Van Morrison – Veedon Fleece

I just got a copy of this variant and other than a few pops at the beginning of Fair Play I can't imagine any other variant sounding better. Very rich production. Beautifully colored and textured jacket. Thankfully there are people that take care of their collections and treasures like this are available at a fair price 50 years after being produced!!

Piękny album i doskonałe tłoczenie, ciche i dynamiczne, warte każdego grosza. Rewelacja, polecam!

Dull reissue unfortunately. Has all the admittedly pleasant VMP trimmings but the sound is just... meh. And that's a damn crime. Gird yer loins and deal with a (legit) VG+ OG US copy, experience the album proper.

This is one, fine singer-songwriter album from the 70's in the folk genre. True desert island disc in my book.

Very few LPs can reach the heights of this recording. It's full of signature changes such as 3/4 waltz, blues scales, unpredictable hooks and melodies all woven masterfully with eloquence. For you musicians you can hear the use of suspended chords and a variance of instruments such as piccolo, lush strings throughout and on one track Van displays his vocal abilities in falsetto.

A true gem!
Streets of Arklow, Cul De Sac, Fair Play, Bulbs, Linden Arden Stole the Highlights...heck, every song on this album is essential.

This is a digital on vinyl pressing (probably 24/96) by an unnamed cutting engineer, likely at GZ (where the record was pressed). Compared with the digital files - that can be readily streamed, there is better soundstage, higher treble and tighter - albeit less defined - bass. Likely DMM based on the sound. Pleasant, and probably the best easily obtained version out there. I have been looking for a near mint OG for years - with no luck. A much better album than the reviews at the time reflected. I'm not sure why Warners haven't reissued this record themselves - a few of their titles have been cut AAA by Kevin Gray.

Dead silent, beautiful soundstage, instrumental separation on an underrated Morrison album. Hard to think how this album could sound better than this pressing.

This is a truly fantastic pressing, quiet, flat and beautiful.

Fantastic music / album, the green record and the beautiful cover, just make the experience greater.
I think VMP makes some super cool releases in general.