Background
During the summer months of 1973, Morrison had embarked on a three month tour with his eleven-piece band, The Caledonia Soul Orchestra. Although the resulting concerts and live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now have come to be known as a performing high for Morrison, the tour was physically and emotionally exhausting. Morrison decided afterwards to take a vacation break, returning to Ireland after a six year absence obtensibly to record an RTE national TV show. Having gone through divorce proceedings earlier in the year, Morrison was now accompanied by his new fiancee, Carol Guida. The vacation visit lasted nearly three weeks during which time he only toured the southern part of the island and did not venture into his native Northern Ireland as the country was engulfed in the Troubles.
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