Report: THIN LIZZY Raids Vaults For Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theater Philadelphia 1977
February 25, 2009, 15 years ago
Billboard.com has issued the following report from Gary Graff:
THIN LIZZY, the celebrated Irish hard rock band, returns with Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theater Philadelphia 1977, a long-lost classic concert recording, on March 3rd.
Guitarist Scott Gorham,who relaunched the band in 1996 as a tribute to former bass player and singer Phil Lynott, is hoping the stash of recently discovered tapes that contained the upcoming "Still Dangerous" masters will yield even more archival treasures.
"There's so much of it in there," Gorham tells Billboard.com about the collection of material found in a London vault. "I was actually surprised by the amount. When I got to the "Still Dangerous" stuff I got stopped in my tracks and started concentrating on that, but I'm going to go back in to see what else is there."In addition to live shows, Gorham expects to find some unreleased Thin Lizzy studio sessions. "There has to be stuff in there," he says. "I don't remember us having a while shitload of outtakes, but there's stuff that didn't get finished or didn't get on this album or that album. It just takes the will to get into the studio and start digging deep into this catalog of stuff you haven't heard in years. I'm gonna do that, just see what this little goldmine is holding."
The "Still Dangerous" tape, which was remixed and remastered by Glyn Johns, was found in a box marked "Philadelphia 2", which contained a tape made for the King Biscuit Flower Hour - actually the group's second performance for the show on its Bad Reputation tour. Thin Lizzy let King Biscuit record the first night of the trek with the caveat that it would also tape another show once the group had been on the road and warmed up a little."
Read the full report at Billboard.com.
As previously reported, Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theater Philadelphia 1977 features the following tracklisting: 'Soldier Of Fortune', 'Jailbreak', 'Cowboy Song', 'The Boys Are Back In Town', 'Dancing In The Moonlight', 'Massacre', 'Opium Trail', 'Don’t Believe A Word', 'Baby Makes Me Cry', 'Me And The Boys'.