Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Track Listings
| 1. New-Fangled Flogging Reel--Kerry Reel |
| 2. Vaillance Polka Militaire--Belfast Polka |
| 3. Scott Skinner Medley: Glancoe--Scott Skinner's Rockin' Step--Bonny Banchory |
| 4. Banish Misfortune |
| 5. Dundee Hornpipe--Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe |
| 6. Do It For My Sake |
| 7. Rockin' In Rhythm |
| 8. The Random Jig--The Grinder |
| 9. Will Ye No Cam Back Again--Cam O'er The Stream Charlie--Ye Banks And Braes |
| 10. Rufty Tufty--Nonsuch À La Mode De France |
| 11. Andalus--Radio Marrakesh |
| 12. The Knife-Edge |
Product Description
CD Description
* Richard Thompson has been a vital figure in English music for over 40 years. A founder-member of Fairport Convention, he made several acclaimed albums with his wife Linda and then moved into a highly successful solo career.
* Thompson's first solo album was "Henry The Human Fly" in 1972. He then made several albums with Linda Thompson and it wasn't until 1981 that his next solo album, "Strict Tempo", was released, on his own Elixir label.
* This is an instrumental album, on which Thompson plays everything apart from drums, which are handled by ex-Fairport drummer, Dave Mattacks. Material is mainly traditional jigs and reels, with an original Thompson song and a Duke Ellington cover.
* Features new notes on each song by Thompson.
Product Description
1-New-Fangled Flogging Reel 2-Vaillance Polka Militaire 3-Scott Skinner Medley: Glencoe/Scott Skinner' 4-Banish Misfortune 5-Dundee Hornpipe-Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe 6-Do It For My Sake 7-Rockin' In Rhythm 8-The Random Jig - The Grinder 9-Will Ye No Cam Back Again - Cam O'er The St.. 10-Andalus - Radio Marrakesh 11-The Knife - Edge (2011/ACE) 12 tracks (41:47) gatefold cardboard sleeve 13x19 cm.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've waited decades for this album to be reissued - my old vinyl copy has long since worn out. What strikes me most is the wonderful feel that these tracks exude - relaxed, amiable and amused. It's as if Thompson needed a break from the intensity that informed his music at the time and poured out his sheer pleasure in his own playing into these sessions. And the playing is, as ever, superb, even if virtuosity is, necessarily, sacrificed somewhat to the formal requirements of the music. But no one who is at all familiar with Thompson's work need fear taking the plunge with "Strict Tempo", particularly if you know his soundtrack to Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man". The record is a labour of love and a joy from start to finish - you can pretty much hear the smile on his face as his fingers smear the old Thompson magic over the music.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great album for those that like this sort of thing (I'm quite partial, myself.) However there's no pyrotechnics. Like it says on the box, it's strict tempo - accurately paced renditions of mostly Scottish traditional (or nearly so - let's hear it for Scott Skinner) dance tunes accurate down to the pastiche cover.
Rockin' in Rhythm is excellent, the Knife Edge is the rockiest and I'm very fond of the Burns medley with Dave Mattacks on piano. However a lot of the rest is a bit staid and I feel the guitar sound could do with bulking out with fiddle or accordian. Strictly for fans, I'd have thought.
Rockin' in Rhythm is excellent, the Knife Edge is the rockiest and I'm very fond of the Burns medley with Dave Mattacks on piano. However a lot of the rest is a bit staid and I feel the guitar sound could do with bulking out with fiddle or accordian. Strictly for fans, I'd have thought.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
10 reviews
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A Gem for Richard Thompson Enthusisasts
10 Feb 1999
Format:Audio CD
"Strict Tempo" stands as the only Richard Thompson album composed entirely of instrumentals (unless one counts his instructional guitar tapes). For that reason alone, it is an essential part of Thompson's body of work. Those who appreciate his guitar prowess will bask in the wide range of musical territory it covers; yet it never strays from Thoompson's distinct musical vision. I would give it the full five stars, but he's done so many albums that are even better that I wouldn't want to mitigate the value of his best work.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
What the Man Plays When He's at Home
11 Jun 2004
Format:Audio CD
Usually, these "what I really dig" albums are an endless snoozefest ("wakeup call for Mr. Chaquico and Mr. Howe"), but this one is the exception.
I'm not going to get into questions of Thompson's stature here--it's beginning to be a mystery as to why he's not well known for being not well known. This album wouldn't change things one way or the other, which doesn't affect its near-perfection one iota. Nobody but Thompson could have even considered making this disc, and nobody but Thompson could have brought it off. I mean, where else in the world are you going to find cavalry polkas, hornpipes, reels, Duke Ellington, and Moroccan mountain tunes played back to back? And all of it performed not with that 'ancien musique' dryasdust scholastic approach but as dance music, as it's supposed to be played in the first place?
Is it a crime that this disc is out of print? Damn straight. Is it worth the thirty-odd bucks they're charging on the Marketplace pages? Hell yes!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
One of another kind
21 Aug 2002
Format:Audio CD
... and really nothing like the rest of Richard Thompson's work.
Jigs and reels and the like, a lot of it is up tempo, and there's no vocals. Expertly played and a lot of fun.
Jigs and reels and the like, a lot of it is up tempo, and there's no vocals. Expertly played and a lot of fun.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
