Richard Thompson discography
Colm Mulcahy
ther have been many requests for an RT discography
what follows is an attempt at such, from a UK perspective mostly
it was extracted from a larger file using grep, and ftped rom germany to
the US, which always seems to mess up some of the presentation
(tabs abd so on)
any coments correctiosn etc should be emailed to me, thanks
:HENRY THE HUMAN FLY (r. ???, Island ILPS 9197, June 1972)
,1,prod. by RT & JW at Sound Techniques (e. by JW)
,2, LP(bv), SD(pno,bv), AH(bv), TD(d), PD(b), JK(acc), Sue Draheim(f), Barry Dransfield(f), Andy Roberts(dul),
.David Snell on harp; Jeff Cole (trombone), John Defereri (sax), Clay Toyani(trumpet)
.Roll Over Vaughn Williams [RT] 4.09
.Nobody's Wedding [RT] 3.13
.The Poor Ditching Boy [RT] 3.01
.Shakey Nancy [RT] 3.26
.The Angels Tool My Racehorse Away [RT] 4.01
.Wheely Down [RT] 3.00
.The New St. George [RT] 2.08
.Painted Ladies [RT] 3.31
.Cold Feet [RT] 2.26
.Mary And Joseph [RT] 1.38
.The Old Changing Way [RT] 3.55
.Twisted [RT] 1.58
% tours with LT as a duo from Jun 1972 to May 1973, breaking Oct - Dec to do
% Albion gigs
.{I Want To See... Island WIP 6186, late 1973 ???
.{When I Get To The Border
.Richard & Linda Thompson
.I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT (r. ear 1973), Island ILPS 9266
,1,prod. by RT & JW at Sound S. London (e. by JW)
,2, SN (dul), JK(acc,conc), TD(d), PD(b), b. v. TL & Royston Wood; Brian
.Gulland & Richard Harvey (krumhorn); CWS Manchester Silver Band)
.When I Get To The Border [RT]
.Calvary Cross [RT]
.Withered And Died [RT]
.I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight [RT]
.Down Where The Drunkards Roll [RT]
.We'll Sing Hallelujah [RT]
.Has He Got A Friend For Me [RT]
.The Little Beggar Girl [RT]
.The End Of The Rainbow [RT]
.The Great Valerio [RT] [closing written by Eric Satie]
% tours with LT & SN as Hokey Pokey, Nov 73 - Mar 74
.{I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Island WIP.6186, 1974
.{When I Get To The Border
.tours with LT, SN, Steve Borrell (bass, ex-Spirogyra) and William Murray
.(drums, ex-Kevin Ayers) as Sour Grapes, Mar - may 1974.
.A Heart Needs A Home (r. Nov 1974) [G,V]
,1,prod. RT & JW (e. by Vic Gram), mx. by JW
.{Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) WIP.6220, 1974
.{I'll Regret It All In The Morning
.Richard & Linda Thompson
:HOKEY POKEY (r. Nov 1974) Island ILPS 9305 (in), Feb?Mar 1975
,1,prod. by JW and SN at Sound Techniques, London (e. by John Wood)
,2, SN, TD, PD, JK, Ian Whiteman, Sidonie Goossens & Aly Bain)
.Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) [RT]
.I'll Regret It All In The Morning [RT]
.Smiffy's Glass Eye [RT]
.The Egypt Room [RT]
.Never Again [RT]
.Georgie On A Spree [RT]
.Old Man Inside A Young Man [RT]
.The Sun Never Shines On The Poor [RT]
.A Heart Needs A Home [RT]
.Mole In A Hole (Waterson)
.Hokey Pokey (r. l. 16th Mar 1975 at the Rainbow, London) 3'40
.[OVER THE RAINBOW, Chrysalis CHR-1079, May 1975] &
.[ISLAND LIFE, spt. comp., IBX 25, Jun 1988]
.The Dark End Of The Street (Penn/Moman) (r. in mono by Bernard Docherty on
.25th Apr 1975 at QE Hall, London, rep. at Basing Street by JW) [G,V]
.Richard & Linda Thompson
:POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER (r. sum. 1975) Island ILPS 9348 (in), Nov 1975@
,1,prod. by RT & JW at Sound Techniques S. (e. by JW)
,2, DP, DM, PD, TD, JK, Nic Jones, Aly Bain, Henry Lowther & Ian Whiteman)
.Street Of Paradise [RT]
.For Shame Of Doing Wrong [RT]
.The Poor Boy Is Taken Away [RT]
.Night Comes Away [RT]
.Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair [RT]
.Beat The Retreat [RT]
.Hard Luck Stories [RT]
.Dimming Of The Day [RT]/Dargai (Skinner)
.tour at end of year (with JK, DP, DM)
.(r. l. at Oxford Polytechnic 2nd Nov 1975, rx. at Sound Techniques S.,
.Feb 1976, e. by JW)
.It'll Be Me (Jack Clement) [G,V]
.Night Comes In [G,V]
.Calvary Cross [G,V]
.Flee As A Bird [trad.] (r. s. 15th Mar 1976 at Basing St. S., e. by JW)
.The Pitfall/The Excursion (r. s. 14th Apr 1976 at Basing St. S., e. by JW)
:(guitar, vocal) (dbl. part. comp.) Island ICD 8 (gs), May 1976 ??@
.["a collection of unreleased and rare material 1967-1976": FC, RL & solo
.rareties and outtakes, including some live cuts]
.{Time Will Show The Wiser (Rhodes) 3.03 FC 67/11?}
.Throwaway Street Puzzle [AH/RT] 3.18 FC 68/00?
