1000 Years of Popular Music
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1000 Years of Popular Music is a live album by Richard Thompson.
The album was originally conceived after Thompson was ignored by Playboy magazine; initially meant simply as a list to be printed by the magazine, it was subsequently published into CD format. The songs comprising the tracklist cover a roughly thousand year period, 1068-2001, starting with "Sumer Is Icumen In". The most recent song included on the album is Britney Spears' hit "Oops!… I Did It Again".
The songs, arranged for play on a single guitar, are played by Thompson, vocalist Judith Owen, and percussionist Michael Jerome, when needed.
A DVD with the same name was released in 2006. This was recorded some time later during a different tour, has a slightly different track listing and features Debra Dobkin replacing Michael Jerome on percussion and vocals.
Track listing of original CD version
- "Sumer Is Icumen In" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "King Henry V's Conquest of France" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "When I Am Laid In Earth" (Henry Purcell, arr. by Thompson)
- "So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo" (Orazio Vecchi, arr. by Thompson)
- "Shenandoah" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "Blackleg Miner" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "Waiting at the Church" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "Trafalgar Square" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "There Is Beauty in the Bellow" (from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, arr. by Thompson)
- "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?" (Stephen Foster, arr. by Thompson)
- "Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" (Hoagy Carmichael)
- "Orange-Coloured Sky" (Milton DeLugg/William Stein)
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton)
- "Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee" (Stick McGhee/J. Mayo Williams)
- "The Fool" (Lee Hazlewood)
- "A Legal Matter" (Pete Townshend)
- "Tempted" (Glenn Tilbrook/Chris Difford)
- "Kiss" (Prince)
- "Oops!… I Did It Again" (Max Martin/Rami Yacoub)
- "Sam Hall" (unknown, arr. by Thompson)
- "Money, Money, Money" (Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus)
- "It Won't Be Long" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
- "Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt" (trad., arr. by Thompson) – introduced as a "medieval tune from Brittany", but actually a medieval-style version of Britney Spears' "Oops!… I Did It Again"
Track listing of 2CD/DVD version
(recorded at a different show)
- "Sumer Is Icumen In" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "King Henry" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo" (Orazio Vecchi, arr. by Thompson)
- "Bonnie St. Johnstone" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "O Sleep Fond Fancy" (Thomas Morley)
- "Remember O Thou Man" (Thomas Ravenscroft)
- "Shenandoah" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "Blackleg Miner" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
- "I Live in Trafalgar Square" (C.W. Murphy)
- "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" (from The Mikado) (W.S. Gilbert/Arthur Sullivan, arr. by Thompson)
- "Java Jive" (Ben Oakland/Milton Drake)
- "Night and Day" (Cole Porter)
- "Orange-Coloured Sky" (Milton DeLugg/William Stein)
- "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Granville "Stick" McGhee/J. Mayo Williams)
- "A-11" (Hank Cochran)
- "See My Friends" (Ray Davies)
- "Friday on My Mind" (George Young/Harry Vanda)
- "Tempted" (Chris Difford/Glen Tilbrook)
- "Oops!… I Did It Again" (Max Martin/Rami Yacoub)
- "Cry Me A River" (Arthur Hamilton)
- "1985" (Jaret Reddick/John Allen/Mitchell Scherr)
- "Sam Hall" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
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