THIN LIZZY Jailbreak 1976 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS MINT AUDIO
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26
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£ 26
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Nov 6, 2013
Sold Date
Oct 30, 2013
Start Date
£ 22
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Great Britain
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Description
THIN LIZZY Jailbreak 1976 UK VERTIGO 1st PRESS MINT AUDIO
DIE CUT GATEFOLD - UNMARKED VINYL - FLAWLESS SOUND
THIN LIZZYJailbreak
UK VERTIGO (SUPER 9102 008) FIRST PRESSING (April 1976) OF THIN LIZZY'S "Jailbreak"
ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABELS
MATRIX:
Side One: 9102008 1Y//1 M 13 14 (etched 'TICH AND QUACKERS')
Side Two: 9102008 2Y//2 M 11 (etched 'MANCHESTER UNITED')
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT CENTRE LOADING GATEFOLD “Sleeve printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
Thin Lizzy found their trademark twin-guitar sound on 1975's Fighting, but it was on its 1976 successor, Jailbreak, where the band truly took flight.
Unlike the leap between Night Life and Fighting, there is not a great distance between Jailbreak and its predecessor. If anything, the album was more of a culmination of everything that came before, as Phil Lynott hit a peak as a songwriter just as guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson pioneered an intertwined, dual-lead guitar interplay that was one of the most distinctive sounds of '70s rock, and one of the most influential.
Lynott no longer let Gorham and Robertson contribute individual songs -- they co-wrote, but had no individual credits -- which helps tighten up the album, giving it a cohesive personality, namely Lynott's rough rebel with a heart of a poet. Lynott loves turning the commonplace into legend -- or bringing myth into the modern world, as he does on "Cowboy Song" or, to a lesser extent, "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" -- and this myth-making is married to an exceptional eye for details; when the boys are back in town, they don't just come back to a local bar, they're down at Dino's, picking up girls and driving the old men crazy.
This gives his lovingly florid songs, crammed with specifics and overflowing with life, a universality that's hammered home by the vicious, primal, and precise attack of the band. Thin Lizzy is tough as rhino skin and as brutal as bandits, but it's leavened by Lynott's light touch as a singer, which is almost seductive in its croon.
This gives Jailbreak a dimension of richness that sustains, but there's such kinetic energy to the band that it still sounds immediate no matter how many times it's played.
Either one would make it a classic, but both qualities in one record makes it a truly exceptional album
Side 1:
Jailbreak (4:04)
Angel From The Coast (3:07)
Running Back (3:17)
Romeo And The Lonely Girl (3:58)
Warriors (4:12)
Side 2:
The Boys Are Back In Town (4:30)
Fight Or Fall (3:48)
Cowboy Song (5:18)
Emerald (4:04)
LABELS: MINT-
Clean, unmarked labels - barely any signs of use - maybe one light spindle trace
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both vinyl surfaces are unmarked and shine like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with its practically untouched status my play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault the strong, crystal clear and razor sharp sound - immaculate throughout
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
A fine example - little wear to speak of - clean and unmarked - no damage to the front die-cut section
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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