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{{Short description|1974 double live album by Van Morrison}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = It's Too Late to Stop Now
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Van Morrison]]
| cover      = ItsTooLateToStopNow.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1 February 1974
| recorded   = 24 May – 24 July 1973
| venue      = [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]] in [[Los Angeles]], the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]] in [[Santa Monica]], and [[Rainbow (London)|the Rainbow]] in [[London]]
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[soul music|soul]], [[jazz]]<ref name="Jurkovic"/>
| length     = 92:33
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = Van Morrison, [[Ted Templeman]]
| prev_title = [[Hard Nose the Highway]]
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [[Veedon Fleece]]
| next_year  = 1974
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = It's Too Late to Stop Now
 | type        = live
 | single1     = Ain't Nothin' You Can Do" b/w "Wild Children
 | single1date = 3 April 1974
 | single2     = [[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" b/w "[[Warm Love]]
 | single2date = 1974
}}
}}
'''''It's Too Late to Stop Now''''' is a 1974 live [[double album]] by Northern Irish singer-songwriter [[Van Morrison]]. It features performances that were recorded in concerts at [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|the Troubadour]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]], and [[Rainbow (London)|the Rainbow]] in [[London]], during Morrison's three-month tour with his eleven-piece band, the Caledonia Soul Orchestra, from May to July 1973. Frequently named as one of the best [[live album]]s ever, ''It's Too Late to Stop Now'' was recorded during what has often been said to be the singer's greatest phase as a live performer.

Volumes II, III and IV of the album were released as a box-set in 2016, also including a DVD.

==Tour and performances==
Noted for being a mercurial and temperamental live performer, during this short period of time in 1973, Morrison went on one of his most diligent tours in years. With his eleven-piece band, [[The Caledonia Soul Orchestra]], which included a horn and string section, he has often been said to have been at his live performing peak.<ref>Rogan, ''No Surrender'', p. 282</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/MojoBestLiveAlbums.htm| title=  MOJO Best live albums of all time| publisher=Muziek | access-date= 2007-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-live-albums-of-all-time.htm| title=Top 50 Live Albums| publisher=Stylus| access-date=2007-03-31| archive-date=3 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183929/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-live-albums-of-all-time.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/voxlive.htm |title=VOX The Greatest live albums ever |publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=2007-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014032834/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/voxlive.htm |archive-date=2007-10-14 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="BBC Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/j9hj|title=It's Too Late to Stop Now: BBC Review|author=Jones, Chris|date=2008-01-24|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=2009-11-22}}</ref><ref name=Hage,page71>Hage, ''The Words and Music of Van Morrison'', p. 71</ref>  The tour was a dynamic musical journey for both Van Morrison and the band.  "He wasn't looking to repeat himself. He wanted to create a new show every night." said Jef Labes.<ref name="Browne">{{Cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|date=2017-08-31|title=Inside Van Morrison's Legendary 'It's Too Late to Stop Now' Tour|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-van-morrisons-legendary-its-too-late-to-stop-now-tour-202118/|access-date=2021-10-17|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Van was changing his phrasing with each performance and would be directing the band with hand gestures onstage. "We could take the songs anywhere Van wanted to take them" said guitarist Platania  "Every performance of each song was different". The alternate recordings of songs on the various volumes from the 2016 box-set prove his point.

Morrison said about touring during this period:
<blockquote>"I am getting more into performing.  It's incredible.  When I played [[Carnegie Hall]] in the fall something just happened.  All of a sudden I felt like 'you're back into  performing' and it just happened like that...A lot of times in the past I've done gigs and it was rough to get through them.  But now the combination seems to be right and it's been clicking a lot.<ref>Collis, ''Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'', p.137</ref>"</blockquote>{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=center|quote=It's like watching a tiger. The tiger isn't thinking about where he's going to put his paws or how he's going to kill... and [it's the] same thing with Van. He's just so ''there'' that you're completely drawn to it.|source=-Jim Rothernel<ref name=Hage,page71/>|align=left|width=25%}}
Evidence of his newly invigorated joy in performing was on display during the ending of the  over-ten-minute-long dynamic performance of "[[Cyprus Avenue]]". When an audience member shouts out, "Turn it on!", Morrison good-naturedly replies, "It's turned on already."  At the very end he finished the concert with a final heartfelt, "It's too late to stop now!" giving the album its title (this line first appeared on the song "[[Into the Mystic]]").

