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Richard & Linda Thompson - The Great American Music Hall June 6, 1982 (late) (1982)

Track listing:
  1. Announcer Intro > I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 4:38
  2. Walking On A Wire 6:23
  3. Hard Luck Stories 4:32
  4. Wall Of Death 4:13
  5. Pavanne 6:17
  6. Sloth 17:42
  7. Band Intros By Richard 1:03
  8. Talk -intro To Next Song 0:29
  9. The Backstreet Slide 5:54
  10. Withered & Died 6:04
  11. Genesis Hall 5:52
  12. Borrowed Time 7:44
  13. Thanks, Crowd And Talk Before Encores 1:56
  14. I'm A Dreamer 5:35
  15. Great Balls Of Fire 3:57
  16. Final Thanks & Crowd 0:09

Notes

San Francisco

The last night of the American tour from audience cassette masters, recorded from the railing of the balcony (stage left side). Decent sound quality - check the samples to judge for yourself how it sounds.

Linda sounds a bit weary when she talks and misses a vocal entry in Bright Lights Tonight, but overall I think that these are really good shows. There is actually quite a bit of joking around that disguises the tenseness of this rough tour and the end of Richard & Linda as a couple. They were at least trying to play well - they repeat I'm a Dreamer at the late show, hoping to record a better version than it had been in the early show. That indicates that they actually hoped to use the tapes from this tour - an interesting concept considering that these were to be the last perfomances of the band.