Richard Thompson & Linda - Pour Down Like Silver
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Artist: Richard Thompson & LindaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Dictionary); English (Published)
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-08-09
Music Label: Universal Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Streets Of Paradise
- For Shame Of Doing Wrong
- The Poor Boy Taken Away
- Night Comes In
- Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair
- Beat The Retreat
- Hard Luck Stories
- Dimming Of The Day / Dargai
- Streets Of Paradise (Live At The Roundhouse - Prev Unrelease
- Night Comes In (Live At Oxford)
- Dark End Of The Street (Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall)
- Beat The Retreat (Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall - Prev Un
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Free Music Review: Historical significance is more important than sound quality
Hit: 5 Stars
I must also (respectfully) disagree with Gordon from South Africa. It may simply be that I've never heard the original LP masters of Richard & Linda's albums, so have no real basis for comparison, but frankly, I have no problem with the way these CDs sound. And in any case, many of the major labels have made mistakes in remastering certain albums for CD (and some of them have wisely gone back and redone them, more carefully the next time round, and come up aces--witness Sony's recent Dylan remasters first for hybrid SACD, then for regular CD). No matter--the historical significance far outweighs any audiophile concerns I might have (and I'm a big fan of audiophile formats, particularly where CDs are concerned, so that's saying something).
And the historical significance of Pour Down Like Silver (along with Hokey Pokey and Bright Lights) simply cannot be underestimated, for Richard Thompson's Island recordings show the beginnings of RT's development into the musical hero he has become since leaving Fairport Convention in 1971. PDLS is so different from the two albums that preceded it, in its introspection and humbler tone overall. "Streets of Paradise" sounds like the fond wish of any good Muslim, be he newly converted or many years in the faith, to be reaping the rewards of faith in Allah (and it's worth noting that RT, 30 years later, is still a Muslim, albeit a moderate one--witness his scathing indictment of fundamentalism in "Outside of the Inside" on The Old Kit Bag). "Beat the Retreat" could easily be a return to faith, or to a loved one, from a humbled prodigal. "Dimming of the Day" aches with longing (even more so in the mix used on the soundtrack of "Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," which features a string section), and the solo guitar piece "Dargai," into which "Dimming..." segues, in what sounds like an open-C tuning, adds a quiet Celtic/Middle Eastern-flavoured sigh to the whole piece. Personally, however, my favourite track is "Hard Luck Stories," which shows that Richard & Linda, even in their newfound faith, could still put out a sneeringly sardonic song ("Why don't you grow up?/Why don't you leave town?/Why don't you get a job?/Why don't you settle down?/Even a chicken has to do what it has to do./You don't like one thing/You don't like another/You don't like anything that looks like bother/Everyone don't like something/And we all don't like you."). We have all known somebody just like the whiny, annoying creature the singer is lambasting unmercifully in this song!
So the sound isn't perfect--fair enough. Just enjoy the music and try not to be driven to distraction by the possibly-rushed mixing/mastering job. I think we've all learned by now that catalogue remastering jobs by the major labels tend to be hit-and-miss more often than we'd like. That Island bothered to put these out at all instead of farming them out to another independent (who, to be fair, do often make better-sounding CDs) says somebody at the label understood that there was public demand for these records. Just listen and enjoy.
Pour Down Like Silver Poster
2004 digitally remastered reissue of 1975 album features 12 tracks including 4 live bonus tracks, 'Streets Of Paradise', 'Night Comes In', 'Dark End Of The Street', & 'Beat The Retreat'. Packaged in a slipcase with 12-page booklet featuring full lyrics &Pour Down Like Silver offers a fascinating glimpse of one of England's most seminal musicians steeped in a consuming passion. Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Richard Thompson and his wife Linda had converted to the mystical Islamic discipline of Sufism when they recorded this stark, riveting folk-rock album, which retains its powers as a uniquely spiritual document long after the couple's subsequent divorce and Richard Thompson's migration beyond its shaping doctrines. Modern listeners are left with a bracing essay noteworthy for such classics as "Streets Of Paradise," the brooding valentine of "For Shame Of Doing Wrong," the classic folk-rock love song, "Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair," and the powerful dirge of "Night Comes In," which transforms the image of dervishes dancing toward enlightenment into a deliberate yet hard-rocking climax worthy of Neil Young--with accordion, no less. --Sam Sutherland
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