Thin Lizzy: Thin Lizzy (2LP, 55th anniversary, green vinyl) [DECCA]

Why you'll love it

A 55th anniversary 2LP set on green vinyl in a gatefold jacket: the remastered original on the first disc, and a new Richard Whittaker stereo mix of the whole album on the second. It is where Phil Lynott, Eric Bell and Brian Downey began.

This edition

• 55th anniversary edition
• 2LP set on green vinyl
• Gatefold jacket
• Remastered original album plus a new Richard Whittaker stereo mix

About the album

Before the twin guitars and the jailbreaks, Thin Lizzy were a Dublin power trio playing folky, wistful rock. Decca's Frank Rodgers went to see a soul singer at the Zhivago Club in November 1970, watched his backing band instead, and signed them. The debut came out in April 1971.

It is a gentler record than the ones that made them famous, and all the better for showing where Phil Lynott's songwriting came from: the Irish myth of "Eire," the street-corner poetry of "Clifton Grange Hotel" and "Diddy Levine," the tenderness of "Remembering." Eric Bell's guitar is bluesy and fluid, and Brian Downey was already the drummer every Irish band wanted. The second disc lets you hear the same songs in a fresh mix, which is the closest most of us will get to sitting in on the session.

Tracklist

Listen

Out July 31, 2026 on Decca (cat# 6554722), a reissue of the 1971 album.