The Peel Sessions (Thin Lizzy album)

The Peel Sessions is an album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1994. This album consists of a series of recordings made for BBC Radio 1, and originally broadcast on the John Peel show.

Track listing

 * 1) "Whiskey in the Jar" (Trad. arr. Eric Bell, Brian Downey, Phil Lynott) - 5:52
 * 2) "Rosalie" (Bob Seger) - 3:18
 * 3) "Suicide" (Lynott) - 5:20
 * 4) "Emerald" (Lynott, Downey, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson) - 3:59
 * 5) "Cowboy Song" (Lynott, Downey) - 5:13
 * 6) "Jailbreak" (Lynott) - 4:06
 * 7) "Don't Believe a Word" (Lynott) - 2:48
 * 8) "Little Darling" (Lynott) - 3:07
 * 9) "Still in Love With You"  (Lynott) - 5:38
 * 10) "Vagabond of the Western World" (Lynott) - 4:27
 * 11) "Little Girl in Bloom" (Lynott) - 4:42
 * 12) "Killer Without a Cause" (Gorham, Lynott) - 3:41
 * 13) "Bad Reputation" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott) - 2:49
 * 14) "That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart" (Lynott) - 3:30
 * 15) "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

 * Phil Lynott – bass guitar, vocals
 * Brian Downey – drums, percussion
 * Scott Gorham – guitar on tracks 2–7, 12–15
 * Brian Robertson – guitar on tracks 2–7, 12–15
 * Eric Bell – guitar on tracks 1, 10–11
 * Gary Moore – guitar, vocals on tracks 8–9