- Strict Tempo! (album)
Infobox Album | Name = Strict Tempo!
Type =Album
Artist = Richard Thompson
Released = 1981
Recorded = 1981 at B.T.W Studios,London
Genre = Rock
Length = 42.09
Label = Elixir Records
Producer = Richard Thompson
Reviews =
Last album = "Live! (more or less) "
(1976)
This album = "Strict Tempo!"
(1981)
Next album = "Hand Of Kindness "
(1983) |__NOTOC__"Strict Tempo!" is an instrumental album by Richard Thompson released in 1981.After the modest sales for their 1979 album "
Sunnyvista ",Richard and Linda Thompson found themselves without a record deal. An album produced and financed byGerry Rafferty (see "Shoot Out The Lights " for more details) failed to secure them a deal with a major label.To generate some income, Richard Thompson formed his own record label Elixir Records and recorded this album at a small studio in London.
The album consists of some of the artist's favourite tunes, all rendered as instrumentals and all arranged for
guitar ,mandolin , and other instruments played by Thompson. The only other participating player is drummerDave Mattacks .Track listing
All songs traditional and arranged by Richard Thompson except where noted.
#"New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel"
#"Vaillance Polka Militaire/Belfast Polka"
#"Glencoe/Scott Skinner’s Rock/Bonny Banchory"
#"Banish Misfortune"
#"Dundee Hornpipe/Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe"
#"Do It For My Sake"
#"Rockin’ In Rhythm" (written byDuke Ellington )
#"The Random Jig/The Grinder"
#"Will Ye No Cam Back Again"
#"Cam O’er The Stream Charlie/Ye Banks And Braes"
#"Rufty Tufty/Nonsuch à la Mode de France"
#"Andalus/Radio Marrakesh"
#"The Knife-Edge" (written by Richard Thompson)Personnel
* Richard Thompson -
guitar ,bass guitar ,mandolin ,banjo ,mandocello , dulcimer,harmonium ,pennywhistle ,dobro
*Dave Mattacks - drums,piano on "Ye Banks And Braes"
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