Richard Thompson discography

Richard Thompson discography
Thompson performing at Prospect Park,
New York City in 2007
Studio albums22
Live albums14
Singles16

The discography of Richard Thompson, an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of around 30 studio albums in which he is named on the cover, alongside live albums, singles, compilations, fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations. He has released around 20 solo studio albums, but is also known for his collaborations with first wife Linda Thompson and his time as a member of Fairport Convention. He has also appeared as a guest musician on the releases of numerous other artists.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Credited to Chart positions
UK[1] US[2]
1972 Henry the Human Fly Richard Thompson[3]
1974 I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Richard and Linda Thompson[4]
1975 Hokey Pokey Richard and Linda Thompson[5]
1975 Pour Down Like Silver Richard and Linda Thompson[6]
1978 First Light Richard and Linda Thompson
1979 Sunnyvista Richard and Linda Thompson
1981 Strict Tempo! Richard Thompson
1982 Shoot Out the Lights Richard and Linda Thompson
1983 Hand of Kindness Richard Thompson 186
1985 Across a Crowded Room Richard Thompson 80 102
1986 Daring Adventures Richard Thompson 92 142
1988 Amnesia Richard Thompson 89 182
1991 Rumor and Sigh Richard Thompson 32
1994 Mirror Blue Richard Thompson 23 109
1996 You? Me? Us? Richard Thompson 32 97
1997 Industry Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson
1999 Mock Tudor Richard Thompson 28
2003 The Old Kit Bag Richard Thompson 52 121
2005 Front Parlour Ballads Richard Thompson 54 197
2007 Sweet Warrior Richard Thompson 39 111
2013 Electric Richard Thompson 16 75
2014 Acoustic Classics Richard Thompson 16 103
2015 Still Richard Thompson 10 82
2017 Acoustic Classics II Richard Thompson 24
Acoustic Rarities Richard Thompson 84
2018 13 Rivers Richard Thompson 18
2024 Ship to Shore Richard Thompson 46

Live albums

Released Title Credited to Recorded UK US
1984 Small Town Romance Richard Thompson 1982
1995 Live at Crawley Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson 1993
1996 Two Letter Words: Live 1994 Richard Thompson Band 1994
1998 Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98 Richard Thompson 1998
2002 Semi-Detached Mock Tudor Richard Thompson Band 1999
2003 More Guitar Richard Thompson Band 1988
2003 1000 Years of Popular Music Richard Thompson 2002
2003 Ducknapped! Richard Thompson Band 2003
2004 Faithless Richard Thompson 1985
2004 The Chrono Show Richard Thompson 2004
2005 Live from Austin, TX Richard Thompson 2001
2007 In Concert, November 1975 Richard and Linda Thompson 1975
2009 Live Warrior Richard Thompson 2007
2010 Dream Attic[a] Richard Thompson 2010 20 83
2011 Live at the BBC Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson 1973–2009 137
2012 Cabaret of Souls Richard Thompson 2009
2017 Live at Rockpalast Richard Thompson Band 1983 & 1984
2019 Across A Crowded Room Live at Barrymore's 1985 Richard Thompson 1985
2020 Live at Rock City, Nottingham, November 86 Richard Thompson 1985
2021 Live from London Richard Thompson 2021
2022 Live from Honolulu Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio 2006 -
2023 Historic Classic Concert - Live in Nottingham 1986 The Richard Thompson Band 1985[b] -

Soundtracks

Not listed here are soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition is merely included, without further involvement from Thompson. Listed here are soundtracks in which Thompson had a significant creative role in creating new music.

Year Title Credited to
1987 The Marksman (Music from the BBC TV Series) Richard Thompson and Peter Filleul
1989 Hard Cash (BBC North West documentary) first broadcast in 1990[8] Richard Thompson and numerous other artists listed on the cover, produced by Richard Thompson and Peter Filleul
1991 Sweet Talker Richard Thompson
2005 Grizzly Man[c] Richard Thompson
2010 Baraboo: Motion Picture Soundtrack Joel Savoy, Emma Beaton & Chris Stafford, additional compositions by Richard Thompson, metal compositions by Riley Sweeney Lynch and Dean Hurley, and Edison recordings from the early 20th century
2019 The Cold Blue (Original Motion Picture Score) Richard Thompson