The concert performances were described by [[Erik Hage]] as "sequences of a young soul lion whipping the crowd into a frenzy and then stopping on a dime—teasing out anticipation, rushing, receding, and coaxing every drop out of his band."<ref name=Hage,page71/>

Guitarist [[John Platania]] says "He had a funeral for a lot of his old songs on stage. With Caledonia, he really got off on performing. There was definitely joy getting onstage at that point. That was a wonderful time for everybody. It was really like a family. Ordinarily, with rock 'n' rollers, jazzers and classical musicians in the band, you'd think it was a three-headed serpent but everybody got along famously."<ref>Rogan, ''No Surrender'', p. 283</ref>

The performances on the live album were from tapes made at the beginning of the tour in [[Los Angeles]] and also in [[Santa Monica]] and  [[London]]. Marco Bario, who attended the opening night concert at [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]], said in ''[[Playgirl]]'': "he was exceptional. The mood was right, the audience was receptive, and the music left no comparisons to be made. It was the finest opening night performance by a consummate musician that I have ever witnessed."<ref name="Yorke Page116"/>

[[File:Rainbow theatre london.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A large cream-coloured and tiled building stands at the intersection of two roads. Dark grey clouds dominate an overcast sky. Two flags are flying from the fascia of the building, which is covered mostly by a large advertising hoarding.|The Rainbow Theatre in London]]
The London concerts were the first time he had appeared in that city since performing with [[Them (band)|Them]], six years earlier.<ref name="Yorke Page116">Yorke, ''Into the Music'', p. 116</ref> The two concerts at the [[Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park)|Rainbow Theatre]] in London were referred to as "the rock event of the year" by critics according to [[Ritchie Yorke]] in his biography. The 24 July 1973 London Rainbow concert was the first [[BBC]] [[simulcast]] broadcast simultaneously on BBC 2 television and Radio 2 stereo so that viewers with strategically sited loudspeakers could enjoy "stereo TV". The broadcast took place on 27 May 1974.<ref name="Chrono">{{cite web|url=http://www.terramedia.co.uk/Chronomedia/years/1974.htm|title=Chronomedia 1974|publisher=terramedia|access-date=2010-05-20}}</ref><ref name="vanomatic">{{cite web|title=VAN MORRISON - LIVE - THE PERFORMANCES 1973|url=http://ivan.vanomatic.de/showyears/1973.shtml|access-date=2016-04-24|publisher=ivan.vanomatic}}</ref>

== Music ==
The album mixes songs that inspired Morrison's own musical development, together with some of his own compositions, and allied to a backing band and orchestra ([[The Caledonia Soul Orchestra]]),  The album performances were reviewed by Myles Palmer of the ''Times'' as demolishing "all barriers between the soul, blues, jazz and rock genres".<ref>Hinton, ''Celtic Crossroads'', p. 160</ref> The songs chosen went back to  his days with [[Them (band)|Them]] with versions of "[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" and "[[Here Comes the Night (Them song)|Here Comes the Night]]". His first solo hit "[[Brown Eyed Girl]]" was performed but not included on the album until the reissue in 2008. M. Mark called the album "an intelligent selection of songs that draws on six of Morrison's records and five of the musicians he learned from."<ref name="Hage,page71"/> These musicians were [[Bobby Bland]] ("Ain't Nothing You Can Do"), [[Ray Charles]] ("I Believe to My Soul"), [[Sam Cooke]] ("[[Bring It On Home to Me]]"),  two songs by [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]] ("[[Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)|Help Me]]" and "Take Your Hands Out of My Pocket")  and a cover of a [[Willie Dixon]] song, "[[I Just Want to Make Love to You]]", which was popularized by [[Muddy Waters]].

