Watching the Dark

Richard Thompson

About Watching the Dark

Watching the Dark is an album by Richard Thompson released in 1993. The three-CD retrospective set was compiled with Thompson's co-operation and consent. Thompson has often been reluctant to look backwards at his career and dig through the archives, but he took the pragmatic view that if somebody wants to assemble a set of this nature they'll do it anyway and so he might as well collaborate with them if possible. He had right of veto over the selections and recorded one track ("Poor Wee Jockey Clark") especially for the project. About a third of the selections are live, and five had never been released on any official Thompson release. Some of the material was donated by collectors of Thompson recordings. The set extends chronologically from 1969, when Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention, through to 1992. However, it is not sequenced in chronological order. Notable inclusions are A live version of "Can't Win" with an extended guitar solo "From Galway to Graceland", a Thompson song that had never made it onto a commercial Thompson release more »

Year:: 1993

Disc	#	Song	Artist	Duration
1	1	A Man in Need	Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Watersons, Richard Thompson	3:33
1	2	Can't Win [Live]	Clive Gregson, Kenny Aronoff, Richard Thompson, Christine Collister, Pat Donaldson, John Kirkpatrick	9:13
1	3	Waltzing's for Dreamers	Aly Bain, Richard Thompson, Mitchell Froom	4:07
1	4	Crash the Party [Live][#]	Clive Gregson, Kenny Aronoff, Richard Thompson, Christine Collister, Pat Donaldson, John Kirkpatrick	5:33
1	5	I Still Dream	Brian Taylor, Tony Goddard, Ian Peters, David Horn, Richard Thompson, John Kirkpatrick, Frances Kelly	5:09
1	7	Now Be Thankful	Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson	2:26
1	8	A Sailor's Life [#]	Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson	11:26
1	9	Genesis Hall	Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson	3:39
1	11	Walking on a Wire	Dave Mattacks, Linda Thompson, Pete Zorn, Simon Nicol, Clive Gregson, Richard Thompson	5:28
1	12	Small Town Romance [Live]	Richard Thompson	3:43
1	14	Wall of Death	Dave Mattacks, Linda Thompson, Pete Zorn, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Richard & Linda Thompson, Clive Gregson, Richard Thompson	3:44
2	15	For Shame of Doing Wrong [#]	Linda Thompson, Pete Zorn, Simon Nicol, Richard & Linda Thompson, Philip Pickett, Richard Thompson, Betsy Cook, Liam Genockey, John Kirkpatrick	4:30
2	16	Back Street Slide [#]	Dave Mattacks, Linda Thompson, Pete Zorn, Simon Nicol, Richard & Linda Thompson, Philip Pickett, Richard Thompson, Betsy Cook, John Kirkpatrick	4:27
2	17	Strange Affair	Andy Newmark, Linda Thompson, Willie Weeks, Simon Nicol, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Neil Larsen	3:10
2	18	The Wrong Heartbeat [#]	Frank Ricotti, Linda Thompson, Pete Zorn, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson, Betsy Cook, Liam Genockey	3:11
2	19	Borrowed Time	Linda Thompson, Glenn Tilbrook, Pete Wingfield, Michael Spencer-Arscott, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Richard & Linda Thompson, Lit, Richard Thompson	5:37
2	21	Tear Stained Letter [Live]	Richard Thompson	6:53
2	22	Keep Your Distance	Jerry Scheff, Simon Nicol, Clive Gregson, Richard Thompson, Christine Collister, Mickey Curry, Mitchell Froom	4:12
2	25	Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair	Linda Thompson, Ian Whiteman, Richard & Linda Thompson, Aly Bain, Richard Thompson, Nic Jones, John Kirkpatrick, Henry Lowther, Clare Lowther	2:49
2	26	Dimming of the Day	Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Jack Brymer, Pat Donaldson	3:53
2	27	Old Man Inside a Young Man	Linda Thompson, Simon Nicol, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson	4:28
2	28	Never Again	Linda Thompson, Simon Nicol, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:10
2	29	Hokey Pokey	Linda Thompson, Simon Nicol, Aly Bain, Richard Thompson, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson	3:19
2	29	Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)	Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson	3:22
2	31	Beat the Retreat	Ian Whiteman, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson	5:51
3	33	Walking Through a Wasted Land	Bruce Lynch, Dave Mattacks, Pete Thomas, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson, David Bitelli, Christine Collister, Alan Dunn	4:02
3	38	Withered and Died	Linda Thompson, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson, John Kirkpatrick	3:27
3	39	Nobody's Wedding	Linda Peters, David Snell, Clay Toyani, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Jeff Cole, John Defereri, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson, Sue Draheim, Barry Dransfield, John Kirkpatrick	3:15
3	40	The Poor Ditching Boy	Linda Peters, David Snell, Clay Toyani, Sandy Denny, Andy Roberts, Richard Thompson, Jeff Cole, John Defereri, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson, Sue Draheim	3:03
3	41	The Great Valerio	Linda Thompson, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Pat Donaldson	5:25
3	42	Twisted	Linda Peters, David Snell, Clay Toyani, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Jeff Cole, John Defereri, Timi Donald, Pat Donaldson	2:00
3	45	Hand of Kindness	Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson	6:04
3	46	Two Left Feet	Dave Mattacks, Pete Thomas, Pete Zorn, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson, John Kirkpatrick	3:54

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