Recorded live at Filley's Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 30, 1983.

Richard Thompson Big Band - 30 October 1983: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disc 1: Early set

  1. The Wrong Heartbeat
  2. A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory
  3. Tear Stained Letter
  4. How I Wanted To
  5. Amaryllis/Nonesuch A La Mode De France (Trad.)
  6. Don't Renege On Our Love
  7. Shoot Out The Lights
  8. Down Where The Drunkards Roll
  9. Alberta (Trad.)
  10. Wall Of Death
  11. Pennsylvania 6-5000 (Gray/Sigman)
  12. Two Left Feet
  1. (Instrumental)
  2. Withered And Died
  3. Loch Lomond (Trad.)
  1. Dimming Of The Day

Disc 2: Late show

  1. Man In Need
  2. Both Ends Burning
  3. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart
  4. "Hoots Mon!... and other well-known jocularities"
  5. Hoots Mon! (Robinson)
  6. Just The Motion
  7. Hand Of Kindness
  8. You Can't Sit Down (Clark/Mann/Muldrow/Upchurch)
  9. Together Again (Owens)
  10. (Band Introductions)/Purple Haze (Hendrix)
  11. Night Comes In
  12. Back Street Slide
  13. "Duelling accordions"
  14. Danny Boy (Weatherly) *
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w/ John Kirkpatrick

The Big Band shows are always fun, but this is particularly great. It's probably FM-sourced; either way, it sounds remarkably good and the performance is strong. The sets may be edited slightly in order to fit on a disc each; in particular, encores from the late show may be missing. As Richard remarks, Brass Monkey were playing across town the same night, and John Kirkpatrick stops by in time to help out on Danny Boy.