Richard Thompson - Riding The Iron Horse Again

Artwork

Disc 1

  1. Candy Man
  2. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
  3. I Misunderstood
  4. The Old Changing Way
  5. Two Left Feet
  6. Pharaoh
  7. Jerusalem On The Jukebox
  8. Banish Misfortune (Trad.)
  9. Mrs. Rita

Disc 2

  1. Al Bowlly's In Heaven
  2. Smiffy's Glass Eye
  3. High School Confidential (Lewis/Hargrave)
  4. Now Be Thankful (Thompson/Swarbrick)
  5. Shoot Out The Lights
  6. Waltzing's For Dreamers
  7. Valerie
  1. A Heart Needs A Home
  2. You'll Never Walk Alone (Rogers/Hammerstein)
  3. Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me (Penney/Hall)

Recorded live at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts on February 23, 1990 (early show).

A highly unusual setlist, with perhaps the last documented performance of the Thompson original Candy Man and a rare outing for The Old Changing Way amongst the many highlights.

In terms of sound quality, this is a soundboard recording. It is, however, afflicted by some of the common problems with soundboards - the mix seems slightly off (with instrumentation marginally too high and vocals slightly buried) and crowd noise is a little low. Despite those problems, it's preferrable to most audience recordings.