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Jun 27, 2024 · Richard Thompson, the British singer-songwriter-guitarist who has been writing and recording music since the '60s, is about to launch a summer concert tour and has a new album out.
Apr 14, 2021 · If you’re Richard Thompson — one of Britain’s most admired guitarists, who helped found the seminal band Fairport Convention before going on to a prolific solo career — you focus on what matters most.
Richard Thompson. Full Band Show. Buy Tickets. share. Artist Information. Richard Thompson’s musical influence cannot be overstated. Having co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the ‘60s, he and his bandmates invented the distinctive strain of British Folk Rock.
- Soundtracks
- With Fairport Convention
- Collaborations
- Original Recordings For Compilations
- As A Guest Or Session Musician
Not listed here are soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition is merely included, without further involvement from Thompson. Listed here are soundtracks in which Thompson was involved in the actual recording. In 2009 "Time to Ring Some Changes" from Hard Cash was included in Topic Records' 70-year anniversary boxed set ...
Only albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography. For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see Fairport Convention discography
Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here (see next section). Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or on the recording.
Original recordings of new or existing compositions on 'various artist' compilations. Only the first release the recording is on is listed.
† Thompson played on an 'album of mostly unreleased 1969 recordings' that were released in 2020 packaged with the group's 1968 self-titled debut.‡ A compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1967 and 1974.⸸ Thompson plays on some radio sessions from 1972※ Recorded live in 1991
Apr 3, 2024 · As Richard Thompson celebrates his 75th birthday, we're revisiting a remarkably in-depth interview with the iconic singer, songwriter and musician...
Apr 3, 2024 · ‘This record is flawed and has good intentions, but I look forward to something better’ – that’s a great review”: Richard Thompson doesn’t believe in the ‘perfect album’ By Paul Lester
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Dec 3, 2014 · Richard Thompson’s contributions are typical of the former Fairport Convention guitarist’s idiosyncratic combination of twitchy bonhomie and underlying coldness; the half-chirpy “One Life At...
