Richard Thompson, Henry the Human Fly!

Island ILPS 9197 (LP, UK, June 1972) - Hannibal HNCD 4405 (CD, US, 1983) - Fledg'ling Recordings FLED 3045 (CD, UK, July 2004)

E' la prima ed eccellente prova di Thompson solista. Un disco di notevole spessore per essere un'opera prima. Richard si circonda di musicisti fidati, dai compagni d'avventura nei fairport (Hutchings e Sandy Denny), ad altri nomi noti nel panorama folk (Kirckpatrick e Barry Dransfield), ad altri musicisti ancora, quali David Snell, splendida arpa in "The old changing way". Il disco è anche accompagnato da una curiosa fotografia di copertina di Keith Morris e dai disegni di Ann Sullivan.

Tracks:

Roll Over Vaughn Williams (4:09) - Nobody's Wedding (3:13) - The Poor Ditching Boy (3:01) - Shaky Nancy (3:26) - The Angels Took My Racehorse Away (4:01) - Wheely Down (3:00) - The New St. George (2:08) - Painted Ladies (3:31) - Cold Feet (2:26) - Mary and Joseph (1:38) - The Old Changing Way (3:55) - Twisted (1:58)

All songs written by Richard Thompson - Warlock Music - Produced by Richard Thompson and John Wood for Witchseason Productions - Engineered by John Wood at Sound Techniques Ltd., London

Musicians:

Richard Thompson, guitar, accordion (track 1), vocals; Timmy Donald, percussion, vocals; Pat Donaldson, bass, vocals; Sandy Denny, piano (track 8), vocals (tracks 5, 8, 9, and 12); Linda Peters, vocals; David Snell, harp; Jeff Cole, trombone; John Defereri, tenor sax; Clay Toyani, trumpet; Sue Draheim, fiddle; Barry Dransfield, fiddle; John Kirkpatrick, accordion; Andy Roberts, dulcimer; Ashley Hutchings, vocals