Additional musical influences are revealed in the 2016 box set release; [[Hank Williams]] ("[[Hey, Good Lookin' (song)|Hey, Good Lookin']]") and [[Buddy Johnson]] ("[[Since I Fell for You]]"). The box also includes two new songs at the time of the tour and not released on any other album: "No Way", written by pianist Jef Labes; and "I Paid the Price", which was about his marriage with Janet Planet that was breaking up.<ref name="Browne"/>

== Production ==
''It's Too Late to Stop Now'' is thought to be one of the first live rock albums to have [[string instrument|string]] players.<ref name="Yorke Page116" /> The album was recorded (as noted in the album's [[liner notes]]) at two [[California]] performances at [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]] in [[Los Angeles]] (23–27 May 1973) and the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]] (29 June 1973), and a [[London]] show at [[Rainbow (London)|The Rainbow]] in (23–24 July 1973).<ref name="vanomatic" />

Unlike most live rock albums, there was no studio overdubbing allowed by Morrison. "People cut live albums and they take it to the studio and play with it for about a year, but this one's just as it happened", said Morrison.<ref>{{Citation|title=Van Morrison - Interview - 7/29/1974 - Orphanage, San Francisco, CA (OFFICIAL)| date=25 August 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cchja88Rn5w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Cchja88Rn5w |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-10-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Morrison strictly adhered to his concept of authenticity in presenting the live performance. "It's common practice to go back and fix things, but not with Van", bass player [[David Hayes (musician)|David Hayes]] said, "I think that's what makes it one of the best ever."<ref>Rogan, ''No Surrender'', p. 292</ref> Morrison's musical perfectionism prevented him from including the popular song "Moondance" in the original album due to one wrong guitar note.<ref>Yorke, ''Into the Music'', p. 115</ref> In 2016, a live recording of the song was released as part of Volume II.

==Release and reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score= {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic review"/>
| rev2 = ''[[American Songwriter]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Horowitz"/>
|rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev3Score = A<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|access-date=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Creem]]''
| rev4Score = A−<ref name="Creem"/>
| rev5 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=0195313739|year=2006|edition=4th|chapter=Van Morrison|page=12}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev6Score = 4/5<ref>{{cite book|last=Rucker|first=Leland|year=1996|chapter=Van Morrison|editor-first=Gary|editor-last=Graff|editor-link=Gary Graff|title=[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]|isbn=0787610372}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="CD">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1094806/a/it's+too+late+to+stop+now....htm|title=Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now CD Album|publisher=[[CD Universe]]|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="CD"/>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|chapter=Van Morrison|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/559 559]|year=2004|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-last=Brackett|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-last=Hoard|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide#Fourth edition|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
|rev10 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
|rev10Score = A<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=June 2016|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2399-Rhapsody-Streamnotes-June-2016.html|title=Rhapsody Streamnotes (June 2016)|website=tomhull.com|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref>
}}
According to ''[[Elmore Magazine]]''{{'}}s Mike Jurkovic, when ''It's Too Late to Stop Now'' was first released in 1974, "everyone—and I do mean everyone—tripped over themselves to hail the two-LP set as one of the greatest live renderings of the rock era."<ref name="Jurkovic">{{cite web|last=Jurkovic|first=Mike|date=10 June 2016|url=http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/06/reviews/albums/van-morrison-2|title=Van Morrison|work=[[Elmore Magazine]]|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> Reviewing the album in ''[[Creem]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] hailed it as Morrison's best since ''[[Moondance]]'' (1970) while writing, "Songs that wore poorly or were just lame in the first place have more force and tightness here than in their studio versions".<ref name="Creem">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Creem]]|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=July 1974|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/crm7407.php|title=The Christgau Consumer Guide|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> Ken Emerson was somewhat less impressed in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'': "On ''It's Too Late'' Morrison's voice is in fine form, but much else is not...The other musicians, most of whom have played with Morrison many times before, never detract, but Morrison could be better served....But the power of Morrison's vocals overcomes these drawbacks."<ref name="Rolling Stone review">{{cite magazine|last=Emerson|first=Ken|title=Van Morrison: It's Too Late to Stop Now: Music Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 April 1974}}</ref> At the end of 1974, ''It's Too Late to Stop Now'' was voted the 20th best album of the year in the [[Pazz & Jop]], an annual poll of American critics, published by ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Anon.|date=20 January 1975|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres74.php|title=The 1974 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> [[Ellen Willis]], [[Greil Marcus]], and Christgau ranked it 2nd, 6th, and 18th, respectively, in their ballots for the poll.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=20 January 1975|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj74.php|title=Our Own Critics' Poll|newspaper=The Village Voice|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>

