The strings and harpsichord were overdubbed a month later. A dynamic 10-minute version with the usual stop-start ending was included on his 1974 live album It’s Too Late to Stop Now.īuilt on a basic blues structure with an unusual arrangement, the song was recorded at the Astral Weeks sessions on 25 September 1968, at Century Sound Studio with Lewis Merenstein as producer. In performance the song was a concert highlight and closer for years to come and would end with Morrison’s command, “It’s too late to stop now!” (a quotation from his song “Into the Mystic”) as he stalked from the stage. It refers to a residential street in Belfast Northern Ireland. “ Cyprus Avenue” is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1968 album Astral Weeks.
