Richard_Thompson-Watching_The_Dark-3CD-1993-MTD

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Richard Thompson - Watching the Dark

ARTIST.....: Richard Thompson
TITLE......: Watching the Dark
LABEL......: Rykodisc

STORE DATE.: May-11-1993
GENRE......: Folk-Rock

ENCODER....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
SIZE.......: 272,8 MB


Track Listing:

     CD1

01 - A Man in Need                                   03:34
02 - Can't Win (Live)                                09:13
03 - Waltzing's for Dreamers                         04:07
04 - Crash the Party (Live)                          05:37
05 - I Still Dream                                   05:09
06 - Bird in God's Garden/Lost and Found             05:44
07 - Now Be Thankful                                 02:27
08 - A Sailor's Life                                 11:26
09 - Genesis Hall                                    03:39
10 - The Knife-Edge                                  05:32
11 - Walking on a Wire                               05:29
12 - Small Town Romance (Live)                       03:43
13 - Shepherd's March/Maggie Cameron (Live)          05:00
14 - Wall of Death                                   03:44

     CD2

01 - For Shame Of Doing Wrong                        04:30
02 - Back Street Slide                               04:28
03 - Strange Affair                                  03:11
04 - The Wrong Heartbeat                             03:12
05 - Borrowed Time                                   05:38
06 - From Galway To Graceland (Live)                 04:47
07 - Tear Stained Letter (Live)                      06:53
08 - Keep Your Distance                              04:12
09 - Bogie's Bonnie Belle (Live)                     03:52
10 - Poor Wee Jockey Clarke                          02:32
11 - Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair                    02:50
12 - Dimming Of The Day                              03:53
13 - Old Man Inside A Young Man                      04:29
14 - Never Again                                     03:10
15 - Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)                03:23
16 - A Heart Needs A Home (Live)                     04:01
17 - Beat The Retreat                                05:51

     CD3

01 - Al Bowlly's In Heaven (Live)                    05:13
02 - Walking Through A Wasted Land                   04:03
03 - When The Spell Is Broken (Live)                 06:56
04 - Devonside (Live)                                03:56
05 - Little Blue Number (Live)                       02:56
06 - I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More (Live)    05:12
07 - Withered And Died                               03:27
08 - Nobody's Wedding                                03:16
09 - The Poor Ditching Boy                           03:04
10 - The Great Valerio                               05:26
11 - Twisted                                         02:01
12 - Calvary Cross (Live)                            07:12
13 - Jennie (Live)                                   04:03
14 - Hand Of Kindness                                06:04
15 - Two Left Feet                                   03:55
16 - Shoot Out The Lights (Live)                     05:33

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                                                     cd1: 74:24 cd2: 70:52 cd3: 72:17
Release Notes:

Multi-disc box-sets usually fall into two categories ù they're
either overstuffed "Greatest Hits" compilations, or packed with
enough rarities to ensure loyal fans will part with their money.
Since Richard Thompson's career hasn't sent him perilously close
to worldwide stardom, the triple-disc anthology Watching the Dark
was created with the latter market in mind, and if it falls short
of being the perfect overview of Thompson's wildly varied career,
it's a superb set that manages the not-inconsiderable feat of
drawing an accurate picture of the height and breadth of
Thompson's body of work, and offers enough buried treasures to
leave jaded fans chuckling with glee. Sequenced thematically
rather than chronologically, Watching the Dark covers Thompson's
favorite themes well enough ù there's enough spiritual mystery,
mortal heartbreak, and British traditionalism to satisfy nearly
anyone ù and while the first priority appears to be Thompson the
songwriter, Thompson the musician is documented with a similar
degree of devotion. Watching The Dark gives relatively short
shrift to Thompson's work with Fairport Convention and his
experimental collaborations, but as an overview of his solo work
(both with and without former wife and frequent collaborator Linda
Thompson), it's remarkably thorough, and packed with fascinating
and illuminating rarities. There are copious concert recordings,
fascinating studio outtakes, and a handful of otherwise
unavailable songs, along with an intelligently chosen selection of
highlights from the first 25 years of his career in music. The
sheer bulk of Watching the Dark (over three and a half hours of
music) makes this a difficult introduction to Richard Thompson's
work, but anyone with more than a passing familiarity with his
music will be dazzled by it ù few box sets honor their subject
with as much intelligence and depth as Watching the Dark.

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