Three months after the concerts for the ''Too Late to Stop Now'' tour, Morrison had disbanded [[The Caledonia Soul Orchestra]] and went on a vacation tour of [[Ireland]] for three weeks that resulted in the album ''[[Veedon Fleece]]''.

In a retrospective review, Jason Ankenny from [[AllMusic]] regarded the album as "an engaging, warm portrait of the man at the peak of his powers",<ref name="Allmusic review">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r13461|pure_url=yes}}|title=Van Morrison: It's Too Late to Stop Now|author=Ankenny, Jason|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2010-01-16}}</ref> while Morrison biographer John Collis called it "one of the most impressive of all attempts to squeeze the stage excitement of a rock performer on to vinyl."<ref>Collis, ''Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'', p. 136</ref> Fellow biographer [[Johnny Rogan]] said that "Morrison was in the midst of what was arguably his greatest phase as a performer."<ref>Rogan, No Surrender, p. 282</ref> Chris Jones of the [[BBC]] wrote: "In a live setting all the hyperbole about Morrison's blend of genres into one Celtic, mystic vision makes perfect sense. This is soul music in a very real sense."<ref name="BBC Review"/> Hal Horowitz with ''American Songwriter'', on reviewing the 2008 remasters of some of Morrison's albums, said, "The classic is 1974’s double live ''It’s Too Late''…, rightfully on anyone’s shortlist of finest concert albums. Van typically blows hot and cold on stage, but when he ignites on the oldies and choice blues covers here, few can touch him for pure blue-eyed soul passion."<ref name="Horowitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2008/05/van-morrison-its-too-late-to-stop-now-tupelo-honey-wavelength-back-on-top-a-sense-of-wonder-avalon-sunset/|title=Van Morrison> It's Too Late to Stop Now...Avalon Sunset|publisher=americansongwriter.com|author=Horowitz, Hal|date=2008-05-01|access-date=2009-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222063513/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2008/05/van-morrison-its-too-late-to-stop-now-tupelo-honey-wavelength-back-on-top-a-sense-of-wonder-avalon-sunset/|archive-date=2012-02-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''It's Too Late to Stop Now'' has been on lists of greatest live albums of all time.<ref name="MOJO Top 50 LIve Albums">{{Cite web|url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/MojoBestLiveAlbums.htm|title=MOJO Top 50 Live Albums|publisher=Muziek|access-date=2007-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html#live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407004019/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html#live|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 April 2006|title=VOX The Greatest live albums ever| publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=2010-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-live-albums-of-all-time.htm| title=Top 50 Live Albums| publisher=Stylus| access-date=2007-03-31| archive-date=3 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183929/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-live-albums-of-all-time.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/j9hj/|title=BBC Review of the remastered CD reissue|publisher=BBC|author=Jones, Chris|date=2008-01-24|access-date=2010-05-21}}</ref>

