Ducknapped! is a live album by Richard Thompson, recorded during the 2003 tour to support the album The Old Kit Bag, and released on Thompson's boutique Beeswing label. As with most of Thompson's recent live releases from a tour supporting a new album, that album is heavily featured, with nine of The Old Kit Bag's twelve songs being included.
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| Released | July 2003 | |||
| Recorded | March 2003 in the UK and May 2003 in the United States | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 73:51 | |||
| Label | Beeswing | |||
| Producer | Tom Dube | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Greenman Review | (not rated)[1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [2] |
The title is derived from the joke 'ducknapping' of the tour mascot, a stuffed duck, and the subsequent backstage appearance of cod ransom notes.
None of the tracks on the album are included on the Live in Providence DVD which was shot on the same tour. Live in Providence features Rory McFarlane on bass guitar and double bass. Danny Thompson (no relation) was first called for the 2003 tour and plays on most tracks on this album, but after he was taken ill McFarlane replaced him.
Track listing
editAll songs composed by Richard Thompson
- "Gethsemane"
- "Pearly Jim"
- "Outside of the Inside"
- "Missie How You Let Me Down"
- "A Love You Can't Survive"
- "One Door Opens"
- "I’ll Tag Along"
- "Bank Vault In Heaven"
- "She Said It Was Destiny"
- "I Misunderstood"
- "Valerie"
- "Can't Win"
- "Jealous Words"
- "Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen"
Personnel
edit- Richard Thompson – guitar and vocals
- Earl Harvin – drums and dumbek
- Danny Thompson – double bass
- Judith Owen – backing vocals on One Door Opens, Jealous Words and Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen.
- Christine Collister – backing vocals on Bank Vault In Heaven and Can't Win
- Rory McFarlane – bass guitar
- Pete Zorn – backing vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, baritone saxophone and bass flute
Recording venues
edit- 6 March 2003 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
- 7 March 2003 Warwick Arts Centre Hall, Warwick
- 9 March 2003 The Dome, Brighton
- 10 March 2003 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
- 11 March 2003 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
- 12 March 2003 Colston Hall, Bristol
- 13 March 2003 The Anvil, Basingstoke
- 17 & 25 May 2003 Los Angeles and Yosemite National Park, California[3]
References
edit- ^ Gary Whitehouse, David Kidney (2011). "Richard Thompson: 1000 Years of Popular Music/Richard Thompson Band: Ducknapped". greenmanreview.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "2003: Ducknapped!". Richard Thompson.