Hard Luck Stories 1972 - 1982

Album by Richard & Linda Thompson

RockPop RockFolk RockRock and Roll

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sweet Little Rock and Roller [alternate version / previously unreleased]
    3:48
  2. 2.
    The Locomotion
    3:02
  3. 3.
    My Girl in the Month of May
    2:13
  4. 4.
    When Will I Be Loved [demo]
    3:17
  5. 5.
    Amazon Queen [previously unreleased]
    3:58
  6. 6.
    Shaky Nancy
    3:28
  7. 7.
    The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
    4:02
  8. 8.
    Embroidered Butterflies
    3:17
  9. 9.
    After Frost
    1:57
  10. 10.
    Sometimes It Happens [demo]
    2:06
  11. 11.
    Restless Boy
    4:17
  12. 12.
    The World Is a Wonderful Place
    3:30
  13. 13.
    Shady Lies [live at London University College, 25/10/1972]
    2:23
  14. 14.
    Napoleon’s Dream [live at London University College, 25/10/1972]
    2:02

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    When I Get to the Border
    3:26
  2. 2.
    The Calvary Cross
    3:52
  3. 3.
    Withered and Died
    3:25
  4. 4.
    I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Down Where the Drunkards Roll
    4:06
  6. 6.
    We Sing Hallelujah
    2:51
  7. 7.
    Has He Got a Friend for Me?
    3:33
  8. 8.
    The Little Beggar Girl
    3:25
  9. 9.
    The End of the Rainbow
    3:56
  10. 10.
    The Great Valerio
    5:23
  11. 11.
    Mother and Son [previously unreleased]
    2:21
  12. 12.
    Down Where the Drunkards Roll [demo / previously unreleased]
    4:04
  13. 13.
    The End of the Rainbow [Linda vocal version / previously unreleased]
    3:57
  14. 14.
    A Heart Needs a Home [previously unreleased]
    3:58
  15. 15.
    The Great Valerio [live at the Rainbow UK, 16/03/1975]
    5:16

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Hokey Pokey
    3:22
  2. 2.
    I’ll Regret It All in the Morning
    3:36
  3. 3.
    Smiffy’s Glass Eye
    2:53
  4. 4.
    The Egypt Room
    3:52
  5. 5.
    Never Again
    3:08
  6. 6.
    Georgie on a Spree
    3:40
  7. 7.
    Old Man Inside a Young Man
    4:26
  8. 8.
    The Sun Never Shines on the Poor
    3:41
  9. 9.
    A Heart Needs a Home
    3:47
  10. 10.
    Mole in a Hole
    3:26
  11. 11.
    Hokey Pokey [live on Marc Time / previously unreleased]
    3:13
  12. 12.
    A Heart Needs a Home [alternate version]
    4:03

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Streets of Paradise
    4:17
  2. 2.
    For Shame of Doing Wrong
    4:43
  3. 3.
    The Poor Boy Is Taken Away
    3:34
  4. 4.
    Night Comes In
    8:11
  5. 5.
    Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
    2:49
  6. 6.
    Beat the Retreat
    5:52
  7. 7.
    Hard Luck Stories
    3:51
  8. 8.
    Dimming of the Day / Dargai
    3:52
  9. 9.
    Wanted Man [previously unreleased]
    5:35
  10. 10.
    Last Chance [previously unreleased]
    3:42
  11. 11.
    Dimming of the Day [demo / previously unreleased]
    3:52
  12. 12.
    Things You Gave Me [live at Oxford Polytechnic, 27/11/1975]
    2:35
  13. 13.
    It’ll Be Me [live at Oxford Polytechnic, 27/11/1975]
    4:24
  14. 14.
    Calvary Cross [live at Oxford Polytechnic, 27/11/1975]
    13:24

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Dargai [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975]
    3:33
  2. 2.
    Never Again [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975]
    3:07
  3. 3.
    Dark End of the Street [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975]
    4:19
  4. 4.
    Beat the Retreat [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975]
    6:24
  5. 5.
    The Sun Never Shines on the Poor [live at Queen Elizabeth Hall 25/04/1975]
    3:48
  6. 6.
    If I Were a Woman and You Were a Man [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977]
    2:54
  7. 7.
    The Madness of Love [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977]
    7:00
  8. 8.
    Night Comes In [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977]
    12:53
  9. 9.
    A Bird in Gods Garden [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977]
    9:33
  10. 10.
    The King of Love [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977]
    6:55
  11. 11.
    Layla [live at Theatre Royal, London 01/05/1977]
    8:48

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    Restless Highway
    3:58
  2. 2.
    Sweet Surrender
    4:53
  3. 3.
    Don’t Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart
    4:43
  4. 4.
    The Choice Wife
    2:06
  5. 5.
    Died for Love
    7:01
  6. 6.
    Strange Affair
    3:08
  7. 7.
    Layla
    4:22
  8. 8.
    Pavane
    5:07
  9. 9.
    House of Cards
    3:30
  10. 10.
    First Light
    4:22
  11. 11.
    Strange Affair [demo / previously unreleased]
    4:09
  12. 12.
    Drunk [demo / previously unreleased]
    2:14
  13. 13.
    The Dust of Your Road [demo / previously unreleased]
    2:33
  14. 14.
    Layla [demo / previously unreleased]
    4:38
  15. 15.
    Died for Love [demo / previously unreleased]
    4:47
  16. 16.
    First Light [demo]
    4:03

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    Civilisation
    5:01
  2. 2.
    Borrowed Time
    5:34
  3. 3.
    Saturday Rolling Around
    3:24
  4. 4.
    You’re Going to Need Somebody
    3:47
  5. 5.
    Why Do You Turn Your Back?
    5:09
  6. 6.
    Sunnyvista
    4:24
  7. 7.
    Lonely Hearts
    5:05
  8. 8.
    Sisters
    4:47
  9. 9.
    Justice in the Streets
    4:00
  10. 10.
    Traces of My Love
    4:05
  11. 11.
    Georgie on a Spree [b-side to 'Civilisation' 7”]
    3:28
  12. 12.
    Lucky in Life [demo / previously unreleased]
    2:42
  13. 13.
    Speechless Child [demo / previously unreleased]
    4:17
  14. 14.
    Traces of My Love [demo / previously unreleased]
    4:13
  15. 15.
    For Shame of Doing Wrong [Gerry Rafferty version]
    4:16
  16. 16.
    The Wrong Heartbeat [Gerry Rafferty version]
    3:09
  17. 17.
    Back Street Slide [Gerry Rafferty version]
    4:27

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    Don’t Renege on Our Love
    4:17
  2. 2.
    Walking on a Wire
    5:26
  3. 3.
    A Man in Need
    3:34
  4. 4.
    Just the Motion
    6:17
  5. 5.
    Shoot Out the Lights
    5:22
  6. 6.
    Back Street Slide
    4:31
  7. 7.
    Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
    4:49
  8. 8.
    Wall of Death
    3:43
  9. 9.
    Living in Luxury [b-side to 'Don't Renege on Our Love' 7”]
    2:32
  10. 10.
    The Wrong Heartbeat [Shoot Out the Lights version]
    3:20
  11. 11.
    I’m a Dreamer [Gerry Rafferty session / 1996 remix]
    4:09
  12. 12.
    Walking on a Wire [Gerry Rafferty session / 1996 remix]
    5:12
  13. 13.
    Pavanne [live at Second Story, Bloomington, Indiana 29/05/1982 / previously unreleased]
    5:38
  14. 14.
    High School Confidential [live at Second Story, Bloomington, Indiana 29/05/1982 / previously unreleased]
    4:29

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