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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 - Chinatown - Deluxe Edition - UK - 2-CD album set - £19.99, $25.19, €23.39 (New Item) (arrived 28-Mar-2024 16:54)on March 28, 2024 at 5:24 pm
THIN LIZZY Chinatown (2011 UK Deluxe Edition 24-track remastered double CD, the tenth studio album originally released in 1980, this edition includes a whopping Fifteen bonus recordings featuring live recordings and more, fold-out digipack picture sleeve with an informative picture booklet)
- Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning - UK - tour programme - £18.00, $22.68, €21.06 (New Item) (arrived 21-Mar-2024 10:18)on March 28, 2024 at 5:24 pm
THIN LIZZY Thunder And Lightning (Official 1983 UK 26-page 13" x 9½" souvenir programme for their European tour, includes tour personnel, merchandise and photogaphs, plus information on support band Mamas Boys. There is a little light creasingalong the spine with all pages intact. The poster is included as a loose insert. An Excellent copy offered at a fair price)
- Thin Lizzy - Black Rose + Inner - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-Mar-2024 11:48)on March 28, 2024 at 5:24 pm
THIN LIZZY Black Rose (1979 UK Vertigo 'spaceship' label 9-track LP with Gary Moore & Scott Gorham on guitar, including the classic singles Waiting For An Alibi, Do Anything You Want To & Sarah, glossy picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve & vinyl are in Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear & play)
- Thin Lizzy - Collected - 180gm Silver Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £89.99, $113.39, €105.29 (New Item) (arrived 08-Mar-2024 09:42)on March 28, 2024 at 5:24 pm
THIN LIZZY Collected (2017 UK limited edition Music On Vinyl Collected Series 26-track audiophile quality double LP compilation pressed on 180 gram SILVER VINYL. Includes Whiskey In The Jar, The Boys Are Back In Town and Rosalie, alongwith three Phil Lynott solo tracks. Housed in a numbered silver embossed gatefold picture sleeve with 4-page booklet, within a PVC envelope sleeve. Although not sealed, this remains in a 'near mint' condition MOVLP1820) ** Limited To 2500 Copies **
- Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 18-Mar-2024 15:36)on March 28, 2024 at 5:24 pm
THIN LIZZY Thunder & Lightning (1983 UK 9-track vinyl LP featuring the brilliant title track, Bad Habits & the blistering highlight Cold Sweat, glossy gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only minor age wear whilst the vinyl dispays minimal signs of play VERL3)
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.