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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 - Johnny The Fox - 1st BNQ - UK - vinyl LP - £45.00, $55.80, €53.55 (New Item) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 10:59)on January 30, 2025 at 5:39 pm
THIN LIZZY Johnny The Fox (1976 first UK issue 10-track LP with 'Bilbo 'N' Quakers!' & 'Bilbo Master Room' scratched into the run-out groove, the label also has the track Borderline mispelt 'Borderlne'. This is the follow-up to the classic album Jailbreak, featuring Don't Believe A Word, Massacre & Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed, with illustrated inner & the picture sleeve designed by the band's regular artist from the period Jim Fitzpatrick. The sleeve displays minimal wear & the vinyl looks barely played. A stunner!)
- Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox - US - vinyl LP - £35.00, $43.40, €41.65 (Back In Stock) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 30, 2025 at 5:39 pm
THIN LIZZY Johnny The Fox (1976 US 10-track vinyl LP, the seventh album and follow-up to the classic Jailbreak, including Don't Believe A Word, Massacre and Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed. The picture sleeve was designed by the band's regular artist from the period Jim Fitzpatrick and has a deletion cut corner but also comes with the album credits inner and remains in it's original shrinkwrap. The sleeve has some minor wear and, aside from a few very light paper scuffs, the vinyl displays very little signs of play SRM-1-1119)
- Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World - 1st - VG+ - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $93.00, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 30, 2025 at 5:39 pm
THIN LIZZY Vagabonds Of The Western World (Classic 1973 UK first press 8-track stereo LP featuring the long version of The Rocker, complete with the illustrated lyric insert & original matte picture sleeve. The sleeve [VG+] reveals just a little minor shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with barely any play SKL5170)
- Thin Lizzy - Killers Live EP - VG - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.40, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 12:33)on January 30, 2025 at 5:39 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 - Killers Live EP - VG - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.40, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 30, 2025 at 5:39 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)
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.