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In Concert November 1975

1. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
2. Hard Luck Stories
3. Night Comes In
4. Morris Medley
5. Heart Needs a Home, A
6. Why Don't You Love Me
7. Now Be Thankful
8. Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
9. Streets of Paradise
10. For Shame of Doing Wrong
11. Calvary Cross
12. Hokey Pokey
13. Things You Gave Me
14. It'll Be Me
15. Together Again
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 9848243
Credits

Producer
Engineer John Wood
Personnel: John Kirkpatrick (vocals, accordion, anglo concertina); Dave Mattacks (drums).
Liner Note Author: David Suff.
Recording information: Norwich (11/1975); Oxford, England (11/1975); Swindon (11/1975).
Photographer: Robert Ellis .
Thirty-two years after the fact, this live album presents a full-length version of the shows performed by Richard & Linda Thompson to promote their 1975 album Pour Down Like Silver, their third LP, following Hokey Pokey released earlier in 1975, and 1974's I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight. They are accompanied by John Kirkpatrick on accordion and concertina, Dave Pegg on bass, and Dave Mattacks on drums. The recordings have not been released previously, except for "Calvary Cross" and "It'll Be Me," which were included on Richard Thompson's 1976 compilation Guitar, Vocal, but which have been remixed for this album. The selections come mostly from the Thompsons' three albums, of course, with special emphasis on Pour Down Like Silver, and the performances are often stretched out with lengthy guitar solos. A nod to Richard Thompson's tenure in Fairport Convention is made with a version of "Now Be Thankful," and since the instrumental lineup mirrors that found on the album of traditional music Morris On, the players give Linda Thompson a break and perform a set of instrumental reels. The cover songs are all American country and country-rock numbers, Hank Williams' "Why Don't You Love Me" (with Linda Thompson on lead vocals), "Things You Gave Me" (learned from a Rick Nelson album), the Jerry Lee Lewis hit "It'll Be Me," and Buck Owens' "Together Again." This was a recording worth excavating from the vault, and it confirms Richard & Linda Thompson's reputation as a major folk-rock act of the `70s, making it all the more regrettable that they broke up, professionally and romantically, in the early `80s. ~ William Ruhlmann
Critic Reviews

Uncut (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "With a mix of originals, an electric Morris medley and handful of country-rock covers, IN CONCERT is a lost treasure, and an essential complement to the studio albums."