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Phil Lynott - The Philip Lynott Album
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"To
mark
Record
Store
Day
in
2022
and
the
40th
Anniversary
of
its
original
release,
Universal
Music
Catalogue
are
reissuing
Thin
Lizzy
singer
Phil
Lynott's
1982
solo
album
ÔThe
Philip
Lynott
Album'
on
LP
for
the
very
first
time,
on
limited
edition
white
vinyl.
ÔThe
Philip
Lynott
Album'
has
been
newly
mastered
for
180
gm
vinyl
at
Abbey
Road
Studios,
and
is
housed
in
an
eye-catching
black
and
gold
sleeve
reproducing
the
original
artwork.
Originally
released
in
September
1982,
ÔThe
Philip
Lynott
Album'
was
the
singer's
second
solo
venture,
following
on
from
'Solo
In
Soho'
two
years
earlier.
It
was
recorded
and
released
between
Thin
Lizzy's
eleventh
and
twelfth
studio
albums
'Renegade'
(1981)
and
'Thunder
And
Lightning'
(1983).
This
40th
anniversary
vinyl
release
adds
the
1981
remix
of
'Yellow
Pearl';
a
No.
14
hit
in
January
'82,
it
was
co-written
with
Midge
Ure
of
Ultravox
and
used
as
the
theme
music
for
Top
of
the
Pops
between
1981
and
1986,
but
omitted
from
the
original
UK
LP
and
cassette
versions.
Two
further
singles
-
'Together'
and
'Old
Town'
-
were
also
taken
from
the
album.
In
addition
to
Midge,
the
line-up
on
'The
Philip
Lynott
Album'
includes
his
Ultravox
band
mate
Rusty
Egan,
plus
Thin
Lizzy
members
Scott
Gorham,
Snowy
White,
Gary
Moore
and
Brian
Downey.
Two
of
the
tracks
-
'Old
Town'
and
'Ode
To
Liberty
(The
Protest
Song)'
-
were
co-written
by
Phil
and
Jimmy
Bain,
bass
player
with
Rock
bands
Dio
and
Rainbow
(and
perhaps
more
surprisingly,
on
Kate
Bush's
1981
single
'Sat
In
Your
Lap').
Mark
Knopfler
adds
guitar
to
'King's
Call'
and
Huey
Lewis
plays
harmonica
on
'Tattoo
(Giving
It
All
Up
For
Love)'
and
'Ode
To
A
Black
Man'.
Phil
Lynott
was
a
founding
member,
singer
and
bass
player
with
Thin
Lizzy,
who
had
fifteen
UK
Top
40
singles
and
fourteen
Top
40
albums
between
1973
and
2020.
He
had
a
further
four
Top
40
solo
singles,
including
the
1985
No.
5
'Out
In
The
Fields',
a
collaboration
with
guitarist
Gary
Moore.
He
was
also
the
singer
on
Moore's
1979
No.
8
single
'Parisienne
Walkways'.
Phil
featured
on
the
best-selling
1978
concept
album
'Jeff
Wayne's
Musical
Version
of
War
of
the
Worlds',
playing
(and
singing)
the
role
of
Parson
Nathaniel.
The
following
year
Phil,
along
with
Thin
Lizzy's
Brian
Downey
and
Scott
Gorham,
collaborated
with
the
Sex
Pistols'
Paul
Cook
and
Steve
Jones,
releasing
the
No.
28
Christmas
single
'A
Merry
Jingle'
under
the
name
The
Greedies.
Phil
died
in
Januray
1986,
and
is
commemorated
by
a
bronze
statue,
erected
in
2005
on
Harry
Street
in
his
home
town
of
Dublin.
"
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