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Film review: PHIL LYNOTT – Songs For While I’m Away

Break Out/ Eagle Rock Productions [Release Date 30.10.20] Autumn 2020 is one of those times when the Thin Lizzy legacy is getting one of its periodic dusting downs. Alongside a bumper budget compilation and a 6 CD box set of … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, film, hard rock, Phil Lynott, review, Songs For While I'm Away, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: GRAND SLAM – Hit The Ground

Marshall Records [Release date 22.11.19] Great things should have happened for Grand Slam when they emerged in 1984 from the dust that settled after the tangled and anti-climactic end of the great Thin Lizzy, who themselves were just seeing a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Grand Slam, hard rock, Hit The Ground, Laurence Archer, Mark Stanway, Phil Lynott, review, rock, Stampede, Thin Lizzy, UFO
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Album review: SKID ROW – Skid/34 Hours (reissues)

BGO [Release date: 21.07.17] 2 on 1 CD “I remember Paris in ‘49” … five words guaranteed to cue the leery lads of the night to grab and clinch their squeezes for that last, up close smooch in the smoke … Continue reading
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Tagged 34 Hours, album, blues rock, Gary Moore, hard rock, Phil Lynott, review, Skid, Skid Row, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: GARY MOORE – Blues And Beyond

Sanctuary/BMG (4CD + book box-set) [Release date 24.11.17] Belfast born guitarist and vocalist Gary Moore was an unparalleled legend, whose career combined hard rock and blues, and at times dipping into jazz fusion (‘Colosseum II’) and a more contemporary harsh … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Blues and Beyond, box set, classic rock, Cozy Powell, Gary Moore, Phil Lynott, review, rock, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: RICK WAKEMAN & TONY ASHTON – Gas Tank

Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 03.03.17] Where can you hear Rick Wakeman accompanying Rick Parfitt, Alvin Lee and Phil Lynott and – no – it’s not at the Pearly Gates. Back in the early 1980s there was a Channel 4 TV … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alvin Lee, box set, Channel 4, Chris Farlowe, Eric Burdon, Gas Tank, John Entwistle, Maggie Bell, Phil Lynott, review, Rick Wakeman, series, Tony Ashton, TV
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Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Amos Southend, Charlotte, NC, 5 June 2014

Thin Lizzy, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is one of the greatest rock bands that have ever walked the Earth. So many people are quick to praise the songwriting abilities of folks like Springsteen, Dylan, and even James Hetfield, … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 June 2014, Amos Southend, Black Star Riders, Charlotte, classic rock, gig, NC, Phil Lynott, review, Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: THIN LIZZY – Renegade & Thunder And Lightning

Universal [Release date 23.09.13] Universal complete their remastering of the Thin Lizzy’s studio albums with Renegade and Thunder And Lightning. And while this period is often criticised for the direction changes (pop and metal) and performance, with production, line-up changes … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bonus track, Brian Downey, John Sykes, Phil Lynott, reissue, Renegade, review, rock, Scott Gorham, Snowy White, Thin Lizzy, Thunder And Lightning
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THIN LIZZY re-issues

Nightlife (2CD) 3.5/5 Fighting (2CD) 4/5 Universal Universal continue their excellent reissue campaign with the first two sets for Phonogram, in 1974 and 1975 respectively. Following the sudden departure of original guitarist Eric Bell, and completing the tour with Gary … Continue reading
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Tagged Fighting, Nightlife, Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy
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