Compilations

Year Title Credited to
1976 (guitar, vocal) Richard Thompson
1976 Live! (More or Less) Richard Thompson
1985 Doom & Gloom From The Tomb (Vol. 1) Richard Thompson
1991 Doom & Gloom II (Over My Dead Body) Richard Thompson
1993 Watching the Dark Richard Thompson
2000 The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Records Years Richard and Linda Thompson
2001 Action Packed Richard Thompson
2005 Some Enchanted Evenings Richard Thompson
2006 RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson Richard Thompson
2009 Walking on a Wire Richard Thompson
2020 Hard Luck Stories (1972–1982) Richard and Linda Thompson

Singles

With Linda Thompson

Year Song Chart positions Album
UK
1974 "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
1975 "Hokey Pokey" Hokey Pokey
1978 "Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart" First Light
1979 "Georgie on a Spree" / "Civilisation" (double-A side) Sunnyvista
1982 "Don't Renege On Our Love" Shoot Out the Lights

Solo

Year Song Chart positions Album
US Alt. Rock[9]
1983 "The Wrong Heartbeat" Hand of Kindness
1984 "Tear-Stained Letter"
1985 "When the Spell is Broken" Across a Crowded Room
"You Don't Say"
1986 "Valerie" Daring Adventures
"Nearly in Love"
1988 "Turning of the Tide" 30 Amnesia
1989 "Reckless Kind"
1991 "I Feel So Good" 15 Rumor and Sigh
"Read About Love"
1992 "I misunderstood" (Official Dutch Tour Single)
1994 "I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life" Mirror Blue
"Easy There, Steady Now"
1996 "Dark Hand Over My Heart" You? Me? Us
1999 "Crawl Back (Under My Stone)" Mock Tudor
2003 "She Said It Was Destiny" The Old Kit Bag
2007 "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" Sweet Warrior
2012 "Haul Me Up"[d]
2013 "Good Things Happen to Bad People" Electric
"Salford Sunday"
2017 "Gethsemane" Acoustic Classics II
2018 "Bones of Gilead" 13 Rivers
"The Storm Won't Come"
"My Rock, My Rope"
2022 "Streamwalk / Treadwell No More" Music from Grizzly Man
"Glencoe"
2024 "Singapore Sadie" Ship to Shore
"Freeze"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

With the Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio

Year Song Chart positions Album
UK
2022 "(I Want to See) The Bright Lights Tonight" Live from Honolulu

EPs

Year Title
2003 Tracks
2020 Bloody Noses
2021 Serpent's Tears

With Fairport Convention

Only studio albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography.

Live, particularly at Cropredy Festival, Fairport often perform in various line-ups of past and present members. Therefore live albums which feature Thompson after he officially left the band are included here.

For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see the Fairport Convention discography.

Studio albums

Year Title
1968 Fairport Convention
1969 What We Did on Our Holidays
1969 Unhalfbricking
1969 Liege and Lief
1970 Full House

Live albums

Released Title Recorded
1976 Live at the L.A. Troubadour 1970
1982 Moat on the Ledge 1981
1984 The Boot 1983
1986 House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour 1970
1987 The Other Boot 1986
1987 Heyday: The BBC Radio Sessions 1968 & 1969
1988 The Third Leg 1987
1993 25th Anniversary Concert 1992
1999 The Cropredy Box 1997
2003 Cropredy 2002 - Another Gig : Another Palindrome / Festival: Cropredy 2002 2002
2004 Cropredy Capers: Twenty-Five Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival 1980-2004
2004 The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Live at the Cropredy Festivals 1986 and 1987) 1986 & 1987
2007 Live at the BBC 1967-1974
2018 What We Did On Our Saturday[10] 2017
2020 Chicago 1970 1970
2023 Full House for Sale[11] 2022

Other material

Year Title Year relevant material recorded Notes
1970 Now Be Thankful 1970 Standalone single, with B-side, 'Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie'.
1971 Angel Delight 1970 2004 CD version contains a bonus version of 'The Journeyman’s Grace' recorded for a BBC Radio session in 1970 and featuring Thompson
2017 Fairport Unconventional 1967-2001 Mostly previously unreleased studio and live tracks, some featuring Thompson
2017 Come All Ye: The First Ten Years ~1969-~1972 Compilation of existing and newly released archive material, some featuring Thompson

Collaborations

Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here (see sections below). Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or project.

