Published at 11:19 AM on March 4, 2009

By Liz Stinson

Shout! Factory prepping Richard Thompson box set

Over the past 40 years, Richard Thompson has amassed what you could call an ambitious catalogue of songs. The british guitar virtuoso has written hundreds of songs in his multiple musical incarnations, which include work with Fairport Convention, then-wife Linda Thompson, and solo endeavors.

To commemorate the breadth of his work, Shout! Factory is releasing a four-disc set on June 30. Walking On a Wire includes 71 tracks from albums released by 15 different labels. A 60 booklet with new notes by Patrick Humphries, who wrote Thompson's biography, is also included. 

In other news, Thompson is set to tour the U.S. and UK this summer, but dates are still TBA.


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