Richard Thompson - 27 May 1997: Newcastle, England

Disc 1

  1. Pharaoh
  2. Time To Ring Some Changes
  3. Mrs. Rita
  4. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  5. The Ghost Of You Walks/Razor Dance
  6. Hide It Away
  7. Wall Of Death
  8. Al Bowlly's In Heaven
  1. Chorale/Sweetheart On The Barricades
  2. (Band Introductions)/Children Of The Dark
  3. Big Chimney
  4. Drifting Through The Days
  5. Lottery Land
  6. Pitfalls

Disc 2

  1. The Saboteur
  2. Chorale/New Rhythms (1)
  3. Chorale/New Rhythms (2)
  4. Last Shift
  1. Keep That Wheel A-Turning
  2. (Outro)
  1. Songwriter's Workshop Intro
  2. Turning Of The Tide
  3. The Ghost Of You Walks
  4. Lottery Land
  5. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
  6. God Loves A Drunk
  7. Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands
  8. Dimming Of The Day
  9. I Feel So Good
  1. I Misunderstood
  1. Lottery Land
  2. Drifting Through The Days
1-20
Recorded live at Newcastle Opera House (now The Journal Tyne Theatre) in Newcastle, England on May 27, 1997
21-30
Recorded live at The Forum Theatre in Billingham, England on November 23, 1996
31-32
Recorded live for Andy Kershaw's BBC Radio One programme on July 14, 1997.

A fairly tinny but perfectly clear audience recording of a gig from the Industry tour, this one rearranged slightly to compensate for the lack of Danny Thompson on bass (who was taken ill and unable to join the performance). Christine Collister provides female vocals and sings the lead on Mrs. Rita.

These shows are probably some of the most overtly political Thompson has played to date, and the tone is set by the opening trilogy of songs about life in Thatcher's Britain. That said, with some notable exceptions (e.g. Last Shift) I tend to feel the songs on the Industry album aren't up to Thompson's usual high standards.

The first set of filler material is from the Songwriter's Workshop tour in November 1996, whilst the second is part of an Andy Kershaw appearance - the final track fades out at the end.