.Mr. Lacey [AH] 2.53 FC 68/12, reprocessed 1976
.The Ballad Of Easy Rider (McGuinn) 4.34 FC 69/00?
.Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman [RT/DS] 5.23 FC 69/00? + vocs 75/03
.Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller (Berry) 4.18 FC 70/03?
.A Heart Needs A Home [RT] 4.04 74/11
.The Dark End Of The Street (Penn/Moman) 4.22 75/04
.It'll Be Me (Jack Clement) 4.22 75/11
.Flee As A Bird [trad.] 3.11 76/03
.Night Comes In [RT] 12.24 75/11
.The Pitfall/The Excursion [RT] 3.02 76/04
.Calvary Cross [RT] 13.27 75/11
.LIVE (MORE OR LESS) (US only dbl., Island ISLA 9421, Feb 1977 ???)
.The first record is the album I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, the
.second is the following selection taken from the UK album (guitar, vocal):
.The Ballad Of Easy Rider
.Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman
.A Heart Needs A Home
.The Dark End Of The Street
.The Pitfall/The Excursion
.Flee As A Bird
.Night Comes In
.Calvary Cross
.Madness Of Love (o. u. r. l. May 1977, on DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
,2, Preston Hayman (drums), Abdul-Latif-Whiteman (Vox, keyboards), Abdul-
.Jabar Pickstock (perc.) and Haj Amin Evans (bass))
.live performances include the song Bird In God's Garden, released in 1987
.(r. Dec 1977 as demos, on DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
.Died For Love (o. u., RT singing, different lyrics)
.First Light (LT singing, lyric by Shaykl Muhammad ihn-al Hamid)
.Strange Affair (lyric is RT's translation of Song And Praise Of The Shaykh RT by Si Fadul al-Huwari)
.Richard & Linda Thompson
:FIRST LIGHT (r. 1st half 1978) Chrysalis CHS 1177, Oct 1978 (Nov?)@
,1,prod. by RT & JW at Brittania Row, Olympic Chelsea and Basing St. S.,
(e. by JW, ass. by Jerry Wing and Andy Lunn)
,2,RT(vocals, guitars,dul, g synth,whistle), SN (g,dul), JK, Willie Weeks
(bass), Andy Newmark (drums), Neil
Larson (keyboards), Chris Karen & DM (perc), Dolores Keane (w),
b. v. by Dave Brady, Heather Brady, Dave Burland, Bill Caddick, Philippa
Clare, Julie Covington, Andy Fairweather Lowe, TL, IM, Maddy Prior, Peta
Webb)
.Restless Highway [RT] 3.52
.Sweet Surrender [RT] 4.49
.Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart [RT] 4.38
.The Choice Wife [trad.] 9.00
.Died For Love [RT]
-
.Strange Affair [RT] 3.05
.Layla [RT] 4.17
.Pavanne [RT/LT) 5.00 %[one of only two songs credited to R & L]
.House Of Cards [RT] 3.24
.First Light [RT] 4.17
DON'T LET A THEIF STEAL INTO YOUR HEART 7'' Chrysalis CHS 2278, Nov 1978@
.{Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart [RT]
-
.{First Light [RT]
.Traces Of My Love (r. 1979 demo, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
,2, SN, DP, JK, Pete Wingfield & M. Spence Ascot]
.Richard & Linda Thompson
:SUNNYVISTA (r. ??) Chrysalis CHR 1247, Sep 1979@
,2, TD(d), DP, PD, SN, DM, JK(ac,triangle), Sue Harris (dulcimer, oboe),
.Michael Spencer-Arscott(d), Louis Jardine (percussion), Rabbit Bundrick
.Pete Wingfield (keyboards), and Bruce Lynch (b), vocal assistanceRT
.from Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Glen Tilbrook, Julian Littman, Marc Ellington,
.Olive Simpson, Nicole Tibbels, Lindsay Benton, David Beavan, Gerry Rafferty
.and Hasaf Abdul Jabbas & Abou Rahim)
.Civilisation [RT] 5.00
.Borrowed Time [RT] 5.00
.Saturday Rolling Around [RT] 3.20
.You're Going To Need Somebody [RT] 3.45
.Why Do You Turn Your Back ? [RT] 5.00
.Sunnyvista [RT] 4.23
.Lonely Hearts [RT] 5.05
.Sisters [RT] 4.47
.Justice In The Streets [RT] 4.00
.Traces Of My Love [RT] 4.00
.\Civilisation [4.03 ed.]
.[a double A-sided single, but matrix number reveals Georgie is AA side
.This is the theme tune from BBC serial Kiss The Girls And Make Them Cry,
.and is a new recording, with different lyrics and arrangement]
.Speechless Child (o. u. Jun 1980 demo, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
.(cut at Woodworm, LT singing)
%
% Late 1980 sessions for Don't Renege On Our Love album were held, with Gerry
% Rafferty financing the affair as well as producing. However RT was not so
% happy with the finished product, and the album was scrapped. In addition
% to songs which surfaced later on the Shoot Out The Lights album they had
% recorded SD's I'm A Dreamer, which they performed live on their last tour,
% and the song The Wrong Heartbeat, which resurfaced in 1983. Musicians who
% recorded with RT: Pete Zorn(b), Betsy Cook(k,bv), JK, DM & Liam Genocky (d)
% and Phil Pickett
%
;David Thomas and the Pedestrians
:THE SOUND OF THE SAND (r. May-Jun 1981) Rough Trade ROUGH US 18, 1981@
%(and other Songs Of The Pedestrians) [this US release spins at 45 r,1,prod.m]
,1,prod. & e. by Adam Kidron at Suma, Cleveland and at Regent's Park, London
ass. e. Paul Hamann & Philip Bodger resp.), ms. by Adam Kidron at Nimbus
,2, Philip Moxham, Antor Fier, Eddie Thornton & Allen Ravenstine9
%RT taped in London
.The Birds Are Good Ideas (Moxham/Thomas/RT]
.Yiki Yiki (Thomas/RT/Fier)
.Sound Of The Sand (Moxham/Thomas/RT]
.The New Atom Mine (Thomas/RT/Fier/Greaves)
.Big Dreams (Thomas/Moxham)
.Confuse Did (Fier/Thomas)
.Man's Best Friend (Thornton/Thomas/RT/Fier)
,2, The Golden Palominos: John Greaves, Antor Fier & Allen Ravenstine)
.Crush This Horn, Pt. 2 (Fier/Thomas)
.The Crickets In The Flats (Fier)
:STRICT TEMPO ! (r. ????? 1981) Elixir LP 1, Sep 1981@
,1,prod. by RT at B.T.W. Studios, London (e. by John Borthwick), and at Woodworm
Studios (e. by SN).
