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Anyone else like this band?? I love them and I think Phil Lynott has one of the best voices in Rock history

Eric Sykes is a fucking incredible guitarist.  And Thin Lizzy are amazing.  The few things I've heard of their vast collection has blown me away.  I just haven't had the time/money to dig deeper yet.  But I will. :beer:

I've got Jailbreak and Black Rose, both are good albums.

Thin Lizzy must be one of the most underrated bands in the world.

Miz:

You mean John Sykes? He was good but no match for Gorham and Robertson, they started the whole twin-lead guitar attack sound..

Thin Lizzy is definitely a good band...i totally dig them...

Thin Lizzy rock!!!

the boyz are back in town. ! They definently added a new deminsion to guitar leads

I just bought "Jonny the Fox" and "Black Rose." I already had "Jailbreak." Underrated band, IMHO. Axl, of course, has a Thin Lizzy tattoo, the "Black Rose" cover.

Seems like nobody knows there's a (http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/Themes/default/images/english/search.gif) function on the board.

It can be quite handy.



/jarmo

Sorry dude.

I really dig this band. Although I only own Dedication:best of....

I love Jailbreak, and from what I've heard Thunder and Lightning is their second best album. I'm a new fan, though.

I'm a huge Thin Lizzy fan, would reccomend "Vagabonds of the Western World", or "Black Rose", to any new comers.

Great band. Their guitar harmonized solos are cool.  : ok:

EXCELLENT GROUP!!! Bad reputation, the song. is really good, phils basslines are great!

I just recently bought the 'Thin Lizzy: Greatest Hits' DVD with all their videos and some live performances. It's got some really cheesy '70s videos the band made for their songs. Highly Recommended.  :beer:

This one

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or this one

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?

Actually, this one:

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The "Thin Lizzy" logo shines too. Nice  : ok:

   Exclusive PHIL LYNOTT CD To Be Given Away With HOT PRESS Magazine - Aug. 9, 2006
 
Hot Press has announce that its latest issue ? in shops between August 10 and August 23 August ? comes with a world-exclusive Phil Lynott CD. "The Lost Recordings" contains five previously unreleased tracks from one of Ireland's greatest rock stars.
Recorded at Trend Studios in Dublin by John Dardis, these five recordings have, until now, remained hidden in the vaults.
Different versions of "Saga Of The Ageing Orphan" and "The Friendly Ranger At Clontarf Castle" appeared on the album "Thin Lizzy" (1971). A different recording of "Dublin" appeared on the "New Day" EP (also 1971). Two of the songs ? "Mama And Papa" and "It's Really Worthwhile" ? are effectively "new": they were never otherwise recorded, so that even the most ardent of THIN LIZZY fans will not have heard them before.
The CD comes out to coinicide with Lynott's birthday on August 20, which is also the first anniversary of the unveiling of his statue, beside Bruxelles in Dublin.
"It's strange to think that these recordings have been waiting for over 35 years to see the light of day," says John Dardis, producer of "The Lost Recordings". "Prompted by the fact that I had been approached by a lot of people who wanted to hear these recordings, I thought Hot Press was the perfect vehicle to get them out to that huge audience of people who love Irish music and who along the way fell in love with Philip Lynott, both as a musician and as a great Irish character."
The track listing is as follows:
01. Mama And Papa
02. Saga Of The Ageing Orphan
03. It's Really Worthwhile
04. Dublin
05. The Friendly Ranger At Clontarf Castle

For more information, visit www.hotpress.com.

i think we all forgot to say R.I.P to mr phillip lynott recently.

R.I.P

4 January.

Has anyone else heard Lizzy's "BBC Radio One Live in Concert" album, of one of their last shows back in '83?

Out of print, and it'll cost you $60+ for a used copy, but it's a killer show.

Yes, I have that - think I prefer Life/Live but that's definitely a good one. Also I saw them on that tour  : ok:

I'd heard very mixed reviews of Life/Live, so I haven't checked it out, yet.  What do you think of "A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer"? 

Good song, the guitar intro is classic Lizzy - take something that shouldn't work in hard rock and make it sound cool. Sykes metals it up a but too much in the solo though.

