{"product_id":"watching-the-dark-the-history-of-richard-thompson","title":"Watching The Dark: The History of Richard Thompson","description":"Amazon.com\n\nRichard Thompson did not achieve overnight his now-acknowledged status as a pillar of British folk-rock, as a towering guitarist, and as a songwriter as distinctive and thematically provocative as any of his contemporaries. As late as 1980 when Thompson already had a formidable dossier of wonderful recordings with Fairport Convention as well as with his then-wife Linda, the would-be folk god was more cult artist than recognizable entity. This superb three-disc retrospective provides an intelligent overview of his evolution, avoiding the conventions of a \"hits first\" approach (silly in this case) or a completist's preoccupation with chronology and minutiae (dreary move, that). Instead, the discs shuttle back and forth across different period's in Thompson's career, swap excellent live performances and alternate takes for certain tracks, and let the music dictate the flow. That makes Watching the Dark as engaging for life-long Thompson fans as it will surely be for new recruits. --Sam Sutherland\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00000064O\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00000064O.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thompson, Richard\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41449716645946,"sku":"DBV.B00000064O.G","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00000064O-0.jpg?v=1780897123","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/watching-the-dark-the-history-of-richard-thompson","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}