I like these jam like songs. The rendition of “Where Flamingoes Fly” is worth the cost of the entire set, IMHO. Was probably the second one I purchased about the time it came out. As always the musicians are top notch, great variety of funky organ, sexy saxophone, guitar, horn section, harmonica, background singers, etc. Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019. This ranks amongst my favorite Van Morrison albums. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. But Van Morrison did it so well on “Philosopher’s Stone” that most people, even today, consider it to be one of his best releases. The fact that this stuff is old is not, as a Van Morrison scholar usually knows, a warranty of its quality.
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018. This is a phenomenal recording of Van’s classic sound. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2013. Can of then this is a Jem. The Philosopher's Stone, an Album by Van Morrison. Great collection of classic Morrison music.
Most artists fall utterly flat when they put out a body of work that consists primarily of unreleased material. Van,again, showingthat,perhaps,he needs to rethink his quality control methods.Some of the songs on this are superior to a lot of the songs that made it on to thhe original albums.Fantastic! It's hard to believe these are Van Morrison's rejects.
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018. This is a phenomenal recording of Van’s classic sound. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2013. Can of then this is a Jem. The Philosopher's Stone, an Album by Van Morrison. Great collection of classic Morrison music.
Most artists fall utterly flat when they put out a body of work that consists primarily of unreleased material. Van,again, showingthat,perhaps,he needs to rethink his quality control methods.Some of the songs on this are superior to a lot of the songs that made it on to thhe original albums.Fantastic! It's hard to believe these are Van Morrison's rejects.
I’m not sure if that qualifies “Philosopher’s Stone” to be considered an actual album or not, since it wasn’t designed in that manner.
Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Might be far too early to review "The Philospher's Stone" but I can't help myself. This is Van the Man at his very best. Booklet and clam shell case also super clean and sturdy. Gsus4 G C And I'm searching for, searching for, the philosophers stone. It's getting late, I'm just finishing up my second glass of wine and the last track of hearing 'The Philosopher's Stone' for the first time. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C Cadd9 F Dm Gsus4 G EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 032010 x32033 133211 xx0231 320013 320003 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com) He's a singer, songwriter, author, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since 1958. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. I like these jam like songs. The rendition of “Where Flamingoes Fly” is worth the cost of the entire set, IMHO. Was probably the second one I purchased about the time it came out. As always the musicians are top notch, great variety of funky organ, sexy saxophone, guitar, horn section, harmonica, background singers, etc. Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019. This ranks amongst my favorite Van Morrison albums. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. But Van Morrison did it so well on “Philosopher’s Stone” that most people, even today, consider it to be one of his best releases. The fact that this stuff is old is not, as a Van Morrison scholar usually knows, a warranty of its quality.
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018. This is a phenomenal recording of Van’s classic sound. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2013. Can of then this is a Jem. The Philosopher's Stone, an Album by Van Morrison. Great collection of classic Morrison music.
Most artists fall utterly flat when they put out a body of work that consists primarily of unreleased material. Van,again, showingthat,perhaps,he needs to rethink his quality control methods.Some of the songs on this are superior to a lot of the songs that made it on to thhe original albums.Fantastic! It's hard to believe these are Van Morrison's rejects.
He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Don't get in arguments with people here, or start long discussions. Great Album. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. He'…, Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man) (born 31 August 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I looked for this for my husband forever, thinking I could download it from Itunes or another music website - but no! Fabulous music. I can't really pick a favourite, but in my relaxed almost drunken state I will. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. In fact, the very thing that these songs were thrown away and left out of albums in 1971-1988 is not promising at all: when one listens to the whole double album (!!!) Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2007. Featuring his characteristic growl - a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences - Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists i…, Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man) (born 31 August 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. The songs released on this thirty-track album were previously unreleased outtakes from 1969 to 1988. The Philosopher’s Stone is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released in 1998. A little extended, but without loosing any of the intimacy and bravado of Morrison. Release view [combined information for all issues], The Van Morrison Yay-to-Nae "Cringe O Meter" Album Cover Ranking, Title tracks that aren't on the album they title, Dear Music Industry: I Hate You With the White Hot Intensity of a Sun That Will Never Go Out.