March 17, 2021 Playlist

"Black Rose: A Rock Legend" by Thin Lizzy (1979)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Thin Lizzy "Black Rose: A Rock Legend"  1979 (Ireland/UK/USA)
Happy St. Patrick's Day! This week's classic album is a high-water mark for one of Ireland's greatest bands, the terminally underappreciated Thin Lizzy. Originally a power trio from Dublin, the constant members of this group were the rhythm section of Brian Downey on drums and Phil Lynott on bass. Lynott was one of the great rock songwriters of all time, as well as a soulful vocalist and all-around very cool cat. The group began to break out internationally in the early 1970's when they expanded the group to a quartet with dueling lead guitars. For the classic line-up, the guitarists were the diminutive Scotsman Brian Robertson and American Scott Gorham (who had some of the prettiest hair in rock at the time.) But Robertson was a notoriously tempestuous type and didn't last very long. For their 1979 album, he was replaced by Gary Moore (from Belfast, Northern Ireland), who had done some touring with Thin Lizzy but they had not previously managed to recruit him into the band full time despite trying for years. The highlight of this album is the semi-titular track "Roisin Dubh (Black Rose: A Rock Legend)" which is actually a medley of traditional Irish jigs played in Lizzy's trademak shredding harmonized double-lead guitar style, with Phil's poetic lyrics about Irish legends and legendary Irishmen.
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
Sly & The Family StoneOnly One Way Out Of This MessLife (CD bonus track)1968USA
Nina HagenNew York New YorkFearless1983Germany
Hüsker DüTurn On The NewsZen Arcade1984USA
Grant Hart(It Was A) Most Disturbing DreamThe Argument2013USA
Rose City Band Morning LightSummerlong (N)2020 (Thrill Jockey)USA
Heather Trost Let It InPetrichor (N)2020 (Third Man)USA
 
 
Menahan Street Band The StarchaserThe Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band (N)2021 (Dunham/Daptone)USA
Mogwai Here We, Here We, Here We Go ForeverAs The Love Continues (N)2021 (Temporary Residence)UK (Scotland)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard See Me
   / K.G.L.W.		LW (N)2021 (Flightless)Australia
Melvins Hund  ("Dog")Working With God (N)2021 (Ipecac)USA
   
 
Thin LizzyDo Anything You Want ToBlack Rose: A Rock Legend
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1979Ireland/UK/USA
Thin LizzyToughest Street In TownBlack Rose: A Rock Legend
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1979Ireland/UK/USA
Thin LizzyRoisin Dubh (Black Rose: A Rock Legend)Black Rose: A Rock Legend
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1979Ireland/UK/USA
Thin LizzyEmeraldJailbreak1976Ireland/UK/USA
Van MorrisonCul De SacVeedon Fleece1974UK (N. Ireland)
   
 
U2SurrenderWar1983Ireland
The PoliceVoices Inside My HeadZenyatta Mondatta1980UK/USA
Pink FloydRun Like HellThe Wall1979UK
GenesisJust A Job To DoGenesis1983UK
RushThe Camera EyeMoving Pictures1981Canada
Nina Hagen BandAuf 'm Friedhof  ("In The Cemetary")Nina Hagen Band1978Germany
Grant HartYou're The VictimIntolerance1989USA
   
 
Sly & The Family StoneSex MachineStand!1969USA
Miles DavisBilly PrestonGet Up With It1974USA
Return To ForeverEarth JuiceWhere Have I Known You Before1976USA
   
 
75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band Beni Said (live)Live At Tubby's (N)2020 (self released)USA
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