This recording of a live concert performed at a folk club in San Francisco featuring popular songs European and American songs from past centuries to the present time. The album was originally conceived when British folk singer Richard Thompson was asked by "Playboy" magazine to provide a list of the top ten songs from the previous millennium. Thompson's list, which included songs dating back to the 1200s, was never published, but the artist decided to put together a concert that featured arrangements of many of those songs.