Chris Thompson - Chris Thompson (1973)(2010) 2CD

Artist: Chris Thompson
Title Of Album: Chris Thompson
Year Of Release: 2010
Label (Catalog#) : Sunbeam[SBR2CD5078]
Country: New Zealand
Genre Psych Folk, Folk Rock, Acoustic Blues
Quality: FLAC (*tracks + .cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 49:45+35:19
Full Size: 567MB(+3%)(covers)

Chris Thompson was a professional singer/songwriter from Hamilton, New Zealand. His music spanned country, folk, and blues, and his catalogue consists of more than 250 original songs and guitar instrumentals.
Chris Thompson passed away on November 25th, 2024.
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Chris Thompson (Sunbeam Records SBR2CD5078) is an anthology of twenty-six songs by Chris Thompson (three of which are settings of lyric poems by Yeats, Longfellow and Christina Rossetti). It is a re-issue of Chris' original self-titled 1973 debut album for Village Thing Records (U.K.) Ltd., plus out-takes, alternate takes and ten bonus tracks chosen from subsequent New Zealand albums like Hometown Voodoo, Song for Laura, Coffee Break and For my Double. Following a re-union concert featuring many of the artists that had been on the Village Thing label, held in London in 2010 (with musicians like Wizz Jones, Derroll Adams, Dave Evans et al), Sunbeam Records approached Chris and invited him to work with them to assemble a double CD based around what they have called "One of the best Acid-Folk albums of the Seventies". It not only contains the original recordings of songs like "London Blues" and "The River Song" and Chris' collaborations with Indian, English and Irish musicians, but incorporates examples of Chris' more country and blues influenced work, like "Hamilton" and "We need Oil", and humorous songs that have proved popular like "Barcelona" and "Chop Suey Blues". There are 13 or 14 other musicians on the album, including Chris' daughter Lora (who plays bass on "When I am Dead" - the lyric poem by Christina Rossetti), and Brendan Power (harmonica virtuoso), who has played with Sting and Ray Charles, from Auckland, now living in England (on "Heart Attack Blues").

Tracks:
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Disc One
1. Hugo Spellman - 4:13
2. The Song Of Wandering Aengus (Words By W. B. Yeats) - 4:31
3. De Debil Take De Blue-Tail Fly! - 3:38
4. The River Song - 2:40
5. London Blues - 3:48
6. Her Hair Was Long - 6:46
7. Young Lust - 3:04
8. Love - 1:52
9. The River Song (Alt. Take 1) - 3:51
10.The River Song (Alt. Take 2) - 6:29
11.Love (Alt. Take) - 3:46
12.Dream - 2:51
13.Don’t Be Afraid - 2:09



Disc Two
1. As I Walked Out - 1:40
2. Back In The City - 2:48
3. Where Is My Wild Rose? - 2:48
4. Hamilton - 3:09
5. Vox Populi (Words By H. W. Longfellow) - 3:24
6. Heart Attack Blues - 2:18
7. Barcelona - 5:11
8. Sunday Lunch - 2:56
9. The Terror Of The Spanish Main - 2:17
10.When I Am Dead (Words By Christina Rossetti) - 3:03
11.Chop Suey Blues (The Opium Song) - 1:58
12.Little Ballerina - 2:22
13.We Need Oil - 2:02

Personnel:
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Chris Thompson - Vocals, Guitars
Clem Alford - Tamboura
Keshav Sathe - Tabla
Brian Dunning - Flute
Ed Deane - Guitar
E.J. Peters - Vocal
Nial Toner - Guitar, Vocal
Vince McGurran - Percussion
Lynne Thompson - Flute
Keith McMillan - Mandolin
Brendan Power - Harmonica
Chris Pristley - Vocal
Lora Thompson - Bass
Julie Grace - Fiddle
E-Man - Hand Drums

All thanks to original releaser