Walking on a Wire: 1968–2009

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Time Will Show the Wiser

  Fairport Convention
  3:05
• 2
  Meet on the Ledge

  Fairport Convention
  2:50
• 3
  Genesis Hall

  Fairport Convention
  3:36
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Crazy Man Michael

  Fairport Convention
  4:37
  3.9 ★
• 5
  Sloth

  Fairport Convention
  9:11
  3.9 ★
• 6
  Roll Over Vaughn Williams
  4:11
• 7
  The Poor Ditching Boy
  3:01
• 8
  The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
  4:01
• 9
  The Great Valerio

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  5:22
• 10
  When I Get to the Border

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:25
• 11
  Withered and Died

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:25
  4.0 ★
• 12
  I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:08
  3.6 ★
• 13
  Down Where the Drunkards Roll

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:05
• 14
  The Calvary Cross

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:51
• 15
  I’ll Regret It All in the Morning

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:35
• 16
  Old Man Inside a Young Man

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:26
• 17
  For Shame of Doing Wrong

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:43
• 18
  Night Comes In

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  8:08
• CD 2
• 1
  Dimming of the Day / Dargai

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  7:14
• 2
  A Heart Needs a Home

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:03
• 3
  Don’t Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:40
• 4
  Strange Affair

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:07
• 5
  Sunnyvista

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:23
• 6
  Sisters

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:48
• 7
  Rockin’ in Rhythm
  2:43
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Did She Jump or Was She Pushed

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  4:46
• 9
  Man in Need

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:33
• 10
  Shoot Out the Lights

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  5:19
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Wall of Death

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  3:43
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Walking on a Wire

  Richard & Linda Thompson
  5:25
• 13
  Tear Stained Letter
  4:41
• 14
  How I Wanted To
  5:10
• 15
  Hand of Kindness
  6:02
• 16
  Beat the Retreat (live)
  4:55
• 17
  I Ain’t Going to Drag My Feet No More
  4:18
• CD 3
• 1
  Little Blue Number
  3:02
• 2
  She Twists the Knife Again
  3:10
• 3
  Valerie
  4:18
• 4
  Turning of the Tide
  2:55
• 5
  I Still Dream
  5:06
• 6
  Waltzing’s for Dreamers
  4:04
• 7
  Read About Love
  3:33
• 8
  I Feel So Good
  3:20
• 9
  I Misunderstood
  4:04
  3.3 ★
• 10
  1952 Vincent Black Lightning
  4:42
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Put Your Trust in Me
  3:47
• 12
  From Galway to Graceland (live)
  4:44
• 13
  I Can’t Wake Up to Save My Life
  3:12
• 14
  MGB‐GT
  3:37
• 15
  Mingus Eyes
  4:47
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Beeswing
  5:31
• 17
  Taking My Business Elsewhere
  4:26
• 18
  King of Bohemia
  3:43
• 19
  Don’t Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me (live)

  Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
  4:08
• 20
  Razor Dance (Voltage Enhanced)
  2:39
• CD 4
• 1
  Hide It Away (Voltage Enhanced)
  4:22
• 2
  Last Shift

  Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
  3:54
• 3
  Big Chimney

  Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
  4:37
• 4
  Lotteryland

  Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
  2:51
• 5
  Persuasion (live)
  4:12
• 6
  Cooksferry Queen
  4:12
• 7
  Bathsheba Smiles
  3:55
• 8
  Hard on Me (live)
  12:18
• 9
  Gethsemane
  6:02
• 10
  A Love You Can’t Survive
  5:28
• 11
  A Legal Matter (live)
  3:15
• 12
  Main Title From Grizzly Man
  3:57
• 13
  Al Bowlly’s in Heaven (live)
  5:29
• 14
  I’ll Never Give It Up
  3:22
• 15
  Dad’s Gonna Kill Me
  5:15
  5.0 ★
• 16
  She Sang Angels to Rest
  3:23