Year Title Credited to
1971 No Roses Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band
1972 Rock On The Bunch
1972 Morris On Morris On
1981 Saturday Rolling Around The GP's
1987 Live, Love, Larf & Loaf French Frith Kaiser Thompson
1990 Invisible Means French Frith Kaiser Thompson
2014 Family Thompson

Albums in which Thompson is credited on the front cover as a featured artist (rather than simply in the notes of the musicians playing) are covered here.

Year Title Credited to
1983 Variations on a Theme David Thomas & the Pedestrians with Richard Thompson
1994 Twangin' n' a-Traddin' The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo with special guest Richard Thompson
1998 The Bones of All Men Mr Philip Pickett with Mr Richard Thompson and the Fairport Rhythm Section
2023 Child Ballads: The Final Six The London Experimental Ensemble with Richard Thompson, Wesley Stace, Sivert Høyem, Marissa Nadler and Gina Fergione

Original recordings for compilations

Original recordings of new or existing compositions on 'various artist' compilations. Only the first release the recording is on is listed.

Year Album Song or tune Notes
1985 Feed the Folk "Old Horse" With Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick and Howard Evans, alternative take to the one on Carthy's Out of the Cut
1989 Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival 1988 "Turning of the Tide" Live recording from the festival
1989 Time Between – A Tribute to The Byrds "Here Without You" With Clive Gregson and Christine Collister
1990 Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival 1988, Vol. 2: Mementos "Two Left Feet" and "The Choice Wife" Live recording from the festival
1991 All Through the Year — A Calendar in Music & Song "Late November" With Fairport Convention, Vikki Clayton and Jerry Donahue, live at Cropredy 1991
1991 The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume One "Shoot Out the Lights" Live solo version for the radio programme
1991 Bringing It All Back Home, Music From The BBC TV Series "The Dimming of the Day" With Mary Black
1991 Turn of the Decade 1989-90: Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival "She Moves Through The Fair" Live from the festival
1992 Studio Brussel: Update Live "I Misunderstood" Live radio session, mistitled on the sleeve as simply 'Misunderstood'
1992 Ferrington Guitars "The Job of Journey Work" Instrumental, from the CD with the book 'Ferrington Guitars'
1992 Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt '92 "Read About Love" Live from the festival
1993 The World is a Wonderful Place "The World is a Wonderful Place" With Linda Thompson, previously unreleased, unlisted track 13
1993 KBCO: The Best of Studio C, Volume 3 "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live radio session from 1992
1994 In Their Own Words, Vol 1 "I Feel So Good" Live, solo radio session from 1992
1994 ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Volume 2 "I can't wake up to save my life" Live radio session from 1994
1994 Broadcasts Vol. 2 "Dimming of the Day" Live radio session on KGSR from 1994
1994 Where Are My Headphones? Live From Studio A, Volume 2 "Taking my Business Elsewhere" Live, solo radio session on WCBE
1995 Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 1 "Beeswing" Live radio session from 1992
1995 KFOG Radio 104.5\97.7, Live From The Archives II "I Feel So Good" Live from the Suasalito Art Festival, 1994
1995 Troubadours of British Folk, Volume 3: An Evolving Tradition "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live version only previously available on a promotional EP for "I Misunderstood"
1997 Live at the Iron Horse, Volume 1 "From Galway to Graceland" Live, solo radio session from 1990
1997 Folk, Live from Mountain Stage "Beat the Retreat" Live radio session
1997 Georgia on Our Mind "Georgia on My Mind" and "John the Gun" The first as part of the Deep Sea Ensemble, the second with the Richard Thompson Band, live in 1985
1997 E-Town Live "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live radio session in Boulder City, Nevada from 1996
1998 From the Heart of Studio A: The Folkscene Collection "Waltzing's for Dreamers" Live radio session for Roz and Howard Larman's 'FolkScene' on KFPK in Los Angeles
1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol 1 "If I Had a Hammer" With Nancy Griffith and friends, vocals
1999 Bringing It All Back Home, Volume 2 "Waltzing's For Dreamers" With Mary Black and Dolores Keane
