RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON
De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
May 8, 1975
Mono audience recording - unknown lineage
1. Shady Lies
2. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
3. Nobody's Wedding
4. Life Goes On Just The Same
5. Never Again
6. If I Was A Woman And You Were A Man
7. A Heart Needs A Home
8. Dargai / Kerry Reel
9. Geordie On A Spree
10. Love Hurts
11. Beat The Retreat (incomplete)
12. Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair
13. The Wild Side Of Life +
14. The Great Valerio
15. Hokey Pokey
16. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight *
17. The Poor Ditching Boy *
Total time 1:14:14
Richard Thompson - guitar, vocals
Linda Thompson - vocals
+ with a bass player named Percy
* with Fungus
http://richardthompson-music.com/
Notes:
A typically appalling audience recording of a Richard and Linda gig from the pair's brief tour of the Netherlands in 1975. It's worth persevering with, however, as the show is enjoyable and includes a fair number of unusual covers. Local band Fungus provide the backing on the last two tracks.
When I received this show the info file said it was sourced from a Dutch radio broadcast by AVRO radio and the show date was given as July 9, 1979. Some research proved this to be incorrect. A radio broadcast of that show in Rotterdam on July 9, 1979 exists but it's a completely different show and is much shorter. Hence the wrong date on the cover artwork.
Obviously, the taper turned his machine off between the songs to save tape. After 46 minutes track 11 is cut off, most likely because he ran out of cassette tape and had to turn it over.
Sound is not that great, some mic bumps here and there - please check the samples!
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Uploaded to DIME by propylaen in January 2014.
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