Richard Thompson discography

Richard Thompson discography
Thompson performing at Prospect Park, New York City in 2007
Studio albums	27
Live albums	22
Singles	16

The discography of Richard Thompson , an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of around 30 studio albums in which he is named on the cover, alongside live albums, singles, compilations, fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations. He has released around 20 solo studio albums, but is also known for his collaborations with first wife Linda Thompson and his time as a member of Fairport Convention. He has also appeared as a guest musician on the releases of numerous other artists.

Albums (solo, duo or as bandleader)

Studio albums

Year	Title	Credited to	Chart positions
			UK [1]	US [2]
1972	Henry the Human Fly	Richard Thompson [3]	—	—
1974	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight	Richard and Linda Thompson [4]	—	—
1975	Hokey Pokey	Richard and Linda Thompson [5]
	Pour Down Like Silver	Richard and Linda Thompson [6]	—	—
1978	First Light	Richard and Linda Thompson	—	—
1979	Sunnyvista	Richard and Linda Thompson	—	—
1981	Strict Tempo!	Richard Thompson	—	—
1982	Shoot Out the Lights	Richard and Linda Thompson	—	—
1983	Hand of Kindness	Richard Thompson	—	186
1985	Across a Crowded Room	Richard Thompson	80	102
1986	Daring Adventures	Richard Thompson	92	142
1988	Amnesia	Richard Thompson	89	182
1991	Rumor and Sigh	Richard Thompson	32	—
1994	Mirror Blue	Richard Thompson	23	109
1996	You? Me? Us?	Richard Thompson	32	97
1997	Industry	Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson	—	—
1999	Mock Tudor	Richard Thompson	28	—
2003	The Old Kit Bag	Richard Thompson	52	121
2005	Front Parlour Ballads	Richard Thompson	54	197
2007	Sweet Warrior	Richard Thompson	39	111
2013	Electric	Richard Thompson	16	75
2014	Acoustic Classics	Richard Thompson	16	103
2015	Still	Richard Thompson	10	82
2017	Acoustic Classics II	Richard Thompson	24
	Acoustic Rarities	Richard Thompson	84
2018	13 Rivers	Richard Thompson	18	—
2024	Ship to Shore	Richard Thompson	46

Live albums

Released	Title	Credited to	Recorded	UK	US
1984	Small Town Romance	Richard Thompson	1982	—	—
1995	Live at Crawley	Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson	1993	—	—
1996	Two Letter Words: Live 1994	Richard Thompson Band	1994	—	—
1998	Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98	Richard Thompson	1998	—	—
2002	Semi-Detached Mock Tudor	Richard Thompson Band	1999	—	—
2003	More Guitar	Richard Thompson Band	1988	—	—
	1000 Years of Popular Music	Richard Thompson	2002	—	—
	Ducknapped!	The Richard Thompson Band	2003	—	—
2004	Faithless	Richard Thompson	1985	—	—
	The Chrono Show	Richard Thompson	2004	—	—
2005	Live from Austin, TX	Richard Thompson	2001	—	—
2007	In Concert, November 1975	Richard and Linda Thompson	1975	—	—
2009	Live Warrior	Richard Thompson, Michael Jerome, Danny Thompson, Taras Prodaniuk, Pete Zorn	2007	—	—
2010	Dream Attic [a]	Richard Thompson	2010	20	83
2011	Live at the BBC	Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson	1973–2009	137	—
2012	Cabaret of Souls	Richard Thompson	2009	—	—
2017	Live at Rockpalast	Richard Thompson Band	1983 & 1984	—	—
2019	Across A Crowded Room Live at Barrymore's 1985	Richard Thompson	1985	—	—
2020	Live at Rock City, Nottingham, November 86	Richard Thompson	1986	—	—
2021	Live from London	Richard Thompson	2021	—	—
2022	Live from Honolulu	The Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio	2006	—	-
2023	Historic Classic Concert - Live in Nottingham 1986	Richard Thompson Band	1985 [b]	—	-

Compilations

Year	Title	Credited to
1976	(guitar, vocal)	Richard Thompson
1976	Live! (More or Less)	Richard Thompson
1985	Doom & Gloom from the Tomb (Vol. 1)	Richard Thompson
1991	Doom & Gloom II (Over My Dead Body)	Richard Thompson
1993	Watching the Dark	Richard Thompson
2000	The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Records Years	Richard and Linda Thompson
2001	Action Packed	Richard Thompson
2005	Some Enchanted Evenings	Richard Thompson
2006	RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson	Richard Thompson
2009	Walking on a Wire	Richard Thompson
2020	Hard Luck Stories (1972–1982)	Richard and Linda Thompson

