Semi-Detached Mock Tudor

Infobox Album | Name = Semi-Detached Mock Tudor
Type = Live album
Artist = Richard Thompson


Released = 2002
Recorded = November 1999 in America
Genre = Rock
Length = 75:56
Label = Beeswing
Producer = Tom Dube
Reviews =
Last album = "Action Packed"
(2001)"
This album = "Semi-Detached Mock Tudor"
(2002)
Next album = "The Old Kit Bag"
(2003)|

"Semi-Detached Mock Tudor" is a live album by Richard Thompson

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 [http://www.richardthompson-music.com/ 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/