A Night in San Francisco

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A Night in San Francisco
A Night in San Francisco cover
Live album by Van Morrison
Released May 17, 1994
Recorded December 12, 1993-December 18, 1993
Genre Jazz, Blues
Length 147:26
Label Mercury
Producer Van Morrison
Professional reviews
Van Morrison chronology
Too Long in Exile
(1993)		 A Night in San Francisco
(1994)		 Days Like This
(1995)

A Night in San Francisco is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1994. Guest artists were John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Jimmy Witherspoon as well as Morrison's daughter, Shana Morrison. James Hunter and Brian Kennedy helped out with the vocals and Georgie Fame was also a presence.

Contents

[edit] Reissue and remastered album

In June 2008, Exile/Polydor will release this album as part of batch two of the four catalogue reissues of Morrison's albums dated from 1971 through 2002.

[edit] Recording history

Recorded live at the Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, California on December 18, 1993 and The Mystic Theater, Petaluma, California on December 12, 1993.[1]

[edit] Songs

"In the Garden/You Send Me/Allegheny" was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.[2] Most of the songs were medleys with several vocalists performing on each.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Morrison unless noted otherwise

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Did Ye Get Healed?" – 4:18
  2. "It's All in the Game/Make It Real One More Time" (Morrison, Dawes, Sigman) – 4:19
  3. "I've Been Working" – 3:24
  4. "I Forgot That Love Existed/All Along the Watchtower" (Morrison, Dylan) – 6:17
  5. "Vanlose Stairway/Trans-Euro Train/Fool for You" (Morrison, Charles) – 6:55
  6. "You Make Me Feel So Free" – 3:14
  7. "Beautiful Vision" – 4:11
  8. "See Me Through/Soldier of Fortune/Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again" (Morrison, Stewart) – 10:18
  9. "Ain't That Loving You Baby?" (Hunter, Otis) – 4:44
  10. "Stormy Monday/Have You Ever Loved A Woman?/No Rollin' Blues" (Myles, Walker, Witherspoon) – 6:08
  11. "Help Me" (Williamson) – 6:10
    Organ solo from "Green Onions" (Jones, Cropper, Steinberg, Jackson)
  12. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Williamson) – 3:33
  13. "Tupelo Honey" – 4:01
  14. "Moondance/My Funny Valentine" (Morrison, Rodgers and Hart) – 9:09

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (King Pleasure, Young) – 4:47
  2. "It Fills You Up" 4:43
  3. "I'll Take Care of You/It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" (Benton, Brown, Newsome) – 16:23
  4. "Lonely Avenue/Be Bop a Lula/4 O'Clock in the Morning (Try for Sleep)/Family Affair/You Give Me Nothing but the Blues/Sooner Or Later/When Will I Become A Man?/Down the Line" (Davis, Ehm, Morrison, Orbison, Platania, Pomus, Ross, Shaw, Stewart , Thorney, Vernon, Vincent) – 14:51
  5. "So Quiet in Here/That's Where It's At" (Morrison, Alexander, Cooke) – 5:00
  6. "In the Garden/Real Real Gone/You Send Me/Allegheny" (Morrison, Cooke, Staines) – 9:41
  7. "Have I Told You Lately" – 3:51
  8. "Shakin' All Over/Gloria" (Kidd, Morrison) – 11:29

[edit] Bonus track (2008 CD reissue)

  1. "Cleaning Windows"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1994 The Billboard 200 125

Album - UK Album Chart (United Kingdom)

Year Chart Position
1994 UK Album Chart 8

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 1990s, A Night in San Francisco:Discography
  2. ^ rockonthenet:1995 Grammys
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