Recorded live at the Halfmoon in Putney, London, England on January 16, 1983.

Richard Thompson Big Band - Half Moon Fever

Disc 1

  1. Man In Need
  2. The Wrong Heartbeat
  3. Amaryllis/Nonesuch A La Mode De France (Trad.)
  4. How I Wanted To
  5. Tear Stained Letter
  6. Move It On Over (Williams)
  7. Saturday Rolling Around
  8. Shoot Out The Lights
  9. Both Ends Burning

Disc 2

  1. Just The Motion
  2. The Gas Almost Works (Kirkpatrick)
  3. Don't Renege On Our Love
  4. Woman Or A Man?
  5. Devonside
  6. Together Again (Owens)
  7. Wall Of Death
  8. Back Street Slide
  9. Hoots Mon! (Robinson)
  10. Loch Lomond (Trad.)

Very early big band show, soundboard-sourced but quite muffled (and low in volume), so probably a fair few generations off the master. An enjoyable gig, perhaps most notable for including possibly the only version of Hank Williams' Move It On Over with John Kirkpatrick, and even more fun still, a "revved up" Saturday Rolling Around. An early version of Tear Stained Letter (this show predates the release of Hand Of Kindness) features significantly different lyrics.

Loch Lomond is unfortunately cut short, presumably as the tape runs out.