Formed in the late '60s by Irish singer/songwriter/bassist Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy, though not the first band to do so, combined romanticized working-class sentiments with their ferocious, twin-lead guitar attack. As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition.
At the BBC is collated from all of the BBC owned Lizzy recordings that still exist in the archive and charts the inexorable rise of the band: from the first steps as a three piece on the Decca label, to this incredible archive represents a great set of previously unreleased recordings in the Lizzy ctalogue. The collection has been brought together by trawling the BBC archives, but also by inviting contributions from fans. The BBC had a habit of wiping tapes after they were broadcast which has meant that some of the Corporation's output has been lost for ever.
01 Look What The Wind Blew In 02 Whiskey In The Jar 03 Saga Of The Ageing Orphan 04 Things Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm 05 Suicide 06 Vagabond Of The Western World 07 Gonna Creep Up On You 08 Randolph's Tango 09 Slow Blues 10 The Rocker 11 Little Girl In Bloom 12 Showdown
13 Little Darling 14 Black Boys On The Corner 15 Sitamoia 16 It's Only Money
Disc 2
01 She Knows 02 Sha La La 03 Philomena 04 Still In Love With You 05 Baby Drives Me Crazy 06 Rosalie 07 Half Caste 08 Jailbreak 09 Cowboy Song 10 Don't Believe A Word 11 Johnny 12 Bad Reputation 13 Dancing In The Moonlight 14 Renegade 15 Killer On The Loose 16 Cold Sweat 17 The Boys Are Back In Town