Richard & Linda Thompson - Break My Mind - Non-Album Tracks (1972-1973)

I've posted one Richard and Linda Thompson stray tracks album already, covering their earliest years. This is the second, covering the rest of 1972 and all of 1973.

The last album only had one song actually credited to Richard and Linda Thompson, although they sang together on some of the other tracks. This is really where their collaboration begins. In 1972, Richard Thompson released his first solo album, "Henry the Human Fly," and the two of them got married.

By the end of the year, they started touring as a duo. The first six songs here come from the one and only 1972 acoustic concert they did that got bootlegged. The sound quality is a bit below my usual standards, but I think it's still acceptable.

Then there are four officially released tracks dating from 1973, one from a box set, one from a compilation album and two from archival BBC performances. They recorded all of their classic "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" album in 1973, but for some reason their record company sat on it for a full year before releasing it.

I haven't included any songs here from that album, even though they were starting to play some of them in concert. Instead, I've concentrated either on songs that never got any official release from them, or songs from Richard's "Henry the Human Fly" album. The latter is because that was done solo (although Linda did help out on some songs) and the duo versions are often quite different. Also, that album was done with a full band, and these versions are all acoustic. Many of the other songs here that weren't on that solo album are cover versions, such as "She May Call You Up Tonight" (originally by the Left Banke) and "The Wild Side of Life."

The last six songs here come from what apparently is the only bootlegged 1973 concert from them. The sound quality is better, but still not great.

As I often do, I've removed the audience noise whenever I could.

01 She May Call You Up Tonight (Richard & Linda Thompson)
02 Brand New Way to Hurt a Woman (Richard & Linda Thompson)
03 Painted Ladies (Richard & Linda Thompson)
04 Twisted (Richard & Linda Thompson)
05 Break My Mind (Richard & Linda Thompson)
06 The Poor Ditching Boy (Richard & Linda Thompson)
07 Mother and Son (Richard & Linda Thompson)
08 Dragging the River (Richard & Linda Thompson)
09 The Neasden Hornpipe [Instrumental] (Richard & Linda Thompson)
10 The World Is a Wonderful Place (Richard & Linda Thompson)
11 Napoleon's Dream (Richard & Linda Thompson)
12 Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe [Instrumental] (Richard & Linda Thompson)
13 Shaky Nancy (Richard & Linda Thompson)
14 Angel of Death (Richard & Linda Thompson)
15 You Gotta Hi De Ho (Richard & Linda Thompson)
16 The Wild Side of Life (Richard & Linda Thompson)

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The cover art photo is from their appearance at The Old Grey Whistle Test in London on March 7, 1975.