Track Listing
DISC 1: WALKING THE LONG MILES HOME:
1. Now That I Am Dead
2. Genesis Hall
3. Josef Locke
4. Willy O' Winsbury
5. Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands
6. Nobody's Wedding
7. Madonn's Wedding
8. Walking the Long Miles Home
9. Withered and Died
10. Beat the Retreat
11. Great Valerio, The
12. Walking on a Wire
13. Never Again
14. End of the Rainbow, The
15. King of Bohemia
16. Killerman Gold Posse
17. Lotteryland
18. Now Be Thankful
19. Shoot Out the Lights
20. Outside of the Inside
DISC 2: FINDING BETTER WORDS:
1. I Feel So Good
2. Push and Shove
3. Time to Ring Some Changes
4. Cooksferry Queen
5. Waltzing's For Dreamers
6. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
7. I Misunderstood
8. Meet on the Ledge
9. Down Where the Drunkards Roll
10. Gethsemane
11. Tear-Stained Letter
12. Wall of Death
13. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
14. From Galway to Graceland
15. Crazy Man Micheal
16. Dimming of the Day
17. Beeswing
DISC 3: SHINE IN THE DARK:
1. Valerie
2. Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart
3. Tghosts in the Wind
4. Crash the Party
5. For Shame of Doing Wrong
6. Calvary Cross
7. Sloth
8. Night Comes In
9. Drowned Dog, Black Night
10. Put It There Pal
11. Morris Medley/Flying Saucers
DISC 4: THE SONGS POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER:
1. Substitute
2. Tempted
3. Hamlet, (The Story of)
4. Oops, I Did It Again
5. Ca Plane pour Moi
6. Why Don't Women Like Me?
7. Time Has Told Me
8. Shenandoah
9. Danny Boy
10. Move It
11. Willie & The Hand Jive/Not Fade Away
12. Loch Lomond
13. Job of Journeywork
14. Napolean's Dream
15. Sally Rackett
16. God Loves a Drunk
17. Angels Took My Racehorse Away, The
18. Poseidon
19. Wall of Death
20. You'll Never Walk Alone
21. I Ain't Marching Anymore
22. The Who Medley: My Generation / Can't Explain / Substitute
DISC 5: SOMETHING HERE WORTH MORE THAN GOLD:
1. Albion Sunrise
2. How Many Times Do You Have to Fall
3. Bad News Is All the Wind Can Carry
4. Mrs Rita
5. Shady Lies
6. Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love
7. Dragging the River
8. Alexander Graham Bell
9. Someone Else's Fancy
10. Modem Woman
11. Woman or a Man
12. My Daddy Is a Mummy
13. You Got What You Wanted
14. In Over Your Head
15. Dear Janet Jackson
| Details | | Distributor: | RED Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Richard Thompson.
The British folk label Free Reed are doing fans of British folk-rock a nice service by issuing box sets of the genre's most important artists, and they've done a doozy with THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF RICHARD THOMPSON. With five CDs full of rare and largely unreleased material and a beautiful 168-page booklet full of photographs, interviews, biographical information, and exhaustive notes, this collection is a monster, and a must for any devoted fan of this seminal singer-songwriter.
The CDs are organized by theme, and include autobiographical songs, live performances, cover versions of songs by other artists, and demos and outtakes. That Thompson is a uniquely skilled guitarist and a songwriter of remarkable sensitivity and craftsmanship is well known, and those qualities are presented in a new light on this mammoth set. Still, beginners will want to pick up Thompson's Fairport albums and his first few records with then wife Linda before diving into LIFE & MUSIC; rabid Thompson collectors, however, will be surprised and delighted by the wealth of excellent unreleased material included here.
Editorial Reviews
[H]e has inhabited a dizzying number of personas...visionary hurdy-gurdy man, molten-hot electric-guitar hero, restless musical explorer, spiritual searcher, comedian. -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- Thompson is an exceptional guitar player, a fine songwriter, and a decent singer. Listening to RT's five discs, you get the sense that the guitar is his true voice.
Uncut
5 stars out of 5 -- [A] true bonanza....Wit, pathos, humility and chops enough to sway Jimmy Page. Thompson had -- and still has -- it all.
Mojo
4.5 stars out of 5 -- Thompson's guitar firepower and parched wit are everywhere here....Loving archaeology, in every detail.
Rolling Stone
The set makes a good case that he is the best guitar player in the world....but it makes an even better case for his songwriting.
Global Rhythm
[Thompson is] a thoughtful man with rare insights into the human condition who, as it happens, is a pretty fair musician and songwriter, too.
Dirty Linen
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