Warm Love

Infobox Single
Name = Warm Love


Caption =
Artist = Van Morrison
from Album = Hard Nose the Highway
A-side = "Warm Love"
B-side = "I Will Be There"
Released = April 25 1973
Format =
Recorded = 1972
Genre = Folk rock, R&B
Length = 3:22
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Van Morrison
Producer = Van Morrison
Certification =
Chart position = Top Forty U. S.
Last single ="Gypsy"
(1973)
This single ="Warm Love"
(1973)
Next single ="Bein' Green"
(1973)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Hard Nose the Highway
Type = studio
prev_track = "Snow in San Anselmo"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Warm Love"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Hard Nose the Highway"
next_no = 3"Warm Love" is a hit song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1973 album "Hard Nose the Highway". It was a Top Forty single hit when released in April 1973. [Yorke, Into the Music, p. 187] Jackie De Shannon sang back-up vocals. ZigZag's review called it "a second cousin to "Crazy Love" and almost as good." [Yorke, Into the Music, p. 102] It was a popular concert performance tune for Morrison during the seventies.

Stephen Holden in his Rolling Stone Magazine review of the "Hard Nose the Highway" songs said, "Next is the ingratiatingly melodic "Warm Love", which embodies in all its details a sensuous appreciation of life and music." [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vanmorrison/albums/album/115555/review/5943915/hard_nose_the_highway Rolling Stone Magazine Review] ]

Van Morrison on "Warm Love"

:"It is just a boy and girl song, walking on the beach. It's a young song. I can't really add to that, except to note that this is a musical love affair, with the girl bringing her guitar." [Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.149]

Appearance on other albums

*It was one of the live performances recorded and included on Morrison's 1974 acclaimed live album, "It's Too Late To Stop Now".
*"Warm Love" was also included on the compilation album "The Best of Van Morrison" that was released in 1990.
*It is one of the hits re-mastered and included on Morrison's 2007 compilation album, "Still on Top - The Greatest Hits".

Personnel on original release

*Van Morrison: guitar, vocals
*David Hayes: bass guitar
*Jules Broussard: flute
*Jackie De Shannon: backing vocals
*Jeff Labes: piano
*Gary Mallaber: vibraphone
*John Platania: guitar
*Rick Schlosser: drums
*Jack Schroer: soprano saxophone

Covers

*Johnny Coppin on "Roll On Dreamer"
*Otis Clay on ""

Notes

References

*Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X
*Yorke, Ritchie (1975). Into The Music, London:Charisma Books , ISBN 0-85947-013-X

External links

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