Van Morrison Returns to Blue Note

THIS BLUE NOTE'S FOR HIM: Van Morrison is back on EMI's Blue Note Records for a new studio album, Born to Sing: No Plan B, to be released Oct. 2. Morrison previously released the Grammy-nominated What’s Wrong With This Picture? on Blue Note in 2003. Van says: "With most record companies being so corporate, I am happy to be working with Don Was and the team at Blue Note. To have such a creative music person as the head of my recording label assures me that all the effort taken to write and record this new album will be rewarded with a music-based focus and marketing approach. I look forward to many recording projects with Don and Blue Note." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee produced and recorded the new album in his native Belfast. His previous release, Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl, came out on his own Listen to the Lion label through EMI. (6/26p)