''Grand Slam: Studio Sessions'' is a
compilation album
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by
Irish rock band
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Grand Slam, released in 2002 (see
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), but recorded in 1984 (see
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).
The first disc of this double-disc album is a collection of Grand Slam's songs, chosen by the keyboardist
Mark Stanway. The second disc is a collection of demos, and two extracts from a radio interview with Phil Lynott in
Dublin in 1984.
Track listing
;Disc one
# "Nineteen" (Phil Lynott) – 4:02
# "Crime Rate" (Lynott,
Mark Stanway) – 6:14
# "Sisters of Mercy" (Lynott, Stanway) – 6:37
# "
Whiter Shade of Pale /
Like a Rolling Stone" (
Gary Brooker,
Keith Reid /
Bob Dylan) – 5:46
# "Military Man" (Lynott, Stanway) – 6:16
# "Harlem" (Lynott, Doish Nagle) – 4:11
# "Gay Boys" (Lynott, Stanway) – 3:58
# "Breakdown" (Lynott, Stanway) – 3:31
# "Look In These Eyes" (Lynott) – 3:55
# "She Cries" (Lynott) – 4:02
;Disc two
# Radio Interview with Phil Lynott, Dublin 1984 – 8:02
# "Crime Rate" (Demo) (Lynott, Stanway) – 6:10
# Interview (Part 2) – 9:08
# "Nineteen" (Demo) (Lynott, Stanway) – 4:00
# "Slam" (Lynott, Stanway) – 7:15
# "Sisters of Mercy" (Alternative Mix) (Lynott, Stanway) – 7:01
Singles
*Whiter Shade Of Pale/Like A Rolling Stone – CD (2002)
Personnel
;Grand Slam
*
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 ...
– lead vocals, bass guitar
*
Laurence Archer – lead guitar
*Doish Nagle – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*
Mark Stanway – keyboards, piano
*
Robbie Brennan – drums
*
Brian Downey - drums
;Technical
*Sue Peters - photography
*Martin Walker - re-mastering
*Compiled and produced by Mark Stanway
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2002 compilation albums
Compilation albums by Irish artists
Grand Slam (band) albums