RADIO ETHER PROGRAM 1,270 (RICHARD THOMPSON - MEET ON THE LEDGE - ETHER)

RADIO ETHER
PROGRAM ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
(RICHARD THOMPSON - MEET ON THE LEDGE - ETHER)

"Rumor and sigh of unimagined seas,
Dim radiance of stars that never flamed,
Fragrance of petals never strewn from trees,--
Meaning of words unsaid and never named;

So from a silence I have made you songs,
So from a starless night a rose of stars.
Can you not hear how all the stillness jars
With music, and the darkness throngs?"

from the Archibald MacLeish poem, posthumously published in Collected Poems, 1917-1982 (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1985)

Part One
1. Intro
2. If (Stomp) (Thompson, Ian McDonald) - Fairport Convention [Fairport Convention - Polydor - 1968]
3. It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft (Thompson, Tyger Hutchings) - Fairport Convention [Fairport Convention - Polydor - 1968]
4. No Man's Land (Thompson) - Fairport Convention [What We Did on Our Holidays - Island Records - 1969]
5. Meet Me on the Ledge (Thompson) - Fairport Convention [What We Did on Our Holidays - Island Records - 1969]
6. talk
7. Genesis Hall (Thompson) - Fairport Convention [Unhalfbricking - Island Records - 1969]
8. Cajun Woman (Thompson) - Fairport Convention [Unhalfbricking - Island Records - 1969]
9. Farewell, Farewell (Thompson, trad.) - Fairport Convention [Liege and Lief - Island Records - 1969]
10. Crazy Man Michael (Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) - Fairport Convention [Liege and Lief - Island Records - 1969]
11. Walk Awhile (Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) - Fairport Convention [Full House - Island Records - 1970]
12. Sloth (Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) - Fairport Convention [Full House - Island Records - 1970]
13. talk
14. Murder of Maria Marten - Shirley Collins & The Albion Band [No Roses - Pegasus - 1971]
15. Flowers of the Forest (Mike Heron) - Mike Heron [Smiling Men with Bad Reputations - Island Records - 1971]
16. Bushes and Briars - Sandy Denny [Sandy - Island - 1972]
17. It Suits Me Well - Sandy Denny [Sandy - Island - 1972]

Part Two
18. talk
19. Willow Tree / Bean Setting / Shooting (trad. arr. Dransfield / Hutchings / Kirkpatrick / Mattacks / Thompson) - Morris On [Morris On - Island - 1972]
20. Painted Ladies (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Henry the Human Fly - Island Records - 1972]
21. Cold Feet (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Henry the Human Fly - Island Records - 1972]
22. Rosie (Dave Swarbrick) - Fairport Convention [Rosie - Island - 1973]
23. talk
24. When I Get to the Border (Richard Thompson) - Richard and Linda Thompson
25. Withered and Died (Richard Thompson) - Richard and Linda Thompson
26. The Egypt Room (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Hokey Pokey - Island Records - 1975]
27. Never Again (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Hokey Pokey - Island Records - 1975]
28. talk
29. Streets of Paradise (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Pour Down Like Silver - Island Records - 1975]
30. Hard Luck Stories (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Pour Down Like Silver - [Pour Down Like Silver - Island Records - 1975]
31. The Pitfall/The Excursion [recorded in 1976 for this compilation] - Richard Thompson [(guitar, vocal) -Island - 1976]
32. Calvary Cross [recorded during a concert at Oxford Polytechnic in November 1975. The same recording was included in the 2000 Island Years compilation.] - Richard Thompson [(guitar, vocal) -Island - 1976]
33. talk
34. The Kick Inside [Kate Bush] - Julie Covington [Julie Covington - Virgin - 1978]
35. Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper, Dick Wagber) - Julie Covington [Julie Covington - Virgin - 1978] [CD bonus track, originally released as a single Only Women Bleed / Easy to Slip (Virgin VS 196) in 1977]
36. Restless Highway (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [First Light - Chrysalis - 1978]
37. The Choice Wife (trad., Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [First Light - Chrysalis - 1978]

Part Three
38. talk
39. Why Won't You Talk to Me? (Gerry Rafferty) - Gerry Rafferty [Night Owl - United Artists - 1979]
40. Borrowed Time (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Sunnyvista - Chrysalis Records - 1979]
41. Sisters (Richard Thompson) Richard & Linda Thompson [Sunnyvista - Chrysalis Records - 1979]
42. Flung a Dummy (Vivian Stanshall) - Vivian Stanshall (Richard Thompson, lead guitar) [Teddy Boys Don't Knit - Charisma Records - 1981]
43. Vaillance Polka Militaire (Trad.) / Belfast Polka (Trad.) - Richard Thompson [Strict Tempo! (Traditional & Modern Tunes For All Occasions!!) - Elixir Records - 1981]
44. The Knife-Edge (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Strict Tempo! (Traditional & Modern Tunes For All Occasions!!) - Elixir Records - 1981]
45. talk
46. Don't Renege on Our Love (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Shoot Out the Lights - Hannibal Records - 1982]
47. Shoot Out the Lights (Richard Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Shoot Out the Lights - Hannibal Records - 1982]
48. Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? (Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson) - Richard & Linda Thompson [Shoot Out the Lights - Hannibal Records - 1982]
49. Tear-Stained Letter (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Hand of Kindness - Hannibal - 1983]
50. Devonside (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Hand of Kindness - Hannibal - 1983]
51. Genesis Hall (Thompson) - Richard Thompson
52. The Great Valerio (Thompson) - Richard Thompson
53. When the Spell Is Broken - Richard Thompson [Across a Crowded Room - Polydor - 1985]
54. Walking Through a Wasted Land - Richard Thompson [Across a Crowded Room - Polydor - 1985]

Part Four
55. talk
56. Long Dead Love (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Daring Adventures - Polydor - 1986]
57. Cash Down Never Never (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Daring Adventures - Polydor - 1986]
58. Vampire Blues - Loudon Wainwright III [More Love Songs - Demon Records - 1986]
59. Drowned Dog Black Night (Richard Thompson) - French Frith Kaiser Thompson [Live, Love, Larf & Loaf - Demon Records - 1987]
60. Don't Shoot, I'm Wearing My Seat Belt (John Kirkpatrick) - John Kirkpatrick [Blue Balloon - Squeezer - 1987]
61. Can't Win (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Amnesia - Capitol - 1988]
62. Pharaoh (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Amnesia - Capitol - 1988]
63. talk (Charles)
64. March of the Cosmetic Surgeons (Richard Thompson) - French Frith Kaiser Thompson [Invisible Means - Demon Records - 1990]
65. Grey Walls (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Rumor and Sigh - Capitol - 1991]
66. Why Must I Plead (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Rumor and Sigh - Capitol - 1991]
67. Beachport (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Sweet Talker (Original Music from the Movie) - Capitol - 1991]

Part Five
68. talk
69. Country Pie (Bob Dylan) - Fairport Convention [Moat on the Ledge Live at Broughton Castle (Recorded live at Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire on August 15, 1981) - Woodworm Records - 1992]
70. I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Mirror Blue - Capitol - 1994]
71. I Ride In Your Slipstream (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Mirror Blue - Capitol - 1994]
72. Put It There Pal (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [You? Me? Us? - Capitol - 1996]
73. Cold Kisses (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [You? Me? Us? - Capitol - 1996]
74. Sweetheart On The Barricade (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson [Industry - Hannibal Records - 1997]
75. Saboteur (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson [Industry - Hannibal Records - 1997]
76. talk
77. Bathsheba Smiles (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Mock Tudor - Capitol - 1999]
78. Hard On Me (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Mock Tudor - Capitol - 1999]
79. Sights and Sounds of London Town (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Mock Tudor - Capitol - 1999]
80. She Twists The Knife Again (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Semi-Detached Mock Tudor - Beeswing Records - 2002]
81. Crawl Back (Under My Stone) (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Semi-Detached Mock Tudor - Beeswing Records - 2002]

