Richard & Linda Thompson - Once Brave Henry

Artwork

Disc 1

  1. Nobody's Wedding
  2. Shady Lies
  3. The Dream Of Napoleon (Trad.)
  4. Dragging The River
  5. Has He Got A Friend For Me?
  6. Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe/Flowing Tide
  7. Shaky Nancy
  8. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  9. The Little Beggar Girl
  10. Now Be Thankful
  11. Angel Of Death (Williams)
  12. You've Got To Hi De Hi (Trad.)
  13. The End Of The Rainbow
  14. The Wild Side Of Life (Carter/Warren)
  15. The Great Valerio
  16. The Dark End Of The Street (Moman/Penn)
  1. He May Call You Up Tonight (Brown)
  2. Poor Ditching Boy
  3. When I'm Prime Minister
  4. Brand New Way To Hurt A Woman
  5. Painted Ladies
  6. Twisted
  7. Break My Mind (Loudermilk)
1-16
Recorded live at the Memphis Club in Guildford, England during 1973
17-23
Recorded live at the University Of Durham's Dunelm House in Durham, England on November 16, 1972.

The sound quality from the Memphis Club date is actually surprisingly good - this may even be a soundboard, although if so it's several generations off the master. My first copy of this was recorded T.A.O. and afflicted by a constant clicking, but I've since obtained a clean copy. The transitions between the Durham tracks are still a little sudden, however.

The entire Durham gig also circulates - both are taken from the same source, which is very muffled and distant. There's also an abridged version of the Durham gig which omits the numbers included here.