1999 Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond "Persuasion" With Tim Finn
2000 107.1 KGSR Broadcasts, Vol. 8 "Sights and Sounds of London Town" Live radio session
2000 Fish Out of Water: Music Outside The Mainstream "Waltzing's For Dreamers" With Cry Cry Cry, live performance
2000 Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 10 "Cooksferry Queen" Live radio session
2000 Heart of England: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust "I want to see the bright lights tonight" Live
2000 KINK Live Thr3e "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live radio session from 1999
2000 The Riversound Cafe "Sights and Sounds of London Town" Live radio session recorded live at WRSI
2000 Mixx On The Fly - Live From Studio A - WCBE Vol. 7 "Uninhabited Man" Live radio session
2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary "Walk Awhile" and "Beeswing" Live from previous festivals. Former with Fairport Convention, 1970; latter unknown.
2001 Live At The Night, Vol. 1 "Crawl Back" Live radio session from 2000
2002 Shining Bright: The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson "Red Wine Promises" Cover of Lal Waterson song
2002 Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 14: The Next Decade "Persuasion" Live radio session
2002 Heart of England, Volume 2: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust "Sights and Sounds of London Town" Live from Hampstead
2002 Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music "La Chanson D'Une Fille De Quinze Ans" and "Les Flammes D'Enfer" Former with Ann Savoy, latter solo
2003 Crossing Jordan [soundtrack] "Season of the Witch" Donovan cover for TV soundtrack
2003 Live @ The World Café, Vol. 17: Three Flights Up "I'll Tag Along" Live radio session
2003 City Folk Live VI "She Said It was Destiny" Live radio session
2005 The Bootlegs (Vol. 1 Celebrating 35 Years at First Avenue) "Cooksferry Queen" Live radio session from 1999
2006 The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited "The Coo Coo Bird" With Eliza Carthy, live in Los Angeles, 2001
2006 Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys "Mingulay Boat Song" Cover of a song by Sir Hugh S. Roberton
2006 Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 21: In The Cards "The Hots for the Smarts" Live radio session from 2005
2007 Cool as Folk "Tear Stained Letter" The Richard Thompson Band, live at Cambridge Folk Festival, 2001
2007 KFOG Radio 104.5\97.7: Live From The Archives 14 "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live radio session from 2005
2013 Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle "Go Leave" With Linda Thompson, live cover from London, 2010
2013 Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys "General Taylor" With Jack Shit (aka Johnny Depp)
2013 The Beautiful Old Turn-Of-The-Century Songs "The Band Played On" With Christine Collister and Garth Hudson
2013 Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 36 "Good things happen to bad people" Live radio session
2014 Cambridge Folk Festival (Celebrating 50 Years) "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live, solo recording from the 2011 festival
2017 Sincerely, L. Cohen: A Live Celebration of Leonard Cohen "Bird on the Wire" and "Story of Isaac" Recorded live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2017 Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 41: 25th Anniversary Edition "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Live radio session from 2005
2019 If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison "Parchman Farm" Live cover, with George Galt
2019 Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records "The Light Bob’s Lassie" Solo performance of traditional song
2019 Jan Douwe Kroeske Presents the Best of 2 Meter Sessions, 1987-2009 "I Feel So Good" Live solo version
2019 Jan Douwe Kroeske Presents 2 Meter Sessions, Volume 3 "I Misunderstood"
2021 Dylan Revisited "This Wheel's on Fire" With Zara Phillips on backing vocals, album with Uncut in the UK
2023 Heal the Sky "Lament for Mariupol" Guitar instrumental
2024 Proxy Music "I Used to Be So Pretty" and "Those Damn Roches" With Ren Harvieu on "I Used to Be So Pretty" and Teddy Thompson on "Those Damn Roches", from an album of various artists performing songs written by Linda Thompson

Career-spanning compilations

These are compilations dedicated to a single musician but featuring their work with several bands and featured artists from across their career. Only releases with newly released material are covered.

