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Product Code: L 45695/6
Artist: Richard Thompson
Origin: Australia
Label: Island (1976)
Format: 2 X LP
Availability: Enquire Now
Condition:
Cover: VG
Record: VG+
Genre: Acoustic , Folk Rock , Rock U

(Guitar, Vocal) A Collection Of Unreleased And Rare Material 1967-1976

Very smart clean double album housed in a gatefold cover.having minor ring wear.

As others have said, the stand-outs here are the two extended live tracks from the early 70s: "Night Comes In" & "Calvary Cross."  As one who bought Thompson's first album the week it came out more than 30 years ago, I've followed his brilliant career for more than half my life, and these two live cuts are the best things he's released.  I've seen him many times live, and he attains remarkable heights of lyricism in concert, but it's seldom caught and recorded as it is here.  These two cuts are simply radiant and transcendent, expressing the Sufi spirituality for which he was living at the time.  These two songs are, quite simply, the best of Richard Thompson.

Fairport Convention Time Will Show The Wiser
Written-By – Emitt Rhodes
 3:03        
A2 –Fairport Convention Throwaway Street Puzzle
Written-By – Hutchings*, Thompson*
 3:18        
A3 –Fairport Convention Mr. Lacey
Written-By – Hutchings*
 2:53        
A4 –Fairport Convention The Ballad Of Easy Rider
Written-By – Roger McGuinn
 4:34        
A5 –Fairport Convention Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman
Written-By – Swarbrick*, Thompson*
 5:23        
B1 –Fairport Convention Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
Written-By – Chuck Berry
 4:18        
B2 –Richard & Linda Thompson A Heart Needs A Home
Producer – John Wood, Richard ThompsonWritten-By – Thompson*
 4:04        
B3 –Richard & Linda Thompson The Dark End Of The Street
Written-By – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
 4:22        
B4 –Richard & Linda Thompson It'll Be Me
Written-By – Jack Clement
 4:22        
C1 –Richard Thompson Flee As A Bird
Arranged By – Thompson*Engineer – John WoodWritten-By – Trad.*
 3:11        
C2 –Richard & Linda Thompson Night Comes In
Written-By – Thompson*
 12:24        
D1 –Richard Thompson The Pitfall / The Excursion
Engineer – John WoodWritten-By – Thompson*
 3:02        
D2 –Richard & Linda Thompson Calvary Cross
Written-By – Thompson*
 13:27