dsk wrote: > > Since my man is now on my mind, I just recalled that there were a couple > of people who wanted to know when the live version of Mock Tudor was > released. You can get it here: > > http://www.richardthompson-music.com/album.asp?id=71
Additional info: the live Mock Tudor is one of RT's "official bootleg" releases, so it's available only on his website. The January studio cd will be distributed through the usual channels. Through his website, he's also planning to release a cd of his show, "1,000 Years of Popular Music", which he did as a fundraiser for the Getty Museum in LA and in five NYC shows at Joe's Pub recently, where the recordings were made. In those shows he worked his way through 1,000 years of songs that had been part of people's lives, starting with a song from 1040 through to Britney Spears's "Oops", and including songs from the Renaissance, English dance hall tunes, Fats Waller's "Write Myself a Letter", Nat King Cole's "Orange-Colored Sky", and songs by Hank Williams, Prince, the Who, Abba, Crowded House, and the Beatles (no RT songs). Fascinating to hear, in brief, how the sound of "western world" popular music has changed over the centuries! He had to retune his guitar often, and the drummer used different types of drums and different rhythms as the centuries progressed. It was an interesting and extremely enjoyable music history lesson, and with all of his quips, very funny too. I expect it to be another fantastic RT cd. Debra Shea