Singles

With Linda Thompson

Year	Song	Chart positions	Album
		UK
1974	"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"	—	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
1975	"Hokey Pokey"	—	Hokey Pokey
1978	"Don't Let a Thief Steal into Your Heart"	—	First Light
1979	"Georgie on a Spree" / "Civilisation" (double-A side)	—	Sunnyvista
1982	"Don't Renege On Our Love"	—	Shoot Out the Lights

Solo

Year	Song	Chart positions	Album
		US Alt. Rock [8]
1983	"The Wrong Heartbeat"	—	Hand of Kindness
1984	"Tear-Stained Letter"	—
1985	"When the Spell is Broken"	—	Across a Crowded Room
	"You Don't Say"	—
1986	"Valerie"	—	Daring Adventures
	"Nearly in Love"	—
1988	"Turning of the Tide"	30	Amnesia
1989	"Reckless Kind"	—
1991	"I Feel So Good"	15	Rumor and Sigh
	"Read About Love"	—
1992	"I Misunderstood" (Official Dutch Tour Single)
1994	"I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life"	—	Mirror Blue
	"Easy There, Steady Now"	—
1996	"Dark Hand over My Heart"	—	You? Me? Us
1999	"Crawl Back (under My Stone)"	—	Mock Tudor
2003	"She Said It Was Destiny"	—	The Old Kit Bag
2007	"Dad's Gonna Kill Me"	—	Sweet Warrior
2012	"Haul Me Up" [c]	—
2013	"Good Things Happen to Bad People"	—	Electric
	"Salford Sunday"	—
2017	"Gethsemane"	—	Acoustic Classics II
2018	"Bones of Gilead"	—	13 Rivers
	"The Storm Won't Come"	—
	"My Rock, My Rope"	—
2022	"Streamwalk / Treadwell No More"	—	Music from Grizzly Man
	"Glencoe"	—
2024	"Singapore Sadie"	—	Ship to Shore
	"Freeze"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

With the Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio

Year	Song	Chart positions	Album
		UK
2022	"(I Want to See) The Bright Lights Tonight"	—	Live from Honolulu

EPs

Year	Title
2003	Tracks
2020	Bloody Noses
2021	Serpent's Tears

Releases with Fairport Convention

Only studio albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography.

Live, particularly at Cropredy Festival, Fairport often perform in various line-ups of past and present members. Therefore live albums which feature Thompson after he officially left the band are included here.

For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see the Fairport Convention discography.

Studio albums

Year	Title
1968	Fairport Convention
1969	What We Did on Our Holidays
1969	Unhalfbricking
1969	Liege and Lief
1970	Full House

Live albums

Released	Title	Recorded
1976	Live at the L.A. Troubadour	1970
1982	Moat on the Ledge	1981
1984	The Boot	1983
1986	House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour	1970
1987	The Other Boot	1986
1987	Heyday: The BBC Radio Sessions	1968 & 1969
1988	The Third Leg	1987
1993	25th Anniversary Concert	1992
1999	The Cropredy Box	1997
2003	Cropredy 2002 - Another Gig : Another Palindrome / Festival: Cropredy 2002	2002
2004	Cropredy Capers: Twenty-Five Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival	1980-2004
2004	The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Live at the Cropredy Festivals 1986 and 1987)	1986 & 1987
2007	Live at the BBC	1967-1974
2018	What We Did On Our Saturday [9]	2017
2020	Chicago 1970	1970
2023	Full House for Sale [10]	2022

Other material

Year	Title	Year relevant material recorded	Notes
1970	Now Be Thankful	1970	Standalone single, with B-side, 'Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament for the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat from the Straits of Loch Knombe, in the Year of Our Lord 1727, on the Occasion of the Announcement of Her Marriage to the Laird Of Kinleakie'.
1971	Angel Delight	1970	2004 CD version contains a bonus version of 'The Journeyman’s Grace' recorded for a BBC Radio session in 1970 and featuring Thompson
2017	Fairport Unconventional	1967-2001	Mostly previously unreleased studio and live tracks, some featuring Thompson
2017	Come All Ye: The First Ten Years	~1969-~1972	Compilation of existing and newly released archive material, some featuring Thompson

Soundtracks

Not listed here are soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition is merely included, without further involvement from Thompson. Listed here are soundtracks in which Thompson had a significant creative role in creating new music.

