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Tupelo Honey is an album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). The hymn-like title track has been an enduring hit, as well as the other single released from the album, "Wild Night". The namesake for the album is a varietal honey produced from the flowers of the tupelo tree in southeastern United States.
   The cover photograph showed Janet, his wife at the time, on horseback and Van walking alongside. It was an album of rural, domestic bliss, but the marriage was to break up within a few years.
   The vocals on the album were always live after rehearsing each song five or six times, according to saxophonist Boots Houston. The only overdubbing was backing vocals and horns.
   The January 29, 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Wild Night" and a reworked cover version of the traditional song, "Down By the Riverside".

Track listing

All songs by Van Morrison. Side One

"Wild Night" – 3:33

"(Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball" – 3:43

"Old Old Woodstock" – 4:17

"Starting a New Life" – 2:10

"You're My Woman" – 6:44 Side Two

"Tupelo Honey" – 6:54

"I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)" – 3:27

"When That Evening Sun Goes Down" – 3:06

"Moonshine Whiskey" – 6:48

Extra tracks (reissued, remastered album 2008)

"Wild Night" (alternative take)

"Down by the Riverside" (traditional, arranged Morrison)

Personnel

Van Morrison - guitar, harmonica, vocals

Ronnie Montrose - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals

Bill Church - bass

Luis Gasca - trumpet

Rolf "Boots" Houston - flute, backing vocals

Mark Jordan - piano, electric piano

Connie Kay - drums

Gary Mallaber - percussion, vibraphone

John McFee - pedal steel guitar

Janet Planet - backing vocals

Bruce Royston - flute

Rick Schlosser - drums

Ellen Schroer - backing vocals

Jack Schroer - alto, baritone saxophones

Ted Templeman - organ

Production

Producers: Van Morrison, Ted Templeman

Engineers: Stephen Barncard, David Brown, Doc Storch

Remixing: Lee Herschberg, Donn Landee

Remastering: Ian Cooper, Samuel

Flute arrangement on "Tupelo Honey": Bruce Royston

Flute arrangement on "Like a Cannonball": Rolf "Boots" Houston

Horn arrangements: Van Morrison, Jack Schroer

Art direction: Ed Thrasher

Photography: Michael Maggid

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Pop Albums	27

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1971	"Wild Night"	Pop Singles	28
1972	"Tupelo Honey"	Pop Singles	47

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