Richard & Linda Thompson
1977-05-14 Manchester, United Kingdom The University Of Manchester

01. The Flute Tells A Story
02. The Madness Of Love
03. Night Comes In
04. King Of Love
05. Dargai -> Roll Over Vaughn Williams
06. The Fire In The Garden
07. A Bird In God's Garden
08. When I Get To The Border
09. First Light
10. Rescue Me

Total Time ::: 1:19:05

::: Decent audience tape for the period, check the samples.
::: Occasional taper/microphone noise. Quality drops off some on the last track as though the taper had moved.

Recording Information ::: master mono audience tape -> 1st generation tape -> 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby off.

Playback 2011-07-09 ::: 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby off, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded 2011-12-11.

Line-up: Richard Thompson - guitar, vocals // Linda Thompson - vocals // Haj Amin Evans (Mich Evans) - bass // Preston Hayman or Roger Powell - drums // Abdul-Jabar Pickstock - percussion // Adbul-Latif Whiteman (Ian Whiteman) - keyboards, backing vocals (line-up courtesy of Scott Abbot's Thompson set list site at http://home.myfairpoint.net/srabbot/rt/rtbase.htm
Track 6 sounds like someone is playing the banjo.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 068 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! The handwriting makes me think it was likely the legendary "Fairport Fanatic" J.Lee, many years ago! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Other than occasional distraction from the taper at the microphone, probably built into the rig, this is a fairly respectable audience tape of one of the most hypnotic duos to grace a stage in my lifetime.

More recordings on the way now that I am able to make up for years of slow netspeed. Kudos to Zongo for life support & Lochner for mikes & much more. A bow to Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace) for over 30 years of trading & friendship. Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Kneesfudd

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Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!