Richard Thompson Band  
The Palms Playhouse 
Davis, CA
March 16, 1985

Lineage:
Primary source (both shows): soundboard > unknown deck > cassette master (Dolby B encoded).
Secondary source (2 songs early show only): unknown equipment 1st gen. audience cassette (Dolby B encoded).

Transfer: 
Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby B decoded) > HHB CD burner > audio CD's > Macintosh with Digidesign Audiomedia III sound card > Pro Tools (minor "nip and tuck" edits, normalization and tracking - no equalization or DNR) > AIFF files > xACT (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).

EX SBD cassette master. The early show has 2 songs seamlessly spliced in from an EX 1st gen. audience cassette. First time circulated in this form. 

Note: This is tracked to fit on audio CD's but will play seamlessly through the disc changes and could be split more evenly between discs if desired.

Early show part 1 (main set) - 73:39
101 [2:39] [cuts in near beginning of] Fire In The Engine Room
102 [3:45] She Twists The Knife Again
103 [7:10] Shoot Out The Lights
104 [4:37] You Don’t Say >
105 [7:28] Warm Love Gone Cold
106 [8:51] For Shame of Doing Wrong
107 [6:25] John The Gun
108 [3:25] Little Blue Number
109 [3:12] band intros and other talk [goes to audience recording near end of this track]
110 [6:05] Summer Rain [from audience recording]
111 [5:57] When The Spell Is Broken [from audience recording]
112 [0:50] talk [from audience recording]
113 [4:42] Wall of Death [goes back to soundboard recording at beginning of this track]
114 [7:21] Tear Stained Letter
115 [1:12] thanks and applause before encores

Early show part 2 (encores) - 8:26
201 [2:12] Twist & Shout
202 [2:45] I Saw Her Standing There
203 [3:04] I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
204 [0:25] final thanks and applause

Late show part 1 (main set) - 69:54
301 [1:19] tune ups
302 [3:36] The Wrong Heartbeat
303 [5:33] You Don’t Say
304 [5:58] Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
305 [3:56] She Twists The Knife Again
306 [5:45] How I Wanted To
307 [0:37] talk
308 [4:40] Nearly In Love
309 [1:13] talk
310 [6:48] Home Is Where The Heart Is
311 [3:22] Mind Your Own Business
312 [3:23] Time To Ring Some Changes
312 [1:23] band intros and other talk
313 [3:13] I Still See Her Face
314 [7:20] Love In A Faithless Country
315 [5:34] I Ain't Gonna Drag My Feet No More
316 [0:58] talk
317 [3:48] Fire In The Engine Room
318 [1:28] thanks and applause before encores

Late show part 2 (encores) - 17:12
401 [8:49] Open Fire
402 [4:07] Withered & Died
403 [3:06] Skull And Crossbones
404 [1:10] final thanks and applause

Richard Thompson, Gerry Conway, Ruari Mcfarlane, Christine Collister & Clive Gregson 

