Thin Lizzy 180gm viny re issue

[chris@panteg]

Today i had my 1st consignment of Lizzy vinyl , Black Rose , Bad Reputation and Live and Dangerous

Jailbreak to follow .

Mastering by Tim Turan , turanaudio.co.uk

So they are available and were indeed released on the 21/02/11 , but i also noticed they are available on the HMV site now and at £11.99 , i think they just got the prices wrong .

[chris@panteg]

A disappointing 1st listen

So far i have listened to Bad Reputation (white vinyl) its beautifully packaged with the inner sleeve showing a picture of the original master tape ! With detail's of when and how many times the tape was baked .

So how does it sound ? mmm , well i tried it on my 1210/309/DL160 and it sounded a bit soft and bass heavy ! plenty of detail but a dull balance and lacking the snap and punch ! This music deserves , i thought maybe my 160 is a bit tired ? So tonight i played it again on my SL-QL1 in my other system , mmmm same dull ' soft and bass heavy balance it wasn't all bad the sax on Dancing in the Moonlight sounded lovely !

But my wife was listening and commented how soft and lifeless it seemed to sound , i then put on my original copy of Lizzy's greatest hits which i purchased back in 81 .

Clarity ' punch and dynamics aplenty with a much better balance overall !

This is all a bit disappointing and doesn't bode well for the other albums , perhaps i shouldn't be that surprised but i was expecting a little better from Back to Black

[chris@panteg]

Played ' Black Rose ' this morning , this sounds much better , perhaps its all down to the condition of the original master's ? Rose seems to have been baked a few less times than Bad Reputation , must have been in a bit of a state .

[chris@panteg]

Well I'm persisting with this thread , cos i think there must be some lizzy fans around somewhere that might be interested in these new remaster's


Anyhow , Ok ' had a couple of listen's to all the album's now , and on both my Techie's and they sound great

Bad reputation for some reason ' now sounds much better after 3 plays ,don't know why that could be ? It did sound really dull on both decks at first , its white vinyl and there was a certain amount of fluff and stuff coming off the disc .

Black Rose is on red vinyl and sounded great on 1st listen ,though my QL1 had some trouble playing it to begin with , but i quickly figured out it was the optical sensor's in the platter not picking up the disc as the red vinyl is quite transparent , so i set the QL1 on manual .

Live and Dangerous is on blue vinyl and though not an especially good live recording , containing a lot of overdub's is still an enjoyable listen and much better than my original pressing which has a fault on ' Cowboy song anyway .

On all the albums , its noticeble how Phil Lynot's bass playing is much more prominent in the mix !(no bad thing as he was great) So it seems to me anyway , but i have to say I'm very happy with these reissue's and the coloured vinyl looks gorgeous ,well if you like that sort of thing .

I have Jailbreak coming this week with Chinatown and Johnny the Fox to follow , i do love this band

[Stratmangler]

Well you've managed to prompt me to play the "Johnny The Fox" album, ripped from an earlyish CD on my Squeezebox/Caiman fronted system, and it sounds rather good

I think I'll follow it with "Bad Reputation", again off an earlyish CD, before calling it a night.

[chris@panteg]

Nice one Chris get rocking .

There is an interesting story about ' Don't believe a word ' when Phil first played it to Robertson in a slow 12-bar blues style , he called it ' Shite ' and with that statement Lynott disappeared for a few days , in the meantime Robertson and Downey reworked the song and upon Phil's return ,this is how it was recorded and Lynott took the credit , Robertson left the band soon after .

[Stratmangler]

Interesting stuff
In '78 Gary Moore's "Back On The Streets" album was released, and on it is a slow bluesy version of "Don't Believe A Word".
Phil Lynott played and sang on this track.

So Phil managed to get the song recorded as he envisaged it.

I suppose that "Parisienne Walkways" was the song that overshadowed things, what, with it being the hit single and all......

Oh, and a certain Philip Lynott sang and played on that one too.

Have you heard the more recent live version of Don't Believe A Word by Gary Moore, where he plays both versions of the song, segued together ?
It's an absolute killer !!!

[chris@panteg]

Interesting stuff
In '78 Gary Moore's "Back On The Streets" album was released, and on it is a slow bluesy version of "Don't Believe A Word".
Phil Lynott played and sang on this track.

So Phil managed to get the song recorded as he envisaged it.

I suppose that "Parisienne Walkways" was the song that overshadowed things, what, with it being the hit single and all......

Oh, and a certain Philip Lynott sang and played on that one too.

Have you heard the more recent live version of Don't Believe A Word by Gary Moore, where he plays both versions of the song, segued together ?
It's an absolute killer !!!

Thanks for that Chris ! i will search for that one .

[chris@panteg]

Just found this , feck he was great ! What a loss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpMBscDNbM

[chris@panteg]

Phil and Gary together , what can you say .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Fgn...eature=related