An article on the Guardian today discusses it, but here's the skinny:
The Life and Music of Richard Thompson [BOX SET]
Audio CD (February 7, 2006) Format: Box set Label: Free Reed
Product Description
A 5-CD celebration of the life and music of Richard Thompson featuring: classic, rare and previously-unreleased recordings from his entire career. Comprising five themed CDs, over 90 tracks... The set has been compiled with unprecedented access to Richard's own archives and major Thompson collectors worlwide. While it features the classic Richard Thompson songs, as well as recordings never heard before by even the most devoted of fans, the set is made up almost entirely of previously unreleased and extremely hard to find recordings.
Disc: 1 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. Madonna's Wedding 8. Walking The Long Miles Home 9. Withered and Died 10. Beat the Retreat 11. The Great Valerio 12. Walking on a Wire 13. Never Again 14. The End of the Rainbow 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 1. I Feel so Good 2. Push and Shove 3. Time to Ring Some Changes 4. Cooksferry Queen 5. Waltzing 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. Gethesmane 11. Tear-stained Letter 12. Wall Of Death 13. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 14. From Galway to Graceland 15. Crazy Man Michael 16. Dimming of the Day 17. Beeswing
Disc: 3 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 1. Substitute 2. Tempted 3. (The Story of) Hamlet 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 and the Hand Jive 12. Loch Lomond 13. Job of Journeywork 14. Napoleon's Dream 15. Sally Rackett 16. God Loves a Drunk 17. The Angels Took my Racehorse Away 18. Poseidon 19. Wall of Death 20. You'll Never Walk Alone 21. I Ain't Marching Anymore 22. The Who Medley
Disc: 5 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 in Life, Unlucky in Love 7. Dragging the River 8. Alexander Graham Bell 9. Someone Else's Fancy 10. Modern Woman 11. Woman or Man 12. My Daddy is a Mummy 13. You Got what you Wanted 14. In over your Head 15. Dear Janet Jackson
― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Thursday, 26 January 2006 03:15 (twenty years ago)
― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Thursday, 26 January 2006 03:16 (twenty years ago)
― Tyler Wilcox (tylerw), Thursday, 26 January 2006 04:04 (twenty years ago)
― clotpoll, Thursday, 26 January 2006 05:10 (twenty years ago)
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 26 January 2006 05:19 (twenty years ago)
More curiously 'though, I can't see anything from last year's Front Parlour Ballads.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 26 January 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)
That's true, those are due for a reissue.
I can live without something from Front Parlour Ballads, however, considering this collection is supposed to plunder the depths of Thompson's personal archive all the way back to Fairport's origins.
― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:12 (twenty years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:19 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:27 (twenty years ago)
"Now That I Am Dead" (disc 1, track 1) is on the 2nd FFKT album.
― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 26 January 2006 13:23 (twenty years ago)
Is that The Who's Substitute?The latest MOJO accompanying CD of Who covers has him doing "A Legal Matter"- one of the better things on there.
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 26 January 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Thursday, 26 January 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 26 January 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 26 January 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)
― TRG (TRG), Thursday, 26 January 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)
That said, it looks pretty fascinating.
― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 26 January 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)
― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:32 (twenty years ago)
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:31 (twenty years ago)
Well, yes.
― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:39 (twenty years ago)
― Brakhage (brakhage), Friday, 27 January 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)
― sleeve (sleeve), Saturday, 28 January 2006 00:41 (twenty years ago)
hey, how come nobody's mentioned this? http://www.amazon.com/Concert-November-Richard-Linda-Thompson/dp/B000S6LT4W the previously released stuff (from guitar, vocal) is awesome ... would really like to hear the rest of it, if not for that import price ...
― tylerw, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:25 (eighteen years ago)
37 used & new available from $12.57
― Matos W.K., Saturday, 10 November 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)