Who recorded the 1968 album 'Astral Weeks'?
Astral Weeks (song) Astral Weeks (song) "Astral Weeks" is the title song and opening track on the 1968 album "Astral Weeks" by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. On the first recording session for the album on September 25, 1968, this song was the last of four recorded for that date. John Payne, the flautist who had been working with Morrison, said it was the first time he had ever heard it, and that although the song may sound rehearsed it was actually captured from the only take. Morrison described the song "Astral Weeks" as being: "like transforming energy, or going from one source
Astral Weeks (Charles Mingus album) or creation of this release, as it was an unauthorized appropriation of circulating material created long after his death. Astral Weeks (Charles Mingus album) Astral Weeks is an unauthorized bootleg album of Charles Mingus' music, released by "Moon Records" in Italy on vinyl and CD in 1990. The material was recorded live in Copenhagen, on April 14, 1964, during Mingus's European tour that month and The European Tour.</ref> The release contains only two tracks: "Fables of Faubus" and "Meditations", although the full performance of his group's music that day also included other compositions that are absent from the Moon releases.