The World is A Wonderful Place - The Songs of Richard Thompson
(Compilation, '93)
Green Linnet Records, GLCD 3086 (US)

Tracks
1. The Knife Edge
2. Pharaoh
3. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again
4. It Don't Cost Much
5. Down Where the Drunkards Roll
6. Wheely Down
7. Reckless Kind
8. The End of the Rainbow
9. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
10. Love is Bad for Business
11. Dimming of the Day
12. Walzings for Dreamers
13. The World is A Wonderful Place
14. Night Comes In
15. Sisters
16. For Shame of Doing Wrong
17. I Misunderstood
18. Galway to Graceland

Artists
1. The Hokey Pokey Strings
2. The House Band
3. Christine Collister
4. Marvin Etzioni
5. Martin & Jessica Simpson
6. Ian Kearey & Ivor Cutler
7. Victoria Williams
8. Tom Robinson
9. Ron Kavana
10. Men and Volts
11. Gregson, Hewerdine, Reader
12. The Keith Hancock Band
13. Richard and Linda Thompson
14. Full Moon Fair
15. The Fraser Sisters
16. Peter Blegvad
17. Sally Barker
18. Plainsong

Notes
Compiled as a tribute album for ex-Fairport Convention and one of the most prominent artists in British folk rock history, Richard Thompson. Seventeen artists contributed brand new songs to this set. Eddi provided Dimming of the Day, with Boo Hewerdine and Clive Gregson.

On Dimming of the Day(which was also covered by the brilliant Irish singer, Mary Black in her '91 album, Babes in the Wood), Eddi, Boo and Clive takes the lead by turns backed only with guitars played by the two male. The track was produced by Jon Kelly (the producer for Kate Bush, Damned and The Beautiful South).

The vocal part goes like this:
Boo
Boo & Eddi
Boo, Eddi & Clive
Eddi
Eddi, Boo & Clive
Clive
Clive, Eddi & Boo

Eddi's voice is prominent where Boo and/or Clive sing together with Eddi, which makes it a little difficlut to hear Clive's voice :)

This version, I would say, is excellent and even more impressive than the great rendition by Mary Black.

Christine Collister(track 3) started her career as the backup singer for Richard Thompson and once with Clive Gregson as Gregson & Collister.

Ivor Cutler(track 6) is the songwriter for Go and Sit Upon the Grass included on Joke Part2. Peter Blegvad(track 16) is a member of the avangarde rock band, Slapp Happy and the songwriter for Shirt and Comb which was in Patience of Angels single.

The title track(track 13) is hidden and not listed on the label, but it's a previously unreleased number by Richard and Linda Thompson.

I Misunderstood, which was covered by Dinosaur Jr. in another Richard Thompson tribute, Beat the Retreat, is another number which was also covered by Mary Black in her '97 album, Shine.

Victoria Williams' Reckless Kind is worth a mention too.

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