Album
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
1974 · Rock
20 collectors on Gatefold own this
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight is a Rock album by Richard And Linda Thompson, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 32 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.
About
Recorded on s shoestring budget over the course of a few days in May 1973, <i>I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight</i> sat on the shelf for one year. But when it was released it immediately changed the course of Richard Thompson’s career. It was his first proper album since leaving Fairport Convention, and his first album with his new wife Linda. Few husband-and-wife teams have burned as intensely. Infused with the folk sensibility of his early career but ignited by a renewed love for rock music, <i>Bright Lights</i> hews to a singular vision that is mournful, but elegant. Collectively, the songs form a portrait of luckless tavern life, but the Thompsons treat the material with such warmth and grace that even the most doomed scenes are lit as if by candelabra. The three live bonus tracks — taken from a show at London’s Roundhouse in September 1975 — show the couple bringing a few of these singular barroom ballads back to their natural element.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1When I Get To The Border
- A2The Calvary Cross
- A3Withered And Died
- A4I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
- A5Down Where The Drunkards Roll
Side B
- B1We Sing Hallelujah
- B2Has He Got A Friend For Me
- B3The Little Beggar Girl
- B4The End Of The Rainbow
- B5The Great Valerio
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- brittle
- melancholic
- pastoral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Fully laminated cardboard sleeve with pinched spine endings.
Pink rim palm tree labels, printed cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics. A different pressing, also on pink rim labels, is here I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (UK 1974) (opens in a new tab).
Track A2 is called "Calvary Cross" on the cover, but "The Calvary Cross" on label and lyrics inner.
Track B1 is called "We'll Sing Hallelujah" on the cover, but "We Sing Hallelujah" on label and lyrics inn
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- CWS (Manchester) BandORCHESTRA
- John KirkpatrickACCORDION ACCORDION, CONCERTINA CONCERTINA , ACCORDION
- Linda Thompson
- Pat DonaldsonBASS
- Richard & Linda Thompson
- Richard Thompson
- Royston WoodBACKING VOCALS
- Simon NicolDULCIMER
- Timi DonaldDRUMS
- Trevor LucasBACKING VOCALS
- Dave MattacksDRUMS
20 collectors on Gatefold own this · 32 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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