,2,RT,DM
.New Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel
.Vaillace Polka Militaire/Belfast Polka
.Scott Skinner Medley: Glencoe/Scott Skinner's Rockin' Step/Bonny Banchory
.Banish Misfortune
.Dundee Hornpipe/Poppy Leaf Hornpipe %[later remix on FEED THE FOLK, 1985]
.Do It For My Sake
-
.Rockin' In Rhythm (D. Ellington)
.The Randon Jig/The Grinder
.Will Ye No Cam Back Again/Cam O'er The Stream Charlie/Ye Banks And Braes
.Rufty Tufty/Nonesuch a la Mode de France
.Andalus/Radio Marrakesh
.The Knife-Edge [RT]
.[RT, DP and DM had played live with Ralph McTell as The GPs [Grazed Pontifs]
.playing rock'n'roll and country standards]
.The GP's
:SATURDAY ROLLING AROUND (r. l. Aug 1981) Woodworm WRCD 014, Aug 1991@
..Saturday Rolling Around [RT] McTell on
..Steel Guitar Rag (Macaulliffe/Travis)
..Zimmerman Blues (McTell)
..Together Again (Owens)
..Pretty Boy Floyd (Guthrie)
..Love Grows (McTell)
..I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams) DM on b
..Penetentiary Bound [trad.]
..Don't Do It (Holland/Dozier/Holand)
..Going Going, Gone [Dylan]
..Red Apple Juice (arr. McTell)
..Honky Tonk Blues (Williams)
..I'm The One You Need (Holand/Dozier/Holland)
..Cut Across Shorty (Weilkis/Walker)
..Great Balls Of Fire (Blackwell/Hammer)
.embarks on a solo acoustic tour of NA, his first time there since mid 70s.
.r. Jan 8th 1982 at Bottom Line, NYC, by David Vanderheyden, R. supervised
.by Edward Haber, ms. by Bob Jones at C.T.S.. See ??? 1984 for release.
.Time To Ring Some Changes [first released RT version]
.Beat The Retreat
.I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
.Down Where The Drunkards Roll
.Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart
.How Many Times Do You Have to Fall
.Roll Over Vaughn Williams [instrumental break from]
.Meet on the Ledge
./Don't Renege On Our love [ed.] (Hannibal HNS 703 (ps), April/ ?Aug 1982)
.\Living In Luxury [later on the CD] with DP
.Richard & Linda Thompson
:SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS (r. Nov 1981) Hannibal HNBL 1303 (inn), April? 1982@
,1,prod. JB at Olympic S., Chelsea (e. Bill Gill)
.RT(v,g,dul), with SN(g), DP(b), DM(d), Pete Zorn (b,bv); vocal assistance
.from The Watersons (i.e., Norma, Mike, Lal & MC), and Clive Gregson; and
.Brian Jones (cornet), Phil Goodwin (cornet), Stephen Barnett (trombone)
.Mark Cutts (trombone)
.Don't Renege On Our Love [RT]
.Walking On A Wire [RT]
.Man In Need [RT]
.Just The Motion [RT]
.Living In Luxury [RT] [CD only, HNCD 1303, Jun 1986]
.Shoot Out The Lights [RT]
.Back Street Slide [RT]
.Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed [RT/LT) *
.Wall Of Death [RT]
.[* is the second of only two songs credited to R & L T, the other was on
.First Light. Indeed there are strong resemblences between the two ...
.See late 1980 for info about an earlier version of this LP.]
.The final R & LT tour (with SN, DM & Pete Zorn) took place throughout
.April and May 1982. During the American leg they recorded:
.I'll Keep It With Mine (B. Dylan) (r. l. ?? 1982, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE
.TOMB, 1985) [this was the first post FC performance by any FC members]
.I'm A Dreamer [SD] (r. l. ?? 1982, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
.[this song had been r. during the aborted late 1980 album sessions]
.THE last gig with Linda was on 18th July 1982 at the South Yorkshire Folk
.Festival, Sheffield. It was recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio Sheffield.
.Jealousy (o. u., Aug 1982 demo, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
.[foresees the upcoming Everly Brothers reunion & writes a song for them ?!]
.r. Sep 29th & 30th 1982 at Folk City, NYC. r. supervised by Ilana Pelzig &
.Edward Haber. ms. by Bob Jones at C.T.S..
.Woman Or A Man ?
