Walking on a Wire: 1968-2009

Richard John Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques and strange, darkly-funny lyrics, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player … more »

Year:: 2009

Disc	#	Song	Artist	Duration
1	1	Time Will Show the Wiser	Fairport Convention	3:05
1	2	Meet on the Ledge	Fairport Convention	2:50
1	3	Genesis Hall	Fairport Convention	3:36
1	4	Crazy Man Michael	Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson	4:37
1	5	Sloth	Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson	9:11
1	6	Roll Over Vaughn Williams	Richard Thompson	4:11
1	7	The Poor Ditching Boy	Linda Peters, David Snell, Clay Toyani, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Jeff Cole, John Defereri, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson, Sue Draheim	3:01
1	8	The Angels Took My Racehorse Away	Richard Thompson	4:01
1	9	The Great Valerio	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	5:22
1	10	When I Get to the Border	Richard Thompson	3:25
1	11	Withered and Died	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:25
1	13	Down Where the Drunkards Roll	Linda Thompson, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	4:05
1	14	The Calvary Cross	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:51
1	15	I'll Regret It All in the Morning	Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:35
1	16	Old Man Inside a Young Man	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	4:26
1	17	For Shame of Doing Wrong	Richard Thompson	4:43
1	18	Night Comes In	Richard Thompson	8:08
2	20	A Heart Needs a Home	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	4:03
2	22	Strange Affair	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:07
2	26	Did She Jump or Was She Pushed	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	4:46
2	27	Man in Need	Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:33
2	28	Shoot Out the Lights	Richard Thompson	5:19
2	29	Wall of Death	Richard Thompson	3:43
2	30	Walking on a Wire	Richard Thompson	5:25
2	31	Tear Stained Letter	Richard Thompson	4:41
2	32	How I Wanted To	Richard Thompson	5:10
2	33	Hand of Kindness	Richard Thompson	6:02
2	35	I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More	Richard Thompson	4:18
3	36	Little Blue Number	Richard Thompson	3:02
3	38	Valerie	Richard Thompson	4:18
3	39	Turning of the Tide	Richard Thompson	2:55
3	40	I Still Dream	Richard Thompson	5:06
3	41	Waltzing's for Dreamers	Richard Thompson	4:04
3	42	Read About Love	Richard Thompson	3:33
3	43	I Feel So Good	Richard Thompson	3:20
3	44	I Misunderstood	Richard Thompson	4:04
3	45	1952 Vincent Black Lightning	Richard Thompson	4:42
3	46	Put Your Trust in Me	Richard Thompson	3:47
3	48	I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life	Richard Thompson	3:12
3	49	MGB-GT	Richard Thompson	3:37
3	50	Mingus Eyes	Richard Thompson	4:47
3	51	Beeswing	Richard Thompson	5:31
3	53	King of Bohemia	Richard Thompson	3:43
3	55	Razor Dance [Voltage Enhanced][Version]	Richard Thompson	2:39
4	57	Last Shift	Danny Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:54
4	60	Persuasion [Live]	Richard Thompson	4:12
4	61	Cooksferry Queen	Richard Thompson	4:12
4	62	Bathsheba Smiles	Richard Thompson	3:55
4	64	Gethsemane	Richard Thompson	6:02
4	65	A Love You Can't Survive	Richard Thompson	5:28
4	70	Dad's Gonna Kill Me	Richard Thompson	5:15
4	71	She Sang Angels to Rest	Richard Thompson	3:23

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