Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels
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Box set by Thin Lizzy | |
Released | 7 December 2001 |
Genre | Hard rock, blues rock |
Label | Vertigo |
Producer | Thin Lizzy |
Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels is a 2001 4-disc set by Irish rock group Thin Lizzy, which also contains a booklet chronicling the life of the band and music in some detail, with rare photos and a discography. The set was packaged in a longbox format with the booklet fixed inside like a book.
As well as including all of Thin Lizzy's best known songs and successful hits, this set features a number of rarer tracks, such as the band's first single, "The Farmer", the 1973 b-side "Cruising in the Lizzymobile", and the 1978 live b-side "Me and the Boys", none of which had been released on CD before.[1] "Try a Little Harder" was a previously unreleased outtake from the Fighting recording sessions, and "Song for Jimi" had only been available on a flexi disc given away with a magazine.[2] Other non-album b-sides were also included, such as "Half Caste", "Just the Two of Us" and "Don't Play Around". All of these tracks except "Song for Jimi" were later re-released on expanded versions of the studio albums, as part of a remastering of the whole Thin Lizzy catalogue.
This boxed set also includes a small number of Phil Lynott solo songs, and one by his post-Thin Lizzy band, Grand Slam. The track "A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer" had been recorded in January 1978 by the Black Rose: A Rock Legend line-up of Thin Lizzy, but was eventually released as a Phil Lynott solo track on the 12" version of his "Nineteen" single in November 1985.[3]
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Track listing
Disc 1
- "The Farmer" (Philip Lynott)
- "The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle" (Eric Bell, Lynott)
- "Remembering, Pt. 1" (Lynott)
- "Dublin" (Lynott)
- "Remembering, Pt. 2 (New Day)" (Lynott, Bell, Brian Downey)
- "Things Ain't Workin' Out Down at the Farm" (Lynott)
- "Buffalo Gal" (Lynott)
- "Sarah" (Lynott)
- "Brought Down" (Lynott)
- "Whiskey in the Jar" (Trad. arr. Lynott, Bell, Downey)
- "Black Boys on the Corner" (Lynott)
- "Randolph's Tango" (Lynott)
- "Broken Dreams" (Lynott, Bell, Downey)
- "Vagabond of the Western World" (Lynott)
- "Little Girl in Bloom" (Lynott)
- "Slow Blues" (Lynott)
- "The Rocker" (Lynott, Bell, Downey)
- "Here I Go Again" (Lynott)
Disc 2
- "Cruising in the Lizzymobile" (Downey, Bell, Lynott)
- "Little Darling" (Lynott)
- "Sitamoia" (Downey)
- "Philomena" (Lynott)
- "Still in Love with You" (Lynott)
- "Showdown" (Lynott)
- "It's Only Money" (Lynott)
- "Rosalie" [Single Mix] (Bob Seger)
- "Half Caste" (Lynott)
- "King's Vengeance" (Scott Gorham, Lynott)
- "Suicide" (Lynott)
- "Wild One" (Lynott)
- "Try a Little Harder" (Brian Robertson, Lynott)
- "Fighting My Way Back" (Lynott)
- "Jailbreak" (Lynott)
- "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" (Lynott)
- "The Boys Are Back in Town" (Lynott)
- "Cowboy Song" (Lynott, Downey)
- "Emerald" (Gorham, Robertson, Downey, Lynott)
Disc 3
- "Johnny" (Lynott)
- "Don't Believe a Word" (Lynott)
- "Fools Gold" (Lynott)
- "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" (Lynott, Gorham, Downey)
- "Massacre" (Lynott, Gorham, Downey)
- "Soldier of Fortune" (Lynott)
- "Bad Reputation" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott)
- "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" (Lynott)
- "Killer Without a Cause" (Gorham, Lynott)
- "Warrior" [Live] (Lynott, Gorham)
- "Are You Ready" [Live] (Lynott, Gorham, Downey, Robertson)
- "Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song" [Live] (Seger, Lynott, Downey)
- "Me and the Boys" [Live] (Lynott)
- "Parisienne Walkways" (Lynott, Gary Moore) ‡
- "Do Anything You Want To" (Lynott)
- "Waiting for an Alibi" (Lynott)
- "Sarah" (Lynott, Moore)
- "Got to Give It Up" (Lynott, Gorham)
- "Roisin Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Lynott, Moore)
- "Just the Two of Us" (Lynott, Gorham)
Disc 4
- "Dear Miss Lonely Hearts" (Lynott, Jimmy Bain) ¶
- "King's Call" (Lynott) ¶
- "Chinatown" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Snowy White)
- "Sugar Blues" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott, White)
- "Killer on the Loose" (Lynott)
- "Don't Play Around" (Lynott, Gorham)
- "Song for Jimi" (Lynott)
- "Renegade" (Lynott, White)
- "Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" (Gorham, Lynott)
- "Old Town" (Bain, Lynott) ¶
- "Thunder and Lightning" (Lynott, Downey)
- "Cold Sweat" (Lynott, John Sykes)
- "The Sun Goes Down" (Lynott, Darren Wharton)
- "Sisters of Mercy" (Lynott, Mark Stanway) †
- "Nineteen" (Lynott) ¶
- "A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer" (Lynott) ¶
- All tracks by Thin Lizzy except:
‡ by Gary Moore
¶ by Phil Lynott
† by Grand Slam.
Personnel
- Phil Lynott – bass guitar except disc 4: track 10, vocals
- Brian Downey – drums, percussion except disc 3: track 17; disc 4: tracks 10 and 14–15
- Eric Bell – guitar, backing vocals on disc 1; disc 2: track 1; disc 4: track 7
- Scott Gorham – guitar, backing vocals on disc 2: tracks 4, 6–19; disc 3: tracks 1–13, 15–16, 18–20; disc 4: tracks 1–6, 8–9, 11–13, 16
- Brian Robertson – guitar, backing vocals on disc 2: tracks 4, 6–19; disc 3: tracks 1–5, 9–13
- Gary Moore – guitar, backing vocals on disc 2: tracks 2–3, 5; disc 3: tracks 14–20; disc 4: track 16
- Snowy White – guitar, backing vocals on disc 4: tracks 1–6, 8–9
- John Sykes – guitar, backing vocals on disc 4: tracks 11–13
- Eric Wrixon – keyboards on disc 1: track 1
- Darren Wharton – keyboards, backing vocals on disc 4: tracks 3–6, 8–13
- Frankie Miller – joint lead vocals on disc 2: track 5
- Roger Chapman – backing vocals on disc 2: track 8
- John Helliwell – saxophone on disc 3: track 8
- Huey Lewis – harmonica on disc 3: track 17
- Mark Nauseef – drums on disc 3: track 17
- Mark Knopfler – guitar on disc 4: track 2
- Rusty Egan – drums on disc 4: track 10
- Jimmy Bain – bass guitar and backing vocals on disc 4: track 10
- Laurence Archer – guitar on disc 4: track 14
- Doish Nagle – guitar on disc 4: track 14
- Mark Stanway – keyboards on disc 4: track 14
- Robbie Brennan – drums on disc 4: track 14
- Paul Hardcastle – keyboards on disc 4: track 15
- Robin George – guitar on disc 4: track 15
References
- ↑ "Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels at Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ "Song for Jimi"". Discogs. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ "Phil Lynott solo releases". Thin Lizzy Guide by Peter Nielsen. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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