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Track List
01) Time to Ring Some Changes
02) Beat the Retreat
03) Woman or a Man?
04) A Heart Needs a Home
05) For Shame of Doing Wrong
06) Genesis Hall
07) Honky-Tonk Blues
08) Small Town Romance
09) I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
10) Down Where the Drunkards Roll
11) Love is Bad for Business
12) The Great Valerio
13) Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart
14) Never Again
15) How Many Times Do You Have To Fall
16) Roll Over Vaughan Williams (instrumental)
17) Meet On The Ledge
01) Time to Ring Some Changes
02) Beat the Retreat
03) Woman or a Man?
04) A Heart Needs a Home
05) For Shame of Doing Wrong
06) Genesis Hall
07) Honky-Tonk Blues
08) Small Town Romance
09) I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
10) Down Where the Drunkards Roll
11) Love is Bad for Business
12) The Great Valerio
13) Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart
14) Never Again
15) How Many Times Do You Have To Fall
16) Roll Over Vaughan Williams (instrumental)
17) Meet On The Ledge
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First Released
1984
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Happy
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"Small Town Romance" Released in 1984 is a live album by Richard Thompson (formerly of Fairport Convention).
Before and after the "Tour From Hell" to promote the Richard and Linda Thompson album Shoot Out the Lights, Richard played solo shows in the USA in 1982. Three of these shows were recorded for radio broadcasts. When Thompson left the ailing Hannibal Records label in 1984, the release of an album collated from the 1982 live recordings was negotiated as part of the amicable separation.
Thompson was unhappy with the quality of the recordings and the performances and later persuaded Hannibal to delete Small Town Romance from their catalog. But the demand continued, and in the face of bootleg versions and high prices being paid for second-hand copies, the album was re-released, with Thompson's consent, in 1997.
The album might be described as "warts and all". Thompson's vocals are sometimes shaky, especially on songs formerly sung by Linda Thompson, but for many years this was the only legitimate record available of Richard Thompson playing a solo, acoustic show - a live presentation which he has increasingly featured and which now makes up the majority of his live performances.
The album's cover photo features Thompson peering out a hotel window, whilst holding an acoustic guitar made for him by American luthier Danny Ferrington. This guitar appears in the cover photo of Thompson's previous release Hand of Kindness.
The 1986 Compact Disc release of the album, later deleted but subsequently reissued in 1997, included three extra tracks.
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"Small Town Romance" Released in 1984 is a live album by Richard Thompson (formerly of Fairport Convention).
Before and after the "Tour From Hell" to promote the Richard and Linda Thompson album Shoot Out the Lights, Richard played solo shows in the USA in 1982. Three of these shows were recorded for radio broadcasts. When Thompson left the ailing Hannibal Records label in 1984, the release of an album collated from the 1982 live recordings was negotiated as part of the amicable separation.
Thompson was unhappy with the quality of the recordings and the performances and later persuaded Hannibal to delete Small Town Romance from their catalog. But the demand continued, and in the face of bootleg versions and high prices being paid for second-hand copies, the album was re-released, with Thompson's consent, in 1997.
The album might be described as "warts and all". Thompson's vocals are sometimes shaky, especially on songs formerly sung by Linda Thompson, but for many years this was the only legitimate record available of Richard Thompson playing a solo, acoustic show - a live presentation which he has increasingly featured and which now makes up the majority of his live performances.
The album's cover photo features Thompson peering out a hotel window, whilst holding an acoustic guitar made for him by American luthier Danny Ferrington. This guitar appears in the cover photo of Thompson's previous release Hand of Kindness.
The 1986 Compact Disc release of the album, later deleted but subsequently reissued in 1997, included three extra tracks.
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