Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Time Will Show The Wiser - (with Fairport Convention)
2. Meet On The Ledge
3. Genesis Hall - (with Fairport Convention)
4. Crazy Man Michael
5. Sloth
6. Roll Over Vaughn Williams
7. Poor Ditching Boy, The
8. Angels Took My Racehorse Away, The
9. Great Valerio, The - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
10. When I Get To The Border - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
11. Withered And Died - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
12. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson, featuring CWS Manchester Band)
13. Down Where The Drunkards Roll - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
14. Calvary Cross, The - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
15. I'll Regret It All In The Morning - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
16. Old Man Inside A Young Man - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
17. For Shame Of Doing Wrong - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
18. Night Comes In - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
DISC 2:
1. Dimming Of The Day/Dargai - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
2. Heart Needs A Home, A - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
3. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
4. Strange Affair - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
5. Sunnyvista - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
6. Sisters - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
7. Rockin' In Rhythm
8. Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
9. Man In Need - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
10. Shoot Out The Lights - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
11. Wall Of Death - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
12. Walking On A Wire - (with Linda Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson)
13. Tear Stained Letter
14. How I Wanted To
15. Hand Of Kindness
16. Beat The Retreat - (live)
17. I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More
DISC 3:
1. Little Blue Number
2. She Twists The Knife Again
3. Valerie
4. Turning Off The Tide
5. I Still Dream
6. Waltzing's For Dreamers
7. Read About Love
8. I Feel So Good
9. I Misunderstood
10. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
11. Put Your Trust In Me
12. From Galway To Graceland - (live)
13. I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life
14. MGB-GT
15. Mingus Eyes
16. Beeswing
17. Taking My Business Elsewere
18. King Of Bohemia
19. Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me - (live, with Danny Thompson)
20. Razor Dance [Voltage Enhanced]
DISC 4:
1. Hide It Away [Voltage Enhanced]
2. Last Shift
3. Big Chimney
4. Lotteryland
5. Persuasion - (live)
6. Cooksferry Queen
7. Bathsheba Smiles
8. Hard On Me - (live)
9. Gethsemane
10. Love You Can't Survive, A
11. Legal Matter, A - (live)
12. Main Title From Grizzly Man
13. Al Bowlly's In Heaven - (live)
14. I'll Never Give It Up
15. Dad's Gonna Kill Me
16. She Sang Angels To Rest
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | CWS Manchester Band | | Producer: | Danny Thompson, David McLees (Compilation), Fairport Convention, Henry Kaiser, Joe Boyd, John Chelew, Mitchell Froom, Peter Filleul, Richard Thompson (Compilation), Richard Thompson, Rob Schnapf, Simon Tassano, Tchad Blake, Terry Lickona, Tom Rothrock | | Distributor: | n/a | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Richard Thompson (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, autoharp, hurdy-gurdy, mandocello, mandolin, whistle, accordion, piano, harmonium, organ, synthesizer, Theremin, background vocals); Teddy Thompson (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, background vocals); Sandy Denny (vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, piano, organ); Pete Zorn (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Judy Dyble (vocals, autoharp, recorder, piano); Dave Swarbrick (vocals, mandolin, fiddle, viola); Dave Pegg (vocals, mandolin, bass guitar); Timi Donald (vocals, drums, percussion); Ian MacDonald (vocals, Jew's harp); Christine Collister, Judith Owen, Ashley Hutchings (vocals, background