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Richard Thompson - Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland August 23 - 28, 1987

Track listing:
  1. Turning Of The Tide 2:37
  2. Walking On A Wire 4:31
  3. Two Left Feet 3:44
  4. Pharoah 4:32
  5. Banish Misfortune 2:45
  6. She Twists The Knife Again 4:04
  7. Killerman Gold Posse 2:37
  8. Al Bowley's In Heaven 4:43
  9. Valerie 3:21
  10. Missy 3:57
  11. Wall Of Death 3:04
  12. Not Fade Away 2:33
  13. Withered And Died 2:38
  14. A Bone Thru Her Nose 4:00
  15. Smitty's Glass Eye 4:08
  16. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again 3:28
  17. Real Gone Gal 4:52
  18. Hand Of Kindness 4:36
  19. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart 5:43

Notes

Richard Thompson
Assembly Rooms
Edinburgh, Scotland
August 23 - 28, 1987

Source: German FM broadcast

CD 1:
01. Turning Of The Tide
02. Walking On A Wire
03. Two Left Feet*
04. Pharoah*
05. Banish Misfortune
06. She Twists The Knife Again
07. Killerman Gold Posse
08. Al Bowley's In Heaven
09. Valerie
10. Missy
11. Wall Of Death
12. Not Fade Away
13. Withered And Died*
14. A Bone Thru Her Nose
15. Smitty's Glass Eye
16. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again
17. Real Gone Gal
18. Hand Of Kindness

Bonus Track:
19. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart ("Traveling Folk" Radio Scotland, August 20, 1987)

*spliced or cut in the broadcast

Notes: I recently transferred this for a trade and thought while I was at it I'd share it with all my dime friends. The tape came from an italian trader back in late 80's or early 90's. Richard played 4 solo shows at the Assembly Rooms between 8/23-8/28 and I'm not sure which date(s) this is from. Listening to this show back in the day on cassette I was always slightly annoyed by the somewhat intrusive German DJ. Not only did he speak between songs but on at least one occasion a song would fade out and he would talk and then it would fade back in.With the transfer to cd I was able to edit out the intrusive parts that were there for no good reason, I kept all the DJ chatter that was translating something Richard was saying on stage during Richard's stage banter and have edited out the parts that were between songs with nothing in the back ground. So, there is no music or stage banter edited out. The splice in Two Left Feet is due to a song fade at which point the DJ interrupted, then a fade back in, I simply edited out the DJ speaking and the only music missing is what was missing on the actual broadcast. The splice during Pharoah is due a commercial inserted in the middle of the song, in both cases there is a quick fade out and fade back in as in the original broadcast. Withered And Died is partial due to a fade out and then a commercial was played, the commercial has been edited out. As a bonus track I've added Richard's performance on the "Traveling Folk" show on Radio Scotland from August 20. mjk5510