General Information Artist: Van Morrison Album: Moondance Release Year: 1970 Catalog Number: 1835 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, Stereo Country: USA Description Original US stereo pressing of the 1970 masterpiece. The album comes in a gatefold jacket, which is still preserved in its original shrink-wrap. The front cover features the Warner Bros. shield logo with the catalog number 1835 printed directly below it. The spine clearly displays the title and catalog number. Back cover includes the full tracklist and credits. Printed in U.S.A. Condition Cover: Factory-sealed, never opened (small tear on front side, see pics) Vinyl: Presumed MINT (unplayed) Notes for collectors This is an early US pressing of one of the most influential albums of the 1970s. Moondance saw Van Morrison move away from the acoustic folk-jazz of Astral Weeks toward a more structured, R&B-influenced sound often called Caledonian Soul. First edition identification: The very first US pressings from early 1970 typically feature the green Warner Bros. Seven Arts label. This copy, with its 1835 catalog number and gatefold construction, belongs to the original release period. Later reissues in the mid-70s moved to the Burbank palm tree labels and eventually removed the gatefold design. To confirm if this is the absolute first pressing, the labels should be checked for the green color and the Seven Arts logo. Matrix/Labels Labels: Warner Bros. Records (Shield logo)