Year	Title	Credited to
1987	The Marksman (Music from the BBC TV Series)	Richard Thompson and Peter Filleul
1989	Hard Cash (BBC North West documentary) first broadcast in 1990 [11]	Richard Thompson and numerous other artists listed on the cover, produced by Richard Thompson and Peter Filleul
1991	Sweet Talker	Richard Thompson
2005	Grizzly Man [d]	Richard Thompson
2010	Baraboo: Motion Picture Soundtrack	Joel Savoy, Emma Beaton & Chris Stafford, additional compositions by Richard Thompson, metal compositions by Riley Sweeney Lynch and Dean Hurley, and Edison recordings from the early 20th century
2019	The Cold Blue (Original Motion Picture Score)	Music by Richard Thompson [e]

Collaborations

Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here (see sections below). Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or project.

Year	Title	Credited to
1971	No Roses	Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band
1972	Rock On	The Bunch
1972	Morris On	Morris On
1981	Saturday Rolling Around	The GPs
1987	Live, Love, Larf & Loaf	French Frith Kaiser Thompson
1990	Invisible Means	French Frith Kaiser Thompson
2014	Family	Thompson
2025	In 1981 There Was… The GPs – Live In Concert [f]	The GPs

As a featured guest

Albums in which Thompson is credited on the front cover as a featured guest (rather than simply in the notes of the musicians playing) are covered here.

Year	Title	Credited to
1983	Variations on a Theme	David Thomas & the Pedestrians with Richard Thompson
1994	Twangin' n' A-Traddin'	The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo with special guest Richard Thompson
1998	The Bones of All Men	Mr Philip Pickett with Mr Richard Thompson and the Fairport Rhythm Section
2023	Child Ballads: The Final Six	The London Experimental Ensemble with Richard Thompson, Wesley Stace, Sivert Høyem, Marissa Nadler and Gina Fergione

Original recordings on 'various artist' compilations

Original recordings of new or existing compositions on 'various artist' compilations. Only the first release the recording is on is listed.