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Enjoy! Support the artist and buy the officially-released items (to the best of my knowledge & as of this writing; asterisks denote BGE/Wolfgang’s Vault) -
1972-10-25 (“Shady Lies)
1973-01-xx (Leeds - “Napoleon's Dream”)
1973-01-xx (John Peel Show - "The Little Beggar Girl,” ”Dragging The River,” "The Great Valerio,” "The Neasden Hornpipe”)
1974-01-xx (BBC - "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight”)
1975-02-11 (“Wishing,” “I’m Turning Off A Memory,” “A Heart Needs A Home,” "Hokey Pokey [The Ice Cream Song],” "Georgie On A Spree,” ”I’ll Regret It All In The Morning")
1975-03-16 (“A Heart Needs A Home,” “The Great Valerio”)
1975-03-xx (Old Grey Whistle Test - "Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair,” ”A Heart Needs A Home”)
1975-04-25 (“Dark End Of The Street,” “Beat The Retreat”)
1975-09-07 ("I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight,” "Together Again,” "Calvary Cross," “Hokey Pokey,” “Streets Of Paradise”)
1975-11-27 (“It’ll Be Me,” “Night Comes In,” “Calvary Cross”)
1975-11-xx (Swindon, GBR)
1975-11-xx (Norwich, GBR)
1975-xx-xx (Marc Time Show - “Hokey Pokey”)
1981-01-xx (“Jimmy Thackray & Songs” Show - “Pavanne,” "Just The Motion”)
1981-08-xx (“A Little Light Music” Show - "Night Comes In,” ”I'm A Dreamer,” ”I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight,” ”Shoot Out The Lights,” ”You're Going to Need Somebody,” ”Dargai,” ”Dimming Of The Day”)
1982-01-08 (“Time To Ring Some Changes,” “Beat The Retreat,” “I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight,” “Down Where The Drunkards Roll,” “Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart,” “How Many Times Do You Have To Fall?,” “Roll Over Vaughn Williams,” ‘Meet On The Ledge”)
1982-05-xx (Paris Theatre - "A Man In Need,” ”Withered And Died,” ”New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel,” "Shoot Out The Lights,” "Just The Motion,” "Back Street Slide,” "Night Comes In”)
1982-09-29 (“Woman Or A Man?,” “A Heart Needs A Home,” “For Shame Of Doing Wrong,” “Genesis Hall,” “Honky-Tonk Blues,” “Small Town Romance,” “Love Is Bad For Business,” “The Great Valerio,” “Never Again”)
1982-09-30 (“Small Town Romance,” “Shepherd’s March > Maggie Cameron”)
1982-xx-xx (BBC “Folk On 2” Show - "Dimming Of The Day,” “Modern Woman”)
1983-10-14 (“Shoot Out The Lights”)
1983-10-29 (“Calvary Cross”)
1983-12-13
1984-01-26
1984-11-28 (“Jennie”)
1985-03-28
1985-04-10
1985-04-xx (Polydor session; broadcast 1985-08-xx - ”Fire In The Engine Room,” ”She Twists The Knife Again,” ”Wall Of Death,” ”When The Spell Is Broken,” ”Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed,” ”The Wrong Heartbeat,” ”Tear Stained Letter”)
1985-07-xx (Andy Kershaw Show - "She Twists The Knife Again,” “You Don't Say,” ”When The Spell Is Broken”)
1985-08-01 (“Devonside”)
1985-08-xx (Old Grey Whistle Test - "She Twists the Knife Again”)
1986-11-07 (“Al Bowlly's In Heaven,” “When The Spell Is Broken")
1986-11-19
1986-11-20 ("The Angels Took My Racehorse Away,” ”Valerie,” ”Jennie,” ”You Don't Say,” ”Fire In The Engine Room,” ”Wall Of Death,” ”Nearly In Love”)
1987-01-xx (Andy Kershaw Show - “Valerie,” "When The Spell Is Broken,” ”Two Left Feet,” ”Turning Of The Tide.” ”How Will I Ever Be Simple Again,” ”Ghosts In The Wind,” ”Shoot Out The Lights,” ”She Twists The Knife Again,” ”Withered And Died,” ”The End of the Rainbow”)
*1988-07-01
1988-11-07
1990-10-03 (“From Galway To Graceland”)
1990-10-04 (“Bogie's Bonnie Belle”)
1991-08-09 (“Tear Stained Letter”)
1992-08-26 (“Poor Wee Jockey Clarke”)
1993-09-05
2001-07-02
2001-09-xx (Andy Kershaw Show - “Gethsemane,” "Outside Of The Inside,” ”Wall Of Death”)
2002-07-xx (Joe’s Pub, NYC)
2003-03-(06-13)
2003-04-xx (Andy Kershaw Show - "Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen,” ”Kidzz,” ”Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed,” "The End of the Rainbow”)
2003-05-17
2003-05-25
2003-07-23
2004-05-xx (BBC - "One Door Opens,” Outside Of The Inside”)
2004-10-07
2007-07-xx (Tom Robinson Show - "Let It Blow,” ”Old Thames Side,” ”Dad's Gonna Kill Me,” ”Down Where The Drunkards Roll,” ”I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight,” ”Needle and Thread”)
2008-12-xx (Bob Harris Show - "So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo,” "The Cutty Wren,” "See My Friends”)
2009-01-xx (BBC - "Time’s Gonna Break You,” ”William Brown,” ”Meet On The Ledge”)
2011-01-xx (Celtic Connections Festival - Glasgow)
2011-05-xx (Idyllwild)
2011-xx-xx (Cambridge Folk Festival)