RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON – SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 1982

Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights
(Hannibal Records  1982  HNBL1303)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – Printed in England on sleeve – Made in France on label
Tracklisting wrong on back cover

Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Richard John Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949) is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician.

Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Artists who have recorded Thompson’s compositions include such diverse talents as Del McCoury, R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt, Christy Moore, David Gilmour, Mary Black, Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, The Corrs, Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Joel Fafard, Maria McKee, Shawn Colvin, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Nanci Griffith, Graham Parker, Jefferson Starship, The Pointer Sisters, Maura O’Connell, Los Lobos, John Doe, Greg Brown, Bob Mould, Barbara Manning, Loudon Wainwright III, The Futureheads, Jeff Lang, Dinosaur Jr., David Byrne, and The Blind Boys of Alabama.

Thompson made his début as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967. He continues to write and record new material regularly and frequently performs live throughout the world.

Thompson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music. On 5 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen.

Linda Thompson (née Pettifer, 23 August 1947) is an English folk rock singer.

Thompson became one of the most recognised names and voices in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her then husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard Thompson, and later as a solo artist.

Shoot Out the Lights is the sixth and final album by British husband-and-wife folk rock duo Richard and Linda Thompson. It was produced by Joe Boyd and released in 1982 on his Hannibal label. A critically acclaimed work, Allmusic‘s Mark Deming noted that Shoot Out the Lights has “often been cited as Richard Thompson’s greatest work, and it’s difficult for anyone who has heard his body of work to argue the point.”

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson except as noted.

Side one

1. “Don’t Renege on Our Love” – 4:19
2. “Walking on a Wire” – 5:29
3. “Man in Need” – 3:36
4. “Just the Motion” – 6:19

Side two

5. “Shoot Out the Lights” – 5:24
6. “Back Street Slide” – 4:33
7. “Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?” (Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson) – 4:52
8. “Wall of Death” – 3:43

Personnel

• Richard Thompson – vocals, lead guitar, accordion, hammered dulcimer
• Linda Thompson – vocals
• Simon Nicol – rhythm guitar
• Dave Pegg – bass on 3 6 7 8
• Pete Zorn – bass on 1 2 4 5, backing vocals
• David Mattacks – drums

Additional personnel

• The Watersons (Norma, Mike, Lal, and Martin Carthy) – backing vocals
• Clive Gregson – backing vocals
• Stephen Corbett – cornet
• Brian Jones – cornet
• Phil Goodwin – tuba
• Stephen Barnett – trombone
• Mark Cutts – trombone