''Remembering – Part 1'' is a

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by rock group

Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or some ...

, one of the first compilations of the band's early years with

Eric Bell Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish rock and blues musician, best known as a founding member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy from 1969 to 1973. After his time in Thin ...

, released by their record company at that time,

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...

, in an apparent attempt to cash in on the chart success Lizzy had recently begun enjoying with

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. It includes "Sitamoia" and "Little Darling", both featuring

Gary Moore Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 19526 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and jazz ...

during his first brief stint with the group, the first of which was previously unreleased. The time frame of the album stretches from 1971 to 1974. The album was issued in the US as ''Rocker (1971-1974)'' in 1977 by

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, with the song "Honesty Is No Excuse" instead of "A Song for While I'm Away". The album was known simply as ''Remembering'' in

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, where it was released as a 27-track double album.

Track listings

* Sitamoia is credited differently in various place, either to Lynott or Downey. Unconfirmed is that Lynott made Downey a birthday gift of the writing credit

Remembering (German double LP)

*All tracks written by

Phil Lynott Philip Parris Lynott (, ; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and ba ...

unless stated. ;Side 1 # "Remembering" # "The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes" (Lynott, Bell, Downey) # "Buffalo Gal" # "I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive" # "Sarah" # "Brought Down" ;Side 2 # "Randolph's Tango" # "Chatting Today" # "Baby Face" # "Call the Police" # "Shades of a Blue Orphanage" # "Broken Dreams" (Lynott, Bell, Downey) # "Old Moon Madness" ;Side 3 # "Black Boys on the Corner" # "The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle" (Bell, Lynott) # "Honesty Is No Excuse" # "Diddy Levine" # "Ray-Gun" (Bell) # "Look What the Wind Blew In" # "Sitamoia" ;Side 4 # "Eire" # "Return of the Farmers Son" # "Clifton Grange Hotel" # "Saga of the Ageing Orphan" # "Dublin" # "Things Ain't Working But Down at the Farm" # "Remembering (Part 2)" (NB Side 4 Track 6 "... But Down ..." is a sleeve error and the song is " ... Out Down ...")

Personnel

;Thin Lizzy *

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, acoustic guitar, associate producer *

–

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s (except tracks 5 & 6) * Brian Downey –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

– guitars and backing vocals on tracks 5 & 6 ;Additional musicians *

Fiachra Trench Fiachra Terence Wilbrah Trench (born 7 September 1941, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Trench first studied Chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin, before moving on to t ...

– string arrangement on track 2 *

Ivor Raymonde Ivor Raymonde (born Ivor Pomerance; 22 October 1926 – 4 June 1990) was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s. Life and care ...

–

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

on track 6 ;Production *

Nick Tauber Nick Tauber is a British record producer best known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Toyah and Marillion in the 1970s and 1980s. Nick Tauber continues to manage, produce, and consult with acts/artists/and producers. In the late 1990s, Tauber was in ...

– producer *Frank Rodgers - executive producer * Jim Fitzpatrick - cover art

References

1976 compilation albums Thin Lizzy compilation albums Decca Records compilation albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub