{"product_id":"richard-thompson-hippies-thugs-heroes-2-lp-set-on-indie-exclusive-colored-vinyl-w-bonuses","title":"Richard Thompson - Hippies, Thugs \u0026 Heroes - 2 LP set on Indie Exclusive colored vinyl w\/ bonuses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: Richard Thompson |  Label: New West  |  Format: 2xLP  |  Genre: Rock | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr size=\"1\" noshade\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eRichard Thompson\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eHippies, Thugs \u0026amp; Heroes \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNew West 7099IE - 2 LP set on indie exclusive BLACK \u0026amp; WHITE SPLATTER vinyl in a thick gatefold jacket \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e     Sixty years into a career that began with Fairport Convention and has spanned decades as one of rock's most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Richard Thompson is still chasing surprise. On Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, he lets his subconscious take the wheel, pulling from a cast of old friends, false gurus, former selves, and invented characters who insisted on having their stories told.\u003cbr\u003e     The result is an album that refuses to sit still. It opens with the bright, Byrds-inspired jangle of \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\" — a song rooted in Thompson's own history with 1970s spiritual movements and the complicated pull of charismatic leaders — before swinging into the rowdy \"Everybody's Stealing\" and landing on the bluesy closer \"Stringer.\" Along the way, \"Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking\" delivers some of his most inventive guitar work yet, a raw-nerve build into a splintered, psychedelic solo that captures a hardscrabble cast of London strivers and connivers.\u003cbr\u003e     Recorded live with his longtime band — Taras Prodaniuk on bass, Michael Jerome on drums, David Mansfield on guitar and fiddle, and wife Zara Phillips on backing vocals — at Hobosound Studio in Weehawken, NJ, the sessions moved fast, often in just two to four takes. But the songwriting itself runs deep: more elaborate home demos gave Thompson's own musical identity a stronger hold on the final record, resulting in an album he describes as \"less them and more me.\"\u003cbr\u003e     What emerges is a spiritual inquiry disguised as a rock record — a meditation on the towers we build and the ruin that follows when we invest in them too completely. Thompson doesn't fully understand every song here, and that's exactly the point. Hippies, Thugs and Heroes is proof that after sixty years, the joy of not knowing where a song will take you hasn't faded one bit. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e     Songs are;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eSorcerer’s Apprentice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eCocaine Walking, Booze Talking\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003ePauper’s Grave\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eUnsung Hero\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eMake Believe You Don’t Know Me\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eShe Burns It All\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eEverybody’s Stealing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eThe Soul In Me\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003ePipe Dreams\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eThe Big Smoke\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eStringer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003eSiren\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNEW SEALED \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2 LP set on indie exclusive BLACK \u0026amp; WHITE SPLATTER vinyl \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ein a thick gatefold jacket \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"RedEye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68363011653883,"sku":null,"price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/4553\/files\/201375144685.jpg?v=1792551681","url":"https:\/\/orbitrecords.com\/products\/richard-thompson-hippies-thugs-heroes-2-lp-set-on-indie-exclusive-colored-vinyl-w-bonuses","provider":"Orbit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}