Hard Luck Stories 1972 - 1982

Release by Richard & Linda Thompson

Track list

CD 1: Sometimes It Happens (1972 - 1973)

=> 1 Sweet Little Rock and Roller [alternate version / previously unreleased] (3:48)
=> 2 The Locomotion (3:02)
=> 3 My Girl in the Month of May (2:13)
=> 4 When Will I Be Loved [demo] (3:17)
=> 5 Amazon Queen [previously unreleased] (3:58)
=> 6 Shaky Nancy (3:28)
=> 7 The Angels Took My Racehorse Away (4:02)
=> 8 Embroidered Butterflies (3:17)
=> 9 After Frost (1:57)
=> 10 Sometimes It Happens [demo] (2:06)
=> 11 Restless Boy (4:17)
=> 12 The World Is a Wonderful Place (3:30)
=> 13 Shady Lies [live at London University College, 25/10/1972] (2:23)
=> 14 Napoleon’s Dream [live at London University College, 25/10/1972] (2:02)

CD 2: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

=> 1 When I Get to the Border (3:26)
=> 2 The Calvary Cross (3:52)
=> 3 Withered and Died (3:25)
=> 4 I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (3:08)
=> 5 Down Where the Drunkards Roll (4:06)
=> 6 We Sing Hallelujah (2:51)
=> 7 Has He Got a Friend for Me? (3:33)
=> 8 The Little Beggar Girl (3:25)
=> 9 The End of the Rainbow (3:56)
=> 10 The Great Valerio (5:23)
=> 11 Mother and Son [previously unreleased] (2:21)
=> 12 Down Where the Drunkards Roll [demo / previously unreleased] (4:04)
=> 13 The End of the Rainbow [Linda vocal version / previously unreleased] (3:57)
=> 14 A Heart Needs a Home [previously unreleased] (3:58)
=> 15 The Great Valerio [live at the Rainbow UK, 16/03/1975] (5:16)

CD 3: Hokey Pokey

=> 1 Hokey Pokey (3:22)
=> 2 I’ll Regret It All in the Morning (3:36)
=> 3 Smiffy’s Glass Eye (2:53)
=> 4 The Egypt Room (3:52)
=> 5 Never Again (3:08)
=> 6 Georgie on a Spree (3:40)
=> 7 Old Man Inside a Young Man (4:26)
=> 8 The Sun Never Shines on the Poor (3:41)
=> 9 A Heart Needs a Home (3:47)
=> 10 Mole in a Hole (3:26)
=> 11 Hokey Pokey [live on Marc Time / previously unreleased] (3:13)
=> 12 A Heart Needs a Home [alternate version] (4:03)

CD 4: Pour Down Like Silver

=> 1 Streets of Paradise (4:17)
=> 2 For Shame of Doing Wrong (4:43)
=> 3 The Poor Boy Is Taken Away (3:34)
=> 4 Night Comes In (8:11)
=> 5 Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair (2:49)
=> 6 Beat the Retreat (5:52)
=> 7 Hard Luck Stories (3:51)
=> 8 Dimming of the Day / Dargai (3:52)
=> 9 Wanted Man [previously unreleased] (5:35)
=> 10 Last Chance [previously unreleased] (3:42)
=> 11 Dimming of the Day [demo / previously unreleased] (3:52)
=> 12 Things You Gave Me [live at Oxford Polytechnic, 27/11/1975] (2:35)
=> 13 It’ll Be Me [live at Oxford Polytechnic, 27/11/1975] (4:24)
=> 14 Calvary Cross [live at Oxford Polytechnic, 27/11/1975] (13:24)

CD 5: The Madness of Love (live 1975 & 1977)

=> 1 Dargai [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975] (3:33)
=> 2 Never Again [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975] (3:07)
=> 3 Dark End of the Street [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975] (4:19)
=> 4 Beat the Retreat [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975] (6:24)
=> 5 The Sun Never Shines on the Poor [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975] (3:48)
=> 6 If I Were a Woman and You Were a Man [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977] (2:54)
=> 7 The Madness of Love [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977] (7:00)
=> 8 Night Comes In [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977] (12:53)
=> 9 A Bird in Gods Garden [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977] (9:33)
=> 10 The King of Love [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977] (6:55)
=> 11 Layla [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977] (8:48)

CD 6: First Light

=> 1 Restless Highway (3:58)
=> 2 Sweet Surrender (4:53)
=> 3 Don’t Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart (4:43)
=> 4 The Choice Wife (2:06)
=> 5 Died for Love (7:01)
=> 6 Strange Affair (3:08)
=> 7 Layla (4:22)
=> 8 Pavane (5:07)
=> 9 House of Cards (3:30)
=> 10 First Light (4:22)
=> 11 Strange Affair [demo / previously unreleased] (4:09)
=> 12 Drunk [demo / previously unreleased] (2:14)
=> 13 The Dust of Your Road [demo / previously unreleased] (2:33)
=> 14 Layla [demo / previously unreleased] (4:38)
=> 15 Died for Love [demo / previously unreleased] (4:47)
=> 16 First Light [demo] (4:03)

CD 7: Sunnyvista

=> 1 Civilisation (5:01)
=> 2 Borrowed Time (5:34)
=> 3 Saturday Rolling Around (3:24)
=> 4 You’re Going to Need Somebody (3:47)
=> 5 Why Do You Turn Your Back? (5:09)
=> 6 Sunnyvista (4:24)
=> 7 Lonely Hearts (5:05)
=> 8 Sisters (4:47)
=> 9 Justice in the Streets (4:00)
=> 10 Traces of My Love (4:05)
=> 11 Georgie on a Spree [b-side to 'Civilisation' 7”] (3:28)
=> 12 Lucky in Life [demo / previously unreleased] (2:42)
=> 13 Speechless Child [demo / previously unreleased] (4:17)
=> 14 Traces of My Love [demo / previously unreleased] (4:13)
=> 15 For Shame of Doing Wrong [Gerry Rafferty version] (4:16)
=> 16 The Wrong Heartbeat [Gerry Rafferty version] (3:09)
=> 17 Back Street Slide [Gerry Rafferty version] (4:27)

CD 8: Shoot Out the Lights

=> 1 Don’t Renege on Our Love (4:17)
=> 2 Walking on a Wire (5:26)
=> 3 A Man in Need (3:34)
=> 4 Just the Motion (6:17)
=> 5 Shoot Out the Lights (5:22)
=> 6 Back Street Slide (4:31)
=> 7 Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? (4:49)
=> 8 Wall of Death (3:43)
=> 9 Living in Luxury [b-side to 'Don't Renege on Our Love' 7”] (2:32)
=> 10 The Wrong Heartbeat [Shoot Out the Lights version] (3:20)
=> 11 I’m a Dreamer [Gerry Rafferty session / 1996 remix] (4:09)
=> 12 Walking on a Wire [Gerry Rafferty session / 1996 remix] (5:12)
=> 13 Pavanne [live at Second Story, Bloomington, Indiana 29/05/1982 / previously unreleased] (5:38)
=> 14 High School Confidential [live at Second Story, Bloomington, Indiana 29/05/1982 / previously unreleased] (4:29)

Labels

=> Universal UMC

7768997

Release events

2020-09-11 United Kingdom

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