Richard & Linda Thompson Band
June 6, 1982 Early & Late Shows
The Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA

*** Dime-compatible version with officially-released tracks removed ***

According to RT's web site, tracks from this show appear on disc 2 of the 2010 Rhino Handmade release of 'Shoot Out the Lights':
Back Street Slide
Pavanne
I'm A Dreamer
For Shame Of Doing Wrong
Dimming of the Day

I've listened to the 2 versions of "I'm A Dreamer", and the one from the late show is the same as the one on the Rhino 'Shoot Out the Lights', it having just an acoustic guitar accompanying Linda at the start; the version from the early show has a second guitar playing along.

** End of Dime notes ***

The last night of the American tour from audience cassette masters, recorded from the railing of the balcony (stage left side). Decent sound quality - check the samples to judge for yourself how it sounds.

Linda sounds a bit weary when she talks and misses a vocal entry in Bright Lights Tonight, but overall I think that these are really good shows. There is actually quite a bit of joking around that disguises the tenseness of this rough tour and the end of Richard & Linda as a couple. They were at least trying to play well - they repeat I'm a Dreamer at the late show, hoping to record a better version than it had been in the early show. That indicates that they actually hoped to use the tapes from this tour - an interesting concept considering that these were to be the last perfomances of the band.

Early show - 71 minutes
Disc 1 - 34:59
01 [04:05] announcer intro > Man In Need
02 [05:06] I'm A Dreamer
03 [06:16] Lonely Hearts
04 [02:58] The New Fangled Flogging Reel > The Kerry Reel
05 [04:46] The Honky Tonk Blues
xx [xx:xx] The Dimming Of The Day * REMOVED *
07 [01:15] talk - intro to next song
08 [06:42] I'll Keep It With Mine
09 [03:51] You're Gonna Need Somebody

Disc 2 - 36:06
01 [06:07] Shoot Out The Lights [cuts in on first notes]
02 [07:01] Just The Motion
03 [01:00] band intros by Richard
04 [05:56] Don't Renege On Our Love
05 [06:30] Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?
xx [xx:xx] For Shame Of Doing Wrong * REMOVED *
07 [00:53] thanks and crowd before encores
encores:
08 [05:03] Down Where The Drunkards Roll
09 [03:26] Danny Boy
10 [00:10] final thanks & crowd

Late Show - 65 minutes
Disc 1 - 38:31
01 [04:38] announcer intro > I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
02 [06:23] Walking On A Wire
03 [04:32] Hard Luck Stories
04 [04:13] Wall Of Death
xx [xx:xx] Pavanne * REMOVED *
06 [17:42] Sloth
07 [01:03] band intros by Richard

Disc 2 - 26:11
01 [00:29] talk -intro to next song
xx [xx:xx] The Backstreet Slide * REMOVED *
03 [06:04] Withered & Died
04 [05:52] Genesis Hall
05 [07:44] Borrowed Time
06 [01:56] thanks, crowd and talk before encores
encores:
xx [xx:xx] I'm A Dreamer * REMOVED *
08 [03:57] Great Balls of Fire
09 [00:09] final thanks & crowd

Lineage: Nakamich cm300 microphones > Dolby B encoded TDK MA-C90 (metal tape cassettes) > Sony TCD5M.

Transfer: Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby B decoded) > Macintosh with DigiDesign AudioMedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip & tuck" edits, normalization & tracking) > AIFF. FLAC files (level 8) created with xACT (sector boundaries verified). md5 file created with checkSUM+.

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