Live! (More or Less)

Live! (More or Less) is an album released in 1976 under Richard Thompson's name, but mostly consisting of work actually recorded with his then wife as Richard and Linda Thompson.

This was a U.S. only release. The first disc of the two-disc set is, in fact, the 1974 release I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight by Richard and Linda Thompson. The second disc consists of 7 tracks from the (guitar, vocal) compilation issued only in the UK - most of them not live.

The album was critically well-received on its release, but only because it included I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, which had come to be very well regarded. Its ratings either reflect that^[1] or that it is redundant and only significant to completists.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	A− ^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson except where indicated otherwise.

Disc one

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"When I Get to the Border"	3:26
2.	"The Calvary Cross"	3:51
3.	"Withered and Died"	3:24
4.	"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"	3:07
5.	"Down Where the Drunkards Roll"	4:05

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"We Sing Hallelujah"	2:49
7.	"Has He Got a Friend for Me"	3:32
8.	"The Little Beggar Girl"	3:24
9.	"The End of the Rainbow"	3:55
10.	"The Great Valerio"	5:22

Disc two

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ballad Of Easy Rider (written by Roger McGuinn)"	4:52
2.	"Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (written by Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick)"	5:31
3.	"A Heart Needs A Home"	5:31
4.	"The Dark End of the Street (written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman)"	4:14
5.	"The Pitfall/The Excursion"	2:57
6.	"Flee As A Bird (traditional, arranged by Richard Thompson)"	3.12

Side two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Night Comes In"	12:22
8.	"Calvary Cross"	13:24

References

1 2 Christgau, Robert. "Richard Thompson: Live! (More or Less)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
1 2 Deming, Mark. Live! (More or Less) at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

Richard Thompson

Studio albums	Henry the Human Fly (1972) I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Hokey Pokey (1975) Pour Down Like Silver (1975) First Light (1978) Sunnyvista (1979) Shoot Out the Lights (1982) Hand of Kindness (1983) Across a Crowded Room (1985) Daring Adventures (1986) Amnesia (1988) Rumor and Sigh (1991) Mirror Blue (1994) You? Me? Us? (1996) Mock Tudor (1999) The Old Kit Bag (2003) Front Parlour Ballads (2005) Sweet Warrior (2007) Dream Attic (2010) Electric (2013) Acoustic Classics (2014) Still (2015)

Live albums	Small Town Romance (1984) 1000 Years of Popular Music (2003) Live from Austin, TX (2005) In Concert, November 1975 (2007) Live at the BBC (2011)

Fan club and boutique label releases	Strict Tempo! (1981) Live at Crawley (1995) Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996) Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98 (1998) Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002) More Guitar (2003) 1000 Years of Popular Music (2003) Ducknapped! (2003) Faithless (2004) The Chrono Show (2004) Live Warrior (2009) Cabaret of Souls (2012)

Compilation albums	(guitar, vocal) (1976) Live! (More or Less) (1976) Watching the Dark (1993) The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Record Years (2000) Action Packed (2001) RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson (2006) Walking on a Wire (2009)

Songs	"Dimming of the Day" "Tear-Stained Letter"

Related articles	Discography Linda Thompson Teddy Thompson French Frith Kaiser Thompson Fairport Convention

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