Help please -- "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"

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About three years ago, in a random search for music I downloaded "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" by Richard and Linda Thompson.

Two years ago, I lost my entire mp3 collection. Fortunately, I keep my mp3s filed and catalogued, so I was able to recover them all completely, if tediously. Anyways, I downloaded "Bright Lights" again, but to my complete surprise, I found out that the version I knew and loved was not Richard and Linda Thompson. And quite frankly, that other version was way better. I searched for that version but was never able to find it again. It was just a woman and an acoustic guitar, I think. Does anyone know who this is?

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

Was it the exact same songs?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

There's a very nice version that Ida did - it's a b-side of the poor dumb bird single

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

I just realized you were talking about the SONG, duh!

I know there are some live/bootleg versions abound (one is even the bonus track on the recent reissue.) Did the woman sound like Thompson?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

Uh... kinda. Don't know much about Linda Thompson, but I guess it coulda been her.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 27 October 2006 03:41 (nineteen years ago)

search the Ida version anyway

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 27 October 2006 03:58 (nineteen years ago)

I believe Julie Covington did this as well.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:43 (nineteen years ago)

Buy the album, it'll only cost you about a fiver

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:54 (nineteen years ago)

Linda played this solo on her last tour, so it's possible she recorded a version of it, too, for something. Or maybe you heard a live session version that just sounded like a studio version?

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

Buy the album, it'll only cost you about a fiver

You can download music...FROM THE INTERNET?!?

― The Real Esteban Buttez (EstieButtez1), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

a-HEM

― Venga (Venga), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

This same thing happent to me, actually, and it was the Ida version

― people explosion (Sonny A.), Friday, 27 October 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

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