Year Title Featured musician Song or tune Notes
1994 The Guv'nor vol 1 Ashley Hutchings "Some Sweet Day", "You're Gonna Need My Help" and "Dear Landlord" As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1967–1969
1995 The Guv'nor vol 2 Ashley Hutchings "You Never Wanted Me" and "Sir Patrick Spens" As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1968
1995 The Guv'nor vol 3 Ashley Hutchings "Night in the City" and "Marcie" As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1968
1996 The Guv'nor vol 4 Ashley Hutchings "Both Sides Now" and "Fotheringay" As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1967–1969
2003 Swarb!: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Dave Swarbrick Dave Swarbrick various Various tracks with Fairport Convention from 1970 onwards, "Sword Dance / Black Cow" with Fairport Convention and Linda Thompson from 1981
2007 A Box of Pegg's Dave Pegg "Let it blow" With Fairport Convention, live at Cropredy, 2005
2010 Sandy Denny [Box Set] Sandy Denny various Thompson features on newly released material dating back to sessions with Fairport in 1968
2015 Gathering The Threads Judy Dyble improvisation An improvisation recorded with Judy Dyble in 1964 (as well as previously released Fairport Convention material).

As a guest or session musician

Year Title Artist Notes
1968 The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band Uncredited vocals on 'The Minotaur's Song'
1969 Five Leaves Left Nick Drake Overdubbed electric guitar on 'Time has told me'
1969 Love Chronicles Al Stewart Guitar, under pseudonym Marvyn Prestwyck
1969 Marc Ellington Marc Ellington
1969 Matthews' Southern Comfort Matthews' Southern Comfort
1969 Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears" Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears" Thompson played on an 'album of mostly unreleased 1969 recordings' that were released in 2020 packaged with the group's 1968 self-titled debut.
1970 Bryter Layter Nick Drake Electric guitar on 'Hazey Jane II'
1971 Bless the Weather John Martyn Guitar
1971 If You Saw Thro' My Eyes Iain Matthews Electric and acoustic guitar, accordion
1971 The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy Denny Electric guitar and acoustic guitars, bass, accordion, vocals
1971 Rains/Reins of Changes Marc Ellington
1971 Smiling Men with Bad Reputations Mike Heron Guitar on 'Flowers of the Forest'
1971 Stargazer Shelagh McDonald
1971 Strange Fruit Gary Farr
1971 4th English Album Francoise Hardy
1971 Street Singer Mick Softley
1972 Bright Phoebus Lal and Mike Waterson Guitar on all tracks except 'Red Wine & Promises'
1972 Jump at the Sun John Kirkpatrick Under pseudonym Agnes Mirren
1972 Sandy Sandy Denny Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin
1972 Those Pleasant Days Stefan Grossman
1972 Tigers Will Survive Iain Matthews
1973 Rosie Fairport Convention Electric and 12-string guitars on the track 'Rosie'
1973 Solid Air John Martyn Mandolin on 'Over the Hill'
1973 A Favourite Garland Shirley Collins
1973 Urban Cowboy Andy Roberts
1974 Like an Old Fashioned Waltz Sandy Denny
1974 Fear John Cale
1975 Fantasies From a Corner Seat Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper
1975 Is Having a Wonderful Time Geoff Muldaur
1975 Marc Time Marc Ellington
1975 Mike Heron's Reputation Mike Heron
1976 Vanishing Trick: Poems And Songs Brian Patten
1977 Rendezvous Sandy Denny
1978 Rise Up Like the Sun The Albion Band
1978 Julie Covington Julie Covington
1979 Slide Away the Screen Ralph McTell
1980 Night Owl Gerry Rafferty
1981 Smiddyburn Dave Swarbrick
1981 The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian David Thomas & the Pedestrians
1981 Teddy Boys Don't Knit Vivian Stanshall
1981 Thunderin' On The Horizon Arizona Smoke Review
1981 Voices Murray Head
1982 Water of Dreams Ralph McTell
1982 Out of the Cut Martin Carthy
1983 8 J. J. Cale
1983 Any Trouble Any Trouble
1983 Fame and Wealth Loudon Wainwright III
1983 Flittin' Dave Swarbrick
1983 Proof Through the Night T Bone Burnett
1984 Behind the Trap Door T-Bone Burnett
1984 Wrong End of the Race Any Trouble
1985 I'm Alright Loudon Wainwright III
1985 Rackbag Folk och Rackare
1985 Visions of Excess The Golden Palominos
1985 Gladys' Leap Fairport Convention
1986 An Hour with Cecil Sharp and Ashley Hutchings Ashley Hutchings
1986 Bridge of Sighs Ralph McTell
1986 Electric Bluebirds Electric Bluebirds
1986 Expletive Delighted! Fairport Convention
1986 More Love Songs Loudon Wainwright III
1986 Raptures of the Deep The Deep Sea Jivers
1986 Supply and Demand Dagmar Krause