.A Heart Needs A Home
.For Shame Of Doing Wrong
.Genesis Hall
.Honky-Tonk Blues (H. Williams)
.Small Town Romance
.Love Is Bad For Business
.The Great Valerio
.Never Again
.Flowers Of The Forest [trad.] (r. l. Sep? 1982, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE
.TOMB, 1985) [RT had never performed this song before]
:HAND OF KINDNESS (r. Jan or Feb 1983) Hannibal HNBL 1313 (ins), Jun 1983@
,1,prod. by JB at Olympic S., Chelsea, London && AND LA ???(e. by B. Gill)
,2, SN, DP, DM, JK, Pete Thomas, Pete Zorn, Aly Bain, CG, John Hiatt
.B. King)
.Tear Stained Letter [RT]
.How I Wanted To [RT] [performed on previous autumn's solo tour]
.Both Ends Burning [RT]
.A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory [RT]
.Where The Wind Don't Whine [RT] [CD only, HNCD 1313, Jun 1986]
.The Wrong Heartbeat [RT] [previously cut twice, once in late 1980]
.Hand Of Kindness [RT]
.Devonside [RT]
.Two Left Feet [RT]
.[in W. Germany a high quality direct metal mastering pressing was issued]
.next the song that launched RT's career in promotional videos:
./{The Wrong Heartbeat} (Hannibal HNS 704, Aug 1983)
.\{Devonside}
.Suff says Hannibal VR 10777, promo single only ...
.I'm told the video was about a man who didn't want to make videos.
.This particular man certainly never made any more. Until 1991.
./{The Wrong Heartbeat} (Hannibal HNPRO-1, US promo 12")
.\Tear Stained Letter [ed.] (????)
.\Hand Of Kindness [ed.] [o. u. ed.]
.David Thomas and the Pedestrians with Richard Thompson
.VARIATIONS ON A THEME (r. Mar 1983) Sixth International 2LP, ??? 1983?
,1,prod. by David Thomas at Suma, Ohio (e. Paul and Ken Hamann, also Robert VogelRT (Cold Storage, London) Chris Gray (Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg Switzerland)
.and "Steve" (Surrey Sound, London)). RT taped in Ohio
,2, Anton Fier, Paul Hamann, Jim Jones & Jack Monck)
.A Day At The Botanical Gardens (Thomas)
.Pedestrian Walk (Thomas, Thornton)
.Bird Town (Thomas, RT]
.The Egg & I (Thomas, Fier)
.Who Is It ? (Thomas/Cutler/Cooper)
.Song Of Hoe (Thomas)
.Hurry Back (Thomas/Jones)
.The Rain (Thomas/Cutler/Fier)
.Semaphore (Thomas/Cutler/Cooper/Monck)
.Bird Town and others used in Alf cartoon ???
.l. s. at the Winnipeg Folk Festival 8th & 9th July 1983, and the Vancoover
.Folk Festival 15th & 16th July.
.Niles Hokkanen & Richard Thompson
.THE ELECTRIC MANDOLIN 1 AND 2 (dbl. instructional cass. + 2 booklets, 1983)
.RT says done Jan 81
.150 minutes of RT playing blues & bluegrass and also reading Ambrose BierceRT stories
.embarked on the Big Band Tour (with SN, PD, GC, Pete Zorn, Pete Thomas &
.A. Dunn) in September 1983. Starting in Belgium, they wound through the
.continent, then to the US for October, and finish in the UK in November.
.How I Wanted To (r. l. mid Sep 1983, DGT, 1985)
.Borrowed Time (r. l. mid Sep 1983, DGT2, Mar 1991)
.[while touring with SN, DP & DM in Sweden]
.Tear Stained Letter (r. l. Oct 1983, DGT, 1985)
.Together Again (B. Owens) (r. l. Oct 1983, DGT, 1985)
.Calvary Cross (r. l. Oct 1983, DGT, 1985)
.[with SN, PD & GC in NYC; this had not been performed for almost six years]
./Tear Stained Letter [ed.] (W. German Teldec/Hannibal 76.12988 (ps), May? 1984)
.\Where The Wind Don't Whine [later on the CD]
.tours W. Germany 19th - 30th May 1984.
.SMALL TOWN ROMANCE (r. l. s. Jan & Sep 1982, Hannibal HBNL 1316, Sep 1984)
.r. Jan 8th 1982 at Bottom Line, NYC, except *, r. Sep 29th & 30th 1982
.at Folk City, NYC. r. supervised by Edward Haber, Folk City r. by Ilana
.Pelzig & Edward Haber. compiled by JB (ass. by Ilana Pelzig), ms. by Bob
.Jones at C.T.S..
.Time To Ring Some Changes [RT]
.Beat The Retreat [RT]
.Woman Or A Man ? [RT]
.A Heart Needs A Home [RT]
.For Shame Of Doing Wrong [RT]
.Genesis Hall [RT]
.Honky-Tonk Blues (H. Williams)
.Small Town Romance [RT]
.I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight [RT]
.Down Where The Drunkards Roll [RT]
.Love Is Bad For Business [RT]
.The Great Valerio [RT]
.Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart [RT]
.Never Again [RT]
.How Many Times Do You Have to Fall [RT] [CD only, HNCD 1316, Jun 1986]
.Roll Over Vaughn Williams [RT] [CD only]
.Meet on the Ledge [RT] [CD only]
& BR, dredged up the old Cliff Richard hit:
,s,
:ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM (r. Sep-Oct 1984), Polydor POLD-5175, Feb 1985?@
,1,prod. by JB at RAK S. London (e. by Jack Nuber, ass. by Chris Dickie); ms. by
Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound
,2,RT, SN, DM, Bruce Lynch; b. v. by CG & CC, Phil Barnes and the Soultanas)
.When The Spell Is Broken %[the LP (and single ?) version was speeded up 1%]
.You Don't Say [RT]
.I Ain't Gonna Drag My Feet No More [RT]
.Shine On Love [RT] [o. u., CD only, Polydor 825-421-2, Apr 1986]
.Love In A Faithless Country [RT]
-
.Fire In The Engine Room [RT]
.Walking Through A Wasted Land [RT]
.Little Blue Number [RT]
.She Twists The Knife Again [RT]
.Ghosts In The Wind [RT]
,e,
%Nearly In Love (outtake)
.Jenny My Love (r. l. late Nov 1984, DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB, 1985)
.Written in early 1984 for the AACR album, JB thought its inclusion would
.have been inappropriate. It turned up on the next album however ....
