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Given they were rightly lauded as one of the single finest live rock ‘n’ roll bands of their era, any opportunity we get to cast our eyes over previously unseen live footage of Thin Lizzy is one we take gratefully.
Imagine our delight, then, when we stumbled across this extremely rare, pro-shot footage taken from the 1981 part of Lizzy’s Chinatown tour, which shows the band – magnetic singer/bassist Phil Lynott, guitarists Scott Gorham and Snowy White and drummer Brian Downey – smash through a number of classics taken from the Chinatown album during a show in France in 1981.
The set – filmed at the Pavillon Baltard in Nogent-sur-Marne, a suburb of Paris, on January 18, 1981, shows the band in typically fine form, with a sweat-drenched Lynott ever the focus point as he preens, poses and points his bass at anyone in front of him.
Four Chinatown cuts are played – Killer On The Loose, We Will Be Strong, Genocide and, finally, the thunderous title track, guitar duels and all. It makes for an electric watch, given a touch of endearing roughness courtesy of its evident transfer from VHS.
Chinatown, the tenth album by Thin Lizzy, was released in October 1980, reaching number 7 in the UK album charts and introducing guitarist Snowy White to the fold. He would only play on one more studio album, 1981’s Renegade, before being replaced by John Sykes for Thin Lizzy’s final record, Thunder And Lightning, in 1983.
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- Thin Lizzy - Killers Live EP - VG - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 26, 2024 at 3:31 pm
THIN LIZZY Killers Live (1981 UK 4-track 12" EP featuring live versions of Bad Reputation, Opium Trail, Are You Ready & Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, recorded in Toronto & Dublin in 1977 & 1980. The delicate picture sleeve is Very Good with the odd light crease from ringwear & some edgewear. The vinyl shows only light signs of play LIZZY812)
- Thin Lizzy - The Sun Goes Down (Extended Version) - UK - 12" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 11:15)on December 26, 2024 at 3:31 pm
THIN LIZZY The Sun Goes Down (1983 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, featuring the Extended Remix by John Punter as well as Phil Lynott's own Remix plus Baby Please Don't Go. The glossy picture sleeve & the vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition with minimal wear or play LIZZY1312)
- Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox - 1st BNQ - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 20-Nov-2024 18:00)on December 26, 2024 at 3:31 pm
THIN LIZZY Johnny The Fox (1976 UK 10-track LP with 'Bilbo 'N' Quakers!' & 'Bilbo Master Room' scratched into the run-out groove & 'Borderline' mispelt as 'Borderlne' on the label, complete with credits inner & picture sleeve designed by the band's regular artist from the period, Jim Fitzpatrick. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear, mainly to the edges with the odd bit of scuffing & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play)
- Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To - Jukebox - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.00, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 02-Dec-2024 14:46)on December 26, 2024 at 3:31 pm
THIN LIZZY Do Anything You Want To (1979 UK wide centred jukebox 7" single pressed in France for the UK market, also featuring Just The Two Of Us, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl appears barely played LIZZY4)
- Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To - Jukebox - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.00, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 02-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 26, 2024 at 3:31 pm
THIN LIZZY Do Anything You Want To (1979 UK wide centred jukebox 7" single pressed in France for the UK market, also featuring Just The Two Of Us, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl appears barely played LIZZY4)
This film footage has been available for many years on the bootleg DVD titled “TV Appearances 1981-83”. I must have had it for 20 years.
Also sadly not live.
Music from studio albums and crowd noise from other source.