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THOMPSON Richard & Linda
London, GB
* 1974	+ 1982

Line-Up (1982):

Richard Thompson - voc,g
Linda Thompson

Former Members:

Simon Nicol (g, 10/79-cca 2/80)
Pat Donaldson (bg, cca 9/75, 10/79); Mick Evans (bg, 3/77-?); Dave Pegg (bg, 11/78-cca 2/79); Andy Brown (bg, cca 2/80)
Dave Mattacks (ds, cca 9/75, cca 2/80); Roger Powell (ds, 3/77-?); Dave Sheen (ds, 11/78); Mike Arscot (ds, 2/79-cca 10/79)
Ian Whiteman (p, 3/77-?)
John Kirkpatrick (melodeon,concertina, cca 9/75, 11/78-cca 2/79)
Sue Kirkpatrick (dulcimer, 11/78); Sue Harris (oboe,dulcimer, 2/79)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight	4/1974	Island
2.	Hokey Pokey produced by: Richard Thompson	14.02.1975	Island		25
3.	Pour Down Like Silver produced by: Richard Thompson/John Wood	07.11.1975	Island
4.	First Light produced by: Richard Thompson/John Wood	06.10.1978	Chrysalis
5.	Sunnyvista	21.09.1979	Chrysalis
6.	Shoot Out The Lights produced by: Joe Boyd	19.03.1982	Hannibal
7.	The Best of ... (The Island Records Years)	25.07.2000	Island
8.	Walking On A Wire 1968-2009 (4CD)	11.08.2009	Soundfactory
9.	In Concert November 1975	27.07.2010	Universal
10.	Hard Luck Stories 1972-1982	9/2020	Universal

Richard Thompson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Morris On & Ashley Hutchings & Dave Mattacks & John Kirkpatrick	1972	Island
2.	Henry The Human Fly	6/1972	Island
3.	(guitar, vocal) A Collection Of Unreleased And Rare Material 1967-1976 (2LP)	5/1976	Island
4.	Strict Tempo	7/1981	Elixir
5.	Hand Of Kindness	6/1983	Hannibal		28
6.	Live At Crawley	1983
7.	Small Town Romance	12/1984	Hannibal
8.	Across A Crowded Room	3/1985	Polydor		80	102
9.	Daring Adventures	10/1986	Polydor		92	142
10.	The Marksman	10/1987	BBC
11.	Amnesia	10/1988	Capitol		89	182
12.	Rumor And Sigh	5/1991	Capitol		32
13.	Sweet Talker	1992
14.	Watching The Dark - The History Of Richard Thompson (3CD)	6/1993	Ryko
15.	Mirror Blue produced by: Mitchell Froom	1/1994	Capitol		23	109
16.	you?me?us? (2CD) produced by: Mitchell Froom	22.04.1996	Capitol		32	97
17.	Industry & Danny Thompson	5/1997	Parlophone		69
18.	The Bones Of All Men & Philip Pickett	1998	Hannibal
19.	Small Town Romance / Live In N.Y. 82	1998	Hannibal
20.	Mock Tudor	23.08.1999			28
21.	Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years	27.03.2001	Capitol
22.	The Old Kit Bag	2/2003	Cooking Vinyl		52	121
23.	Live from Austin, TX	17.05.2005	New West
24.	Front Parlour Ballads	09.08.2005	Cooking Vinyl		54	197
25.	1,000 Years of Popular Music	2005
26.	Grizzly Man	06.09.2005	Cooking Vinyl
27.	RT - The Life and Music of Richard Thompson (5CD box set)	07.02.2006	Free Reed
28.	Sweet Warrior	28.05.2007	Shout! Factory		39
29.	Walking On A Wire: Richard Thompson (1968-2009)	10.08.2009	4CD
30.	Dream Attic	27.08.2010	Proper		20	83
31.	Live from Austin TX	05.06.2012	New West
32.	Electric	05.02.2013	New West		16	75
33.	Acoustic Classics	22.07.2014	Beeswing		16	103
34.	Still	23.06.2015	Proper		10	82
35.	Acoustic Classics 2	8/2017	Beeswing		24
36.	Acoustic Rarities	10/2017	Beeswing		84
37.	Live At Rockpalast credited to: The Richard Thompson Band	11/2017
38.	13 Rivers	9/2018	Proper		18
39.	Ship To Shore	5/2024	New West		46

Linda Thompson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	One Clear Moment	1985	Warner Bros
2.	Dreams Fly Away	01.07.1996	Rykodisc
3.	Give Me A Sad Song	2001	Fledg'ling
4.	Fashionably Late produced by: Edward Haber featuring: Richard Thompson, Van Dyke Parks, Rufus Wainwright, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Danny Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Kate Rusby	30.07.2002	Rounder
5.	Versatile Heart produced by: Edward Haber	03.09.2007	Rounder
6.	Won't Be Long Now	15.10.2013	Topic		76

