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Linda Thompson - Dreams Fly Away : A History Of Linda Thompson

Track listing:
  1. Lonely Hearts 5:08
  2. Walking On A Wire (Previously Unissued) 5:13
  3. I Live Not Where I Love (Previously Unissued In The U.S.) 5:23
  4. Sometimes It Happens (Previously Unissued) 2:08
  5. For Shame Of Doing Wrong 4:43
  6. Talking Like A Man (Re-mixed B-side) 3:24
  7. Sisters 4:49
  8. Shay Fan Yan Ley (Long Deleted U.K. Recording - Previously Unissued In The U.S.) 1:06
  9. One Clear Moment (Remix) 4:08
  10. First Light (Demo - Previously Commercially Unavailable) 4:05
  11. Pavanne (Live - Previously Unissued) 5:14
  12. Many Dreams Must Fly Away (Demo - Previously Unissued) 2:44
  13. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 3:09
  14. The Great Valerio (Live - Previously Unissued) 5:17
  15. Insult To Injury (Demo - Previously Unissued) 3:44
  16. The Poor Boy Is Taken Away 3:36
  17. Blackwaterside (Previously Unissued) 2:09
  18. Telling Me Lies 4:23
  19. I'm A Dreamer (Previously Unissued) 4:10
  20. Dimming Of The Day (Previously Unissued) 3:40

Notes

Dreams Fly Away, a retrospective of the career of Linda Thompson, is a terrific introduction to one of the great female voices in popular music. A healthy dose of rare and unreleased tracks, along with previously available material from her career with Richard Thompson and solo, make this a must for fans and novitiates alike. Some of the unreleased gems include a haunting, live "The Great Valerio," what may be the definitive version of Sandy Denny's "I'm a Dreamer" from the Gerry Rafferty-produced Shoot Out the Lights sessions, and "Pavanne," recorded live in Hamburg, Germany.