1987 As Real as Disneyland Julian Dawson and the Flood
1987 Time of No Reply Nick Drake A compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1967 and 1974
1987 Slam Dance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Mitchell Froom
1987 Blue Balloon John Kirkpatrick
1987 Studio Romantic Saeko Suzuki
1988 The Auld Folks on the Wa’ and other Bothy Ballads Charlie Allan
1988 Temple of Low Men Crowded House
1989 Maria McKee Maria McKee
1989 Therapy Loudon Wainwright III
1989 Surprise Syd Straw
1990 Michael Doucet & Cajun Brew Michael Doucet
1991 Cajun Conja BeauSoleil
1991 Drunk with Passion The Golden Palominos
1991 Luck of the Draw Bonnie Raitt
1991 Hope You Like Our New Direction Henry Kaiser
1991 Orphans and Outcasts Volume 1 Iain Matthews
1991 Places I Have Never Been Willie Nile
1992 99.9F° Suzanne Vega
1992 Be Headed Chris Harford and the First Rays of the New Rising Sun
1992 Fat City Shawn Colvin
1992 His Master's Choice – The Songs Of Richard Thompson Dave Burland
1992 The Hunter Jennifer Warnes
1993 The Assassin's Apprentice Stephen Fearing
1993 Before & After Tim Finn
1993 Fate of Nations Robert Plant
1994 Amplified Heart Everything but the Girl
1994 Cut and Run Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie
1994 Longing in Their Hearts Bonnie Raitt
1995 Camouflage Iain Matthews
1996 Dreams Fly Away: A History of Linda Thompson Linda Thompson
1996 Baptist Hospital Boo Hewerdine
1996 Blue Aconite Christine Collister
1996 Norma Waterson Norma Waterson
1997 Move Over Darling Julian Dawson
1997 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Fairport Convention
1997 L'Amour Ou La Folie BeauSoleil
1998 Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Nanci Griffith
1998 The Dark Gift of Time Christine Collister
1999 Memory of the Future Eric Andersen
1999 Spark Julian Dawson
1999 Orphans and Outcasts Volume 3 Iain Matthews
1999 Songbird Christine Collister
1999 The Very Thought of You Norma Waterson
1999 Bent in Gent Crowded House Recorded live in 1991
2000 Long Expectant Comes At Last Cathal McConnell
2000 Teddy Thompson Teddy Thompson
2001 Give Me a Sad Song Linda Thompson Richard Thompson plays on a previously unreleased song 'Restless Boy', as well as previously released material
2001 Mazurka Berzerker John Kirkpatrick
2002 Taxi - Montreal Crowded House Recorded live in 1991
2002 Fashionably Late Linda Thompson
2002 Spremenite Protokol Andrej Sifrer
2003 12 Arrows Judith Owen
2003 Go Tell It on the Mountain The Blind Boys of Alabama
2003 So Damn Happy Loudon Wainwright III
2004 The Common Stone Bob Davenport
2004 The Ride Los Lobos
2005 Always June Tabor Thompson plays on his song 'Mrs Rita' from the BBC Radio 1 documentary The Last Shift, a different recording to that on Hard Cash
2005 Lost and Found Judith Owen
2005 Separate Ways Teddy Thompson
2006 Nothing Like a Dame Julian Dawson
2007 Crazy Hair Day Barney Saltzberg
2007 Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John Peter Case
2007 Release the Stars Rufus Wainwright
2007 South of Delia Richard Shindell
2007 Strange Weirdos Loudon Wainwright III
2007 Happy This Way Judith Owen
2007 Upfront & Down Low Teddy Thompson
2007 Rewind: Unreleased Recordings JJ Cale Recorded between 1971 and 1993. Thompson appears on 'Seven Day Woman'.
2008 A Piece of What You Need Teddy Thompson
2011 Bella Teddy Thompson
2011 Purpose and Grace Martin Simpson
2012 20 Kate Rusby
2012 Connected Danny Thompson
2012 Find the One The Coal Porters
2012 Marvin Country! Marvin Etzioni Guest on 'It Don't Cost Much', which he co-wrote with Etzioni
2013 Won't Be Long Now Linda Thompson
2014 Tell 'Em I'm Gone Yusuf
2014 Salt Boris Grebenshchikov
2015 Emerald Dar Williams
2015 Just Me and You Emitt Rhodes Single
2015 This Wall Between Us Emitt Rhodes Single, different version to that on the album Rainbow Ends
2015 What's a man to do Emitt Rhodes Single, different version to that on the album Rainbow Ends
2016 75th Birthday Celebration Joan Baez
2016 Cayamo: Sessions at Sea Buddy Miller
2016 Rainbow Ends Emitt Rhodes
2018 Smalls Change Derek Smalls
2018 Letters Never Read Dori Freeman
2019 Second Hand Sexbot Judith Owen
2020 Meditation and KitKats Zara Phillips
2020 Song to a Refugee Diana Jones Guest on "We Believe You"
2021 Red Willow Michael Hays Guest on "Road Will Rise"
2022 The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live and Rare 1964-2009 Al Stewart Thompson plays on some radio sessions from 1972
2024 Julian Dawson Julian Dawson Guest on "Jesus and Judas" and "That's why God made Saturday night"

