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Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights (33 1/3)
Hayden Childs
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Description for Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights (33 1/3)
Paperback. In the fall of 1980 Richard and Linda Thompson (of Fairport Convention fame) had recently been dumped from their record label and were on the verge of divorce. Somehow they overcame these miserable circumstances and managed to make an album considered by many to be a masterpiece. This title puts Richard and Linda Thompson's album in context. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Hayden Childs' "Shoot Out The Lights" puts Richard and Linda Thompson's album in context.In the fall of 1980 Richard and Linda Thompson (of Fairport Convention fame) had recently been dumped from their record label and were on the verge of divorce. Somehow they overcame these miserable circumstances and managed to make an album considered by many to be a masterpiece."Shoot Out The Lights" puts the album - from the personal history driving the songs, to the recording difficulties they encountered and the subsequent fall-out - in context. This is a brilliant, emotional book about a brilliant, emotional album."33 1/3" is ... Read more
Hayden Childs' "Shoot Out The Lights" puts Richard and Linda Thompson's album in context.In the fall of 1980 Richard and Linda Thompson (of Fairport Convention fame) had recently been dumped from their record label and were on the verge of divorce. Somehow they overcame these miserable circumstances and managed to make an album considered by many to be a masterpiece."Shoot Out The Lights" puts the album - from the personal history driving the songs, to the recording difficulties they encountered and the subsequent fall-out - in context. This is a brilliant, emotional book about a brilliant, emotional album."33 1/3" is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
33 1/3
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826427915
SKU
V9780826427915
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About Hayden Childs
Hayden Childs is a researcher and policy expert for the Texas Legislature. He's also an aspiring novelist, an occasional essayist and a hardcore Richard Thompson fanatic. He contributed to the book Lost in the Grooves and is co-editor of the online music magazine The High Hat.
Reviews for Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights (33 1/3)
Hayden Childs has definitely broken beyond the normal form of rock criticism with his take on Shoot Out The Lights, creating a review of some depth and intelligence, his critique as layered and textured as the album it explores. Whether you're a longtime fan of the Thompsons, or a listener just discovering the brilliant and disturbing ... Read more