![]() ![]() Capitalizing on what they had was the order of the day. Johnny the Fox was out within six months and Bad Reputation by May the following year. It speaks volumes of how the threat of being dropped was now so ingrained in them that they followed its success with almost indecent haste. The Jailbreak album followed in March 1976, and with it ‘The Boys are Back in Town’. Philo was becoming magnetic, the songs more honed and focused, the now signature ‘twin guitar’ sound was blossoming. And in America, touring with Bob Seger, they made one of his songs, ‘Rosalie’, their own. Phil Lynott, who up to this had been quite a serious, subdued presence on stage, started to take on board a few lessons in showmanship from Slade, with whom they toured. But even with this line-up, the album Nightlife disappointed. They found an 18-year-old Brian Robertson and American Scott Gorham. Picture: Alan Perryįacing into their fifth year the band were seeking both a new label and new guitarists. Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy around the time of Live and Dangerous. How many fans saw that line up? The tour was poor, and Decca were pulling the plug. To fulfil a German tour the band had to recruit guitarists John Cann and Andy Gee. Gary Moore replaced Bell but only briefly. In future, he thought, I will have two, in case one leaves! ![]() This coloured Phil’s view of working with just one guitarist. Eric Bell left the band dramatically, walking off stage mid-song. The threat of being dropped hung heavy in the air and at a gig on NYE’s eve of 1973. Formed in 1970 and signed to Decca almost immediately, ‘Whiskey in the Jar’ had been a surprise and unlikely hit. Their early years were shambolic and almost hit free. But does it? You could make a case to say that Thin Lizzy were lucky to even get to record this. The re-issue claims to “put to bed” the myth of the overdubbing. One of those is what was the original double album, the other seven are the shows that album was culled from three from the Hammersmith Odeon, November 1976 two US shows in October 1977 and one from the Rainbow, London in March 1978. ![]()
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