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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 - Live And Dangerous - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $32.75, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 07-Sep-2024 16:52)on September 8, 2024 at 12:56 am
THIN LIZZY Live & Dangerous (Classic 1978 UK 17-track double LP with Vertigo 'spaceship' labels, regarded as one of the best rock live albums ever, including storming renditions of Jailbreak, Rosalie, Don't Believe A Word & the superb Emerald.Complete with the photo montage inners, the gatefold picture sleeve is Excellent with minor shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with little play)
- Thin Lizzy - Remembering Part 1 - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.20, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 27-Aug-2024 11:35)on September 8, 2024 at 12:56 am
THIN LIZZY Remembering Part 1 (1976 UK 10-track compilation LP featuring Eric Bell & Gary Moore on tracks recorded between 1971 & 1974, including the never before released on album 'Sitamoia', great picture sleeve designed by Jim Fitzpatrick bringing the artwork from the Jailbreak album to mind. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and some scuffing. The vinyl shows just faint spindlewear from play. SKL5249)
- Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar [5:44] - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.72, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 06-Aug-2024 16:24)on September 8, 2024 at 12:56 am
THIN LIZZY Whiskey In The Jar (1978 UK 7" vinyl single with its intact four-prong centre, featuring the 5:44 version of their classic track plus Vagabonds Of The Western World and Sitamoia. The vinyl remains in lovely condition within the Decca die-cut company sleeve F13748)
- Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $98.25, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 09-Aug-2024 16:21)on September 8, 2024 at 12:56 am
THIN LIZZY Jailbreak (1976 UK first press 9-track LP with 'Tich & Quackers' & 'Manchester United' matrix etchings in the run-outs, the classic sixth album & arguably one of the band's finest, featuring two of their biggest hits - The Boys Are Back In Town & the renowned title track - plus other gems including Angel From The Coast & the mighty live concert favourite Emerald, die-cut internal pocket gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light edge scuffing & the vinyl remains near 'as new' with few signs of play)
- Thin Lizzy - Soldier Of Fortune - The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.20, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 21-Aug-2024 14:04)on September 8, 2024 at 12:56 am
THIN LIZZY Soldier Of Fortune - The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy (1987 UK 16-track compilation LP, a collection of the late great Phil Lynott's career highlights including the Thin Lizzy classics The Boys Are Back In Town, Don't Believe A Word & Whisky In The Jar along with some of his solo tracks such as Yellow Pearl, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear andwith some mild indentations to the front cover whilst retaining a vintage price sticker to the reverse whilst the vinyl looks barely played STAR2300)
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.