Available on vinyl for the first time since its original 1997 release, the long out of print and highly sought after The Healing Game marked an important transition for Van Morrison. After a period of crafting romantic ballads that found mainstream success, the mercurial Morrison felt once more compelled to revisit the jazz and rhythm and blues-inspired style that influenced his earliest work. To accomplish this, the folk icon put together a new band that featured such heavy hitters as saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, organist Georgie Fame and bassist Alec Dankworth. It resulted in a warm and winsome return to form with his hickory-smoked tenor as passionate and majestic as ever.

Side A:
1. Rough God Goes Riding
2. Fire In the Belly
3. This Weight
4. Waiting Game
5. Piper At the Gates of Dawn

Side B:
6. Burning Ground
7. It Once Was My Life
8. Sometimes We Cry
9. If You Love Me
10. The Healing Game