Year	Album	Song or tune	Notes
1975	Over The Rainbow (The Last Concert, Live!)	"Hokey Pokey"	Live recording with Linda Thompson from 1975
1985	Feed the Folk	"Old Horse"	With Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick and Howard Evans, alternative take to the one on Carthy's Out of the Cut , now more easily found on Carthy Chronicles
1989	Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival 1988	"Turning of the Tide"	Live recording from the festival
1989	Time Between – A Tribute to The Byrds	"Here Without You"	With Clive Gregson and Christine Collister
1990	Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival 1988, Vol. 2: Mementos	"Two Left Feet" and "The Choice Wife"	Live recording from the festival
1991	All Through the Year — A Calendar in Music & Song	"Late November"	With Fairport Convention, Vikki Clayton and Jerry Donahue, live at Cropredy 1991
1991	The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume One	"Shoot Out the Lights"	Live solo version for the radio programme
1991	Bringing It All Back Home, Music From The BBC TV Series	"The Dimming of the Day"	With Mary Black
1991	Turn of the Decade 1989-90: Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival	"She Moves Through The Fair"	Live from the festival
1992	Studio Brussel: Update Live	"Misunderstood"	-
1992	Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt '92	"Read About Love"	Live from the festival
1993	The World is a Wonderful Place	"The World is a Wonderful Place"	With Linda Thompson, previously unreleased, unlisted track 13
1993	KBCO: The Best of Studio C, Volume 3	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live radio session from 1992
1994	In Their Own Words, Vol 1	"I Feel So Good"	Live, solo radio session from 1992
1994	ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Volume 2	"I Can't Wake up to Save My Life"	Live radio session from 1994
1994	Broadcasts Vol. 2	"Dimming of the Day"	Live radio session on KGSR from 1994
1994	Where Are My Headphones? Live From Studio A, Volume 2	"Taking My Business Elsewhere"	Live, solo radio session on WCBE
1995	Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 1	"Beeswing"	Live radio session from 1992
1995	KFOG Radio 104.5\97.7, Live From The Archives II	"I Feel So Good"	Live from the Suasalito Art Festival, 1994
1995	Troubadours of British Folk, Volume 3: An Evolving Tradition	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live version only previously available on a promotional EP for "I Misunderstood"
1995	89.7 FM WNKU Presents Natural Alternatives	"King of Bohemia"	Live radio session
1997	Live at the Iron Horse, Volume 1	"From Galway to Graceland"	Live, solo radio session from 1990
1997	Folk, Live from Mountain Stage	"Beat the Retreat"	Live radio session
1997	Georgia on Our Mind	"Georgia on My Mind" and "John the Gun"	The first as part of the Deep Sea Ensemble, the second with the Richard Thompson Band, live in 1985
1997	E-Town Live	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live radio session in Boulder City, Nevada from 1996
1998	From the Heart of Studio A: The Folkscene Collection	"Waltzing's for Dreamers"	Live radio session for Roz and Howard Larman's 'FolkScene' on KFPK in Los Angeles
1998	Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol 1	"If I Had a Hammer"	With Nancy Griffith and friends, vocals
1999	Bringing It All Back Home, Volume 2	"Waltzing's For Dreamers"	With Mary Black and Dolores Keane
1999	Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond	"Persuasion"	With Tim Finn
2000	107.1 KGSR Broadcasts, Vol. 8	"Sights and Sounds of London Town"	Live radio session
2000	Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 10	"Cooksferry Queen"	Live radio session
2000	Heart of England: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust	"I want to see the bright lights tonight"	Live
2000	KINK Live Thr3e	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live radio session from 1999
2000	The Riversound Cafe	"Sights and Sounds of London Town"	Live radio session recorded live at WRSI
2000	Mixx On The Fly - Live From Studio A - WCBE Vol. 7	"Uninhabited Man"	Live radio session
2001	Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary	"Walk Awhile" and "Beeswing"	Live from previous festivals. Former with Fairport Convention, 1970; latter unknown.
2001	Live At The Night, Vol. 1	"Crawl Back"	Live radio session from 2000
2002	Shining Bright: The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson	"Red Wine Promises"	Cover of Lal Waterson song
2002	Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 14: The Next Decade	"Persuasion"	Live radio session
2002	Heart of England, Volume 2: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust	"Sights and Sounds of London Town"	Live from Hampstead
2002	Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music	"La Chanson D'Une Fille De Quinze Ans" and "Les Flammes D'Enfer"	Former with Ann Savoy, latter solo
2002	156 Strings: Nineteen Totally Original Acoustic Guitarists	"How does your garden grow?"	Solo, for compilation curated by Henry Kaiser
2003	Crossing Jordan [soundtrack]	"Season of the Witch"	Donovan cover for TV soundtrack
2003	Live @ The World Café, Vol. 17: Three Flights Up	"I'll Tag Along"	Live radio session
2003	City Folk Live VI	"She Said It was Destiny"	Live radio session
2003	Live From The CD101 Big Room - Volume 1	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live radio session
2004	WYEP Live & Direct: Three Decades, Three Discs	"She Said It was Destiny"	Live radio session
2005	The Bootlegs (Vol. 1 Celebrating 35 Years at First Avenue)	"Cooksferry Queen"	Live radio session from 1999
2006	The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited	"The Coo Coo Bird"	With Eliza Carthy, live in Los Angeles, 2001
2006	Jan Donkers – Mijn Muziek	"From Galway to Graceland"	Live in Vlissingen, Netherlands, 2001
2006	Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys	"Mingulay Boat Song"	Cover of a song by Sir Hugh S. Roberton
2006	Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 21: In The Cards	"The Hots for the Smarts"	Live radio session from 2005
2007	Cool as Folk	"Tear Stained Letter"	The Richard Thompson Band, live at Cambridge Folk Festival, 2001
2007	KFOG Radio 104.5\97.7: Live From The Archives 14	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live radio session from 2005
2007	Het Beste Van 25 Jaar Marktrock	"I feel so good"	Live from the Marktrock festival, probably from 1995
2007	Music & Rhythm: WOMAD Worldwide 1982-2007	"Easy There, Steady Now"	Live from WOMAD, New Zealand in 1997
2013	Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle	"Go Leave"	With Linda Thompson, live cover from London, 2010
2013	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys	"General Taylor"	With Jack Shit (aka Johnny Depp)
2013	The Beautiful Old Turn-Of-The-Century Songs	"The Band Played On"	With Christine Collister and Garth Hudson
2013	Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 36	"Good things happen to bad people"	Live radio session
2014	Cambridge Folk Festival (Celebrating 50 Years)	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live, solo recording from the 2011 festival
2014	The 78 Project: Volume 1	"The Coo Coo Bird"	Recorded using a 1930s Presto direct-to-disc recorder in New York City in 2012
2017	Sincerely, L. Cohen: A Live Celebration of Leonard Cohen	"Bird on the Wire" and "Story of Isaac"	Recorded live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2017	Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 41: 25th Anniversary Edition	"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"	Live radio session from 2005
2019	If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison	"Parchman Farm"	Live cover, with George Galt
2019	Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records	"The Light Bob’s Lassie"	Solo performance of traditional song
2019	Jan Douwe Kroeske Presents the Best of 2 Meter Sessions, 1987-2009	"I Feel So Good"	Live solo version
2019	Jan Douwe Kroeske Presents 2 Meter Sessions, Volume 3	"I Misunderstood"
2023	Heal the Sky	"Lament for Mariupol"	Guitar instrumental
2024	Proxy Music	"I Used to Be So Pretty" and "Those Damn Roches"	With Ren Harvieu on "I Used to Be So Pretty" and Teddy Thompson on "Those Damn Roches", from an album of various artists performing songs written by Linda Thompson
2025	Think Loud 4 Parkinson's	"Tobacco Road" and "Meet on the Ledge"	With Hugh Cornwell on "Tobacco Road" and as part of Fairport's Cropredy 20 on "Meet on the Ledge". Fairport's Cropredy 20 is a group of 20 musicians, led by Fairport Convention, that came together remotely in 2020 to record this song.

