Van Morrison Revisits 1973 Tour With ‘It’s Too Late to Stop Now…’ Set

Van Morrison‘s 1973 tour that spawned the singer’s classic live album It’s Too Late to Stop Now… will be the focus of an 3CD/1DVD archival release. Titled It’s Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD, the collection boasts three previously unreleased concerts from Morrison’s trek – recorded at Los Angeles’ the Troubadour, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and London’s Rainbow – along with a July 24th London gig that was filmed for a BBC special but never commercially released.

The collection is due out June 10th, the same day a remastered reissue of the original It’s Too Late to Stop Now… arrives. The three-month tour, which launched just months before Morrison released his 1973 LP Hard Nose the Highway, featured the singer backed by the 11-piece Caledonia Soul Orchestra, Morrison’s tight knit backing band.

Rolling Stone exclusively presents the opening track from the new collection, a feverish, spirited take on Moondance‘s “Come Running” from Morrison’s May 1973 Troubadour gig.

It’s Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD was remixed from the original multi-track tapes by engineer Guy Massey. Although the original It’s Too Late to Stop Now… cherry-picked recordings from throughout the 1973 tour, none of the songs featured on It’s Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD appeared on the classic live LP.

The reissue and 3CD/DVD set are part of a larger effort to bring Morrison’s catalog to the digital realm.

It’s Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD Track List
Volume II (Recorded live at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, May 23, 1973)

1. “Come Running”
2. “These Dreams Of You”
3. “The Way Young Lovers Do”
4. “Snow In San Anselmo”
5. “I Just Want To Make Love To You”
6. “Bring It On Home To Me”
7. “Purple Heather”
8. “Hey, Good Lookin'”
9. “Bein’ Green”
10. “Brown Eyed Girl”
11. “Listen To The Lion”
12. “Hard Nose The Highway”
13. “Moondance”
14. “Cyprus Avenue”
15. “Caravan”

Volume III (Recorded live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California, June 29, 1973)

1. “I’ve Been Working”
2. “There There Child”
3. “No Way”
4. “Since I Fell For You”
5. “Wild Night”
6. “I Paid The Price”
7. “Domino”
8. “Gloria”
9. “Buona Sera”
10. “Moonshine Whiskey”
11. “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do”
12. “Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket”
13. “Sweet Thing”
14. “Into The Mystic”
15. “I Believe To My Soul”

Volume IV (Recorded live at The Rainbow, London, July 23 & 24, 1973)

1. “Listen To The Lion”
2. “I Paid The Price”
3. “Bein’ Green”
4. “Since I Fell For You”
5. “Into The Mystic”
6. “Everyone”
7. “I Believe To My Soul”
8. “Sweet Thing”
9. “I Just Want To Make Love To You”
10. “Wild Children”
11. “Here Comes The Night”
12. “Buona Sera”
13. “Domino”
14. “Caravan”
15. “Cyprus Avenue”

DVD (Recorded live at The Rainbow, London, July 24, 1973)

1. “Here Comes The Night”
2. “I Just Want To Make Love To You”
3. “Brown Eyed Girl”
4. “Moonshine Whiskey”
5. “Moondance”
6. “Help Me”
7. “Domino”
8. “Caravan”
9. “Cyprus Avenue”