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight / When I Get To The Border	15.02.1974	Island
2.	Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Man) / I'll Regret It All In The Morning	31.01.1975	Island
3.	Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart / First Light	1/1979	Chrysalis
4.	Georgie On A Spree / Civilization	19.10.1979	Chrysalis
5.	Don't Renege On Your Love / Living In Luxury	19.03.1982	Hannibal

Richard Thompson:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Meet On The Ledge / Throwaway Street Puzzle	1968
2.	The Wrong Heartbeat / Devonside	22.07.1983	Hannibal
3.	You Don't Say / When The Spell Is Broken	6/1985	Polydor
4.	Turning Of The Tide / Pharoah	11/1988	Capitol
5.	Reckless Kind (live) / Turning Of The Tide (live) 12" + Pharoah (live) / Can't Win (live) CD + Jerusalem On The Jukebox (live)	9/1989	Capitol
6.	I Feel So Good / Harry's Theme CD + Backlash Love Affair	6/1991	Capitol
7.	Write About Love	10/1991
8.	I Misunderstood / 1952 CD + Vincent / Black Lightning	3/1992	Capitol

Compilation Appearances:

"Dimming Of The Day" on OST "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (28.5.02, DMZ/Columbia)

Richard Thompson:

http://www.richard-thompson.co.uk

appeared on the LP:

Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left (9/69, Island)
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (6/70, Island)
John Martyn: Bless The Weather (11/71, Island)
John Martyn: Solid Air (2/73, Island)
Andy Roberts: Urban Cowboy (6/73, Elektra)
Sandy Denny: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (31.5.74, Island)
Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper: Fantasies From A Corner Seat (5/75, Transatlantic)
Albion Band: Rise Up Like The Sun (10.3.78, Harvest)
Murray Head: How Many Ways (6/81, Music Lovers)
Dave Swarbrick: Smiddyburn (7/81, Logo)
Pere Ubu: Song Of The Bailing Man (1/82, Rough Trade)
J.J. Cale: 8 (16.9.83, Mercury)
David Thomas: Variations On A Theme (12/83, Rough Trade)
T-Bone Burnett: Behind The Trap Door (9.11.84, Demon)
Loudon Wainwright III: I'm Alright (9/85, Rounder)
Bonnie Raitt: Luck Of The Draw (6/91, Capitol)
Robert Plant: Fate Of Nations (10.5.93, Es Paranza)
Tim Finn: Before And After (28.6.93, Capitol)
Norma Waterson: The Very Thought Of You (21.6.99, Hannibal)
Linda Thompson: Fashionably Late (30.7.02, Rounder)
Loudon Wainwright III: So Damn Happy (19.8.03, Sanctuary)
Blind Boys Of Alabama: Go Tell It on the Mountain (16.9.03, Real World)
Los Lobos: The Ride (4.5.04, Hollywood)
Rufus Wainwright: Release The Stars (5/07, Geffen)
Cat Stevens: Tell 'Em I'm Gone (27.10.14, Sony Legacy)
Derek Smalls: Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) (13.4.18)

appeared on the SP:

John Kirkpatrick: Jogging Along With Me Reindeer (14.11.80, Dingles)
Rufus Wainwright: Tiergarten (29.10.07)

Compilation Appearances:

"Tear Stained Letter" on compilation "Twentieth Anniversary" (3.2.04, Rykodisc)
"Vincent Black Lightning 1952" on compilation "Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01" (3.7.06, Rough Trade)
"Mingulay Boat Song" on compilation "Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys" (22.8.06, Anti-)
"The Coo Coo Bird" on compilation "The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited" (24.10.06, Shout! Factory, & Eliza Carthy)
"General Taylor" on compilation "Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys" (18.2.13, Anti-, feat. Jack Shit)

Awards:

2010 Mojo Honours List - Mojo Les Paul Award
2010 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Linda Thompson:

appeared on the LP:

Richard Thompson: Henry The Human Fly (6/72, Island)
Albion Band: Rise Up Like The Sun (10.3.78, Harvest)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	6	08.02.1975	1
1975	6	08.02.1975	41	Albums	album review
1975	10	08.03.1975	48	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	19	03.05.1975	29	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	46	15.11.1975	28	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	51	20.12.1975	22	Albums	album review
1977	13	26.03.1977	5
1978	38	26.09.1978	4
1978	40	14.10.1978	22	Albums	album review
1978	41	28.10.1978	3	News
1978	44	18.11.1978	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	4	27.01.1979	4	News
1979	36	22.09.1979	32	Albums	album review
1979	39	13.10.1979	3	News
1979	40	20.10.1979	21	Singles	single review
1979	41	03.11.1979	45	Any Questions?
1979	43	17.11.1979	38	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	7	15.02.1980	3	News
1980	42	29.11.1980	33	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	26	27.06.1981	35	Caught In The Act	gig review
1982	11	13.03.1982	19	Albums	album review
1982	13	27.03.1982	27	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	0	22.02.1975	22	Platters	album review
1975	0	03.05.1975	32	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	13.09.1975	37	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	08.11.1975	18	Platters	album review
1975	0	22.11.1975	39	On The Town	gig review