Original recordings on career-spanning compilations

These are compilations dedicated to a single musician but featuring their work with several bands and featured artists from across their career. Only releases with newly released material are covered.

Year	Title	Featured musician	Song or tune	Notes
1994	The Guv'nor vol 1	Ashley Hutchings	"Some Sweet Day", "You're Gonna Need My Help" and "Dear Landlord"	As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1967–1969
1995	The Guv'nor vol 2	Ashley Hutchings	"You Never Wanted Me" and "Sir Patrick Spens"	As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1968
1995	The Guv'nor vol 3	Ashley Hutchings	"Night in the City" and "Marcie"	As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1968
1996	The Guv'nor vol 4	Ashley Hutchings	"Both Sides Now" and "Fotheringay"	As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1967–1969
2003	Swarb!: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Dave Swarbrick	Dave Swarbrick	various	Various tracks with Fairport Convention from 1970 onwards, "Sword Dance / Black Cow" with Fairport Convention and Linda Thompson from 1981
2007	A Box of Pegg's	Dave Pegg	"Let it blow"	With Fairport Convention, live at Cropredy, 2005
2010	Sandy Denny [Box Set]	Sandy Denny	various	Thompson features on newly released material dating back to sessions with Fairport in 1968
2015	Gathering The Threads	Judy Dyble	improvisation	An improvisation recorded with Judy Dyble in 1964 (as well as previously released Fairport Convention material). Also available on Anthology: Pt. One.

Original recordings on not-for-sale releases

Original recordings of new or existing compositions on albums that are not directly for sale (for example, promotional items for radio play, or albums accompanying a book or magazine). Only recordings which do not also appear on an official release are included.

Year	Album	Song or tune	Notes
1992	Ferrington Guitars	"The Job of Journey Work"	Instrumental, from the CD with the book 'Ferrington Guitars'
1996	Launch Live	"The Razor Dance"	Recorded live for Launch disc magazine; from a limited run audio CD containing live tracks from Launch's first ten issues
1999	Rykodisc 15th Anniversary Acoustic Cafe Sampler	"Lotteryland"	Recorded live at the Acoustic Cafe
1999	Selected Tracks Live at Mountain Stage	"Bathsheba Smiles" "The Ghost of You Walks" and "Valerie"	Promo only CD release to support the release of Mock Tudor
2000	Fish Out of Water: Music Outside The Mainstream	"Waltzing's For Dreamers"	With Cry Cry Cry, live performance; CD only available via pledges to the radio station WMNF
2011	Oasis Acoustic, Volume 39	"Hide it away"	Live, Oasis exclusive
2021	Dylan Revisited	"This Wheel's on Fire"	With Zara Phillips on backing vocals, album with Uncut magazine in the UK

