RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson - RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson

RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson
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Artist: Richard Thompson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Music Label: Free Reed Us Release
Soundtracks:
Music CD 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
Music CD 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
Music CD 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
Music CD 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
Music CD 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

Music reviews of RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson

Music Review: don't hesitate if you are a fan of Fairport to recent
Rating: 5 Stars

I give this box 5 stars due to the labor of love that was poured into it like Silver (sorry, couldn't resist). my personal thoughts: I'm a big fan of the RT era from '90 up till now. I got about 2 solid cd's worth of must have songs from this box. Hearing the older stuff certainly turned me on to some stuff i was unaware of but at the same time the fairport years and even most stuff w/ Linda's vox I can't stand.
Since I'm a die-hard collector in general, this box did a great job of exploring all avenues of RT. There are some typos in the booklet and the "up-selling" the label tries to do within the RT booklet of their own back catalogue is a bit fishy. Otherwise this is a great find and my copy even has the mail-away only cd you got the voucher for in first pressings. Book is very detailed but the graphics on the cd covers & in the book look like this was done at home on a matrix ink printer.
The mesmerizing music that comes out of this box is well worth the minor hassles though. If you are a devotee to RT then grab this up! He is only the best singer/guitarist/songwriter that has ever lived! The different genres, styles and moods you get on this cd is almost overwhelming.

Description of RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson

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.


For Richard Thompson fanatics (and those who admire the brilliant songwriter and virtuoso guitarist tend to be quite ardent about him), this five-disc set of obscurities, outtakes, live performances, and previously unreleased material is the holy grail. Earlier releases from Free Reed found the label mining the riches of British folk-rock from the likes of Fairport Convention (which featured Thompson in its most popular incarnation), but here they've hit the mother lode. This isn't the place for a newcomer to start with Thompson, as other "best-of" anthologies and career-spanning compilations might provide a better introduction. Instead, this is a treasure trove that will offer discovery for even the most devoted fan. Each disc has a theme--epic ballads, discarded songs, the essential canon--with the disc of cover versions particularly fascinating. From performance tapes, Thompson makes everything from the Who's "Substitute" and Squeeze's "Tempted" to the traditional "Danny Boy" and "Shenandoah" sound like his own. The expansive selection illuminates Thompson as an artist of great range and subtlety, humor and heart, from the intimacy of his solo acoustic performances to galvanizing, electrically charged renditions of masterpieces such as "Shoot Out the Lights," "For Shame of Doing Wrong," and "Calvary Cross." An accompanying 168-page book provides biographical context and exhaustive annotation (though somehows seem to tag "Shoot Out the Lights" as solo acoustic when it's plainly full-band electric). --Don McLeese

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