I thought a lot of the negativity about L/L is that it's Sykes (mainly) and not classic Gorham/Robertson like Live and Dangerous, but if you like the radio one show you'd probably like L/L too. It has The Rocker with pretty much every former Lizzy guitar player except Snowy White.

I thought the guitar work on BBC Radio One was great, so I'll follow your suggestion!

Wow! i haven't heard of this band in ages. I saw them 30 or so years ago.

Lovin' Black Rose.  Probably one of Lizzy's top three studio albums, in my (well informed  ;D) opinion.

New Lizzy live album being released in a couple of weeks. 

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They also had one release in 2008...someone's cashin' in on the Lizzy vault.  :hihi:

Spread the word around . . . guess who?s back in town. But will be this a reunion too far for their fans?

Yes, almost 25 years after the death of legendary Irish rocker Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy are to hit the road again ? this time with Co Down musician Ricky Warwick at the helm.

Warwick (43) replaces Lynott in the latest reincarnation, joining Thin Lizzy alumni Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Darren Wharton. Also on board are Def Leppard?s Vivian Campbell and former Whitesnake bassist Marco Mendoza.

The new band will head out on tour in 2011, with a huge homecoming show planned for Dublin on January 4. Thin Lizzy are not the only band to reform minus a key figure.

Queen continue to tour with Free?s Paul Rodgers filling the shoes of the late Freddie Mercury, while Paul McLoone replaced Feargal Sharkey in The Undertones. Bruce Dickinson quit Iron Maiden, rejoining the heavy metal band some years later.

But can the glory days of Lynott?s reign ever really be recreated?

Stuart Bailie of the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast said that while it was great news for Warwick, whom he described as a ?100% rocker??, he thought the new formation?s pedigree ?was suspect?.

?It?s crossing over, really, from reunion to tribute band, so it?s something of a hybrid,? he said.

?I saw the great Thin Lizzy in the Ulster Hall in 1978 and that memory is still intact. That is the way I want to keep it.

?When you see Queen perform with Paul Rodgers on vocals, it is not quite the same experience as seeing the original Queen and I?m guessing it will be the same with this line-up, although it does have some of its original line-up.

?What people will be seeing is a photocopy of a photocopy ? although I wouldn?t knock the guys for doing it. Does it sully Lynott?s legacy?

?I?m not sure about that but it?s never going to be the same experience without the great man himself.?

However, music publicist James Rollins said he did not believe that this was a reunion too far.

?The band has three of its original members, all of whom played with Lynott,? he said.

?They?re getting together to mark the 25th anniversary of Lynott?s death.?

David Neely of CDC Leisure admitted Lynott would be a hard act to follow but said Warwick was a great musician who would keep the fans happy, as long as he did not try to replicate Lynott.

?It?s always going to be difficult when you take out such a charismatic frontman as Lynott, but it can be done,? he said.

Speaking about his delight at being asked to join the new line-up Ricky, from Newtownards, said: ?Every kid on my street, in my school and in my city knew of Thin Lizzy. Every kid supported Lizzy. We took pride in Lizzy and what was there not to be proud of??

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Im trying to get into their sound. Iv bought the live album, live and dangerous. What else should i search for?

It took me a while to get into them, but I'm fully on board these days.

Their heyday is best heard on Jailbreak and Bad Reputation, but Black Rose and Chinatown are both great as well.

Their late sound is best on Thunder and Lightning.

Their pre-dual guitar sound is best on Vagabonds of the Western World. 

I'd also recommend the live album BBC Radio One: Live in Concert, which covers their entire career (it's from their final tour) and really has a lot of power in the sound.  It's tough to find on cd.

You've got the masterpiece already so.  Live and Dangerous is their best work.  As good as they were, their studio albums don't come close to hearing their songs live.  But they have a lot of good songs that arent on Live and Dangerous, like:

Waiting for an Alibi, Old Town, Whiskey in the Jar, Sarah, Cold Sweat, Thunder and Lightening, Black Rose and Parisienne Walkways (thats actually a solo song featuring Phil Lynott and Gary Moore on guitar).   

What you think of the live album?



i have a bit of that show on DVD.  Phil sounds good but its really sad cos he looks in bad shape.  he died 3 years after that.