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Richard Thompson - Gerdes Folk City

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. The Choice Wife 3:03
  2. Time To Ring Some Changes 5:26
Volume 2
  1. Hokey Pokey 3:51
  2. Banish Misfortune 3:41
  3. Strange Affair 4:59
  4. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) 2:59
  5. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart 3:58
  6. How I Wanted To 4:05
  7. Rockin' In Rhythm 2:57
  8. You're Going To Need Somebody 3:26
  9. The Flowers Of The Forest 3:55
  10. The Random Jig / Dirty Linen 2:50
  11. Why Don't Women Like Me? 3:13
  12. Streets Of Paradise 3:30
  13. Never Again 3:35
  14. Man In Need 4:15
  15. Pavanne 5:45
  16. Move It On Over 3:47
  17. Dimming Of The Day 5:16
  18. Down Where The Drunkards Roll 5:40
  19. A Heart Needs A Home 4:34
  20. Loch Lomond 2:38
Volume 3
  1. Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair 2:58
  2. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart 3:52
  3. The Inverness Gathering/Maggie Cameron 5:51
  4. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) 3:48
  5. How I Wanted To 4:16
  6. Don't Renege On Our Love 5:02
  7. Strange Affair 5:02
  8. Woman Or A Man 2:21
  9. How Many Times 4:39
  10. Banish Misfortune 3:54
  11. Nobody's Wedding 4:04
  12. Just The Motion 7:35
  13. Lucky In Life 3:36
  14. Small Time Romance 3:43
  15. Backstreet Slide 3:47
  16. The Great Valerio 6:48
Volume 4
  1. Beat The Retreat 6:40
  2. Move It On Over 3:06
  3. Hokey Pokey 3:56
  4. The Choice Wife 2:46
  5. Walking On A Wire 5:52
  6. Strange Affair 4:26
  7. Rockin In Rhythm 3:13
  8. A Heart Needs A Home 5:01
  9. Why Don't Women Like Me? 3:18
  10. Aborted Mandolin Song 2:05
  11. The Old Changing Way 5:07
  12. A Man In Need 3:55
  13. Genesis Hall 4:40
  14. Love Is Bad For Business 2:42
  15. Rainbow Over The Hill 2:54
  16. Dargai 4:32
  17. You're Gonna Need Somebody 3:24
Volume 5
  1. The Wrong Heartbeat 3:43
  2. Never Again 2:50
  3. Pavanne 8:12
  4. For Shame Of Doing Wrong 5:14
  5. When I Get To The Border 2:24
  6. Down Where The Drunkards Roll 5:34
  7. Honky Tonk Blues 3:18
  8. Black Waterside 2:21
  9. Traces Of Our Love 1:28
  10. John The Gun 2:53
  11. Hard Luck Stories 2:02
  12. Honky Tonk Blues 0:47

Notes

RICHARD THOMPSON FOLK CITY,NYC SEPT.29,1982 EARLY SHOW

THE CHOICE WIFE
TIME TO RING SOME CHANGES

RESEED FROM EARLIER TORRENT OF 2 SONGS MISSING FROM MY 4 CD SET

FM UNKNOWN LINEAGE > WAVE > FLAC

CASSETTE SB MASTER > DAT

complete sessions for "Small Town Romance"

These Gerdes Folk City shows have appeared in several different forms over the years, including the official release Small Town Romance and the bootleg Alone With His Guitar. The title of that particular boot is perhaps a little misleading, as there's an awful lot of mandolin in these shows...

This is the most complete document of these gigs to emerge so far. Only the early show from the first night is missing. All are soundboard recordings taped to DAT, and the sound quality is as high as you'd expect. The setlist is superb, with the re-emergence of Nobody's Wedding, an unusual selection of covers (performed with varying degrees of seriousness) and several songs from the Linda years which were fairly soon to disappear from Richard's gigs almost entirely.