Richard Thompson - John the Gun - Non-Album Tracks (1985-1988)

I've got tons of Richard Thompson albums to post. They fall into various categories. This is a collection of full-band stray tracks.

Thompson typically doesn't have a lot of non-album original songs that reaches the public, either officially or unofficially. So most of the songs here are cover versions, or songs from much earlier in his career that are done in a different way. The latter kind are "The End of the Rainbow," "The Angels Took My Racehorse Away," and "Crash the Party." "Drowned Dog Black Night" is a Thompson original that appeared on the 1987 album "Live, Love, Larf & Loaf" by French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson. Thompson was in that band, but this is one of the few songs from that album that he played solo in concert.

"John the Gun" was written by Sandy Denny, Thompson's bandmate in Fairport Convention, and Thompson played guitar and produced the version on Denny's album in 1971. The other songs on the album are also covers.

All but two of the songs here are officially released. The two are from soundboard bootlegs, so the sound quality is excellent on those too.

01 John the Gun (Richard Thompson)
02 The End of the Rainbow (Richard Thompson)
03 Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll (Richard Thompson with John Kirkpatrick & Band)
04 Drowned Dog Black Night (Richard Thompson)
05 A Blind Step Away (Richard Thompson with French, Frith, & Kaiser)
06 The Angels Took My Racehorse Away (Richard Thompson)
07 We Got to Get Out of This Place (Richard Thompson)
08 Crash the Party (Richard Thompson)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15268197/RichrdT_1985-1988_JhntheGun_atse.zip.html

For the cover art, I found a black and white publicity photo of Thompson from 1988. Much later, PJ of his "Albums I Wish Existed" blog colorized it.