As a guest or session musician

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
1968	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter	The Incredible String Band	Uncredited vocals on "The Minotaur's Song"
1969	Five Leaves Left	Nick Drake	Overdubbed electric guitar on "Time has told me"
1969	Love Chronicles	Al Stewart	Guitar, under pseudonym Marvyn Prestwyck
1969	Marc Ellington	Marc Ellington
1969	Matthews' Southern Comfort	Matthews' Southern Comfort
1969	Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears"	Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears"	Thompson played on an 'album of mostly unreleased 1969 recordings' that were released in 2020 packaged with the group's 1968 self-titled debut.
1970	Bryter Layter	Nick Drake	Electric guitar on "Hazey Jane II"
1971	Bless the Weather	John Martyn	Guitar
1971	If You Saw Thro' My Eyes	Iain Matthews	Electric and acoustic guitar, accordion
1971	The North Star Grassman and the Ravens	Sandy Denny	Electric guitar and acoustic guitars, bass, accordion, vocals
1971	Rains/Reins of Changes	Marc Ellington	Electric guitar and backing vocals
1971	Smiling Men with Bad Reputations	Mike Heron	Guitar on "Flowers of the Forest"
1971	Stargazer	Shelagh McDonald	Guitar on "Baby Go Slow"
1971	Strange Fruit	Gary Farr	Lead guitar
1971	4th English Album	Francoise Hardy
1971	Street Singer	Mick Softley	Electric guitar
1972	Bright Phoebus	Lal and Mike Waterson	Guitar on all tracks except 'Red Wine & Promises'
1972	Jump at the Sun	John Kirkpatrick	12-string guitar on "The Widow of Westmorland’s Daughter", under pseudonym Agnes Mirren
1972	Sandy	Sandy Denny	Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin
1972	Those Pleasant Days	Stefan Grossman	Electric guitar
1972	Tigers Will Survive	Iain Matthews	Guitar
1973	Rosie	Fairport Convention	Electric and 12-string guitars on the track 'Rosie'
1973	Solid Air	John Martyn	Mandolin on 'Over the Hill'
1973	Urban Cowboy	Andy Roberts	Lead electric guitar on "Elaine"
1974	Like an Old Fashioned Waltz	Sandy Denny	Electric guitar on "Solo" and "No End"
1974	Fear	John Cale	Slide guitar on "Momamma Scuba"
1975	Fantasies From a Corner Seat	Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper	Acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin & backing vocals on "Targets"
1975	Is Having a Wonderful Time	Geoff Muldaur	Lead guitar on "Tennessee Blues"
1975	Marc Time	Marc Ellington	Backing vocals
1975	Mike Heron's Reputation	Mike Heron	Electric guitar on "Down On My Knees (After Memphis)"
1976	Vanishing Trick: Poems And Songs	Brian Patten	Guitar on "Embroidered Butterflies" and "After Frost"
1977	Rendezvous	Sandy Denny
1978	Rise Up Like the Sun	The Albion Band
1978	Julie Covington	Julie Covington
1979	Slide Away the Screen	Ralph McTell
1980	Night Owl	Gerry Rafferty
1981	Smiddyburn	Dave Swarbrick
1981	The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian	David Thomas & the Pedestrians
1981	Teddy Boys Don't Knit	Vivian Stanshall
1981	Thunderin' On The Horizon	Arizona Smoke Review
1981	Voices	Murray Head
1982	Water of Dreams	Ralph McTell
1982	Out of the Cut	Martin Carthy
1983	8	J. J. Cale
1983	Any Trouble	Any Trouble
1983	Fame and Wealth	Loudon Wainwright III
1983	Flittin'	Dave Swarbrick
1983	Proof Through the Night	T Bone Burnett
1984	Behind the Trap Door	T-Bone Burnett
1984	Wrong End of the Race	Any Trouble
1985	I'm Alright	Loudon Wainwright III
1985	Rackbag	Folk och Rackare
1985	Visions of Excess	The Golden Palominos
1985	Gladys' Leap	Fairport Convention
1986	An Hour with Cecil Sharp and Ashley Hutchings	Ashley Hutchings
1986	Bridge of Sighs	Ralph McTell
1986	Electric Bluebirds	Electric Bluebirds
1986	Expletive Delighted!	Fairport Convention
1986	More Love Songs	Loudon Wainwright III
1986	Raptures of the Deep	The Deep Sea Jivers
1986	Supply and Demand	Dagmar Krause
1987	As Real as Disneyland	Julian Dawson and the Flood
1987	Time of No Reply	Nick Drake	A compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1967 and 1974
1987	Slam Dance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Mitchell Froom
1987	Blue Balloon	John Kirkpatrick
1987	Studio Romantic	Saeko Suzuki
1988	The Auld Folks on the Wa’ and other Bothy Ballads	Charlie Allan
