In a message dated 2/5/99 8:56:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I picked up a copy of Shoot Out the Lights by the former Mr.-and-Mrs. I got it because it KEPT ON showing up on critics and fans lists of Top Whatevers. Plus, Bob Mould had done a blistering version of the title track, and anyway, I got it. And while I will acknowledge how floored I was by the guitar work on the title track, I liked maybe one other song on the album. The songs may have been good, but the production of the album left me flat-out cold. >> That album was completely recorded twice, once with Gerry Rafferty at the board, which was never released, and the available version by Joe Boyd. There is a bootleg (oops) called "Rafferty's Folly" of e unreleased version, and it is quite different from the other one. I interviewed Richard Thompson once and asked him about past recordings. He said he "hated them all", and acknowledged that production quality was one of the reasons. Slim
