Richard Jobson - 1030 On a Summer Night / An Afternoon in Company

A collection combining two spoken word albums by singer, poet, writer and director Richard Jobson, both originally released by Les Disques du Crépuscule.

From 1983, 10.30 On A Summer Night is Richard's own adaption of texts from the classic novel by French author Marguerite Duras, and includes the long and haunting tone poem The Kiss, the Dance and the Death. On this recording he is accompanied by Belgian pianist Cecile Bruynoghe.

Recorded a year earlier, An Afternoon In Company (1982) collects 20 original poems by Richard, with musical backing by luminaries such as Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Steven Brown and Blaine L. Reininger (Tuxedomoon), Wim Mertens and Virginia Astley.

The CD booklet features the texts of the poems, photos and a biographical note.

Tracklist

1. The Hotel
2. The End of the Storm
3. The Meeting
4. The Road to Madrid
5. The Kiss, the Dance and the Death
6. Autumn
7. The Return to England
8. Auden
9. The Pyrenees
10. Verbier
11. The Ruhr Valley
12. Savannah
13. Jericho
14. Meditation
15. Oran
16. Aragon
17. Jericho (Reprise)
18. Dignity
19. Mount Fuji
20. Days In the Trees
21. The End of an Era
22. Under the Rain Clouds
23. Day Breaks
24. Avalanche
25. The Happiness of Lonely