Around the time you provided my Van Morrison induction, this was his most recent album, and thus I think it may have been the second I bought, after Moondance.
It's probably the last one I'd choose to listen to. Not that it's bad. It's fine — again in the sense that Neil Young said Harvest was his finest album. That is, it's immaculate but uninteresting. Again, I find myself nodding along with almost every word of allmusic's review: "The performance is perfect. And if there's a problem with this set, that's it."
The Grand Opera House is very fine, too. That's where M and I saw Porgy and Bess.
MusicBrainz entry for this album
The venue sits beside the Europa Hotel which may or may not have been the hotel most bombed during the Troubles.
Posted by: Brian | 17 January 2011 at 08:19 PM
Yep, that's what I heard, too. And was the Opera House itself damaged in one of the blasts?
I've got something you might be interested in for today's post...
Posted by: David | 17 January 2011 at 09:09 PM