RICHARD THOMPSON Walking On A Wire: Richard Thompson [1968 - 2009] (2009 US issue 4-CD album set - Richard Thompson has had an illustrious career that stretches back over 40 years. Songs from every album are represented here, beginning with the trail-blazing folk-rock group Fairport Convention, of which he was a founding member as a teenager, to his duo albums with then-wife Linda Thompson, as well as his 20 plus years as a critically acclaimed solo artist. Produced by Richard himself, 'Walking On A Wire' impressively includes 71 tracks from albums released by 15 different labels, with songs carefully assembled with the aim to provide a real sense of his work, as well as to celebrate the diversity of his music [rock 'n' roll with folk, jazz, rockabilly and the odd waltz thrown in] the scope of his songwriting, and the sheer virtuosity of his playing. All four discs look barely played in individual jewel cases housed together in a 12" x 6.5" x 1.5" glossy box complete with a 60-page booklet containing new sleevenotes by Patrick Humphries)