Richard Thompson - 1000 Years of Popular Music

Who: Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention, Richard & Linda Thompson)
What: Popular music, from medieval England to, well, Britney Spears
Where: New York
When: 2002

"The idea for this project came from Playboy magazine—I was asked to submit a list, in late 1999, of the ten greatest songs of the Millennium. Hah! I thought, hypocrites—they don't mean millennium, they mean twenty years—I'll call their bluff and do a real thousand-year selection. My list was similar to the choices here on this CD, starting in about 1068, and winding slowly up to 2001. That they failed to print my list among others submitted by rock's luminaries, is but a slight wound—it gave me the idea for this show… The idea is that Popular Music comes in many forms, through many ages, and as older forms get superseded, sometimes the baby is thrown out with the bathwater—great ideas, tunes, rhythms, styles, get left in the dust of history, so let's have a look at what's back there, and see if still does the trick". Richard Thompson.

1000 Years of Popular Music

Jewelled Antler Compilation #1 - Windswept Trees & Houses

VVAA - Windswept Trees & Houses

Who: Different bands from the musical collective Jewelled Antler
What: Folk, drone, psychedelia
Where: San Francisco, USA.
When: 1968-2002

This was a 100 copies limited edition CD-R released in 2002. Learn more about Jewelled Antler here.

Track 1 from Laury's collection, 1968
Track 2 recorded in Wellington, New Zealand, 1996
Track 3 recorded in Golden Gate Park, 2001
Track 4 recorded in San Francisco, 1995
Track 5 recorded in San Francisco, 1999
Track 6 San Francisco, 1999
Track 7 recorded in North Carolina, unknown year
Track 8 recorded on Tanna, Vannuata, August 2001
Track 10 Walnut Creek, 2001
Track 11 Fair Oaks, CA, Spring 2002
Track 12 2001
Track 12 recorded in the Glass House on Bear Gulch, 2001
Track 14 Los Angeles 2001
Track 15 recorded in Aachen, Germany on the Dreamsword tour, 1999