Richard Thompson Band - 29 March 1985: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Disc 1

  1. (Intro)
  2. Fire In The Engine Room
  3. Nearly In Love
  4. Shoot Out The Lights
  5. You Don't Say
  6. Warm Love Gone Cold (Filleul) *
  7. For Shame Of Doing Wrong
  8. Twist And Shout (Medley/Russell)
  9. "Let me introduce you to the band"
  10. John The Gun (Denny)
  11. Little Blue Number
  12. When The Spell Is Broken
  13. Summer Rain (Gregson) †
  14. She Twists The Knife Again
  15. Wall Of Death

Disc 2

  1. Tear Stained Letter
  1. Withered And Died
  2. Skull And Crossbones (Ferguson)
  1. Wrong Heartbeat
  2. Walking On A Wire
  3. She Twists The Knife Again
  4. Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?
  5. You Don't Say
  6. Time To Ring Some Changes
  7. Home Is Where The Heart Is (Gregson) *
  8. Mind Your Own Business (Williams)
  9. "I'd better tell you who's in the band"
  10. I Still See Her Face (Gregson) †
  11. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  12. Love In A Faithless Country

Disc 3

  1. I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More
  2. Fire In The Engine Room
  1. A Heart Needs A Home
  2. I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (Price/Walsh/Barri/Omartian) *
  1. Move It (Samwell)
  2. Open Fire (Gregson) †
*
w/ Christine Collister on lead vocals
†
w/ Clive Gregson on lead vocals
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Recorded live at The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan
on March 29, 1985 (early show)
19-36
Recorded live, same date and venue (late show).

Soundboard or FM-sourced recording from Thompson's '85 tour with Clive Gregson and Christine Collister. Highlights include an interesting take on Time To Ring Some Changes (with Richard, Christine and Clive swapping verses) and a rather unusual arrangement of I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (with an extended intro). The impromptu rendition of Twist And Shout is a result of a power shortage.

There's some slight diginoise (a "rustling") during the last track of the first disc; I should try and find out if there's a cleaner copy out there, but it's not too distracting.