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Richard Thompson, Niles Hokkanen & Eric Hokkanen - The Atomic Hip Zips (1982)

Track listing:
  1. Move It On Over 2:47
  2. [intro] 1:01
  3. Down Where the Drunkards Roll 4:26
  4. [chat] 0:33
  5. Banish Misfortune 3:09
  6. [chat/tuning) 0:43
  7. Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart 3:32
  8. [intro] 0:34
  9. Just the Motion 4:09
  10. The Foolish Woman 0:58
  11. Honky Tonk Blues 3:55
  12. Learning the Game 4:14
  13. [chat] 1:28
  14. Farther Along 3:56
  15. (intro) 0:47
  16. ?? 5:08
  17. Melodie au Crepuscule 1:28

Notes

Richard Thompson
with Niles Hokkanen & Eric Hokkanen
(The Atomic Hip Zips)
somewhere in Florida*

[SPEED-CORRECTED VERSION]

low generation cass

What to say here? Ok, you'll recognise that four of these tracks have long circulated as the "Sugar Hill demos", with a date of August 1982, other musicians unknown. This tape was given to a friend of mine over 20 years ago, and I didn't realize until recently that it wasn't exactly common. The tape is labelled "Richard Thompson radio show 3-82". I trust the date on the tape, which I feel is corroborated by RT's comments in track 08. "Radio show"? I don't know. What I was told was that it was recorded for/by/at a radio station in Florida*. Whether it was ever broadcast is unknown, but if so, this seems to be pre-FM, there is no radio station announcer or ID, just the three musicians.


* [probably WMMF FM Studios, Tampa Florida]