.DOOM AND GLOOM FROM THE TOMB (comp. cass., out. rad. & l., FLYC 001, 1985)
.Died For Love [o. u., Dec 1977 demo]
.Jealousy [o. u., Aug 1982 demo]
.I'll Keep It With Mine (B. Dylan) [r. l. 1982, on last R&L US tour]
.Calvary Cross [r. l. Oct 1983 in NYC]
.First Light [Dec 1977 demo]
.How I Wanted To [r. l. Sep 1983 in Sweden]
.Speechless Child [o. u. Jun 1980 demo]
.I'm A Dreamer [SD] [r. l. 1982 on last R&L US tour]
.Madness Of Love [o. u. r. l. 1977]
.Traces Of My Love [1979 demo]
.Flowers Of The Forest [trad.] [r. l. s. aut. 1982]
.Tear Stained Letter [r. l. on Big Band Tour 1983]
.Together Again (B. Owens) [r. l. on Big Band Tour 1983]
.Strange Affair [Dec 1977 demo]
.Jenny My Love [r. l. late Nov 1984]
.An April gig at Barrymore's, Ottawa, was filmed and recorded digitally for
.later general release (film p. by Steven J Swartz, dir. by Larry Jordan)
.ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM (r. l. Apr 1985, 84 minute Videotape, 1985)
.Sony 96W00087(Beta)/96W50088(VHS); later issued as a LaserDisc with digital
.audio track and slightly better picture: Pioneer Arts PA 86 151. Released
.in the UK by HENDRING (HEN 2 038 E), in mono, despite claims to be stereo.
,1,prod. by Simon Tassano & Al Kooper [? surely not THE Simon Tassano ?!]
,2, Raurie McFarlane, GC, CG & CC)
.Fire in the Engine Room [RT]
.She Twists the Knife [RT]
.Shoot Out the Lights [RT]
.You Don't Say [RT]
.Wall of Death [RT]
.Little Blue Number [RT]
.When the Spell is Broken [RT]
.Did She Jump or Was She Pushed (R & LT)
.Wrong Heartbeat [RT]
.Summer Rain (Gregson) [CG takes the lead here]
.For Shame of Doing Wrong [RT]
.I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight [RT]
.Nearly In Love [RT] [a song not released on vinyl until 1986]
.Love in a Faithless Country [RT]
.I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More [RT]
.Tear Stained Letter [RT]
.Living With a Skull and Cross Bone (Holt)
.Withered and Died [RT]
./{You Don't Say} (Polydor POSP 750, Jun 1985)
.\When The Spell Is Broken (r. l. 28th Mar 1985, Chicago, p. Simon Tassano)
.When The Spell Is Broken (on Polygram In-Store Sampler SA-057, 1985,
.You Don't Say along wth cuts by Van Morrison & the VU)
.{You Don't Say} (US 2-sided promo, Polydor PRO 338-1, 1985)
.{When The Spell Is Broken} (US promo, Polydor PRO 348-1, 1985)
.When The Spell Is Broken (r. l. for WXRT, p. by T. Powell & J. Groppi)
. ^^^^^^^^^^ seems to be another live take
.(r. l. s. 1st Aug 1985 at the Towne Crier, NY, for possible release)
.Don't Tell Secrets [rel. only on a W. German promo single, Sep 1986]
.Shoot Out The Lights [rel. only on a W. German promo single, Sep 1986]
.The Great valerio [rel. only on a W. German promo single, Sep 1986]
.Devonside [unreleased to date]
.The End Of The Rainbow [Nov 1985] DGT2, Mar 1991
.THE GUITAR OF RICHARD THOMPSON (3 instructional tapes + 2 booklets, on
.Happy Traum's Homespun Tapes, 60, 60 & 90 minutes respectively. DATE ??)
.(The first 2 tapes contain English, Irish & Scottish dance tunes, and come
,2, a tablature book; the third contains song accompaniment techniques andRT also comes with a tablature book)
.r. by Happy Traum at RT's apartment in Santa Monica in Jan 1986
,s,
:DARING ADVENTURES (r. Apr 1986) Polydor POLD 5202 (in), Sep 1986@
,1,prod. by Mitchell Froom at Sunset Sound, Sunset Sound Factory, Town House,
Three and Larrabee S. (e. Larry Hirsh, Tchad Blake, Dennis Kirk); ms. at
Sterling Sound, NY, by Greg Calbi; mx. by Neil Dorfsman.
,2,RT,JK, Mitchell Froom, Jerry Scheff, Mickey Curry (drums), Jim Keltner (drums), Alex
Acuna (percussion), Chuck Flemming, Phillip Pickett and Ian Peters; CG & CC on b. v.
and Brian Taylor, Tony Goddard & David Horn on brass)
.A Bone Through Her Nose [RT]
.Valerie [RT]
.Missie How You Let Me Down [RT]
.Dead Man's Handle [RT] %[1st song cut on this album]
.Long Dead Love [RT]
.Lover's Lane [RT]
-
.Nearly In Love [RT] %[this song had been around for quite a while]
.Jennie [RT]
.Baby Talk [RT]
.Cash Down Never Never [RT]
.How Will I Ever Be Simple Again [RT]
.Al Bowlly's In Heaven [RT]
,e,
.introduces Turning Of The Tide in live shows this summer.
