Very quietly, almost too quietly, Van Morrison has made his catalog available for digital downloading after years of being one of the more important holdouts.
The debut of Morrison albums - and we're talking "Veedon Fleece," "Beautiful Vision" and the record he made with the Chieftains, not just "Moondance" - comes on the heels of him scoring his highest chart debut ever in the U.K. "Still on Top - The Greatest Hits," Morrison's third compilation album released in the U.K. this year, entered at No. 2.
Morrison's online catalog has jumped from a  handful of titles to 43.
Released as double album with 37 tracks in the U.K., it will be released Nov. 6 in the U.S. by Universal's Hip-O as a single disc with 21 tracks.