Thin Lizzy

Gone But Not Forgotten! PHIL LYNOTT Passed Away 36 Years Ago Today

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Remembering big artists from the past

4 January 2022

Dublin born singer-songwriter Phil Lynott passed away on 4 January 1986, this day
36 years ago today, following a drug overdose. He was only 36. He was the voice/face of Irish hit team Thin Lizzy who were one of the coolest rock bands of the 70s and early 80s. They fabricated 12 studio LPs between 1971 and 1983. R.I.P. Phil.

1-2-3 great Thin Phil Lizzy Lynott moments
to remember the late boy in town…

– ROSALIE –

– THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN –

– DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT –

THIN LIZZY: Discography – Facebook

(Image on top: cover of his solo album ‘The Phil Lynott Album)

THIN LIZZY – Seventh LP ‘JOHNNY THE FOX’ Came Out 45 Years Ago Today

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Back in time

17 October 2021

Band: THIN LIZZY
Who: Legendary Irish ban led by the late great Phil Lynott
who passed away following a heroin overdose in 1986, he
was only 36. After his death, the band continued to play live, but
didn’t produce new music.
Active: 1969–1983, 1994, 1996–2009, 2010–2013, 2016–2017, 2019
Albums: 12 (between 1971 and 1983)

Anniversary album: JOHNNY THE FOX
Released: 17 October 1976 – 45 years ago today

Melody Maker (the iconic British weekly) wrote back then: “This LP is
more subtlety, the melodies are stronger, and, most importantly, the scope
of the material is much wider than the hard rock associated with Lizzy”,
showing a band more versatile than on the previous recording.”

Single: Don’t Believe A Word

Full album…

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THIN LIZZY: All Albums

THIN LIZZY – Classic Double LP ‘LIVE AND DANGEROUS’ Released This Day In 1978

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Back In Time…

2 June 2021

Band: THIN LIZZY
Who: Legendary Irish rockers led
by the late great Phil Lynott.
20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986

Album: LIVE AND DANGEROUS
Released: 2 June 1978 – 43 years ago today

All Music: “Live and Dangerous’ was a glorious way to celebrate Thin Lizzy’s
glory days and one of the best double live LPs of the 70s. Of course, this, like
a lot of double-lives of that decade isn’t strictly live. It was overdubbed and
colored in the studio (producer: Tony Visconti). But even if there was some
tweaking in the studio, Live and Dangerous feels live, containing more energy
and power than the original LPs, which were already dynamic in their own right.
It’s this energy, combined with the expert song selection, that makes ‘Live and
Dangerous’ a true live classic.” Score: 4.5/5.

Full album(s)…

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THIN LIZZY: All Albums

Big Albums Released This Day In 1973 (2) And 1979

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Back in time…

13 April 2021

Artist: DAVID BOWIE
8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016
Album: ALADDIN SANE – 6th LP
Released: 13 April 1973 – 48 years ago today

Notes: Recorded with his band The Spiders from Mars.
Partly thanks to the mega-hit ‘The Jean the Genie’ the album
topped the UK charts.

Rolling Stone wrote: “Aladdin is grander, more produced:
David is more than ever more mastermind than participant.
Aladdin’s very eclecticism makes it less exposed, conceptually,
than Ziggy.”

Stream here…

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DAVID BOWIE: All Albums

Artist: BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
Album: CATCH A FIRE (means: ‘Burn In Hell’) – 5th LP
Released: 13th April 1973 – 48 years ago today

Notes: 2 songs written by Peter Tosh, 7 by Marley.
The cover sleeve depicted a Zippo lighter. At first
the LP wasn’t a great success at all on release. But
after The Wailers toured the US and the UK in
support of the record sales exploded.

BBC Music said: “Reggae, up until this point, was a niche genre,
bought in the UK by ex-pat West Indians. It was even less widespread
in the States. Catch A Fire changed all that. Without it Bob Marley would
never have become a figurehead and no one outside of the Caribbean
would have heard of Bunny Wailer or Peter Tosh either. For this alone
Chris Blackwell should be canonised.”

Stream here…

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BOB MARLEY: All Albums

Band: THIN LIZZY
Album: BLACK ROSE: A LEGEND – 9th LP
Released: 13 April 1979 – 42 years ago today

Notes: Peaked at #2 in the UK. The first full
album with Gary Moore. The track/single ‘Sarah‘
was about his newborn daughter.

All Music wrote: “Thin Lizzy’s last true classic album,
and their “most musically varied, accomplished, and
successful studio album.”

Stream here…

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THIN LIZZY: All Albums

Back In Time With BOB DYLAN & THIN LIZZY

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26 March 2021

Band: THIN LIZZY (Dublin, Ireland)
Led by the late great Phil Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986).
Active: 1969–1983, 1994, 1996–2009, 2010–2013, 2016–2017, 2019

Album: JAILBREAK – 6th LP
Released: 26 March 1976 – 45 years ago today

AllMusic wrote: “Truly exceptional album. With a dimension of richness
that sustains, but there’s such kinetic energy to the band that it still sounds
immediate no matter how many times it’s played”.

Key single: The Boys Are Back In Town…

Full album…

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THIN LIZZY: All Albums

Artist: BOB DYLAN
Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth,
Minnesota on 24 May 1941 (turning 80 soon)
My all-time favorite singer/songwriter

Album: The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991
Full of authentic pearls. First box-set in a long bootleg series
Released: 26 March 1991 – 30 years ago today

Key track & awesome clip: Series of Dreams…

Full (triple) album…

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BOB DYLAN: All Albums

‘WHISKEY IN THE JAR’ By THIN LIZZY – Frontman PHIL LYNOTT Passed Away 35 Years Ago Today

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4 January 2021

Band: THIN LIZZY (Ireland)
Single: WHISKEY IN THE JAR
An Irish traditional, also covered by
The Highwaymen, The Dubliners,
Metallica and more
Released: 1972

Charismatic frontman Phil Lynott
sadly passed away 35 years ago today,
on 4 January 1986, following a drug
overdose. He was only 36. R.I.P.

Musha ring dum a doo dam a da
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There’s whiskey in the jar-o…

THIN LIZZY: Discography – Facebook

BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 5 Ace Singles Turning 45 In 2021

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– THE BLITZKRIEG BOP – RAMONES

Released: February 1976
Album: Ramones

They’re formin’ in a straight line
They’re goin’ through a tight wind
The kids are losin’ their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop…

– ANARCHY IN THE UK – SEX PISTOLS

Released: 26 November 1976
Album: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols

I am an anti-Christ
I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it
I want to destroy the passerby…

– X-OFFENDER – BLONDIE

Released: 17 June 1976
Album: Blondie

I saw you standing on the corner, you looked so big and fine.
I really wanted to go out with you, so when you smiled,
I laid my heart on the line…

– CHERRY BOMB – THE RUNAWAYS

Released: June 1976
Album: The Runaways

Hello, daddy, hello, mom
I’m your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb
Hello world I’m your wild girl
I’m your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb…

– THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN – THIN LIZZY

Released: 17 April 1976
Album: Jailbreak

Guess who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that’d been away
Haven’t changed, had much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy…