Richard Thompson - Band Mean Fiddler London 1988-08-10 brand new transfer from aud master cassette

Sony mic/Sony Pro Walkman/JVC TD-W718 to adobe audition cc >Tracks>fades>Flac

SBE fix / Checksum files done in Traders Little Helper


A lively band gig just before Cropredy in 1988. There is a very strange gentleman singing (??) on the last track.

Brand new transfer done 2014-11-15 in the early evening, just before a fine dinner cooked by my wife who had a full knee replacement 6 1/2 weeks ago!! I suspect that she was at this gig with me, I know that Clinton Heylin and his Dylan crowd were standing 10 feet in front of me.


01 Banter/band introductions
02 Tear stained letter
03 Gypsy love songs
04 Jerusalem on the jukebox
05 Banter
06 Al Bowley's in heaven
07 Banter
08 Here Without You
09 Waltzing's for dreamers
10 Turning of the tide
11 Banter
12 Wreckless kind
13 Valerie
14 Wall of death
15 Banter
16 I specialise - (CC & CG)
17 White Friar's Hornpipe/Shreds and Patches
18 Banter
19 Bone through her nose
20 Jenny
21 Angels have taken my racehourse away
22 Banter
23 Two left feet
24 Banter
25 Long dead love
26 Bird Town (David Thomas)



Richard Thompson guitar/vocals
Clive Gregson guitar/keyboards/vocals
Ruari MacFarlane bass
John Kirkpatrick accordion
Christine Collister vocals
Dave Mattacks drums