And they had sent some producers, and they didn't know what he was talking about; people went up expecting to hear "Brown Eyed Girl," because the year before he had had "Brown Eyed Girl" on Bang Records and that's what he was last known for. So Joe Smith and Mo Ostin asked me to go up [to Boston] and listen to him. And I went up and it was at Ace Recording Studio at 1 Boylston Place, and there was Van Morrison, very timidly sitting on a stool and I came in very timidly sitting on a stool and he played!
The producers went to hear him, but they didn't understand his music; people expected to hear "Brown Eyed Girl" because he was known for it before. Joe Smith and Mo Ostin asked me to go up [to Boston] to listen to him. I went up and listened to Van Morrison at Ace Recording Studio at 1 Boylston Place, where he played timidly on a stool.