Call Me Up in Dreamland

Infobox Single
Name = Call Me Up in Dreamland


Caption =
Artist = Van Morrison
from Album = His Band and the Street Choir
A-side = "Call Me Up in Dreamland"
B-side ="Street Choir"
Released =April 1971
Format =
Recorded =Summer 1970
Genre =Folk-Rock, R&B
Length = 3:52
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Van Morrison
Producer = Van Morrison
Certification =
Last single ="Blue Money"
(1971)
This single ="Call Me Up in Dreamland"
(1971)
Next single ="Wild Night"
(1971)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = His Band and the Street Choir
Type = studio
prev_track = "I've Been Working"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Call Me Up in Dreamland"
track_no = 5
next_track = "I'll Be Your Lover, Too"
next_no = 6"Call Me Up in Dreamland" is a song that was written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, "His Band and the Street Choir". In June 1971 "Call Me Up in Dreamland" crept as far as 95 in the Hot 100. [Collis, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. p122] Brian Hinton says this about the song "'Call Me Up in Dreamland' is about life on the road, with 'radio' as a verb and laughing sax." [Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.123]

Personnel on original release

*Van Morrison: vocal, guitar, tenor saxophone
*Alan Hand: piano
*Keith Johnson: trumpet, organ
*John Klingberg: bass
*John Platania: guitar
*Jack Schroer: soprano saxophone
*Dahaud Shaar: drums

The Street Choir
*Larry Goldsmith
*Janet Planet
*Andrew Robinson
*Ellen Schroer
*Dahaud Shaar
*Martha Velez

Notes

References

*Collis, John (1996). Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, Little Brown and Company, ISBN 0-306-80811-0
*Hinton, Brian (1997). "Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison", Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and Audio sample] 1970s, His Band and the Street Choir