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Richard Thompson - BBC Sessions, Volume 5: 1988-1992

Paul says: 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 11 are from a 1992 radio show called "Kaleidoscope." The sound quality was a little poorer on these. So I made some adjustments using both the UVR5 and Audacity audio editing programs. The last three songs are from another episode of the Andy Kershaw Show, in 1992.

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 46 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 I Feel So Good (Richard Thompson)
07 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
08 DADGAD Improvisation [Instrumental] (Richard Thompson)
09 I Misunderstood (Richard Thompson)
10 Don't Let a Thief Steal into Your Heart (Richard Thompson)
11 God Loves a Drunk (Richard Thompson)
12 I Ride in Your Slipstream (Richard Thompson)
13 Now that I Am Dead (Richard Thompson)
14 Withered and Died (Richard Thompson)