1988	Temple of Low Men	Crowded House
1989	Maria McKee	Maria McKee
1989	Therapy	Loudon Wainwright III
1989	Surprise	Syd Straw
1990	Michael Doucet & Cajun Brew	Michael Doucet
1991	Cajun Conja	BeauSoleil
1991	Drunk with Passion	The Golden Palominos
1991	Luck of the Draw	Bonnie Raitt
1991	Hope You Like Our New Direction	Henry Kaiser
1991	Orphans and Outcasts Volume 1	Iain Matthews
1991	Places I Have Never Been	Willie Nile
1992	99.9F°	Suzanne Vega
1992	Be Headed	Chris Harford and the First Rays of the New Rising Sun
1992	Fat City	Shawn Colvin
1992	His Master's Choice – The Songs Of Richard Thompson	Dave Burland
1992	The Hunter	Jennifer Warnes
1993	The Assassin's Apprentice	Stephen Fearing
1993	Before & After	Tim Finn
1993	Fate of Nations	Robert Plant
1994	Amplified Heart	Everything but the Girl
1994	Cut and Run	Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie
1994	Longing in Their Hearts	Bonnie Raitt
1995	Camouflage	Iain Matthews
1996	Dreams Fly Away: A History of Linda Thompson	Linda Thompson
1996	Baptist Hospital	Boo Hewerdine
1996	Blue Aconite	Christine Collister
1996	Norma Waterson	Norma Waterson
1997	Move Over Darling	Julian Dawson
1997	Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	Fairport Convention
1997	L'Amour Ou La Folie	BeauSoleil
1998	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)	Nanci Griffith
1998	The Dark Gift of Time	Christine Collister
1999	Memory of the Future	Eric Andersen
1999	Spark	Julian Dawson
1999	Orphans and Outcasts Volume 3	Iain Matthews
1999	Songbird	Christine Collister
1999	The Very Thought of You	Norma Waterson
1999	Bent in Gent	Crowded House	Recorded live in 1991
2000	Long Expectant Comes At Last	Cathal McConnell
2000	Teddy Thompson	Teddy Thompson
2001	Give Me a Sad Song	Linda Thompson	Richard Thompson plays on a previously unreleased song "Restless Boy", as well as previously released material
2001	Mazurka Berzerker	John Kirkpatrick
2002	Taxi - Montreal	Crowded House	Recorded live in 1991
2002	Fashionably Late	Linda Thompson
2002	Spremenite Protokol	Andrej Sifrer
2003	12 Arrows	Judith Owen
2003	Go Tell It on the Mountain	The Blind Boys of Alabama
2003	So Damn Happy	Loudon Wainwright III
2004	The Common Stone	Bob Davenport
2004	The Ride	Los Lobos
2005	Always	June Tabor	Thompson plays on his song "Mrs Rita" from the BBC Radio 1 documentary The Last Shift, a different recording to that on Hard Cash
2005	Lost and Found	Judith Owen
2005	Separate Ways	Teddy Thompson
2006	Nothing Like a Dame	Julian Dawson
2007	Crazy Hair Day	Barney Saltzberg
2007	Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John	Peter Case
2007	Release the Stars	Rufus Wainwright
2007	South of Delia	Richard Shindell
2007	Strange Weirdos	Loudon Wainwright III
2007	Happy This Way	Judith Owen
2007	Upfront & Down Low	Teddy Thompson
2007	Rewind: Unreleased Recordings	JJ Cale	Recorded between 1971 and 1993. Thompson appears on 'Seven Day Woman'.
2008	A Piece of What You Need	Teddy Thompson
2011	Bella	Teddy Thompson
2011	Purpose and Grace	Martin Simpson
2012	20	Kate Rusby
2012	Connected	Danny Thompson
2012	Find the One	The Coal Porters
2012	Marvin Country!	Marvin Etzioni	Guest on 'It Don't Cost Much', which he co-wrote with Etzioni
2013	Won't Be Long Now	Linda Thompson
2014	Tell 'Em I'm Gone	Yusuf
2014	Salt	Boris Grebenshchikov
2015	Emerald	Dar Williams
2015	Just Me and You	Emitt Rhodes	Single
2015	This Wall Between Us	Emitt Rhodes	Single, different version to that on the album Rainbow Ends
2015	What's a man to do	Emitt Rhodes	Single, different version to that on the album Rainbow Ends
2016	75th Birthday Celebration	Joan Baez
2016	Cayamo: Sessions at Sea	Buddy Miller
2016	Rainbow Ends	Emitt Rhodes
2018	Smalls Change	Derek Smalls
2018	Letters Never Read	Dori Freeman
2019	Second Hand Sexbot	Judith Owen
2020	Meditation and KitKats	Zara Phillips
2020	Song to a Refugee	Diana Jones	Guest on "We Believe You"
2021	Red Willow	Michael Hays	Guest on "Road Will Rise"
2022	The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live and Rare 1964-2009	Al Stewart	Thompson plays on some radio sessions from 1972
2024	Julian Dawson	Julian Dawson	Guest on "Jesus and Judas" and "That's why God made Saturday night"

