Richard Thompson - The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA April 26, 1987 | A Draftervoi Special +

 

Richard Thompson - The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA April 26, 1987

 draftervoi

Richard Thompson
The Birchmere, 
Alexandria, VA 
April 26, 1987

01 Richard Thompson - (fades in) Turning of the Tide
02 Richard Thompson - When The Spell Is Broken
03 Richard Thompson - Two Left Feet
04 Richard Thompson - How Will I Ever Be Simple Again
05 Richard Thompson - The Killerman Gold Posse
06 Richard Thompson - Air For Morris Og
07 Richard Thompson - Valerie
08 Richard Thompson - Never Again
09 Richard Thompson - Smiffy's Glass Eye
10 Richard Thompson - Wall of Death
11 Richard Thompson - Ghosts In The Wind
12 Richard Thompson - Not Fade Away
13 Richard Thompson - Devonside
14 Richard Thompson - Real Gone
15 Richard Thompson - Al Bowlly's In Heaven
16 Richard Thompson - She Twists The Knife Again
17 Richard Thompson - Missy How You Let Me Down
18 Richard Thompson - A Bone Through Her Nose
19 Richard Thompson - The End of the Rainbow
20 Richard Thompson - Nearly In Love
21 Richard Thompson - (cuts in) Tear Stained Letter
22 Richard Thompson - The Fool
23 Richard Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights’

Brought to you by the supergroovy guys at the Collective For Live Music!

In this case, it's another forty year old cassette tape that draftervoi got in trade

 back in the days when we ran ads in Goldmine swapping recordings 

with other collectors around the world!  

This one is in pretty good shape, not much hiss, but it is down the road

 several generations from the master.

I tossed in some press coverage of the real-world Killerman Gold Posse, 

and also a few items about Al Bowlly, including a September 2, 1941 

notice that ""Al" Bowlly, popular English singer and dance 

orchestra conductor, was killed in a Nazi raid on London early in the summer."

News moved more slowly back then.  Wiki says "On 16 April 1941, 

Bowlly and Mesene had given a performance at the Rex Cinema in 

Oxford Street, High Wycombe. Both were offered an overnight stay

 in town, but Bowlly took the last train home to his flat at 32 Duke 

Street, Duke's Court, St James, London. He was killed by a Luftwaffe

 parachute mine that detonated outside his flat at 3:10 a.m. 

His body appeared unmarked. Although the explosion had not 

disfigured him, it had blown his bedroom door off its hinges, 

and the impact against his head was fatal. He was buried 

with other bombing victims in a mass grave at Hanwell Cemetery, 

Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, where his name is given as Albert Alex Bowlly."

Mr. Bowlly died in the Blitz on April 16, 1941.  The Oakland Tribune in Oakland, 

California, mentioned his death the next day on the 17th.  

However, it didn't appear in the North Adams Transcript in 

Massachusetts until September 2, 1941.     draftervoi

for drafter and the boys at the wagon . . . . . . . 

Richard Thompson - Cambridge Folk Festival 1987 (we think) [28 mins set of highlights]

The White Friars Hornpipe/ Shreds and Patches/ reels 5 mins feat. John Kilpatrick accordion

08.07 A Bone Through Her Nose

11.00  Drowned Dog Black Night

17.50  Ghosts in the Wind

24.00  Two Left Feet