A remastered version of the album was released on 29 January 2008 containing a live take of "[[Brown Eyed Girl]]" not included on the original release.<ref name="Goldmine Album reviews">{{cite journal|url=http://wp.goldminemag.com/article/Album_Reviews_Van_Morrison_Tupelo_Honey_and_Its_Too_Late_to_Stop_Now/ |title=Album Reviews—Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey and It's Too Late to Stop Now |last=Tortelli |first=Joseph |journal=Goldmine |date=5 June 2008 |access-date=2010-05-20 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This version was then not included on the 2016 reissue and is not currently available; a recording of the song from a different night was included on Volume II of the 2016 issues.

On 10 June 2016, a box set containing the three complete Los Angeles (23 May 1973), Santa Monica (29 May 1973), and London (23/24 July 1973) shows, along with a DVD of the BBC footage from the 24 July show, was released as ''[[..It's Too Late to Stop Now Vol. II, III, IV & DVD]]''.

==Track listing==
===Original 1974 double LP===
All tracks written by [[Van Morrison]], except where noted. The compact disc version places sides one and two on disc one, with sides three and four, and the bonus track at the end of disc two.
{{Tracklist
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Original release
| headline = Side one
| title1          = Ain't Nothin' You Can Do
| writer1         = [[Joe Scott (musician)|Joseph Scott]]
| extra1          = [[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]] cover (1964)
| length1         = 3:44

| title2          = [[Warm Love]]
| extra2          = ''[[Hard Nose the Highway]]'' (1973)
| length2         = 3:04

| title3          = [[Into the Mystic]]
| extra3          = ''[[Moondance]]'' (1970)
| length3         = 4:33

| title4          = [[These Dreams of You]]
| extra4          = ''Moondance'' (1970)
| length4         = 3:37

| title5          = I Believe to My Soul
| writer5         = [[Ray Charles]]
| extra5          = Ray Charles cover (1961)
| length5         = 4:09
| total_length = 19:07
}}

{{tracklist
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Original release
| headline = Side two

| title1          = [[I've Been Working]]
| extra1         = ''[[His Band and the Street Choir]]'' (1970)
| length1         = 3:56

| title2          = [[Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)|Help Me]]
| writer2         = [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], [[Ralph Bass]], [[Willie Dixon]]
| extra2          = Sonny Boy Williamson II cover (1963)
| length2         = 3:25

| title3          = Wild Children
| extra3          = ''Hard Nose the Highway'' (1973)
| length3         = 5:04

| title4          = [[Domino (Van Morrison song)|Domino]]
| extra4          = ''His Band and the Street Choir'' (1970)
| length4         = 4:48

| title5          = [[I Just Want to Make Love to You]]
| writer5         = Willie Dixon
| extra5          = [[Muddy Waters]] cover (1954)
| length5         = 5:16
| total_length = 22:29
}}

{{tracklist
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Original release
| headline = Side three
| title1          = [[Bring It On Home to Me]]
| writer1         = [[Sam Cooke]]
| extra1          = Sam Cooke cover (1962)
| length1         = 4:42

| title2          = [[Saint Dominic's Preview (song)|Saint Dominic's Preview]]
| extra2          = ''[[Saint Dominic's Preview]]'' (1972)
| length2         = 6:18

| title3          = Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket
| writer3         = Sonny Boy Williamson II
| extra3          = Sonny Boy Williamson II cover (1969)
| length3         = 4:04

| title4          = [[Listen to the Lion]]
| extra4          = ''Saint Dominic's Preview'' (1972)
| length4         = 8:43
| total_length = 23:47
}}

