r< 1980 Capital radio London FM
Richard & Linda Thompson (& Simon Nicol)
"Richard Digance & Friends"
Capital Radio foyer
Euston Road, London
various dates as follows
1980-02-10
introduction
Lonely Hearts
Strange Affair
Sunnyvista
Crying In The Rain
mono recording with Simon Nicol
1980-06-22
introduction
Just the Motion
How Many Times Do You Have To Fall
Sweet Georgia Brown (Ric Saunders, Simon Nicol, RT)
Modern Woman
Break My Mind
with Simon Nicol
1980-12-07
introduction
Lucky In Life
Just The Motion
Time to Ring Some Changes (Simon Nicol solo)
Every Dog Has His Day (Simon Nicol solo)
Back Street Slide
Walking On A Wire
with Simon Nicol
Phew! Rock & Roll anecdote: In the early 80s the singer-songwriter-comedian-
entertainer-allroundgoodbloke Richard Digance presented a 1 hour show on Capital
radio which featured all sorts of - usually folk - artists. In 1980 these were
recorded in front of a live audience but later the show dispensed with the audience.
A very good friend of mine used to cut Richard's hair on a regular basis and as a
direct result he was invited to the live shows and attended many - but more importantly
he recorded almost every single subsequent broadcast - at least 200 shows.
This compilation gathers the appearances on the show in 1980 by Richard & Linda
Thompson together - for the sake of completeness - three contemporaneous performances
of relevance. I am not sure whether these are broadcast or recording dates.
I have made tape copies before but this is a digital first. Small amounts of
interference at times present on master tapes and quality wavers at times. I
have indexed the first intro for each show but subsequent chatter has been left at
the end of each song.
lineage: master Sony CHF or BHF cassettes > Aiwa AD-F810 >
Soundblaster Live! > HD > edited and normalized with Nero WaveEditor 4 > flac > Dime