vocals); Linda Peters, Pat Donaldson (vocals); James O'Rourke (guitar, piano); Tchad Blake (guitar); Sue Harris (hammer dulcimer, oboe); Sidonie Goossens (harp); Mitchell Froom (electric harp, piano, celesta, organ, Hammond b-3 organ, portative organ, regal, chamberlin, keyboards, Theremin); Martin Lamble (violin, fiddle, drums, washboard, tabla, percussion); Joe Buck, Peter Knight, Sid Page (violin); Aly Bain (fiddle, double bass); Chuck Fleming, Nic Jones, Sue Draheim, Tom McConville (fiddle); Danielle DeGruttola, Suzie Katayama (cello); Ian Whiteman (flute, shakuhachi, piano, electric piano, harmonium, organ); Peter Filleul (flute, keyboards, background vocals); Peter Zorn (whistle, percussion, background vocals); Dolores Keane (whistle); Alan Dunn (accordion); Philip Pickett (shawm, recorder, soprano recorder, curtal, symphony); Phil Pickett (shawm); Dylan Fowler (oboe); Paul Dunmall (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Tony Roberts (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Larry Hall, Stephen Corbett (cornet); Randall Aldcroft, Jeff Cole, Stephen Barnett, Mark Cutts, Les Benedict (trombone); Phil Goodwin (tuba); Dave Mattacks (harmonium, keyboards, drums, bodhran, hi-hat, percussion); Neil Larson, Pete Wingfield (keyboards); Danny Thompson (acoustic bass, double bass, upright bass); Damon Smith (acoustic bass); Jerry Scheff (double bass, electric bass); Atom Ellis, Taras Prodaniuk (electric bass); Michael Jerome (drums, percussion, background vocals); David Mattacks, Jim Keltner, Andy Newmark (drums); Alex Acuna, Chris Karen (percussion); Clive Gregson, Phil Barnes, Dave Burland, Glen Tilbrook, Ian Matthews, John Hiatt, Julian Littman, Julie Covington, Kate McGarrigle, Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy, Peta Webb, Anna McGarrigle, The Watersons, Trevor Lucas, Bill Caddick, Olive Simpson, Nicole Tibbels, Marc Ellington, Kingsley Abbott, Heather Brady, Dave Brady (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Simon Tassano.
Audio Remasterer: Bob Fisher.
Liner Note Author: Richard Thompson.
Recording information: The Bottom Line, NY (01/08/1982); The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA (10/03/1990); Inside Out Festival, Crawley, England (09/05/1993); U.K. (01/10/1998-01/23/1998); 02/02/2001.
Editor: Simon Tassano.
Photographers: Greg Allen; Richard Thompson; Bill Gill.
Richard Thompson has never had a for-real hit record (at least not in America) over the course of a career that's spanned five decades, but there are few musicians who are better respected by their peers or have a more devoted fan base, and not without reason -- he's a fine singer, a superb, inventive guitarist, and a truly masterful songwriter. This may explain why Thompson, a man who could best be described as a "cult figure," is being honored with his third multi-disc box set. WALKING ON A WIRE: 1968-2009 is a four-disc set that offers a carefully edited and intelligently compiled chronological summary of Thompson's recorded repertoire, from his early recordings with Fairport Convention to his 2007 solo album, SWEET WARRIOR. It's hard to imagine anyone who appreciates music that speaks honestly to the heart and soul not falling in love with this.
Editorial Reviews
Thompson's foghorn baritone gives his songs a medieval gravitas, and the beginning with Fairport's 'Meet on the Ledge,' he has wrestled with the nostalgia and melancholy of adulthood in frank, darkly funny lyrics.
Spin
4 stars out of 5 -- [I]t's expertly selected to showcase his extraordinary way with a song.
Q
5 stars out of 5 -- Lyrically, Thompson's articulacy and intelligence knows no bounds....Richard Thompson is many men, and you'll find them all across these 71 tracks.
Record Collector
4.5 stars out of 5 -- [An] excellent 71-track primer, which also shows the U.K. vet as a world-class songwriter.
Rolling Stone
1991's 'Read About Love' is as vivacious and catchy as any other power-pop song of its era....The set is the closest thing Thompson's got to the career-spanning greatest-hits album he deserves...
Pitchfork
WALKING ON A WIRE makes for an expansive introduction to an ambitious artist.
Billboard
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