name of the author, number of lines in the message, and subject header) from which you can order copies of only those messages that interest you; send the following message to the listserver address above:

SET VAN-L INDEX or SET VAN-INFO INDEX

*The official Polydor Van Morrison Website (includes audio clips, biography, discography, etc.):

The "All Music Guide" Van Morrison page:

The "imusic" Van Morrison bulletin board (plus links to a biography and discography):

The "Rough Guide To Rock" Van Morrison page:

The "Rough Guide To Rock" Them page:

The "Wall Of Sound" Van Morrison page:

A brief biography with links to the usual suspects (includes astrological sign):

A fan's tribute page to Van Morrison:

A site that has album/track listings, audio clips, etc:

A story by photographer Steve Rapport about his photo-shoot session with Van for the "Poetic Champions Compose" album cover:

A Spanish language Van Morrison website:

A Catalan version of the English language Van Morrison Home Page:

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2. Photographs:

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Numerous photos:

Photos from the Bonn, Germany concert, July 23, 1998:

A photo of Van playing saxophone at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 6, 1998:

A photo of Van receiving the Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France on June 30, 1998:

Photos from the Norwegian Wood Festival, June 6, 1998:

A photo from May 20, 1998 in San Jose CA:

The concert poster that was being sold at the General Motors Arena show in Vancouver, May 14, 1998:

A casual photo taken in Palma de Malorca, Spain in February 1998:

A photo & review of the New York NY MSG concerts in January, 1998:

A photo from the Glastonbury Festival, June 29, 1997:

Photos of Van taken at the Fleadh Festival, Randall's Island NY, June 14-15, 1997 (includes some of the Van-L members):

And more photos from the Fleadh Festival, June 14-15, 1997:

A review of the '97 New York Fleadh, and 2 biographies on Van:

A photo taken with Sinead O'Connor at The Wall in Berlin, 1996:

A photo from the International Jazz Festival, Weisen, Austria, July 4, 1996:

A photo from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 3, 1996:

A photo taken at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland in either April 1995 or January 1996:

A small photo collage from the "Why Must I Always Explain" 1995 documentary:

A couple photos of Van's appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival:

A photo from Van's 1994 appearance on the David Letterman Show (?):

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A cropped (severely) photo from the early-1990s:

A photo circa late-1980's/early-1990s:

A photo of Van playing the sax in a dressing room circa late-1980s:

A photo circa late-1980's/early 1990's:

A photo from the 1980's:

A photo of Van playing guitar & singing circa mid-1980's:

A photo in concert in Oslo, Norway circa 1983?:

Numerous photos taken during the Apr il 3, 1982 concert at Die Grugahalle, Essen, W. Germany (aired on TV's "Rockpalast"):

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A photo of Van in concert circa 1979:

Two photos from "The Last Waltz", November 25, 1976, San Francisco:

The photo that appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone 1972, cover photos from The Healing Game, T.B. Sheets, and Poetic Champions Compose:

A photo circa 1970:

A photo circa 1970:

A photo from the cover of "His Band And The Street Choir":

A photo of Van with Peter Wolf in a radio station studio circa 1969:

A photo from 1967, Van at the microphone:

Sound files from the April 3, 1982 "Rockpalast" concert in Essen, W. Germany at Die Grugahalle:

Snippets from the bootlegs "If You Don't Like It, Go F*ck Yourself!", "The Night Was Full Of Space", and "Lost In A Fugitive's Dream" (BEWARE!, this record company lists just about every Van import you can think of...they don't have any in stock!...they take your money up front and search for what you want):

Audio samples of most of Van's albums:

Real Audio clips from most songs on Astral Weeks:

An Interview with Van along with sound & video clips:

A Real Audio slide show with Van singing with and talking about John Lee Hooker:

Midi files:

4% Pantomime with The Band, from their album Cahoots:

And It Stoned Me, Bright Side Of The Road, Into The Mystic, Jackie Wilson Said, and Warm Love:

Blue Money, Brown Eyed Girl, Domino, Into The Mystic, Moondance (2 versions), Wild Night:

Blue Money, Brown Eyed Girl (2), Come Running To Me, Domino, Into The Mystic (2), Jackie Wilson Said, Moondance (5), Tupelo Honey, and Wild Night:

Blue Money, Brown Eyed Girl (9), Come Running To Me, Domino (2), Have I Told You Lately (2), and Moondance (5):

Blue Money, Brown Eyed Girl (2), Come Running To Me, Domino, and Moondance:

Brown Eyed Girl:

(3 versions, acoustic guitar)

Brown Eyed Girl, Domino, and Moondance:

Brown Eyed Girl, Domino, Have I Told You Lately, Moondance, and Tupelo Honey:

Brown Eyed Girl, Have I Told You Lately, and Into The Mystic:

Brown Eyed Girl (3), Have I Told You Lately, Into The Mystic, and Moondance (2):

Brown Eyed Girl and Moondance (2):

The Burning Ground:

Caravan (with The Band at The Last Waltz 11/25/76 San Francisco, video clip):

Cleaning Windows covered by Tom Russell:

Crazy Love covered by Bryan Ferry:

Days Like This (video clip):

Domino:

Gloria covered by Patti Smith:

Have I Told You Lately (with The Chieftains, includes a photo of all from the official video for The Long Black Veil album):

Have I Told You Lately (with Sinead O'Connor and The Chieftains, from the David Letterman Show in London, May 17, 1995):

Have I Told You Lately (with Sinead O'Connor and The Chieftains, from the David Letterman Show in London, May 17, 1995) VIDEO clip:

Have I Told You Lately:

Have I Told You Lately, and Moondance:

The Healing Game video:

Into The Mystic:

Jackie Wilson Said:

Moondance:

Moondance and Who Can I Turn To? from the How Long Has This Been Going On album:

An interview with Mose Allison about the Tell Me Something album (includes a clip of Van singing One Of These Days):

The Philosopher's Stone (samples of several songs from the album):

Rough God Goes Riding:

Shenandoah and other songs from the Long Journey Home soundtrack:

Someone Like You:

Sweet Thing:

Wonderful Remark from The King Of Comedy soundtrack:

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4. Lyrics & Guitar Tablature:

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**Chord/tablature (several songs):

(a couple dozen songs and a link to the entire Irish Heartbeat album)

(bass guitar tablature to Brown Eyed Girl, Gloria, and Into The Mystic)

And It Stoned Me:

Brand New Day:

Brown Eyed Girl:

Have I Told You Lately:

Irish Heartbeat album:

Sweet Thing:

These Dreams Of You:

Tupelo Honey:

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5. "Merchandise":

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Section 1: Recorded Music

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***Wavelength (if it's official, it's here by the truckload!):

An extensive listing of new & used, domestic & "import" Van Morrison CDs, cassettes and vinyl LPs and singles:

CDMagic (some Van imports; access to their catalog requires registration by sending an e-mail message to:

tech@cdmagic.com

after a few days you'll receive a Username and Password):

Esprit International (a bi-weekly e-mailed listing of rarities

for purchase, send e-mail to subscribe, message text reading:

SUBSCRIBE [your e-mail address]):

listserver@eil.com

The Finest (they carry several Van items of interest, including

promo singles & other stuff at good prices):

Hit The Deck (their main catalog lists dozens of rare items):

Intoxica (Van on occasion):

*Kiss The Stone records:

Music and Video Exchange (some rarities & promo items):

Music Express (some Van imports listed):

***The Music Specialists (Singapore, great selection/service):

Rockaway Records (they have a few extremely rare items on their website, all quite expensive, including radio plug 7" 45 rpm records for pre-'71 albums):

The Side Show (Van on occasion):

*Southland CD Co. (they have a few Van rarities/singles listed; I've had good service from them):

*Street Legal (e-mail for details):

streetlegal@lineone.net

UDMO (a weekly e-mailed list of underground goodies):

Send a message, asking to be added to the mailing list, to:

dogbone@voicenet.com

NOTE: others have stated that service is unreliable.

Hans van Dijk (e-mail for details):

hans.vandijk@wxs.nl

Section 2: The Other Stuff

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Karaoke CD "Best Of" Van Morrison (item NSG-104):

Photograph (A Sense Of Wonder, back cover):

*Posters:

The misprint reprint 1976 San Jose concert poster (actually 1971):

Posters (some old Van "Family Dog" posters, etc. on occasion):

Sheet Music:

T-shirt (modeled after "Best Of VM vol. 1" w/old microphone):

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6. Miscellaneous:

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The story behind the cover photo on "The Philosopher's Stone":

The original artwork for "The Philosopher's Stone":

A "not-so-spiritual" account of journeying to see Van Morrison on his West coast tour in May 1998 (also, links to websites of those who have influenced Van):

A poem, "Van Morrison Plays Pittsburgh" by John Repp:

Some mug shots of Van-L/Info members in various stages of inebriation at Kavanaugh's in NY for the MSG 1/98 concerts:

Not exactly Van-related, but a great sight to download hundreds of free fonts & images to use for making J-cards (Thanks Richard!):

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7. FAQ (some Frequently Asked Questions):

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1. Are there any CONCERTS scheduled for my area?

Confirmed concert dates are listed at:

2. What is a TAPE TREE and how does it operate?

An explanation of the workings of tape trees is located at: