Strict Tempo!

by Richard Thompson

Strict Tempo! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Elixir
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:47
  • Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded entirely by himself using overdubbing techniques, this instrumental curiosity showcases Richard Thompson's phenomenal dexterity across a variety of traditional stringed instruments. 'Strict Tempo!' is a lively celebration of jigs, reels, and hornpipes that underscores his profound mastery of the British and Scottish folk idioms[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, instrumental, melodic, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. New-Fangled Flogging Reel / Kerry Reel (2:51)
  2. Vaillance Polka Militaire / Belfast Polka (3:50)
  3. Scott Skinner Medley: Glencoe / Scott Skinner's Rockin' Step / Bonny Banchory (4:44)
  4. Banish Misfortune (2:59)
  5. Dundee Hornpipe / Poppy-Leaf Hornpipe (3:14)
  6. Do It For My Sake (2:26)
  7. Rockin' In Rhythm (2:46)
  8. The Random Jig / The Grinder (2:47)
  9. Will Ye No Cam Back Again / Cam O'er The Stream Charlie / Ye Banks And Braes (4:20)
  10. Rufty Tufty / Nonsuch 脿 la Mode de France (2:14)
  11. Andalus / Radio Marrakesh (3:59)
  12. The Knife-Edge (5:31)

Credits

  • Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion, piano
  • Jack Adams - lacquer cut by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by

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