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• Bill from UsAccording to those present at recording, however, the sessions were pretty mundane and workmanlike.
  
  From my reading, not entirely true. Yes, session musicians, but some of the jams, uncharted, lasted several minutes of artists playing off each other, solos, and several minutes of beautiful music cut out for song length time.
  That magic that happened doesn't sound mundane to me, it obviously set the mood for the whole package, that we all now know.
• Bill from UsIf there ever was a song born about, created from, and that creates transcendence from this world, this is it.
  The idea that it was recorded in one take is testament to where Van was at during this time, and how he was able to channel his musical ideas through these band members to get it down for all of us to experience for the rest of our lives.
  These guys were not part of Them, but practically picked off the street and brought in to be a band. To be part of musical history. Read interviews from these musicians about these sessions, simply amazing considering what we have.
  Top 10 album of rock history.
  But like you said, not really rock. Really hard to categorize.
  I think all of Van's later work, almost all of it, stemmed from this set.

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