.{Valerie} 4:13 Polydor PRO 438-1, US promo only.
-
.Valerie (edit.) 3:30 [details of this edit needed]
.Valerie (edit.) 3:30 885 467-7 (promo, CD ?)
.{Nearly In Love} (Polydor PRO 465-1, US promo, 1986)
-
.Nearly In Love (Version #2) [o. u., p. & mx. as above]
.[#2 omits the "I reserve the right to love you ... mine all mine" link]
.A promo single accompanied initial W. German pressings of Daring Adventure,
.The album had the number 829 729-1(Y), but these copies had a sticker
,2, 831-299-1 on the front. See entry under r. date. A-side is o.u..
./Don't Tell Secrets (r. l. s. 1st Aug 1985, Polydor 885-422-7, ?? 1986)
.\Shoot Out The Lights
.\The Great valerio
.full band (JK, GC, Ruaria McFarlane, CG & CC) plays first UK gig of the
.year on Friday 8th Aug, featuring a new song about a "shabby dress" (??!!)
.full band tours NA from 24th Sep (BC) to 11th Nov (Northhampton, MA),
.37 gigs in total.
.Warm Love Gone Cold [r. by Jul, single release in Sep, B-side ??]
.Cavatina (from Act II of the Marriage Of Figaro) [sung by C. Moore & CC]
.(CC rec from 29 Jul, RT musta been Aug .....
.Peter Filleul's BBC TV soundtrack, this really doesn't belong here !!
.THE LIVES AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL (r. Jun/Jul/Aug?), BBC R., REB 615, Sep?1986
,1,prod. by Peter Filleul
,2, Lyndsay Bridgewater, Andy Browne, Richard Brunton, Peter Filleul, Bob
.Jenkins, Liz Kitchen, Ian Lynn, RT, Philip Wright & Pete Zorn, CC etc)
.Warm Love Gone Cold
.Cavatina (from Act II of the Marriage Of Figaro) [sung by Claire Moore]
.Some Enchanted Evening [sung by Salo Rizutti]
.Revenge
.All Because Of You (CG) [sung by CC]
.Warm Love Variations
.It's All Just Talk (CG)
.For Lucille
.Eden Grove
.Devil Groove
.Cavatina (from Act II of the Marriage Of Figaro) [sung by C. Moore & CC]
.Ways To Say Goodbye
.
.solo ac tour of US/NA ? 20th Apr (Littleton, CO) to 3rd May (New Orlean
.Jazz & Heritage Festival), 12 gigs in all, 2 opening for Suzanne Vega.
.French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson (=? The Cooperative Quartet)
:LIVE, LOVE, LARF & LOAF (r. Mar 1987) Rhino RN 70831/Demon FIEND 102, June 1987@
,1,prod. by Henry Kaiser at Mobius Music, San Francisco (e. by Oliver DiCicco,
.ass. by Kay Hopper); mx. by Oliver DiCicco, Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser
.Wings a la Mode (Adams, French)
.Killerman Gold Posse [RT]
.Where's the Money? (Frith)
.Hai Sai Oji-San (Kina/trad)
.Drowned Dog Black Night [RT]
.Surfin USA (Berry)
.Drum Boogie (French) [on the cd only]
.A Blind Step Away [RT]
.The Second Time (French, Frith)
.Tir-Nan-Darag (Kaiser, RT]
.Disposable Thoughts (French)
.Bird in God's Garden (Archuletta)/Lost and Found (Frith)
.The Same Thing (Dixon) [on the CD only]
."previously issued in Borneo, Sumatra and certain Asian territories
. under the title: Dead Man's Gloom"
.[R & L T used to do Bird In God's Garden live in 1977]
.BBC Transcription Disc of Nov 86 Hammersmith Palais show first b. June 87
.Richard Thompson & Peter Filleul
:THE MARKSMAN (r. July 1987) BBC Records REB 660, ?Oct 1987@
.soundtrack from a BBC TV series
,1,prod. by Peter Filleul
,2, CC & ??)
.My Time (Filleul/RT] [sung by CC]
.Gordon [RT/Filleul)
.Rude Health (Filleul/RT]
.Night School (Filleul/RT]
.Corniche Pastiche [RT/Filleul)
.Crossing The Water [RT/Filleul)
.The Marksman (Filleul/RT/Charles) [Craig Charles poem with backing]
.Kyrie [from Missa papae Marcelli by Palestrina]
.On Yer Eyes[RT/Filleul)
.Gutters On The Run (Filleul/Wright/RT] [sung by "the unexpected"]
.Don't Ever Change (Filleul/RT]
.Up There [RT/Filleul) [impromptu on themes by Ian Lynn]
.solo acoustic gig in Brighton, early 1988, introduces some new songs:
.Pharaoh, Waltzing's For Dreamers, Peppermint Rock, and Push & Shove.
.As of Jun 1989 these last two have not been released in any form.
.three solo acoustic gigs in California 17th-20th Mar 1988
.worked on the music for the film Angels (p. by Steve Shameberg & d. by
.Elliot Lewitt) in late March & October, in close collaberation with the
.director.
