THE 5-SECOND TRICK FOR BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME

Delectably arranged, transportingly sung, this may be the definitive Morrison tune — an evocation of “the days of old” that looks like a lover’s whisper. The highlight of 1970’s classic Moondance, “In the Mystic” benefited from a new, far more organic technique for recording for him: “It had been additional like dealing with an prec