Product Description
Rare Actual 1979 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl & Cover Still In Top Condition Over 44 Years Later! Featuring Gary Moore On Guitar, ‘Black Rose (A Rock Legend)’ Is a truly GREAT Thin Lizzy Record!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Side 1:
Do Anything You Want To
Toughest Street In Town
S&M
Waiting For An Alibi
Sarah
Side 2:
Got To Give It Up
Get Out Of Here
With Love
Róisín Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend
AMG –
Black Rose: A Rock Legend would prove to be Thin Lizzy's last true classic album (and last produced by Tony Visconti). Guitarist Brian Robertson was replaced by Gary Moore prior to the album's recording. Moore had already been a member of the band in the early '70s and served as a tour fill-in for Robertson in 1977, and he fits in perfectly with Lizzy's heavy, dual-guitar attack. Black Rose also turned out to be the band's most musically varied, accomplished, and successful studio album, reaching number two on the U.K. album chart upon release. Lizzy leader Phil Lynott is again equipped with a fine set of originals, which the rest of the band shines on -- the percussion-driven opener "Do Anything You Want To," the pop hit "Waiting for an Alibi," and a gentle song for Lynott's newly born daughter, "Sarah." Not all the material is as upbeat, such as the funky "S&M," as well two grim tales of street life and substance abuse -- "Toughest Street in Town" and "Got to Give It Up" (the latter sadly prophetic for Lynott). Black Rose closes with the epic seven-minute title track, which includes an amazing, complex guitar solo by Moore that incorporates Celtic themes against a hard rock accompaniment. Black Rose: A Rock Legend is one of the '70s lost rock classics. 4 ½ Stars
Geoff –
My favourite Lizzy studio album -- a highly under-rated classic! This is probably my favourite Lizzy studio album! Featuring Gary Moore on guitar, 'Black Rose' is consistently great, with hard hitting, rock solid numbers such as "Waiting For an Alibi", "Do Anything You Want To" & "Got to Give It Up" (Phil Lynott's unfulfilled promise to himself to give up the drugs and booze). It also has the lovely "Sarah" which was written for Phil's daughter. The powerful Celtic title track is Lizzy at their very best. A highly under-rated classic -- if you haven't heard it, get it now!