DVDs and videos

Released Title Credited to Recorded Format
1985 Across a Crowded Room Richard Thompson 1985 VHS, Laserdisc
1997 Best of Sessions at West 54th, Volume 1[e] various artists 1997 DVD
2004 Live in Providence The Richard Thompson Band 2003 DVD
2005 Live From Austin, TX Richard Thompson 2001 DVD
2006 Mountain Stage: An Evening With Nanci Griffith, Paul Brady, Richard Thompson Nanci Griffith / Paul Brady / Richard Thompson 2001 DVD
2006 1,000 Years of Popular Music Richard Thompson 2005 DVD, with 2 audio CDs
2011 Live at the BBC Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson 1975 to 1985 DVD (box set, also with 3 CDs)
2011 Spectacle - Season 2 [f] Elvis Costello with... 2010 DVD
2012 Live at Celtic Connections The Richard Thompson Band 2011 DVD, Blu-ray Disc

Instructional tapes and discs

Released Title Credited to Format
1983 The Electric Mandolin 1 and 2: Mandolin Theory, Technique, & Improvisation Niles Hokkanen and Richard Thompson Cassette
1983 Rock Guitar: A Guide from the Greats Ronnie Wood, Michael Schenker, Richard Thompson and John Wilson VHS
1986 The Guitar of Richard Thompson Richard Thompson tapes/CDs & book
1998 Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar Instrumentals Richard Thompson CD & book

References

  1. ^ "Richard Thompson UK charts search". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ "USA Billboard 200 chart details for Richard Thompson". Billboard. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Henry the Human Fly - Richard Thompson" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda T" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ "Hokey Pokey - Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, L" – via www.allmusic.com.
  6. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG Book '70s: T". www.robertchristgau.com.
  7. ^ https://mainlynorfolk.info/richard.thompson/records/liveinnottingham1986.html#storeformusic
  8. ^ "Mainly Norfolk information on Hard Cash album". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ^ "USA Billboard Alternative Rock Chart details for Richard Thompson". Billboard. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  10. ^ "StackPath". 26 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Full House For Sale - Fairport Convention". March 25, 2023.

Notes

  1. ^ Whilst containing all new material and marketed like a studio album, this was actually recorded live
  2. ^ Despite the title, this is thought to actually have been recorded in 1985[7]
  3. ^ Rereleased in 2022 as Music of Grizzly Man
  4. ^ Special vinyl single for Record Store Day, live version of "Haul Me Up" recorded at Celtic Connections with the Richard Thompson Band. B-side a solo version of "Vincent Black Lightning" recorded in Saratoga, California
  5. ^ Thompson performs "I feel so good" live
  6. ^ Thompson appears on episode 3 alongside Costello and the Imposters, Levon Helm, Nick Lowe, Allen Toussaint and Ray LaMontagne. He performs "Shoot Out the Lights" solo and "Tennessee Jed", "A Certain Girl" and "The Weight" with the assembled musicians.