'Lost' Thin Lizzy tapes resurface 26 years after Phil Lynott's death

My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story, the sensational No 1 best seller is
now available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle and via Apple's iTunes for reading on iBooks.

Written by Philomena Lynott with Jackie Hayden, My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story became a best-seller, holding down the No 1 slot in Irish Book charts (Non-fiction) for 7 weeks in 2011, going on to become one of the most talked about books of the year. 

The 2011 edition covers developments in Philomena's life since the book was first published, as well as full details about the birth of her other son and daughter, and why she kept their existence hidden for over fifty years – to the extent that even Philip never met them. Philomena also deals with recent events in the continuing saga of Thin Lizzy, and the loss of her life-long partner Dennis. 

My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story, is an emotional rollercoaster that courageously confronts issues of drugs, single motherhood, emigration and adoption, and tells of Philomena's heart-warming re-discovery of the son and daughter she thought she'd never see again. As a special bonus, the new edition contains world exclusive interviews with Philip's half-brother Leslie James and his half-sister Philomena.

“A book to move your heart and touch your soul, like the best of Philip Lynott’s music” – Frank McGuinness.

My Boy on Kindle

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My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story is the second title from the Hot Press Books catalogue to be published in e-formats, following on from Olaf Tyaransen's stunning – and highly entertaining – collection of interviews, Selected Recordings 2000 - 2010, features 20 hard-hitting and memorable one-on-ones with the likes of pop superstar Lady Gaga, the ever-engaging Courtney Love, Irish rock giants U2 and a famous chat with the normally hugely reticent Damien Rice. To purchase Selected Recordings, from Amazon, click here.

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My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story is published by Hot Press Books. To buy in its original, gorgeous physical format, click here.

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This collection brings together a raft of sessions and live recordings from through out the band’s career. Included also is a DVD of the bands sought after appearances on Top of the Pops and the Old Grey Whistle Test a well as concerts from throughout the band’s career. This is a first for the band as these recordings have never been available in one place before. With comprehensive notes by Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome who tells the story of the bands history at the BBC.recording broadcasts at home a couple of gems have been reclaimed here for this set.the glory days as one of the greatest live acts of all time. The BBC gave the band a platform and support at crucial stages in their career and thus “Thin Lizzy Live At The BBC” could be seen essentially as an alternate Greatest Hits, a musical growing up in public.BBC are celebrated on “Thin Lizzy Live At The BBC”. The release will be available as a 2CD ‘best of’ collection  and a limited edition collectors’ 6 CD and 1 DVD complete set.

Disc 1

1. Thin Lizzy Look What The Wind Just Blew In Sounds Of The Seventies, 1971
2. Thin Lizzy Return Of The Farmers Son Sounds Of The Seventies, 1971
3. Thin Lizzy Whiskey In The Jar John Peel Session, 1972
4. Thin Lizzy Suicide John Peel Session, 1972
5. Thin Lizzy Black Boys On The Corner John Peel Session, 1972
6. Thin Lizzy Saga Of The Ageing Orphan John Peel Session, 1972
7. Thin Lizzy Vagabond Of The Western World John Peel Session, 1973
8. Thin Lizzy Gonna Creep Up On You John Peel Session, 1973
9. Thin Lizzy Little Girl In Bloom John Peel Session, 1973
10. Thin Lizzy Randolph’s Tango John Peel Session, 1973
11. Thin Lizzy The Rocker John Peel Session, 1973
12. Thin Lizzy Slow Blues John Peel Session, 1973
13. Thin Lizzy Randolph’s Tango Bob Harris Session, 1973
14. Thin Lizzy Little Girl In Bloom Bob Harris Session, 1973
15. Thin Lizzy The Rocker Bob Harris Session, 1973

Disc 2

1. Thin Lizzy Little Girl In Bloom Rock On Session, 1974
2. Thin Lizzy Little Darling Rock On Session, 1974
3. Thin Lizzy Showdown Rock On Session, 1974
4. Thin Lizzy Sitamoia Bob Harris Session, 1974
5. Thin Lizzy Little Darling Bob Harris Session, 1974
6. Thin Lizzy Slow Blues Bob Harris Session, 1974
7. Thin Lizzy Showdown Bob Harris Session, 1974
8. Thin Lizzy It's Only Money John Peel Session, 1974
9. Thin Lizzy Little Darling John Peel Session, 1974
10. Thin Lizzy Still In Love With You John Peel Session, 1974
11. Thin Lizzy Black Boys On The Corner John Peel Session, 1974
12. Thin Lizzy Sitamoia John Peel Session, 1974
13. Thin Lizzy She Knows John Peel Session, 1974
14. Thin Lizzy It's Only Money John Peel Session, 1974
15. Thin Lizzy Sha La La John Peel Session, 1974
16. Thin Lizzy Philomena John Peel Session, 1974

