Richard & Linda Thompson
The Bottom Line
New York, NY
May 18, 1982

SBD cassette master > DAT > CDR > EAC(secure) > SHN (later converted to FLAC)

2014 additional lineage:

- FLAC files decoded to WAV using Traders Little Helper (TLH)
- tracks joined using Audacity, and then re-split using CD Wave Editor
- patch in early show version of "Just the Motion" taken from late show version using Audacity and CD Wave Editor
- sector boundary errors fixed using TLH
- WAV files converted to FLAC (level 8), checksums generated using TLH

Early Show:
01. “introduction” > Back Street Slide (5:26)
02. Walking On A Wire (5:47)
03. Newfangled Floggin’ Reel > Kerry Reel (3:55)
04. Honky Tonk Blues (3:56)
05. “talk” (1:01)
06. I'll Keep It With Mine (6:10)
07. “talk” (0:58)
08. You're Gonna Need Somebody (4:45)
09. Dimming Of The Day (4:33)
10. Withered & Died (3:56)
11. Man In Need (4:21)
12. Just The Motion (patched version - 6:45; original “unpatched file” 6:15)
13. Don't Renege On Our Love (4:57)
14. Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed (6:13)
15. Shoot Out The Lights (5:32)
16. “talk” (1:05)
17. For Shame Of Doing Wrong (10:33)
18. Down Where The Drunkards Roll (5:00)

Late Show:
01. Dargai (cut at beginning) (2:41)
02. Man In Need (3:55)
03. I'm A Dreamer (4:50)
04. Hard Luck Stories (4:36)
05. Pavanne (5:55)
06. “talk, tuning” (1:18)
07. Lonely Hearts (5:20)
08. You're Gonna Need Somebody (4:16)
09. “talk, band intros” (1:40)
10. Genesis Hall (4:36)
11. “talk” (0:50)
12. Sloth (cut inside) (13:18)
13. “talk” (1:25)
14. Don't Renege On Our Love (4:25)
15. “talk” (0:56)
16. Just The Motion (6:36)
17. “talk” (1:50)
18. Borrowed Time (9:44)
19. High School Confidential (cut at beginning) (2:56)

Richard Thompson: guitar/vocals
Linda Thompson: vocals
Simon Nicol: guitar/vocals
Pete Zorn: bass/flute/vocals
Dave Mattacks: drums 

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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 (“Dargai,” “Never Again,” “The Sun Never Shines On The Poor,” “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”)
1977-05-01 (“If I Were A Woman & You Were A Man,” “The Madness Of Love,” “Night Comes In,” “A Bird In God’s Garden,” “The King Of Love,” “Layla”)
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”)
1982-05-29 (“Pavanne,” “High School Confidential”)
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)