.what ever happened to this
,s,
:AMNESIA (r. April/May 1988) Capitol EST 2075, Oct 1988 ????@
,1,prod. by Mitchell Froom at Sunset Sound & Sunset Sound Factory, California
,2,RT, Mitchell Froom, Jim Keltner (drums), Micky Curry (drums), Jerry Scheff (bass), Tony Levin,
Fred Tackett (acoustic guitar), Alex Acuna (percussion), P. Pickett, F. Kelly, Aly Bain, JK, A. Anderson,
CG & CC ov b.v., and B. Taylor, T. Goddard, D. Horn, & I. Peters on brass)
.Turning Of The Tide [RT] %[this song had been around nearly two years]
.Gypsy Love Songs [RT]
.Reckless Kind [RT]
.Jerusalem On A Jukebox [RT]
.I Still Dream [RT]
-
.Don't Tempt Me [RT]
.Yankee, Go Home [RT]
.Can't Win [RT]
.Waltzing's For Dreamers [RT]
.Pharaoh [RT]
,e,
.{Turning Of The Tide SPRO-79408
.{Turning Of The Tide DPRO-79388
.{Turning Of The Tide UK promo? Capitol CL 516
.{Pharaoh
.plays Newport Folk Festival 20th or 21st August 1988, solo.
.
.Turning Of The Tide (r. l., Aug 1988, on comp. BEN & JERRY'S NEWPORT FOLK
.FESTIVAL '88 LIVE, Alcazar ALC 105, Mar 1989)
.Two Left Feet
.The Choice Wife
.FESTIVAL '88 LIVE, VOLUME 2 MEMEMTOS Alcazar ALC 113, 1990
.She Moves Through The Fair (Aug 1990?)
.BEN & JERRY 3 (Red House Records, fall 1991 ?)
.full band plays Cropredy on Friday August 1988
.r. with CG & CC for Byrds tribute set TIME BETWEEN (Imaginary Records
.Illusion 004, Apr/May 1989)
.Here Without You (G. Clark) [lead vocal RT]
.Hickory Wind (Parsons/Buchannan) [lead vocal CC] [CD only]
.r. between Mar & fall 88 US tour
.band (JK, CG, CC, PD & DM) tours NA from 0ct 4th (Victoria, BC) to Nov 13th
.(Cambridge, MA), 31 gigs in all. Actually DM is replaced for part of the
.tour by ???????, owing to a broken rib.
Henry Kaiser CD, HOPE YOU LIKE OUR NEW DIRECTION (rel Mar 1991) contains:
Kanaka Wai Wai r. in Hawaii, post Mar 1990
Annihilation in Allah [RT/trad) (lyric north african shek mahamad al habib
second was cut 12th Oct 1988 solo by RT at Fillmore dressing room, other
parts added later
.cuts r. l. 7th Nov 1988, at The Bayou, Washington D.C., released Oct 1989
.Turning of the Tide (live)/
.Pharoah (live)
.Can't Win (live)
.Jerusalem on the Jukebox (live)
.French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson
.2ND ALBUM (r. late Nov 1988, still unreleased).
%
%solo acoustic tour of NA from 24th Jan (Tampa) to 17th Feb (Oberlin),
%20 gigs all told, opening for Crowded House on Canadian leg.
%
Turning Of The Tide {<} (on NEW ROOTS, Stylus Music Records, SMR 972, 1989)
.solo tour of US from 27th April (Dallas) to 30th June (LA), opening for
.September is currently working on a TV documentary about sweat shops and anRT Australian feature about fraud. Next year's project is a film based on theRT novel Angels by Dennis Johnson.
.several releases of cuts r. l. 7th Nov 1988, at The Bayou, Washington D.C.:
.Reckless Kind\ [LP version ??] Capitol CL 550, Sep 1988
.Turning of the Tide (live)/
.RECKLESS KIND E.P. 12" CapSep 12CL 550, Oct 1988
.{Reckless Kind}
.Pharoah (s. l.) 4:49
.Can't Win (l. with band) 9:07
.RECKLESS KIND Capitol CDCL 550
.{Reckless Kind}
.Turning of the Tide (live)
.Jerusalem on the Jukebox (live)
tour 18th Feb (Davis, CA) to 3rd March (New Orleans), 9 nights,
25 Mountain Stage, Charleston, West Virginia (recorded for PBS radio show)
He has recorded a session in New York for broadcast on February 18 on
TV show "Night Stage". He also plays with Joel Sonnier and (you've
guessed, Colm !) John Cale apparently.
.Entered studio to record album Jan 1990.
.Dimming Of The Day with Mary Black & Dolores Keane BBC REF 844
:HARD CASH (r. Nov/Dec 1989) Special Delivery SDP 1027 (in), Feb 1990@
.
,1,prod. by RT & Peter Filleul
.Time to Ring Some Changes - Richard Thompson
.The Great Provider - Clive Gregson & Christine Collister
.A Living Wage - Ron Kavana
.Work Life Out To Keep Life In - Martin Carthy
.You're the Pits - Dave Kelly
.Odd Job Man - Jo Ann Kelly
.Mrs. Rita - June Tabor
.Hilda's Cabinet Band - the Watersons
.Force on the Workforce - Keith Hancock
.The Jute Mill Song - Peter Filleul
.Master and Servant - Dave Kelly and Hilary Fletcher
.Oh I Swear - Richard Thompson
.The Guernsey Kitchen Porter - Michael Marra
.Good With My Hands - Clive Gregson and Christine Collister
:SWEET TALKER (r. Dec 89/Jan 90) Capitol , 1992@
,1,prod. by Peter Filleul and Richard Thompson.