Part Six
82. A Love You Can't Survive (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [The Old Kit Bag - Cooking Vinyl Records - 2003]
83. A Bone Through Her Nose (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson Band Live [More Guitar (Recorded direct to digital 2-track in 1988, with no intent of producing a commercial release) - Beeswing Music - 2003]
84. Jerusalem on the Jukebox (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson Band Live [More Guitar (Recorded direct to digital 2-track in 1988, with no intent of producing a commercial release) - Beeswing Music - 2003]
85. Sumer Is Icumen In (trad., Thompson) - Richard Thompson [1000 Years of Popular Music - Beeswing Records - 2003]
86. Kiss (Prince) Richard Thompson [1000 Years of Popular Music - Beeswing Records - 2003]
87. talk
88. Gethsemane (Richard Thompson) - The Richard Thompson Band Live! [Ducknapped! - Beeswing - 2003]
89. Bank Vault In Heaven (Richard Thompson) - The Richard Thompson Band Live! [Ducknapped! - Beeswing - 2003]
90. I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Faithless - Beeswing - 2004]
91. Love In A Faithless Country (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Faithless - Beeswing - 2004]
92. Meet On The Ledge (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [The Chrono Show - Beeswing - 2004]
93. Jack O' Diamonds (Ben Carruthers, Bob Dylan) - Richard Thompson [The Chrono Show - Beeswing - 2004]

Part Seven
94. talk
95. For Whose Sake (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Front Parlour Ballads - Cooking Vinyl - 2005]
96. Old Thames Side (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Front Parlour Ballads - Cooking Vinyl - 2005]
97. Take Care the Road You Choose (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Sweet Warrior - Proper - 2007]
98. Too Late To Come Fishing (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Sweet Warrior - Proper - 2007]
99. Bad Monkey (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Live Warrior - Beeswing - 2009]
100. talk
101. Haul Me Up (Richard Thompson) (CD: Live Recordings) - Richard Thompson [Dream Attic (Deluxe Version) - Proper Records - 2010]
102. Burning Man (Richard Thompson) (CD 2: Guitar and Vocal Demos) - Richard Thompson [Dream Attic (Deluxe Version) - Proper Records - 2010]
103. Stony Ground (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Electric - Proper Records - 2013]
104. Another Small Thing in Her Favour - Richard Thompson [Electric - Proper Records - 2013]
105. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Classics - Beeswing Records - 2014]
106. Beeswing (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Classics - Beeswing Records - 2014]

Part Eight
107. talk
108. Beatnik Walking (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Still - Fantasty - 2015]
109. Josephine (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Still - Fantasy - 2015
110. The Ghost of You Walks (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Classics II - Beeswing Records - 2017]
111. A Heart Needs a Home (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Classics II - Beeswing Records - 2017]
112. What If? (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Rarities - Beeswing Records - 2017]
113. Push and Shove (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Rarities - Beeswing Records - 2017]
114. End of the Rainbow (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Acoustic Rarities - Beeswing Records - 2017]
115. The Rattle Within (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [13 Rivers - New West Records - 2018]
116. Trying (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [13 Rivers - New West Records - 2018]
117. Pride (Thompson) - Richard Thompson [13 Rivers - New West Records - 2018]
118. Outro
119. Hot Place For Hypocrites (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Cabaret of Souls - Beeswing Records - 2012] [ETHER BONUS]
120. One More Breath (Richard Thompson) - Richard Thompson [Cabaret of Souls - Beeswing Records - 2012] [ETHER BONUS]
121. At The End Of The Day (Sandy Denny) - Sandy Denny [Like An Old Fashioned Waltz - Island Records (UK) - 1973] [ETHER BONUS]

DJs: Dan Klute and Charles Cicirella
Saturday, November 3, 2018, Monday, November 12, 2018 and Monday, October 1, 2018
Chicago, Illinois and Cleveland, Ohio

Artwork included
ENJOY!

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