Recorded live at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California on December 5, 1981.

Richard Thompson - 5 December 1981: Santa Monica, California

Disc 1

  1. Time To Ring Some Changes
    Banish Misfortune (Trad.)
    Honky-Tonk Blues (Williams)
    Man In Need
    Dargai (Skinner)
    Back Street Slide
    Just The Motion
    Lucky In Life, Unlucky In Love
  2. Move It On Over (Williams)
    Banish Misfortune (Trad.)
  3. The Poor Ditching Boy/Borrowed Time
  4. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  1. Sloth (Thompson/Swarbrick)

A fascinating early solo gig, recorded from the soundboard. The tracks on the first index appear to be from a superior source, whilst the remainder sounds as if it's a slightly higher generation. Poor Ditching Boy consists of nothing more than the opening instrumental refrain, as Richard decides he can't play it any more and moves on to Borrowed Time instead.