Semi-Detached Mock Tudor

Beginning with the Live At Crawley album in 1995, Richard Thompson had begun issuing high-quality, officially sanctioned live recordings as an alternative to bootleg recordings—products that would provide the artist with revenue and offer better quality to the fans.

As its name suggests, Semi-Detached Mock Tudor was recorded during the tour to promote Thompson's 1999 album Mock Tudor. It was released in 2002 when Thompson, now a free agent, was free to market himself as he pleased. It was the first release on his own Beeswing label, and Thompson has since released several more live albums on his boutique label and marketed them at concerts and via his web site which was launched simultaneously with Semi-Detached Mock Tudor. Many fans consider the performances on Semi Detached Mock Tudor to be preferable to the "official album".

Thompson toured heavily to support and promote what he considered to be a strong album and eight of Semi-Detached Mock Tudor’s 13 tracks are from the then-current Mock Tudor - including Mock Tudor’s opening five song sequence with which Thompson and his band opened every concert of the 1999 tour.

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson

"Cooksferry Queen"
"Sibella"
"Bathsheba Smiles"
"Two-Faced Love"
"Hard On Me"
"Jennie"
"She Twists The Knife Again"
"Uninhabited Man"
"Walking The Long Miles Home"
"When The Spell Is Broken"
"Crawl Back (Under My Stone)"
"A Man In Need"
"Razor Dance"

Personnel

Richard Thompson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals
Pete Zorn - mandolin, penny whistle, baritone saxophone, acoustic guitar, percussion, bass flute and backing vocals
Teddy Thompson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, dulcimer and backing vocals
Danny Thompson - double bass
Michael Jerome - drums

References

Richard Thompson - The Biography by Patrick Humprhies. Schirmer Books. 0-02-864752-1
http://www.richardthompson-music.com/

Richard Thompson

Studio albums	Henry the Human Fly (1972) I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Hokey Pokey (1975) Pour Down Like Silver (1975) First Light (1978) Sunnyvista (1979) Shoot Out the Lights (1982) Hand of Kindness (1983) Across a Crowded Room (1985) Daring Adventures (1986) Amnesia (1988) Rumor and Sigh (1991) Mirror Blue (1994) You? Me? Us? (1996) Mock Tudor (1999) The Old Kit Bag (2003) Front Parlour Ballads (2005) Sweet Warrior (2007) Dream Attic (2010) Electric (2013) Acoustic Classics (2014) Still (2015)

Live albums	Small Town Romance (1984) 1000 Years of Popular Music (2003) Live from Austin, TX (2005) In Concert, November 1975 (2007) Live at the BBC (2011)

Fan club and boutique label releases	Strict Tempo! (1981) Live at Crawley (1995) Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996) Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98 (1998) Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002) More Guitar (2003) 1000 Years of Popular Music (2003) Ducknapped! (2003) Faithless (2004) The Chrono Show (2004) Live Warrior (2009) Cabaret of Souls (2012)

Compilation albums	(guitar, vocal) (1976) Live! (More or Less) (1976) Watching the Dark (1993) The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Record Years (2000) Action Packed (2001) RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson (2006) Walking on a Wire (2009)

Songs	"Dimming of the Day" "Tear-Stained Letter"

Related articles	Discography Linda Thompson Teddy Thompson French Frith Kaiser Thompson Fairport Convention

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