Short Tracks: Richard and Linda Thompson – ‘Shoot Out the Lights’ (1982): On Second Thought
Infidelity, bottle-throwing, love and loss swirl around the great album produced by the soon-to-be-divorced duoof Richard and Linda Thompson in November 1981 at Olympic Studios in London. Recorded live to tape by producer Joe Boyd, Shoot Out the Lights started and almost ended in dramatic fashion. Sessions began with Gerry Rafferty (of “Baker Street” fame) in the producer’s […]
