Richard Thompson - Strict Tempo!

Artist:

Thompson, Richard

UPC:

816651010097

See Also:

Fairport Convention Siebel, Paul Various Artists - Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson [Import]

Description:

Personnel: Richard Thompson (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, bass, harmonium, dobro), Dave Mattacks (drums, percussion, piano on "Ye Banks And Braes").
Recorded at B.T.W. Studios, London and Woodworm Studios, Cropedy, England.
Includes liner notes by Richard Thompson.
Recording information: B.T.W. Studios, Wood Green. London; Woodworm Studios, Cropredy.
Arranger: Richard Thompson.
While some listeners have expressed mixed degrees of enthusiasm with Richard Thompson`s often down-beat work as a songwriter and his sometimes craggy vocals, no one has ever argued his gifts as an instrumentalist, and on Strict Tempo! Thompson lets loose on an instrumental collection of traditional British and Celtic jigs and reels, with a swinging Duke Ellington cover thrown in for variety and one new original offered as the finale. Thompson multi-tracks himself playing a variety of acoustic and electric guitars, basses, mandolins, and dulcimers with his usual (i.e., dazzling) degree of dexterity, with only percussionist Dave Mattacks for company on most of the tunes. If the performances don`t quite match the head-spinning ferocity of the traditionally based folk-rock he pioneered with Fairport Convention on Liege and Lief and Full House, Thompson was certainly a better player in 1981 than he was when he left Fairport, and the arrangements reveal a degree of taste, imagination, and subtle wit that`s second to none. Strict Tempo! was a pet project of Thompson`s, originally released on his own label, and it sometimes sounds like it was created more for his own amusement than anything else, but even in its more esoteric moments, it shows one of the finest guitarists on Earth showing just how well he can play, and that`s always a pleasure to hear. ~ Mark Deming

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel
2. Vaillance Polka Militaire/Belfast Polka
3. Scott Skinner Medley: Glenco/Scott Skinner`s Rockin` Step/Bonny Banchory
4. Banish Misfortune
5. Dundee Hornpipe/Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe
6. Do It for My Sake
7. Rockin` in Rhythm
8. Random Jig/The Grinder, The
9. Will Ye No Cam Back Again/Cam O`er the Stream Charlie/Ye Banks and Braes
10. Rufty Tufty/Nonsuch A La Mode de France
11. Andalus/Radio Marrakesh
12. Knife-Edge, The

Album Information

Release Date:

11/29/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

British Folk Rock

Label:

Omnivore

Producer:

Richard Thompson; Cheryl Pawelski (Reissue)

Catalog Number:

8

Original Release Year:

1981

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Runtime:

41 : 41

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