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THIN LIZZY – Irish Rock Legends Released Their 6th LP ‘JAILBREAK’ Today 50 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from the past

26 March 2026

Band: THIN LIZZY

Who: Legendary Irish rock group 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.

Album: JAILBREAK
Their 6th. Released on 26 March 1976,
today 50 years ago.

AllMusic said in retrospect: “A 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”.

SINGLE
More than 528 million
streams on Spotify.

ALBUM


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Short Bio – All Albums

THIN LIZZY – 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of 3rd LP ‘VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD’ Lands In November

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25 September 2023

The 3rd LP, titled VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD
by Irish rock legends THIN LIZZY , fronted by the late
Phil Lynott (1949-1986) turned 50 last week.


New artwork

A 50th anniversary deluxe edition, will come out on November 17.

The special edition will be reissued on deluxe CD and LP sets featuring
rarities, radio sessions, unreleased music, rare photos, extensive sleeve
notes and memorabilia. More info and pre-order facilities HERE.

The classic single

Original album


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Happy 74 To THIN LIZZY Hero PHIL LYNOTT

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20 August 2023

Charismatic frontman Phil Lynott of Irish legendary rock kings THIN LIZZY was actually born in England before moving to Dublin, Ireland with his family, on 20 August 1949. He would have celebrated his 74th birthday today.

To remember him – he passed away on 4 January 1986, only 36, due to pneumonia and heart failure following heroin addiction – here’s one Thin Lizzy‘s big 1972 hits. Whiskey In The Jar was actually an Irish traditional, also covered by The Highwaymen, The Dubliners, and even metal icons Metallica.

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

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THIN LIZZY – Classic Double LP ‘LIVE AND DANGEROUS’ Released This Day 45 Years Ago

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Back in time

2 June 2023

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 – 45 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.

Relive one of the best live LPs ever right here.


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Metal Giants METALLICA Cover Legendary Irish Rockers THIN LIZZY For Charity

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Metal giants METALLICA headlined their third consecutive
Helping Hands Concert & Auction event, benefiting their own
All Within Hands foundation. It supports local food banks
while on tour by donating a portion of every ticket sold
at concerts.

It all happened in Los Angeles where the band started their set
with five acoustic songs, including a cover of the 1976 piece
Borderline (from the Johhny The Fox LP) by Irish rock legends
Thin Lizzy.

Check it out.

Original

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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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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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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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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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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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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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