''Semi-Detached Mock Tudor'' is a

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by Richard Thompson Beginning with the '' Live at Crawley'' album in 1995, Richard Thompson had begun issuing high-quality, officially sanctioned live recordings as an alternative to

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s—products that would provide the artist with revenue and offer better quality to the fans. ''Semi-Detached Mock Tudor'' was recorded on tour to promote Thompson's 1999 album ''

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'', and was released in 2002. It was the first release on his own

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label. Thompson has since released several more live albums on this label and marketed them at concerts and via hi
web site
which was launched simultaneously with ''Semi-Detached Mock Tudor''. Many fans consider the performances on ''Semi-Detached Mock Tudor'' to be preferable to the "official album". Thompson toured heavily to support and promote what he considered to be a strong album and eight of ''Semi-Detached Mock Tudor''’s 13 tracks are from the then-current ''

'' - including ''Mock Tudor''’s opening five-song sequence with which Thompson and his band opened every concert of the 1999 tour.

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson #"Cooksferry Queen" #"Sibella" #"Bathsheba Smiles" #"Two-Faced Love" #"Hard On Me" #"Jennie" #"She Twists The Knife Again" #"Uninhabited Man" #"Walking The Long Miles Home" #"When The Spell Is Broken" #"Crawl Back (Under My Stone)" #"A Man In Need" #"Razor Dance"

Personnel

* Richard Thompson -

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and

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, acoustic guitar,

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and backing vocals *

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- electric guitar, acoustic guitar,

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and backing vocals *

Danny Thompson Daniel Henry Edward Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Mart ...

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References

*''Richard Thompson - The Biography'' by Patrick Humprhies. Schirmer Books. 0-02-864752-1 *http://www.richardthompson-music.com/ {{Authority control 2002 live albums Richard Thompson (musician) live albums Self-released albums