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DISCID=ba09e90c
DTITLE=Richard Thompson / Strict Tempo!
DYEAR=1981
DGENRE=Folk
TTITLE0=New Fangled Flogging Reel + Kerry Reel
TTITLE1=Vaillance Polka Militaire + Belfast Polka
TTITLE2=Scott Skinner Medley: Glencoe + Scott Skinner's Rockin' Step +
TTITLE2= Bonny Banchory
TTITLE3=Banish Misfortune
TTITLE4=Dundee Hornpipe + Poppy Leaf Hornpipe
TTITLE5=Do It For My Sake
TTITLE6=Rockin' In Rhythm
TTITLE7=The Random Jig + The Grinder
TTITLE8=Will Ye No Cam Back Again + Cam O'er The Stream Charlie + Ye B
TTITLE8=anks And Braes
TTITLE9=Rufty Tufty + Nonsuch  la Mode de France
TTITLE10=Andalus + Radio Marrakesh
TTITLE11=The Knife Edge
EXTD=Originally Released 1981\nCD Edition Released September 25, 1992\n
EXTD=\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW:  While some listeners have expressed mixed d
EXTD=egrees of enthusiasm with Richard Thompson's often down-beat work
EXTD= as a songwriter and his sometimes craggy vocals, no one has ever
EXTD= argued his gifts as an instrumentalist, and on Strict Tempo! Tho
EXTD=mpson lets loose on an instrumental collection of traditional Bri
EXTD=tish and Celtic jigs and reels, with a swinging Duke Ellington co
EXTD=ver thrown in for variety and one new original offered as the fin
EXTD=ale. Thompson multi-tracks himself playing a variety of acoustic 
EXTD=and electric guitars, basses, mandolins, and dulcimers with his u
EXTD=sual (i.e., dazzling) degree of dexterity, with only percussionis
EXTD=t Dave Mattacks for company on most of the tunes. If the performa
EXTD=nces don't quite match the head-spinning ferocity of the traditio
EXTD=nally based folk-rock he pioneered with Fairport Convention on Li
EXTD=ege and Lief and Full House, Thompson was certainly a better play
EXTD=er in 1981 than he was when he left Fairport, and the arrangement
EXTD=s reveal a degree of taste, imagination, and subtle wit that's se
EXTD=cond to none. Strict Tempo! was a pet project of Thompson's, orig
EXTD=inally released on his own label, and it sometimes sounds like it
EXTD= was created more for his own amusement than anything else, but e
EXTD=ven in its more esoteric moments, it shows one of the finest guit
EXTD=arists on Earth showing just how well he can play, and that's alw
EXTD=ays a pleasure to hear.  -- Mark Deming\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER RE
EXTD=VIEW\nRichard's best work ever!, March 25, 2007\nReviewer: N. B. 
EXTD=Jolly "Neil Jolly" (Melbourne, Australia)\nI was given a vinyl co
EXTD=py of Strict Tempo from a friend who was cleaning out his record 
EXTD=collection. I was given heaps of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny
EXTD=, Maddy Prior, Albion Band records and this copy by an artist unk
EXTD=nown to me at the time. Mind you this all happened 25 yrs ago! I 
EXTD=was learning to play celtic folk music at the time on tenor banjo
EXTD= and I was blown way when I heard a polka played by Richard on th
EXTD=e album (track 2: Vaillance Polka Millitaire/Belfast Polka) to be
EXTD= precise. I have loved this album ever since, only problem is- it
EXTD= is so expensive to buy a new CD copy. I don't like Richard's voc
EXTD=als so this instrumental album suits me fine. Richard is so versa
EXTD=tile on nearly ever stringed instrumental using a plectrum. Get t
EXTD=his album if you can afford it. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=What the Man Plays When He's at Home, June 11, 2004\nReviewer: JR
EXTD= Dunn (New Brunswick,, NJ USA)\nUsually, these "what I really dig
EXTD=" albums are an endless snoozefest ("wakeup call for Mr. Chaquico
EXTD= and Mr. Howe"), but this one is the exception.\nI'm not going to
EXTD= get into questions of Thompson's stature here--it's beginning to
EXTD= be a mystery as to why he's not well known for being not well kn
EXTD=own. This album wouldn't change things one way or the other, whic
EXTD=h doesn't affect its near-perfection one iota. Nobody but Thompso
EXTD=n could have even considered making this disc, and nobody but Tho
EXTD=mpson could have brought it off. I mean, where else in the world 
EXTD=are you going to find cavalry polkas, hornpipes, reels, Duke Elli
EXTD=ngton, and Moroccan mountain tunes played back to back? And all o
EXTD=f it performed not with that 'ancien musique' dryasdust scholasti
EXTD=c approach but as dance music, as it's supposed to be played in t
EXTD=he first place? \n\nIs it a crime that this disc is out of print?
EXTD= Damn straight. Is it worth the thirty-odd bucks they're charging
EXTD= on the Marketplace pages? Hell yes!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REV
EXTD=IEW\nA Gem for Richard Thompson Enthusisasts, February 10, 1999\n
EXTD=Reviewer: Greg Benson (Athens, GA USA)\n"Strict Tempo" stands as 
EXTD=the only Richard Thompson album composed entirely of instrumental
EXTD=s (unless one counts his instructional guitar tapes). For that re
EXTD=ason alone, it is an essential part of Thompson's body of work. T
EXTD=hose who appreciate his guitar prowess will bask in the wide rang
EXTD=e of musical territory it covers; yet it never strays from Thoomp
EXTD=son's distinct musical vision. I would give it the full five star
EXTD=s, but he's done so many albums that are even better that I would
EXTD=n't want to mitigate the value of his best work.\n\n\nHalf.com De
EXTD=tails \nProducer: Richard Thompson \n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel: Ri
EXTD=chard Thompson (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, bass, harm
EXTD=onium, dobro), Dave Mattacks (drums, percussion, piano on "Ye Ban
EXTD=ks And Braes").\n\nRecorded at B.T.W. Studios, London and Woodwor
EXTD=m Studios, Cropedy, England.\nIncludes liner notes by Richard Tho
EXTD=mpson.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n...where else are you gonna hear his 
EXTD=formidable guitar chops on classics like 'The New Fangled Floggin
EXTD=g Reel?'...\nMusician (04/01/1993)\n\n4 Stars - Excellent - ...on
EXTD=e of the lesser-known delights of Thompson's catalogue...some of 
EXTD=the gentlest, most lyrical work of his career...\nQ Magazine (11/
EXTD=01/1992)\n\n7 - Very Good - ...a collection of instrumentals feat
EXTD=uring his multi-tracked playing on the guitar, the mandolin, mand
EXTD=ocello, banjo, dulcimer and more...Toetapping, restful, exquisite
EXTD=...\nVox (12/01/1992)
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