THIN LIZZY

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THIN LIZZY (Discography until 1979)
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Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums. Thin Lizzy are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town". In July 1970, Thin Lizzy released a first single, "The Farmer"/"I Need You". The single sold just 283 copies and is now a collectors' item. By the end of the year, Thin Lizzy were signed to Decca Records and they travelled to London in January 1971 to record their debut album, Thin Lizzy. Decca decided to release Thin Lizzy's version of a traditional Irish ballad, "Whiskey in the Jar", as a single. The band was angry at the release, feeling that the song did not represent their sound or their image, but the single topped the charts. Eric Bell suddenly left the band on New Year's Eve 1973 and young ex-Skid Row guitarist Gary Moore was recruited to help finish the 1973 tour. Moore stayed until April 1974, but the band recorded three songs with him in that time. Lynott replaced Robertson with Gary Moore in 1978, and around this time the band loosely joined forces with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols. In this way Lynott was able to align his band with the punk movement and avoid being tagged as a 'dinosaur' as many other 1970s rock bands had been. However, in July 1979, Gary Moore abruptly left Thin Lizzy in the middle of another tour of the USA. Years later, Moore said he had no regrets about walking out, "but maybe it was wrong the way I did it. After Moore's departure, Thin Lizzy continued the tour for a few nights as a trio before Lynott brought in Midge Ure to replace him on a temporary basis. Ure had prior plans to join Ultravox. After a difficult leg of the tour in Japan, where some members of the band had difficulty obtaining heroin, Thin Lizzy played their final UK concert before their break-up at the Reading Festival on 28 August 1983. The last concert came in Nuremberg on 4 September, at the Monsters of Rock festival, after which the band members went their separate ways.

MEMBERS:

A long list of members can be found here.

BEST LINK:

The Official Thin Lizzy website

The Boys Are Back In Town Jailbreak Germany Vertigo 6059 141 Value: 30 €	The Boys Are Back In Town Emerald Holland Vertigo 6059 139 Value: 35 €	The Boys Are Back In Town Emerald Italy Vertigo 6059 139 Value: 15 €	The Boys Are Back In Town Emerald Japan Vertigo SFL-2091 Value: 55 €
The Boys Are Back In Town Emerald Portugal Vertigo 6059139 Value: 40 €	The Boys Are Back In Town Jailbreak Spain Vertigo 6059 141 Value: 65 €	The Farmer I Need You Ireland Alibi TP 022 Value: 80 € REISSUE	The Farmer I Need You Ireland Parlophone DIP 513 Value: 1300 €
The Rocker Here I Go Again Denmark Decca F 13467 Value: 180 €	The Rocker A Ride In The Lizzy Mobile Germany Decca DL 25 607 Value: 25 €	The Rocker Here I Go Again Italy Decca F 13467 Value: 120 €	The Rocker Here I Go Again Spain Decca MO 1659 Value: 30 €
This Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm The Rocker / Little Darling Spain Decca MO 1903 Value: 45 €	This Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm The Rocker / Little Darling UK Decca THIN 1 Value: 25 €	Waiting For An Alibi With Love France Vertigo 6173 587 Value: 10 €	Waiting For An Alibi With Love Germany Vertigo 6059 220 Value: 10 €
Waiting For An Alibi With Love Japan Vertigo SFL-2397 Value: 20 €	Waiting For An Alibi With Love Spain Vertigo 6059 220 Value: 10 €	Waiting For An Alibi With Love UK Vertigo LIZZY 003 Value: 10 €	Wild One For Those Who Love To Live Holland Vertigo 6059 129 Value: 150 €
Wild One For Those Who Love To Live Japan Vertigo SFL-2071 Value: 130 €	Wiskey In The Jar The Rocker Belgium Decca 810 185-7 Value: 35 € REISSUE	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Belgium Decca 105.26.361Y Value: 40 €	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Denmark Decca F 13355 Value: 40 €
Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner France Decca 84.126 Value: 45 €	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Germany Decca 6.11 183 Value: 15 € REISSUE	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Germany Decca DL 25 556 Value: 45 €	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Holland Decca 6103 055 Value: 30 €
Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Italy Decca F 13355 Value: 65 €	Wiskey In The Jar Vagabonds Of The Western World Portugal Decca EPF 13748 Value: 35 € REISSUE	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Portugal Decca P-F 13355 Value: 75 €	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Spain Decca MO 1322 Value: 35 €
Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Sweden Decca F 13355 Value: 60 €	Wiskey In The Jar Black Boys On The Corner Yugoslavia Decca Jugoton SDC-88656 Value: 40 €

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