Name: Shades Of A Blue Orphanage [Remastered & Expanded]
Brand: Mercury
SKU: 512422
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Shades Of A Blue Orphanage [Remastered & Expanded]

Rating

Album: Shades Of A Blue Orphanage [Remastered & Expanded]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Rise And Dear Demise Of The Funky Nomadic Tribes	More Info...	7:09
2)	Buffalo Gal	More Info...	5:31
3)	I Don't Want To Forget How To Jive	More Info...	1:56
4)	Sarah Version 1	More Info...	2:50
5)	Brought Down	More Info...	4:20
6)	Baby Face	More Info...	3:28
7)	Chatting Today	More Info...	4:19
8)	Call The Police	More Info...	3:38
9)	Shades Of A Blue Orphanage	More Info...	7:05
10)	Whiskey In The Jar Full Length Version	More Info...	5:45
11)	Black Boys On The Corner	More Info...	3:24
12)	Buffalo Gal 1977 Overdubbed & Remixed Version	More Info...	5:10
13)	Sarah 1977 Overdubbed & Remixed Version	More Info...	2:48
14)	Brought Down 1977 Overdubbed & Remixed Version	More Info...	3:06
15)	Suicide BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	4:02
16)	Black Boys On The Corner BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	3:07
17)	Saga Of The Ageing Orphan BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	3:40
18)	Whiskey In The Jar BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	5:54
2)	Buffalo Gal	More Info...
3)	I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive	More Info...
4)	Sarah	More Info...
5)	Brought Down	More Info...
6)	Baby Face	More Info...
7)	Chatting Today	More Info...
8)	Call the Police	More Info...
9)	Shades of a Blue Orphanage	More Info...
10)	Whiskey in the Jar	More Info...
11)	Black Boys On the Corner	More Info...
12)	Buffalo Gal	More Info...
13)	Sarah	More Info...
14)	Brought Down	More Info...
15)	Suicide	More Info...
16)	Black Boys On the Corner	More Info...
17)	Saga of the Ageing Orphan	More Info...
18)	Whiskey in the Jar	More Info...

Album: Shades Of A Blue Orphanage [Remastered & Expanded]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Rise And Dear Demise Of The Funky Nomadic Tribes	More Info...	7:09
2)	Buffalo Gal	More Info...	5:31
3)	I Don't Want To Forget How To Jive	More Info...	1:56
4)	Sarah Version 1	More Info...	2:50
5)	Brought Down	More Info...	4:20
6)	Baby Face	More Info...	3:28
7)	Chatting Today	More Info...	4:19
8)	Call The Police	More Info...	3:38
9)	Shades Of A Blue Orphanage	More Info...	7:05
10)	Whiskey In The Jar Full Length Version	More Info...	5:45
11)	Black Boys On The Corner	More Info...	3:24
12)	Buffalo Gal 1977 Overdubbed & Remixed Version	More Info...	5:10
13)	Sarah 1977 Overdubbed & Remixed Version	More Info...	2:48
14)	Brought Down 1977 Overdubbed & Remixed Version	More Info...	3:06
15)	Suicide BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	4:02
16)	Black Boys On The Corner BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	3:07
17)	Saga Of The Ageing Orphan BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	3:40
18)	Whiskey In The Jar BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session	More Info...	5:54
2)	Buffalo Gal	More Info...
3)	I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive	More Info...
4)	Sarah	More Info...
5)	Brought Down	More Info...
6)	Baby Face	More Info...
7)	Chatting Today	More Info...
8)	Call the Police	More Info...
9)	Shades of a Blue Orphanage	More Info...
10)	Whiskey in the Jar	More Info...
11)	Black Boys On the Corner	More Info...
12)	Buffalo Gal	More Info...
13)	Sarah	More Info...
14)	Brought Down	More Info...
15)	Suicide	More Info...
16)	Black Boys On the Corner	More Info...
17)	Saga of the Ageing Orphan	More Info...
18)	Whiskey in the Jar	More Info...

Performer Notes

A compilation of early material.
Thin Lizzy: Phil Lynott (vocals, bass), Eric Bell (guitar), Brian Downey (drums).
Additional personnel: Clodagh Simonds (harpsichord, Mellotron).
Personnel: Phil Lynott (vocals, acoustic guitar); Eric Bell (guitar, acoustic guitar); Clodagh Simonds (harpsichord, Mellotron); Brian Downey (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterer: Paschal Byrne.
Liner Note Author: Mark Powell .
Recording information: De Lane Lea Music Center, Wembley, London.
Photographer: Roy Esmonde.
A fascinating, all-over-the-map album by a band that hadn't yet found its own voice (although in retrospect, hints of the band's ultimate direction can be heard here). Things get off to a roaring start with "The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes," which segues from Yes-derived staccato unison riffing into a funk-guitar workout influenced by Jimi Hendrix and James Brown. From there it's on to "Buffalo Gal," a melancholy folk-ish plaint that anticipates the working class Irish poetry Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott would develop to great effect later in the '70s; other stylistic detours include stabs at faux rockabilly ("I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive"), Mellotron-drenched confessional ballads (the title tune), and even a sort of visionary art-punk ("Call the Police). Pretty cool, but the best was yet to come.