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Five Live Box, Volume Four
Can Your Hard Drive Stand The Stress?

Including artwork.

Actually, Volume Three was supposed to be the big climax for this box series. But, we’re also sitting these shows, so you might as well have them, too, right? The complete ’88 Fillmore West show is OK, but a bit maddening. The quality is good, but the handful of acoustic numbers are frustratingly quiet, not to mention the lengthy segments of tuning and silence between songs. Henry Kaiser joins RTB for a few rousing tunes, though. The Bayou tapes reveal another high energy, late-80s gig (too), though… it’s not one show. It’s a radio station edit/combo of the original early and late shows. That we haveany of these performances is thanks to Camarillo Brillo, who first posted this set-fused radio broadcast. Both shows at Ella Guru’s are standouts, as RT performs some interesting covers, ranging from The Bonzo Dog Band’s “Mickey’s Son And Daughter” and The Zombies’ “She’s Not There,” to The Who’s “Substitute,” among others. The Town & Country performance is another abbreviated, but lively, band radio show. Richard & Danny at Jake’s is excellent, while Danny Thompson’s “stand-up” spot is a hoot.

THE RICHARD THOMPSON BAND
The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA – October 12, 1988

Don’t Tempt Me (4:57)
Gypsy Love Songs (8:49)
Valerie (3:27)
When The Spell Is Broken (7:32)
Two Left Feet (5:16)
Al Bowlly’s In Heaven (5:36)
Waltzing’s For Dreamers(6:19)
Here Without You (4:52)
Turning Of The Tide (5:34)
A Bone Through Her Nose (8:49)
Pepper In The Brandy/The Seven Coloured Linnet (4:59)
Wall Of Death (4:03)
Jennie (6:00)
The Angels Took My Racehorse Away (5:34)
Can’t Win (8:14)
Jerusalem On The Jukebox (with Henry Kaiser) (7:04)
Nearly In Love (with Henry Kaiser) (6:19)
I Still Dream (5:41)
Crash The Party (8:28)
Slow Down (with Henry Kaiser) (7:27)

THE RICHARD THOMPSON BAND
The Bayou, Washington, DC – November 7, 1988

Introduction (1:09)
A Bone Through Her Nose (7:56)
Shoot Out The Lights (7:10)
Two Left Feet (5:54)
Al Bowlly’s In Heaven (6:56)
Pharaoh (4:46)
Instrumental (1:46)
Ghost In The Wind (7:05)
Introduction To Pepper In The Brandy (2:32)
Pepper In The Brandy/The Seven Coloured Linnet (4:35)
Can’t Win (8:57)
I Still Dream (6:28)
A Man In Need (3:37)
Nearly In Love (4:08)
Tear Stained Letter (6:57)
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (8:12)

RICHARD THOMPSON
Ella Guru’s, Knoxville, TN – February 26, 1990

Early Show
I Misunderstood (4:26)
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (5:49)
Shoot Out The Lights (7:01)
Waltzing’s For Dreamers (5:23)
Two Left Feet (5:27)
Pharaoh (5:10)
Jerusalem On The Jukebox (4:30)
Mickey’s Son And Daughter (3:08)
Banish Misfortune (3:49)
High School Confidential (3:40)
The Killing Jar (5:02)
Wall Of Death (3:18)
Willy O’ Winsbury (6:18)
Valerie (4:58)
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (8:19)
Mind Your Own Business (3:40)

Late Show
A Bone Through Her Nose (4:09)
Reckless Kind (4:35)
Push And Shove (5:23)
Mrs. Rita (5:15)
Turning Of The Tide (3:09)
I Still Dream (4:33)
Psycho Street (8:36)
How Many Times (4:03)
When The Spell Is Broken (6:20)
The Old Changing Way (4:05)
Woman Or A Man (1:57)
Oh I Swear (4:20)
She Twist The Knife Again (2:59)
Can’t Win (5:13)
Hickory Wind (with Julian Dawson) (6:20)
She’s Not There (with Julian Dawson) (4:11)
Substitute (4:35)

THE RICHARD THOMPSON BAND
The Town & Country Club, London – August 18, 1991

Read About Love (3:37)
Backlash Love Affair (4:50)
Gypsy Love Songs (6:31)
Keep Your Distance (4:28)
Tear Stained Letter (7:16)
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (5:20)
I Misunderstood (4:12)
I Feel So Good (3:34)
Valerie (3:42)
Mystery Wind (8:33)
Mother Knows Best (5:31)

RICHARD THOMPSON & DANNY THOMPSON
Jake’s, Bloomington, Indiana – May 17, 1993

Introduction (0:31)
Easy There, Steady Now (5:25)
Mingus Eyes(4:43)
Introduction To Two Left Feet (1:17)
Two Left Feet (6:23)
Audience Participation (2:19)
Shoot Out The Lights (5:31)
Taking My Business Elsewhere (4:34)
I Feel So Good (3:45)
Introduction To MGB-GT (2:25)
MGB-GT (4:32)
Al Bowlly’s In Heaven (8:22)
Don’t Sit On My Jimmy Shands (4:10)
Waltzing’s For Dreamers (4:16)
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (5:36)
Ghosts In The Wind (6:50)
Read About Love (3:38)
I Misunderstood (6:44)
Valerie (5:41)
Danny Thompson Speaks (5:13)
In Memory Of Jan (5:10)
Don’t Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me (5:13)