RICHARD THOMPSON The Lost Album V3 (1987-1990)
February 11, 2017 – 08:05
The Lost Album (1987-1990)RT & Some High-Profile Pals
You’d be surprised how many Spanish copy-blogs (not using Google Translator) will re-up this like it’s an actual release or a real rarity. It’s not. The Lost Albumis, in reality, all 8 of Richard Thompson’s compositions (and a few tracks he dominates) with the two-LP con-fab, French Frith Kaiser Thompson. Strung together, Thompson’s material plays like a lost, late-80s RT album… with a cooler than average band. Threetracks are glorious Thompson workouts, long, simmering and dramatic – including extended improvinterplay with guitarist, Henry Kaiser (PLUG). “The Killing Jar” is, simply, one of Thompson’s heaviest tunes ever, while “Drowned Dog Black Night” isn’t far behind. “Tir-Nan-Darag” is a co-write with Kaiser, and there’s also the weirdest music RT has ever committed to tape, “March Of The Cosmetic Surgeons.” You’ll leave remembering the sober material, but will ponder Thompson’s bizarre mini-opera (which, actually includes opera). It took me a dozen listens, but I now believe it to be a work of genius. If you’re an RT fan, listening to this material as a single work is a treat. Compiled from French Frith Kaiser Thompson‘s Live, Love, Larf & Loaf and Invisible Means (both HERE).
Peppermint Rock (3:39)
Bird In God’s Garden / Lost And Found (5:43)
Killerman Gold Posse (1:46)
Drowned Dog Black Night (6:49)
Tir-Nan-Darag (5:24)
The Killing Jar (7:43)
Hai Sai Oji-San (2:43)
A Blind Step Away (5:39)
March Of The Cosmetic Surgeons (5:14)
Act I, Scene 2, The Clinic of Dr. Krikstein. On a podium, Center, MRS. RIPSTOCK-GEDDES is posing as Aphrodite, complete with water jug. Enter left DR. KRIKSTEIN, followed by the STUDENTS, marching Indian file to the rhythm of the music.
Loch Lomand (4:46)
Begging Bowl (3:22)
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