Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Summer Is Icumen In 2. King Henry 3. So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo 4. Bonnie St. Johnstone 5. O Sleep Fond Fancy 6. Remember O Thou Man 7. O Shenandoah 8. Blackleg Miner 9. I Live in Trafalgar Square 10. There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast 11. Java Jive
DISC 2: 1. Night & Day 2. Orange Coloured Sky 3. Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee 4. A-11 5. See My Friend 6. Friday on My Mind 7. Tempted 8. Oops!...I Did It Again 9. Cry Me a River 10. 1985 11. Sam Hall
| Details | | Producer: | Simon Tassano, Wes Dorman | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Richard Thompson (vocals, acoustic guitar); Judith Owen (vocals); Debra Dobkin (percussion). An ambitious and thoroughly charming undertaking, the two-CD/one-DVD 1000 YEARS OF POPULAR MUSIC finds lauded British folk-rock singer/guitarist Richard Thompson live in San Francisco, performing songs that date from 1260 up to the early 21st century. Aided by keyboardist/vocalist Judith Owen and drummer/vocalist Debra Dobkin, Thompson revisits medieval England with the joyous "Summer Is Icumen In" and the lilting "King Henry," working his way to Gilbert & Sullivan by the end of the first disc with the jaunty "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" from THE MIKADO. The second disc features a spare take on Cole Porter's "Night and Day," and brings things into the early 2000s with, oddly enough, a surprisingly straight-faced acoustic takes on Britney Spear's "Oops!...I Did It Again" and Bowling for Soup's "1985." Simultaneously lighthearted and reverent, this adventurous outing reinforces Thompson's status as a dynamic and unpredictable artist.
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