Monday, February 18, 2019

Richard Thompson - Jealousy - Non-Album Tracks (1982-1985)

Here's the second of my triple shot of Richard Thompson albums. This one deals with full-band versions of songs from the earliest years of his solo career, 1982 to 1985.

Generally speaking, Thompson doesn't seem to have a lot of original songs that haven't been officially released yet have been made public through bootlegs. That said, there are some. This album starts with three. "Jealousy" is an original very much in the style of the Everly Brothers that surprisingly hasn't been officially released in any form. The next two songs, "Small Town Romance" and "Love Is Bad for Business," have been officially released, but in solo acoustic form, whereas these are full-band studio takes.

The rest of the songs are all cover versions, I believe. But they're an interesting and varied bunch that generally haven't been officially released, except for two that come from the little known "The Life and Music Of" box set. Some are well known songs and others are total obscurities.

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 Jealousy (Richard Thompson)
02 Small Town Romance (Richard Thompson)
03 Love Is Bad for Business (Richard Thompson)
04 Steel Guitar Rag [Instrumental] (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol)
05 Danny Boy (Richard Thompson)
06 Amaryllis - Nonesuch a la Mode de France [Instrumental] (Richard Thompson)
07 Let's Talk about Us (Richard Thompson)
08 Great Balls of Fire (Richard Thompson)
09 Loch Lomond (Richard Thompson)
10 Pennsylvania 6-5000 [Instrumental] (Richard Thompson Band)
11 Move It (Richard Thompson)
12 Skull and Crossbones (Richard Thompson)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15268061/RichrdT_1982-1985_Jealsy_atse.zip.html

For the cover art, I found the art on-line. I believe it comes from a concert poster from the early 1980s. I added the text.

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