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Release credits

• Al Michaels
  violin [16]
• Aly Bain
  fiddle [1.17-18, 2.1], violin [6]
• Andy Lunn
  assistant [5-6]
• Andy Newmark
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Andy Roberts
  Appalachian dulcimer [7]
• Ashley Hutchings
  bass [3], bass guitar [4]
• Barry Dransfield
  fiddle [7-8]
• Bill Gill
  engineer [8-12]
• Bobby King
  background vocals [15]
• Brian Taylor
  cornet [5]
• Bruce Lynch
  bass [3.1-2, 2.17]
• Christine Collister
  background vocals [5]
• Clive Gregson
  background vocals [3.5, 2.11-12]
• Danny Thompson
  double bass [3.6, 4.14, 4.16]
• Dave Mattacks
  drums (drum set) [3.1-2, 2.8-15, 2.17, 1.4, 1.17]
• Dave Pegg
  bass [5-6, 8-9, 11, 13-15], bass guitar [17]
• Dave Swarbrick
  viola [4], violin [4]
• David Horn
  tenor horn / alto horn [5]
• David Vanderheyden
  recording [16]
• Fairport Convention
  producer [3]
• Frances Kelly
  harp [5]
• Gianni Nocenzi
  piano [1]
• Henry Lowther
  trumpet [2.1, 1.17-18]
• Ian Peters
  euphonium [5]
• Ian Whiteman
  concert flute [2.1, 1.17-18], shakuhachi [2.1, 1.17-18]
• Jerry Scheff
  bass [4-5, 7-10, 13-18]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [4-5, 9-10, 16]
• Jimmy Hoyson
  mix [9-10], recording [9-10]
• Joe Boyd
  producer [1.1-5, 2.8-15, 2.17, 3.1-2]
• Joe Buck
  violin [16]
• Joey Waronker
  additional [7], drums (drum set) [7]
• John Chelew
  producer [9-10]
• John Hiatt
  background vocals [15]
• John Kirkpatrick
  Anglo concertina [1.11, 1.17-18, 2.1], accordion [8], button accordion [2.1, 2.3-4, 1.17-18], concertina [5]
• John Wood
  engineer [2.1, 1.4-5, 1.17-18], producer [1.7, 1.16-18, 2.1]
• John Wood
  engineer [2.3-6, 1.1-3, 1.9-14], producer [1.9-14, 1.18, 2.3-6]
• Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  background vocals [6]
• Lal Waterson
  background vocals [9]
• Linda Thompson
  background vocals [16, 18], vocal [2.3-4, 2.8-12, 1.8-9, 1.11]
• Martin Carthy
  background vocals [9]
• Martin Lamble
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Michael Hays
  electric guitar [14-15]
• Michael Jerome
  drums (drum set) [14-16], percussion [14-16]
• Michael Spencer-Arscott
  drums (drum set) [5-6]
• Mickey Curry
  drums (drum set) [7-8]
• Mike Glines
  assistant [9-10]
• Mike Waterson
  background vocals [9]
• Mitchell Froom
  harmonium [6], keyboard [5], producer [4-10, 13-18]
• Neil Larsen
  keyboard [3-4]
• Nic Jones
  fiddle [1.17-18, 2.1]
• Norma Waterson
  background vocals [9]
• Novi Ola
  viola [16]
• Pat Donaldson
  bass [9, 11, 16], bass guitar [2.1, 1.6-8, 1.18]
• Pete Thomas
  drums (drum set) [13-18]
• Pete Wingfield
  keyboard [5-6]
• Pete Zorn
  background vocals [11], bass [10, 12]
• Richard Thompson
  accordion [6], acoustic guitar [1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 4.14-16, 2.4, 3.6, 3.12], autoharp [15], background vocals [2.12, 1.3, 1.16], electric guitar [1.3, 1.11, 1.16, 4.14-15, 2.4, 2.8-15, 2.17, 3.1-2, 3.5], guitar [3.7-10, 3.13-18, 4.6-7, 4.9-10, 1.4, 1.6-8], guitar family [18], hammered dulcimer [9, 18], lead vocals [3.1-2, 1.16, 2.17], mandolin [2.4, 3.5], phonographic copyright [3-4], piano [16], producer [1.7, 1.9-14, 1.17-18, 2.1, 2.3-6], strings [16], vocal [4.6-7, 4.9-10, 4.14-16, 3.4-10, 3.12-18, 2.3-4, 2.8-12, 2.15, 1.6-8, 1.18]
• Rob Schnapf
  producer [6-7]
• Robert Kirby
  conductor [4], strings [4]
• Sandy Denny
  vocal [3-4, 8]
• Sara Watkins
  violin [15]
• Simon Nicol
  12 string guitar [16], acoustic guitar [1.3, 1.16, 2.4, 2.12], background vocals [16], electric guitar [9, 11, 13-15], guitar [1.4, 2.8, 2.10], hammered dulcimer [3], producer [3, 16]
• Sue Draheim
  fiddle [7], violin [7]
• Taras Prodaniuk
  electric bass guitar [15]
• Timi Donald
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.6-8, 1.11, 1.16, 1.18]
• Tod Lloyd
  producer [1]
• Tom Rothrock
  producer [6-7]
• Tony Goddard
  cornet [5]
• Vittorio Nocenzi
  synthesizer [1]
• Willie Weeks
  bass [3-4]
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Issues

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  Walking on a Wire: 1968–2009

  4x CD
  10 August 2009