Richard & Linda Thompson – Hokey Pokey LP

Richard & Linda Thompson – Hokey Pokey

Richard and Linda’s 2nd LP from 1974 is now pressed on 180gram vinyl and contains a Download Code. Released in 1975, ‘Hokey Pokey’ is a much jollier release than its predecessor, ’I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight’.

Richard and Linda’s 2nd album together is a mixture of darkly comic songs like “Smiffy’s Glass Eye” and the more world weary nature of ‘I’ll Regret It All In The Morning” and “A Heart Needs A Home”. There are also more sombre songs such as ‘The Egypt Room” which Richard described as “half way between The Coasters ‘Little Egypt’, George Formby, and Dickens by way of Patricia Highsmith”.

Tracklist:
1. Hokey Pokey
2. I'll Regret It All In the Morning
3. Smiffy's Glass Eye
4. The Egypt Room
5. Never Again
6. Georgie On the Spree
7. Old Man Inside a Young Man
8. The Sun Never Shines On the Poor
9. A Heart Needs a Home
10. Mole In a Hole

Label: Lost Highway
Released: 2001/2023