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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 - Life: Live - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.20, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 06-May-2024 13:55)on May 7, 2024 at 6:07 pm
THIN LIZZY Life: Live (1983 UK 19-track double LP compilation of live classics recorded during their farewell tour in 1983, principally at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, glossy gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has some minor general wear,whilst the vinyl is in Excellent condition & appears barely played VERD6)
- Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels - UK - cd album box set - £50.00, $63.00, €58.50 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 15:59)on May 7, 2024 at 6:07 pm
THIN LIZZY Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels (2001 UK 73-track 4-CD box set comprising the albums 'Vagabonds', 'Kings', 'Warriors' & 'Angels', presented in 6" x 10" hard-back book style packaging complete with 50-page picture booklet! The cover shows some light scuffs and the discs shows minimal signs of play or handling )
- Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar [5:44] - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.50, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 20-Mar-2024 16:54)on May 7, 2024 at 6:07 pm
THIN LIZZY Whisky In The Jar (Classic 1976 UK 3-track 7" single with intact four prong centre & 5:44 running time printed on the label, also featuring Vagabond Of The Western World & Sitamoia, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light wear & the vinyl has few signs of play F13748)
- Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat - Double Pack - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 23-Mar-2024 13:10)on May 7, 2024 at 6:07 pm
THIN LIZZY Cold Sweat (1983 UK limited edition 4-track 7" doublepack, also including Bad Habits & live versions of Angel Of Death & Don't Believe A Word recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1981, glossy card picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a spot of light ring wear & the vinyl appears barely played LIZZY11-22)
- Thin Lizzy - Renegade Tour '81 + Poster & Ticket Stub - UK - tour programme - £35.00, $44.10, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 26-Mar-2024 12:50)on May 7, 2024 at 6:07 pm
THIN LIZZY Renegade Tour '81 (Official 1981 UK 20 page tour programme, packed with fantastic images of the band, information on the band by Steve Gett and group members biographies, album artwork cover. This example comes with a superb largefold-out poster with four band member art portraits. The cover displays only light signs of wear or age whilst the inner pages remain in a really nice condition along with the poster. This example also includes a ticket stub for the 26th November 1981 show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London)
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.