Richard & Linda Thompson - First Light

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A1	Restless Highway	3:52
A2	Sweet Surrender	4:40
A3	Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart	4:38
A4.1	The Choice Wife
A4.2	Died For Love
B1	Strange Affair	3:05
B2	Layla	4:17
B3	Pavanne Written-By – Richard & Linda Thompson	5:00
B4	House Of Cards	3:24
B5	First Light	4:17

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Britannia Row Studios
• Recorded At – Olympic Studios
• Recorded At – Basing Street Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd. – L 36697
• Distributed By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
• Licensed To – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.

Credits

• Accordion [Button] – John Kirkpatrick
• Art Direction – Peter Wagg
• Backing Vocals – Andy Fairweather-Low, Bill Caddick, Dave Brady, Dave Burland, Heather Brady, Ian Matthews*, Julie Covington, Maddy Prior, Peta Webb, Philippa Clare, Trevor Lucas
• Bass – Willie Weeks
• Drums – Andy Newmark
• Engineer – John Wood
• Engineer [Assisted By] – Andy Lunn, Jerry Wing
• Guitar, Dulcimer – Simon Nicol
• Illustration [Front Cover] – Adrian Day
• Keyboards – Neil Larson*
• Percussion – Chris Karen*, Dave Mattacks
• Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
• Producer – John Wood, Richard Thompson
• Transcription By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Robert Kirby
• Typography [Calligraphy By] – David Quay, Peter Horridge
• Vocals – Linda Thompson
• Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Guitar [Roland], Synthesizer, Whistle – Richard Thompson
• Whistle – Dolores Keane
• Written-By – Richard Thompson (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)

Notes

The total time given for track A4 is 9:00.

Recorded at Brittania Row, Olympic Chelsea and Basing Street Studios. Produced for Joe Lustig Ltd.

℗ 1978 Chrysalis Records Ltd. England.
Manufactured and distributed under licence by Festival Records Pty. Limited. Australia.

Catalog# on sleeve: L 36697
Catalog# on labels: L36697

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label A): SMX-53479
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): SMX-53480

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CHR 1177	Richard & Linda Thompson	First Light ‎(LP, Album)	Chrysalis	CHR 1177	UK	1978
HNBL 4412	Richard & Linda Thompson	First Light ‎(LP, RE)	Hannibal Records	HNBL 4412	UK	1985
CGLP 4412	Richard & Linda Thompson	First Light ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Carthage Records	CGLP 4412	US	1984
CHR 1177	Richard & Linda Thompson	First Light ‎(LP, Album)	Chrysalis	CHR 1177	Canada	1978
CCD 1177	Richard & Linda Thompson	First Light ‎(CD, Album)	Chrysalis	CCD 1177	UK & Ireland	1984