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Richard Thompson - Live Town & Country Club 1991 (1991)

Track listing:
  1. Read About Love 3:41
  2. Gypsy Love Songs 5:38
  3. Keep Your Distance 4:18
  4. Tear Stained Letter 7:02
  5. Oh I Swear 7:11
  6. I Misunderstood 5:02
  7. I Feel So Good 3:25
  8. Valerie 3:38
  9. Mother Knows Best 5:55
  10. Mystery Wind 6:40
  11. Crash The Party 5:52

Notes

Recorded live at the Town and Country Club in London, England on August 18, 1991.

A full-band affair with some of the usual suspects (Clive Gregson, John Kirkpatrick, Pat Donaldson on bass, Dave Mattacks on drums) and special guest Shawn Colvin on backup vocals.

As for highlights, one of the best parts of this show has to be the rendition of Oh I Swear (from the Hard Cash soundtrack), with Shawn Colvin taking a particularly prominent role. Many of the other songs are also given slightly different arrangements, with John Kirkpatrick's accordion playing a central role. This is also the only recording I've currently got featuring Mother Knows Best.

The bootleg is FM-sourced, so sound quality is high, although there's some light static on certain tracks. It's also almost certainly an edited show, as with most of these broadcasts. If there's a complete representative of this line-up, I'd love to hear it.

Update: and now there is! Glenside '91, and an essential listen it is too.