.[with SN, DM, CC and Hank]
.Put Your Trust In Me [instrumental version of Boom Town]
.Persuasion
.Roll Up
.The Dune Ship
.Conviction
.Boom Town [sung by John Andrew Parks]
.Harry's Theme
.Sweet Talker
.To Hang A Dream On
.Beachport
.False Or True
;French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson
:INVISIBLE MEANS (r. Mar 1990) Windham Hill WD-1094 Oct 1990@
#UK Demon rel in Sep
,1,prod. by HK at Mobius Music, San Francisco (e. by Oliver DiCicco)
,2,Catherine Keen (mezo-soprano) & Bob Duskis (whistler)]
.Peppermint Rock [RT]
.To The Rain [French]
.Lizard's Tail [Frith]
.March Of The Cosmetic Surgeons [RT]
.Suzanne [French]
.Quick Sign [Frith]
.Begging Bowl [RT]
.Kalo Takariva [Kaiser]
.Invisible Means [Adams/French]
.Loch Lomand [Trad] [CD only]
.The Book Of Lost Dreams [Kaiser]
.Days Of Our Lives [Kaiser/Salazar] [CD only]
.The Evening News [French] [CD only]
.The Nearsighted Heron [Kaiser]
.Now That I Am Dead [Blair/French] [CD only]
.Hunting Sunsets [Frith]
.Killing Jar [RT]
.TURN OF THE DECADE: 1989-1990 (r.l. 1990) Red House RHR CD 36, late 1991
.(Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival)
.She Moves Through The Fair
.Shoot Out The Lights (l) on
on Newport Folk Festival live 88 Vol.2 doing Two Left Feet and The Choke
.Two Left Feet
.The Choke Wife
.FESTIVAL '88 LIVE, VOLUME 2 MEMEMTOS Alcazar ALC 113, 1990
,s,
:RUMOR AND SIGH (r. Nov 1990) Capitol C1-95713, May 1991@
,1,prod. by Mitchell Froom at
,2, RT, MF, JK, SN, Jerry Scheff, Mickey Curry, Alex Acuna, Phil Pickett, Aly
.Bain, CG&CC and Jim Keltner)
.Read About Love [RT]
.I Feel Good [RT] %[originally The Lost Sheep Returns To The Fold]
.I Misunderstood [RT]
.Grey Walls [RT]
.You Dream Too Much [RT]
.Why Must I Plead [RT]
.1952 Vincent Black Lightening [RT]
-
.Backlash Love Affair [RT]
.Mystery Wind [RT]
.Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands [RT]
.Keep Your Distance [RT]
.Mother Knows Best [RT]
.God Loves A Drunk [RT]
.Psycho Street [RT]
,e,
.I Feel Good promo DPRO-79730
.sept/oct 91 shhoting Misunderstood video
.mid Oct 1991 appeared on stage with Dylan in Spain
.{Read About Love Capitol CL 638, Nov 1991
.I Feel So Good [live solo]
.{Read About Love Capitol CDCL 638, Nov 1991
.I Feel So Good [live solo, Maxwell house]
.I Misunderstood [live solo, Maxwell house]
.?The? Choice Wife [live solo, Maxwell house]
.live cuts p. by Rob Stevens for the Maxwell House Coffee House
.Sessions, except track 1 produced by Mitchell Froom.
.I Misunderstood Capitol (US) promo , Dec 91 or Jan 92
.I Misunderstood [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.I Feel So Good [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.1952 Vincent Black Lightning [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.Now That I'm Dead [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.Choice Wife [live, Maxwell house]
:RICHARD THOMPSON: THE HANNIBAL SAMPLER Rycodisc VRCD 1303, late 1991@
.Tear-Stained Letter
.When I Get to the Border
.Shoot Out the Lights
.Wall of Death
.Wrong Heartbeat
.Angels Took My Racehorse Away
.Flee as a Bird
.Roll Over Vaughn Williams
.Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman
.Don't Renege on Our Love
.I'll Regret it All in the Morning
.Calvary Cross
.Night Comes In
(11/11),TL(11/11),IM(1/11)SN(5/11),JK(2)
.I Feel Good promo DPRO-79730
.sept/oct 91 shhoting Misunderstood video
.mid Oct 1991 appeared on stage with Dylan in Spain
.{Read About Love Capitol CL 638, Nov 1991
.I Feel So Good [live solo]
.{Read About Love Capitol CDCL 638, Nov 1991
.I Feel So Good [live solo, Maxwell house]
.I Misunderstood [live solo, Maxwell house]
.?The? Choice Wife [live solo, Maxwell house]
.live cuts p. by Rob Stevens for the Maxwell House Coffee House
.Sessions, except track 1 produced by Mitchell Froom.
.I Misunderstood Capitol (US) promo , Dec 91 or Jan 92
.I Misunderstood [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.I Feel So Good [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.1952 Vincent Black Lightning [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.Now That I'm Dead [live, Ventura Show, 9/7/91]
.Choice Wife [live, Maxwell house]
:RICHARD THOMPSON: THE HANNIBAL SAMPLER Rycodisc VRCD 1303, late 1991@
.Tear-Stained Letter
.When I Get to the Border
.Shoot Out the Lights
.Wall of Death
.Wrong Heartbeat
.Angels Took My Racehorse Away
.Flee as a Bird
.Roll Over Vaughn Williams
.Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman
.Don't Renege on Our Love
.I'll Regret it All in the Morning
.Calvary Cross
.Night Comes In
--
Colm Mulcahy, W2, | I post, therefore I exist. I think. However,
Hinter Der Grieb 8, | "rlogging in" is slow, so I don't read news.
8400 Regensburg, |
German Occupied Bavaria | But I do read email, so fire away.