''Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels'' is a 2001 4-disc set by Irish

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group Thin Lizzy, which also contains a book chronicling the life of the band and music in some detail, with rare photos and a discography. The set was packaged in a

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format with the booklet fixed inside like a book. As well as including all of Thin Lizzy's best known songs and successful hits, this set features a number of rarer tracks, such as the band's first single, "The Farmer", the 1973 b-side "Cruising in the Lizzymobile", and the 1978 live b-side "Me and the Boys", none of which had been released on CD before. "Try a Little Harder" was a previously unreleased outtake from the ''

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'' recording sessions, and "Song for Jimi" had only been available on a flexi disc given away with a magazine. Other non-album b-sides were also included, such as "Half Caste", "Just the Two of Us" and "Don't Play Around". All of these tracks except "Me and the Boys" and "Song for Jimi" were later re-released on expanded versions of the studio albums, as part of a remastering of the whole Thin Lizzy catalogue. This boxed set also includes a small number of

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solo songs, and one by his post-Thin Lizzy band, Grand Slam. The track "A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer" had been recorded in January 1978 by the '' Black Rose: A Rock Legend'' line-up of Thin Lizzy, but was eventually released as a Phil Lynott solo track on the 12" version of his "Nineteen" single in November 1985.

Track listing

;Disc 1 (1970-1973) #"The Farmer" (

Philip 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 ...

) #"The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle" (

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, Lynott) #"Remembering, Pt. 1" (Lynott) #"Dublin" (Lynott) #"Remembering, Pt. 2 (New Day)" (Lynott, Bell, Brian Downey) #"Things Ain't Workin' Out Down at the Farm" (Lynott) #"Buffalo Gal" (Lynott) #"Sarah" (Lynott) #"Brought Down" (Lynott) #"

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. Lynott, Bell, Downey) #"Black Boys on the Corner" (Lynott) #"Randolph's Tango" (Lynott) #"Broken Dreams" (Lynott, Bell, Downey) #"Vagabond of the Western World" (Lynott) #"Little Girl in Bloom" (Lynott) #"Slow Blues" (Lynott) #" The Rocker" (Lynott, Bell, Downey) #"Here I Go Again" (Lynott) ;Disc 2 (1974-1975) #"Cruising in the Lizzymobile" (Downey, Bell, Lynott) #"Little Darling" (Lynott) #"Sitamoia" (Downey) #"Philomena" (Lynott) #" Still in Love with You" (Lynott) #"Showdown" (Lynott) #"It's Only Money" (Lynott) #"Rosalie" ingle Mix(

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) #"Half Caste" (Lynott) #"King's Vengeance" ( Scott Gorham, Lynott) #"Suicide" (Lynott) #"Wild One" (Lynott) #"Try a Little Harder" ( Brian Robertson, Lynott) #"Fighting My Way Back" (Lynott) #"

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" (Lynott) #"Romeo and the Lonely Girl" (Lynott) #" The Boys Are Back in Town" (Lynott) #" Cowboy Song" (Lynott, Downey) #"Emerald" (Gorham, Robertson, Downey, Lynott) ;Disc 3 (1976-1978) #"Johnny" (Lynott) #"Don't Believe a Word" (Lynott) #"Fools Gold" (Lynott) #"Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" (Lynott, Gorham, Downey) #"Massacre" (Lynott, Gorham, Downey) #"Soldier of Fortune" (Lynott) #"Bad Reputation" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott) #"Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" (Lynott) #"Killer Without a Cause" (Gorham, Lynott) #"Warrior" ive(Lynott, Gorham) #"Are You Ready" ive(Lynott, Gorham, Downey, Robertson) #"Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song" ive(Seger, Lynott, Downey) #"Me and the Boys" ive(Lynott) #"

Parisienne Walkways "Parisienne Walkways" is a song by guitarist Gary Moore that reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979. The song is featured on Moore's album '' Back on the Streets'' and features a vocal from Thin Lizzy frontman, Phil Lynott, who c ...

" (Lynott,

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) ‡ #"

Do Anything You Want To "Do Anything You Want To" is a song by the Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. It was the second single released from their 1979 album ''Black Rose: A Rock Legend''. It was recorded at Pathe Marconi EMI Studios in Paris, France.''Black Rose: A Rock L ...

