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.

The Peel Sessions
Live album by Thin Lizzy
Released	1994
Recorded	1972–77
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	61:32
Label	Strange Fruit
Producer	Tony Wilson, John Walters
Thin Lizzy live albums chronology
BBC Radio One Live in Concert (1992) The Peel Sessions (1994) The Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]

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

References

1. Dougan, John. "Thin Lizzy - Peel Sessions review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 448. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.