He commented at the time, 'It's important for people to get into the music of their own culture. The album also emphasised the distance Morrison had moved away from R&B and was inspired by Irish music.

It is also said to have been strongly influenced by his new girlfriend, Ulla Munch, from Vanløse in Copenhagen, Denmark. Composition Īccording to the liner notes, some of the lyrics derive from the book Glamour: A World Problem by esoteric writer Alice Bailey. Knopfler's contributions still featured on the final release, but are not as audible as Michie's. Michie later added lead guitar overdubs to 'Cleaning Windows' and 'Aryan Mist'. I was set up and playing before the end of the song 'She Gives Me Religion''. Van's producer Jim Stern said 'Can you get to the Plant in twenty minutes?' I said 'Yeah.' I walked into the studio with my gear as the band and Van were doing. Neither Knopfler nor Herbie Armstrong were able to produce the guitar tone Morrison wanted, so engineer Jim Stern suggested Chris Michie: 'I got the call when I was doing a session in San Francisco. Four songs were not used from this session, including the future singles ' Real Real Gone' and ' Tore Down a la Rimbaud'.

Morrison concluded recording in the summer, when he recorded the rest of the songs for the album. Morrison brought in different musicians for this session, including his former drummer Gary Mallaber and guitarist Mark Knopfler. On 27 July Morrison entered the recording studio to record 'Cleaning Windows' and 'Aryan Mist'. All the other songs or instrumentals from the session were included on one of Morrison's later albums: the instrumentals 'All Saints Day' and 'Daring Night' appeared with lyrics on the albums Hymns to the Silence and Avalon Sunset, and 'Down the Road I Go' was renamed 'Down the Road' and used as the title track on Down the Road. Although only ' Scandinavia' was released on Beautiful Vision from this session, 'Cleaning Windows' and 'Celtic Ray' were re-recorded for Beautiful Vision later on. The first recording session started in May 1981 at the Record Plant studios, Sausalito, California, near the Golden Gate, San Francisco.

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