" (Lynott) #"

Waiting for an Alibi "Waiting for an Alibi" is a song by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, and the first single from their 1979 album, '' Black Rose: A Rock Legend''. ''Black Rose'' was the only Thin Lizzy album recorded while Gary Moore was a member of the band, and he l ...

" (Lynott) #"

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" (Lynott, Moore) #"Got to Give It Up" (Lynott, Gorham) #"Roisin Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Lynott, Moore) #"Just the Two of Us" (Lynott, Gorham) ;Disc 4 (1979-1985) #"Dear Miss Lonely Hearts" (Lynott, Jimmy Bain) ¶ #"King's Call" (Lynott) ¶ #"Chinatown" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Snowy White) #"Sugar Blues" ive(Downey, Gorham, Lynott, White) #" Killer on the Loose" (Lynott) #"Don't Play Around" (Lynott, Gorham) #"Song for Jimi" (Lynott) #"Renegade" (Lynott, White) #" Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" (Gorham, Lynott) #"

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" (Bain, Lynott) ¶ #"Thunder and Lightning" (Lynott, Downey) #" Cold Sweat" (Lynott,

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) #" The Sun Goes Down" (Lynott, Darren Wharton) #"Sisters of Mercy" (Lynott, Mark Stanway) † #"Nineteen" (Lynott) ¶ #"A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer" (Lynott) ¶ * All tracks by Thin Lizzy except: ‡ by

¶ by

† by Grand Slam.

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 ...

except disc 4: track 10,

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 ...

except disc 3: track 17; disc 4: tracks 10 and 14–15 *

–

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 ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

on disc 1; disc 2: track 1; disc 4: track 7 (lead guitar removed) * Scott Gorham – guitar, backing vocals on disc 2: tracks 4, 6–19; disc 3: tracks 1–13, 15–16, 18–20; disc 4: tracks 1–6, 8–9, 11–13, 16 * Brian Robertson – guitar, backing vocals on disc 2: tracks 4, 6–19; disc 3: tracks 1–5, 9–13 *

– guitar, backing vocals on disc 2: tracks 2–3, 5; disc 3: tracks 14–20; disc 4: track 16 * Snowy White – guitar, backing vocals on disc 4: tracks 1–6, 8–9 *

– guitar, backing vocals on disc 4: tracks 11–13 *

Eric Wrixon Eric Wrixon (29 June 1947 – 13 July 2015) was a musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a founding member of Them (band), Them and Thin Lizzy. He came up with the band name "Them" (from the 1954 sci-fi film ''Them!''), but as he was a mino ...

–

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on disc 1: track 1 * Darren Wharton – keyboards, backing vocals on disc 4: tracks 3–6, 8–13 * Frankie Miller – joint lead vocals on disc 2: track 5 * Roger Chapman – backing vocals on disc 2: track 8 *

John Helliwell John Anthony Helliwell (born 15 February 1945) is an English musician, best known as the saxophonist, secondary keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional songwriter for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC during the band's c ...

–

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

on disc 3: track 8 * Huey Lewis –

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

on disc 3: track 17 *

Mark Nauseef Mark Nauseef (born June 11, 1953), in Cortland, New York, is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily with Thin Li ...

– drums on disc 3: track 17 * Mark Knopfler – guitar on disc 4: track 2 * Rusty Egan – drums on disc 4: track 10 * Jimmy Bain – bass guitar and backing vocals on disc 4: track 10 *

Laurence Archer Laurence Archer (born 9 November 1961 in London) is a British guitarist and songwriter notable for his work with British rock bands UFO and Phil Lynott's Grand Slam. He wrote many of Grand Slam's songs together with Phil Lynott and Mark Stanway, ...

– guitar on disc 4: track 14 *Doish Nagle – guitar on disc 4: track 14 * Mark Stanway – keyboards on disc 4: track 14 *

Robbie Brennan Robbie Brennan (born 1947, Dublin, Ireland - died April 12, 2016, Nenagh County Tipperary) was an Irish drummer and a former member of Phil Lynott's band Grand Slam. Brennan also played with a variety of Irish musicians such as Christy Moore, Sk ...

– drums on disc 4: track 14 * Paul Hardcastle – keyboards on disc 4: track 15 *Robin George – guitar on disc 4: track 15

References

{{Authority control 2001 compilation albums Thin Lizzy compilation albums Vertigo Records compilation albums