THIS IS THE 2005 EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING on POLYDOR/EXILE label. WORLDWIDE ONLY PRESSING on VINYL. SINGLE COVER INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in EX condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration, BUT light discolouration on corners, mild creases on edges, left spine is fully readable INNER also in great condition, normal wear please for details see photos. The vinyl with a couple of marks on both sides due to factory pressing is in VG /EX condition light backnoise at the start on A1 and some light clicks, maybe to clean, barely played .
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VAN MORRISON
Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer,
Van Morrison is among popular music s true innovators, a restless seeker
whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk
produced perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock roll canon.
MAGIC TIME
tracklist: please, for tracklist see pictures
2005 LP POLYDOR RECORDS 9871428
MADE IN THE EU ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER INNER SLEEVE
NOTES: Printed inner cardboard sleeve with lyrics and liner notes.
Runouts are etched except of the stamped Metropolis Mastering .
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 6 02498 71428 7
Label Code: LC 00309
Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
LABEL: POLYDOR/EXILE - ARTWORK LABEL - WHITE/RED TEXT
Catalog on cover: 9871428
Catalog on labels: 9871428
Matrix / Runout Side A, Etched : 987-142-8 A OR
Matrix / Runout Side B, Etched Stamped : 987-142-8 B OR TWIG
On labels: please, for details see dedicated pictures
Made in the EU. LC 00309 BIEM/SABAM.
On Back Cover: Tracklist
Produced by Van Morrison for Exile Productions Ltd.
2005 Exile...........BIEM/SABAM
Exile Polydor logos
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RECORD EX but please, read above description
SLEEVE EX but please, see pictures and read above description
Magic Time is one of those rare, intermittent Van Morrison records that consciously offers a bird s eye view of everywhere he s been musically and weaves it all together into a heady brew. The last one was The Healing Game in 1997. He s made fine records since Down the Road, Back on Top , but they ve been focused on whatever Muse was pulling his coattails at the time. Magic Time is restless and freewheeling. Lyrically, it s alternately bittersweet, celebratory, and ornery. Like all of his records, notions of the past haunt these songs like familiar specters making sure they are not forgotten. Here, Celtic soul, gritty blues, fingerpopping swing, R B, and classic pop all jockey for dominance over ten originals and three covers. Morrison s sequencing keeps them balanced and the proceedings sharp. Stranded has a gorgeous faux doo wop lilt, and an elegant, timeless piano that cascades from the ether as a nocturnal alto saxophone Morrison announces a stolid yet world-weary vocal that unhurriedly moves along to a backing chorus. One can hear traces of the Platters Twilight Time and the Penguins Earth Angel in its grain. Celtic New Year is trademark Morrison the long, loping, repetitive line that is his trademark fuels this one. It s carried by the interplay between Morrison s acoustic and the late Foggy Lyttle s electric guitar fills, and aided by Chieftain Paddy Moloney s whistle. A moving yet unobtrusive string arrangement by Fiachra Trench lifts this tale of separation and longing into the large space inhabited by Morrison s voice. Through his lyrical frame, he reaches that place in the heart that whispers of longings so deep they lie beyond the reach of language. The scene changes on track three as the blues make their entrance on Keep Mediocrity at Bay with some fine harp work by Morrison , and the wondrously gritty Evening Train. On the latter, it s Lyttle s guitar the album is dedicated to him and David Hayes whomping bass that drive the engine, with Morrison and horns punching up into the maelstrom. Lyttle s knotty razored fills push Morrison s roaring vocal on to the ledge. The covers all come from the American jazz canon: Fats Waller s Lonely and Blue, and two tunes associated with Frank Sinatra -- I m Confessin and This Love of Mine with lyrics by him . These tunes are beautifully placed in the album s mix and Morrison s readings are serious, very credible. While Just Like Greta is yet another Morrison litany to be left alone, its seductive melody draws the listener deep in with its shimmering organ, pronounced hypnotic line, mournful strings, and a chorus of female voices that add a softer dimension to its edgy intent. Gypsy in My Soul is pure, nocturnal velvet funk with great piano work by Brian Connor. The acoustic The Lion This Time is one of the finest ballads Morrison has cut in decades. Period. Carry On Regardless, is a stinging, jagged reggae-touched blues that sends the proceeding out in near riotous joy. Magic Time may look back over decades, but it s far from nostalgic. It connects the musical past to Morrison s present and points to a future in the timelessness of great musical tradition. And it displays in spades that its creator never stops looking for new ways to go deeper into the heart of song... AllMusic
