Saturday, August 9, 2025

Richard Thompson - BBC Sessions, Volume 5: 1988-1991

I had a weird dream last night. In the dream, I heard the song "Al Bowlly's in Heaven" by Richard Thompson, but I noticed a famous Queen song was basically the same song, just with different words and very different production. I don't think it's true that any Queen song resembles that one, but it was a fun was to be reminded what a fantastic song "Al Bowlly's in Heaven" is. And it also reminded me that it's time to post another Richard Thompson album. So here's the next BBC album from him. This one is a collection of BBC studio sessions, all solo acoustic.

Everything here remains unreleased. The first five songs are from an appearance on the Andy Kershaw Show in 1988. Tracks 6 through 9 are from another 1988 radio show, the Richard Skinner Show. "She Moved through the Fair" is a live cut from the "Folk on Two" radio show. The remaining songs, tracks 11 through 16 are from a 1992 radio show called "Kaleidoscope."

Unfortunately, "Al Bowlly's in Heaven" isn't on here, but it is on the "BBC Sessions, Volume 1" album I've posted here. That's probably the greatest song about war-related PTSD ever written. Most of the songs here are from his albums at the time, like 1988's "Amnesia" and 1991's "Rumour and Sigh." But there are a few rarities and older ones as well.

This album is 48 minutes long. 

01 Killerman Gold Posse (Richard Thompson)
02 Waltzing's for Dreamers (Richard Thompson)
03 Pharoah (Richard Thompson)
04 Push and Shove (Richard Thompson)
05 Killing Jar (Richard Thompson)
06 Turning of the Tide (Richard Thompson)
07 talk (Richard Thompson)
08 Two Left Feet (Richard Thompson)
09 Valerie (Richard Thompson)
10 She Moved through the Fair (Richard Thompson)
11 I Feel So Good (Richard Thompson)
12 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
13 The Choice Wife [Instrumental] (Richard Thompson)
14 I Misunderstood (Richard Thompson)
15 Don't Let a Thief Steal into Your Heart (Richard Thompson)
16 God Loves a Drunk (Richard Thompson)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/78arpQje 

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/tvgkYBCdHvoUuro/file

The cover photo is from 1992. That's all I know about it. 

2 comments:

  1. Many thanks. Can't get enough RT. Slight error on the cover: Should be 1992 rather than 1972?

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  2. I'm temporarily suspending the links for this album. The reason is a good one though, as I just found a better source for some songs. (Also, got a typo on the cover!)

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