{{tracklist
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Original release
| headline = Side four
| title1          = [[Here Comes the Night]]
| extra1          = [[Them (band)|Them]] single (1965)
| writer1         = [[Bert Berns]]
| length1         = 3:14

| title2          = [[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]
| extra2          = ''[[The Angry Young Them]]'' (1965)
| length2         = 4:16

| title3          = [[Caravan (Van Morrison song)|Caravan]]
| extra3          = ''Moondance'' (1970)
| length3         = 9:20

| title4          = [[Cyprus Avenue]]
| extra4          = ''[[Astral Weeks]]'' (1968)
| length4         = 10:20
| total_length = 27:10
}}

{{tracklist
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Original release
| headline = 2008 bonus track
| title9          = [[Brown Eyed Girl]]
| extra9          = ''[[Blowin' Your Mind!]]'' (1967)
| length9         = 3:24
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Van Morrison]] – [[vocal]]
* Nathan Rubin – [[first violinist|first violin]]
* Tom Halpin or Tim Kovatch – violin
* Nancy Ellis – [[viola]]
* Teresa Adams – [[cello]]
* [[Bill Atwood (musician)|Bill Atwood]] – [[trumpet]], [[backing vocals]]
* Jack Schroer – [[alto saxophone|alto]], [[tenor saxophone|tenor]] and [[baritone saxophone|baritone]] [[saxophones]], [[tambourine]], backing vocals
* [[Jef Labes]] – [[piano]], [[organ (music)|organ]]
* [[John Platania]] – [[guitar]], backing vocals
* [[David Hayes (musician)|David Hayes]] – [[bass guitar]], backing vocals
* Dahaud Shaar (David Shaw) – [[drum kit|drums]], backing vocals

===Production personnel===
* Van Morrison, [[Ted Templeman]] – [[record producer|producers]]
* Van Morrison, Jef Labes (strings), Jack Schroer (horns) – [[arrangements]]
* [[Donn Landee]], Myles Wiener, Biff Dawes, Jack Crymes, Gabby Garcia, Chris Chigaridas, Bill Broms, Bob Harper – [[audio engineering|engineers]]

==Recording locations==
* [[The Troubadour, West Hollywood|The Troubadour]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
* [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]], [[Santa Monica]], California
* [[Rainbow Theatre]], [[London]], [[England]]

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1974–2016)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=208}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
{{album chart|Austria|29|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|19|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|143|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|35|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|28|id=81479|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|79|artist=Van Morrison|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
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{{album chart|Italy|71|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020|refname="Ita"}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|77|artist=Van Morrison|album=It's Too Late To Stop Now|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|53|artist=Van Morrison|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ ..It's Too Late To Stop Now Volumes II, III, IV & DVD
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Italy|49|artist=Van Morrison|album=..It's Too Late To Stop Now ... Volumes II, III, IV & DVD|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|27|date=20160623|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|19|artist=Van Morrison|album=..It's Too Late To Stop Now ... Volumes II, III, IV & DVD|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|59|artist=Van Morrison|album=..It's Too Late To Stop Now ... Volumes II, III, IV & DVD|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|47|date=20160623|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|118|artist=Van Morrison|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|15|artist=Van Morrison|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2020}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2016&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2016|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>
| 171
|}
{{col-end}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==References==
* Collis, John (1996). ''Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'', Little Brown and Company, {{ISBN|0-306-80811-0}}
* [[Erik Hage|Hage, Erik]] (2009). ''The Words and Music of Van Morrison'', Praeger Publishers, {{ISBN|978-0-313-35862-3}}
* [[Clinton Heylin|Heylin, Clinton]] (2003). ''Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography'', Chicago Review Press {{ISBN|1-55652-542-7}}
* [[Brian Hinton|Hinton, Brian]] (2000). ''Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison'',  Sanctuary, {{ISBN|1-86074-169-X}}
* [[Johnny Rogan|Rogan, Johnny]] (2006). ''[[Van Morrison: No Surrender]]'', London:Vintage Books  {{ISBN|978-0-09-943183-1}}
* [[Ritchie Yorke|Yorke, Ritchie]] (1975). ''Into The Music'', London:Charisma Books, {{ISBN|0-85947-013-X}}

== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|14584}}

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