DVDs and videos

Released	Title	Credited to	Recorded	Format	Notes
1984	DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues	various artists	—	VHS	Music set to old Disney animated footage, includes Thompson's "Two Left Feet"
1985	Across a Crowded Room	Richard Thompson	1985	VHS, Laserdisc
1997	Best of Sessions at West 54th, Volume 1	various artists	1997	DVD	Thompson performs "I feel so good" live
2004	Live in Providence	The Richard Thompson Band	2003	DVD
2005	Live From Austin, TX	Richard Thompson	2001	DVD
2006	Mountain Stage: An Evening With Nanci Griffith, Paul Brady, Richard Thompson	Nanci Griffith / Paul Brady / Richard Thompson	2001	DVD
2006	1,000 Years of Popular Music	Richard Thompson	2005	DVD, with 2 audio CDs
2006	The Harry Smith Project Live	various artists	2001	DVD	Thompson performs "The Coo Coo Bird" with Eliza Carthy
2008	Guitar Legends in Sevilla	various artists	1991	DVD	Thompson plays "Keep Your Distance" and "Jerusalem On The Juke Box", and "Running and Hiding" with Roger McGuinn, Les Paul, Robbie Robertson and Roger Waters
2011	Live at the BBC	Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson	1975 to 1985	DVD (box set, also with 3 CDs)
2011	Spactacle - Season 2	Elvis Costello with...	2010	DVD	Thompson appears on episode 3 alongside Costello and the Imposters, Levon Helm, Nick Lowe, Allen Toussaint and Ray LaMontagne. He performs "Shoot Out the Lights" solo and "Tennessee Jed", "A Certain Girl" and "The Weight" with the assembled musicians.
2012	Live at Celtic Connections	The Richard Thompson Band	2011	DVD, Blu-ray Disc

Instructional tapes and discs

Released	Title	Credited to	Format
1983	The Electric Mandolin 1 and 2: Mandolin Theory, Technique, & Improvisation	Niles Hokkanen and Richard Thompson	Cassette
1983	Rock Guitar: A Guide from the Greats	Ronnie Wood, Michael Schenker, Richard Thompson and John Wilson	VHS
1986	The Guitar of Richard Thompson	Richard Thompson	tapes/CDs & book
1998	Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar Instrumentals	Richard Thompson	CD & book

References

1. "Richard Thompson UK charts search". OfficialCharts.com . Retrieved 22 September 2018.
2. "USA Billboard 200 chart details for Richard Thompson". Billboard . Retrieved 5 March 2015.
3. "Henry the Human Fly - Richard Thompson" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda T" – via www.allmusic.com.
5. "Hokey Pokey - Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, L" – via www.allmusic.com.
6. "Robert Christgau: CG Book '70s: T". www.robertchristgau.com.
7. https://mainlynorfolk.info/richard.thompson/records/liveinnottingham1986.html#storeformusic
8. "USA Billboard Alternative Rock Chart details for Richard Thompson". Billboard . Retrieved 5 March 2015.
9. "StackPath". 26 June 2018.
10. "Full House For Sale - Fairport Convention". March 25, 2023.
11. "Mainly Norfolk information on Hard Cash album" . Retrieved 5 March 2015.
12. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/05/22/725502494/hear-richard-thompsons-stunning-score-for-a-new-wwii-documentary

Notes

1. Whilst containing all new material and marketed like a studio album, this was actually recorded live
2. Despite the title, this is thought to actually have been recorded in 1985 ^[7]
3. Special vinyl single for Record Store Day, live version of "Haul Me Up" recorded at Celtic Connections with the Richard Thompson Band. B-side a solo version of "Vincent Black Lightning" recorded in Saratoga, California
4. Rereleased in 2022 as Music of Grizzly Man
5. This is primarily Thompson's compositions played by a chamber orchestra, with Thompson playing guitar only on the last two numbers. ^[12]
6. This is a mix of remastered material from Saturday Rolling Around and newly released archive tracks.