''The Peel Sessions'' is an album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1994. This album consists of a series of recordings made for

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, and originally broadcast on the

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...

show.

Track listing

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Whiskey in the Jar "Whiskey in the Jar" ( Roud 533) is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. The song, about a rapparee ( highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is ...

" (Trad. arr.

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 ...

, Brian Downey,

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 ...

) - 5:52 # "Rosalie" (

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) - 3:18 # "Suicide" (Lynott) - 5:20 # "Emerald" (Lynott, Downey, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson) - 3:59 # " Cowboy Song" (Lynott, Downey) - 5:13 # "

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" (Lynott) - 4:06 # "Don't Believe a Word" (Lynott) - 2:48 # "Little Darling" (Lynott) - 3:07 # " Still in Love With You" (Lynott) - 5:38 # "Vagabond of the Western World" (Lynott) - 4:27 # "Little Girl in Bloom" (Lynott) - 4:42 # "Killer Without a Cause" (Gorham, Lynott) - 3:41 # "Bad Reputation" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott) - 2:49 # "That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart" (Lynott) - 3:30 # "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" (Lynott) - 3:22

Recording dates

* Track 1 recorded on 14/11/72 * Tracks 2–3 recorded on 29/5/75 * Tracks 4–6 recorded on 12/2/76 * Track 7 recorded on 23/9/76 * Tracks 8–9 recorded on 4/4/74 * Tracks 10–11 recorded on 31/7/73 * Tracks 12–15 recorded on 1/8/77

Recording session details

* 14/11/72 at Langham 1, London; producer Tony Wilson, engineer Bob Conduct; for ‘John Peel, Sounds of the Seventies’ 28/11/72 * 31/7/73 at Langham 1, London; producer John Walters, engineer unknown; for ‘John Peel, Sounds of the Seventies’ 7/8/73 * 4/4/74 at Langham 1, London; producer Tony Wilson, engineer Bill Aitken; for ‘John Peel, Sounds of the Seventies’ 11/4/74 * 29/5/75 at Maida Vale 4, London; producer Tony Wilson, engineer Bill Aitken; for ‘John Peel ‘with Top Gear’’ 5/6/75 * 12/2/76 at Maida Vale 4, London; producer Tony Wilson, engineer Bill Aitken; for ‘John Peel’ 9/3/76 * 23/9/76 at Maida Vale 4, London; producer Tony Wilson, engineer Bill Aitken; for ‘John Peel’ 11/10/76 * 1/8/77 at Maida Vale 4, London; producer Tony Wilson, engineer Bill Aitken; for ‘John Peel’ 22/8/77

Personnel

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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 ...

* 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 ...

* Scott Gorham –

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 ...

on tracks 2–7, 12–15 * Brian Robertson – guitar on tracks 2–7, 12–15 *

– guitar on tracks 1, 10–11 *

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– guitar, vocals on tracks 8–9

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peel sessions (Thin Lizzy) Thin Lizzy Albums produced by Tony Wilson Albums produced by John Walters (broadcaster) 1994 live albums Thin Lizzy live albums