Lewis Merenstein, Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' Producer, Dead at 81 — rollingstone.com

Lewis Merenstein, producer on Van Morrison's classic Astral Weeks and Moondance LPs, died Tuesday from complications due to pneumonia. He was 81. Merenstein's daughter Ilene confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. Merenstein's death was first reported by Ryan Hamilton Walsh. An associate of famed Columbia Records producer Tom Wilson, Merenstein worked largely with jazz musicians until he was approached by Morrison's label Warner Bros. in 1968 to work on the Irish singer's new LP.

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