In July 1985, “Mercury” label released “No Guru, No Method, No Teacher”, the sixteenth Van Morrison album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Studio D & Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, “Townhouse Studios” in London, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

• Van Morrison – vocals, guitar
• Jef Labes- piano, synthesizer, string arrangement
• Chris Michie- guitar
• John Platania- guitar
• David Hayes- bass
• Baba Trunde (Babatunde Lea) – drums
• Richie Buckley – soprano and tenor saxophone
• Martin Drover – trumpet
• Kate St. John- cor anglais, oboe
• Teressa “Terry” Adams – cello, string section leader
• Joseph Edelberg – violin
• John Tenney – violin
• Rebecca Sebring – viola
• Nadine Cox – harp
• June Boyce – backing vocals
• Rosie Hunter – backing vocals
• Bianca Thornton, Jeanie Tracy- backing vocals
• Mick Glossop, Jim Stern – engineer
• Lenette Viegas – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison.

1. Got to Go Back
2. Oh the Warm Feeling
3. Foreign Window
4. A Town Called Paradise
5. In the Garden
6. Tir Na Nog
7. Here Comes the Knight
8. Thanks for the Information
9. One Irish Rover
10. Ivory Tower