I'm on a bit of a roll at the moment with respect to solo albums by Richard Thompson.
Front Parlour Ballads appeared here recently as part of the Debra Haul.
This week I give you Dream Attic a live album from 2010 on the Proper label.
To quote Wiki instead of recording new songs in a studio, Thompson made demo recordings, rehearsed the songs with his band and then recorded the new material live on a two-week tour of the Western USA in February 2010. Each night's first set presented thirteen new songs, played live, in the sequence they would soon have on the album.
The album was assembled from these live recordings. No studio overdubs were done. Each track on the finished album is an entire, unedited live performance of the song.
I say live but I picked up the Deluxe 2 x CD edition with Disc 1 being the "Electric" album with 13 tracks and with Disc 2 comprising of the original acoustic guitar and vocal demos for the 13 songs.
It seems only fair to feature one electric and one acoustic song.
Couple of great tracks there from Richard - I've been picking up his albums admittedly at a glacial pace ever since I first heard his stellar Rumor and Sigh album several years after its release. If ever the word consumate can be applied to anyone it surely applies to him and his muscianship
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