The Connoisseur Vinyl Kit

Your dad is different. He's got his go-to seasonal cocktail, a serious knowledge of wine, and a bar cart to rival your favorite Mad Men episode. Complete his collection of cool when you gift this Van Morrison vinyl duo. It's complete with the artist's greatest works, including "Astral Weeks" and "Moondance". Take a trip back to 1970 when the needle hits these 12" vinyl records, remastered and better than ever.

• Astral Weeks Vinyl Record
• Moondance Vinyl Record

Astral Weeks
Van Morrison took a novel approach to record-making when he started work on Astral Weeks, his first solo album. The Irishman showed up to the studio with a handful of song ideas and simply allowed the band to work them out how they liked. The result is a blend of jammy performances, richer and more polished than you'd expect from a hodgepodge of arrangements built on-the-spot. The record holds a special place in the vocabulary folk music fans, not to mention the RIAA, which certified it gold in 2001.

In The Beginning (Side A)
• Astral Weeks
• Beside You
• Sweet Thing
• Cyprus Avenue

Afterwards (Side B)

• Young Lovers Do
• Madame George
• Ballerina
• Slim Slow Slider

Moondance
Originally released in 1970, this reissue of Van Morrison's third studio album marks a certain achievement of mainstream success. With hits like “Moondance” and “Crazy Love”, this 180 gram vinyl LP was written in a small hamlet in upstate New York before being committed to wax at Manhattan's iconic A & R Studios. The record sold over three million copies in the US alone, certifying it triple-platinum by the RIAA and quadruple-recommended by us.

Side A
• Stoned Me
• Moondance
• Crazy Love
• Caravan
• Into The Mystic

Side B

• Come Running
• These Dreams Of You
• Brand New Day
• Everyone
• Glad Tidings