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Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights (33 1/3) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the LightsIn the fall of 1980 Richard and Linda Thompson (of Fairport Convention fame) had recently been dumped from their record label and were on the verge of divorce. Somehow they overcame these miserable circumstances and managed to make an album considered by many to be a masterpiece. This title puts Richard and Linda Thompson's album in context.
Full description- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Published: 10 July 2008
- Format: Paperback 144 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Music Reviews & Criticism | Rock & Pop Music
- ISBN 13: 9780826427915 ISBN 10: 082642791X
- Sales rank: 301,749
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