The Healing Game (Remaster)
Price 10.00 USD
EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
600753087572
Brand
Polydor (Universal)
Manufacture
MCA Records Ltd.
Manufacture Country
United Kingdom
Newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of the 1997 album Healing Game by Van Morrison. The album was recorded in Dublin Ireland. The title song "The Healing Game" is about the tradition of Belfast street singing. Van Morrison in Q magazine said, "People find it incredible when I tell them that people used to sing and play music in the street. I think there"s a whole oral tradition that"s disappeared. "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" follows the children"s book, The Wind in the Willows closely and Paddy Moloney plays uillean pipes with Phil Coulter on piano. On "Burning Ground" the singer relives a common scene from his childhood when jute was shipped to Belfast from India