Disc 3

1. Thin Lizzy Dear Heart Bob Harris Session, 1974
2. Thin Lizzy Banshee Bob Harris Session, 1974
3. Thin Lizzy Half Caste John Peel Session, 1975
4. Thin Lizzy Rosalie John Peel Session, 1975
5. Thin Lizzy Suicide John Peel Session, 1975
6. Thin Lizzy Emerald John Peel Session, 1976
7. Thin Lizzy The Warrior John Peel Session, 1976
8. Thin Lizzy Cowboy Song John Peel Session, 1976
9. Thin Lizzy Jailbreak John Peel Session, 1976
10. Thin Lizzy Don't Believe A Word John Peel Session, 1976
11. Thin Lizzy Johnny John Peel Session, 1976
12. Thin Lizzy Fools Gold John Peel Session, 1976
13. Thin Lizzy Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed John Peel Session, 1976
14. Thin Lizzy Killer Without A Cause John Peel Session, 1977
15. Thin Lizzy Bad Reputation John Peel Session, 1977
16. Thin Lizzy That Woman’s Gonna Break Your Heart John Peel Session, 1977
17. Thin Lizzy Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In A Spotlight) John Peel Session, 1977
18. Thin Lizzy Downtown Sundown John Peel Session, 1977

Disc 4

1. Thin Lizzy The Rocker Live In Concert, 1973
2. Thin Lizzy Things Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm Live In Concert, 1973
3. Thin Lizzy Slow Blues Live In Concert, 1973
4. Thin Lizzy Gonna Creep Up On You Live In Concert, 1973
5. Thin Lizzy Suicide Live In Concert, 1973
6. Thin Lizzy She Knows Live In Concert, 1974
7. Thin Lizzy It's Only Money Live In Concert, 1974
8. Thin Lizzy Still In Love With You Live In Concert, 1974
9. Thin Lizzy Showdown Live In Concert, 1974
10. Thin Lizzy Rock N Roll With You Live In Concert, 1974
11. Thin Lizzy Baby Drives Me Crazy Live In Concert, 1974

Disc 5

1. Thin Lizzy Angel Of Death Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
2. Thin Lizzy Renegade Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
3. Thin Lizzy Hollywood (Down On Your Luck) Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
4. Thin Lizzy The Pressure Will Blow Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
5. Thin Lizzy Killer On The Loose Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
6. Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
7. Thin Lizzy Are You Ready Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
8. Thin Lizzy Baby Drives Me Crazy Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
9. Thin Lizzy Emerald Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981

Disc 6

1. Thin Lizzy Introduction Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
2. Thin Lizzy Jailbreak Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
3. Thin Lizzy This Is The One Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
4. Thin Lizzy Cold Sweat Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
5. Thin Lizzy The Sun Goes Down Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
6. Thin Lizzy The Holy War Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
7. Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
8. Thin Lizzy Rosalie Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
9. Thin Lizzy Baby Please Don’t Go Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
10. Thin Lizzy Still In Love With You Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
11. Thin Lizzy Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In A Spotlight) Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983
12. Thin Lizzy Baby Drives Me Crazy Live at the Regal Theatre, 1983

Disc 7 DVD

1. Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town Live at The Rainbow, 1979
2. Thin Lizzy Emerald Live at The Rainbow, 1979
3. Thin Lizzy Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In A Spotlight) Live at The Rainbow, 1979
4. Thin Lizzy Massacre Live at The Rainbow, 1979
5. Thin Lizzy Still In Love With You Live at The Rainbow, 1979
6. Thin Lizzy Don’t Believe A Word Live at The Rainbow, 1979
7. Thin Lizzy Are You Ready? Live at The Rainbow, 1979
8. Thin Lizzy Sha La La Live at The Rainbow, 1979
9. Thin Lizzy Baby Drives Me Crazy Live at The Rainbow, 1979
10. Thin Lizzy Me And The Boys Live at The Rainbow, 1979
11. Thin Lizzy Jailbreak Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
12. Thin Lizzy This In The One Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
13. Thin Lizzy Cold Sweat Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
14. Thin Lizzy The Sun Goes Down Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
15. Thin Lizzy The Holy War Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
16. Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
17. Thin Lizzy Rosalie Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
18. Thin Lizzy Baby Please Don't Go Live at The Regal Theatre, 1983
19. Thin Lizzy Whiskey In The Jar Live on Top Of The Pops, 1973
20. Thin Lizzy Jailbreak Live on Top Of The Pops, 1976
21. Thin Lizzy Don't Believe A Word Live on Top Of The Pops, 1976
22. Thin Lizzy Dancing In The Moonlight Live on Top Of The Pops, 11/08/77
23. Thin Lizzy Dancing In The Moonlight Live on Top Of The Pops, 25/08/77
24. Thin Lizzy Rosalie (Cowgirl Song) Live on Top Of The Pops, 11/05/78
25. Thin Lizzy Rosalie (Cowgirl Song) Live on Top Of The Pops, 22/06/78
26. Thin Lizzy Waiting For An Alibi Live on Top Of The Pops, 1979
27. Thin Lizzy Sarah Live on Top Of The Pops, 1979
28. Thin Lizzy Chinatown Live on Top Of The Pops, 1980
29. Thin Lizzy Are You Ready Live on Top Of The Pops, 30/04/81
30. Thin Lizzy Are You Ready Live on Top Of The Pops, May 1981
31. Thin Lizzy Back On The Streets Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1979
32. Thin Lizzy Don't Believe A Word Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1979
33. Thin Lizzy Ode To A Black Man Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1981
34. Thin Lizzy Somebody Else's Dream Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1981
35. Thin Lizzy Renegade Live on Three Of A Kind, 1983

STILL MISSING YOU

© 2011.Coamhin O`Nuallain

In a run down bar, playing bass guitar,
you showed `em how to sing,
speakers boomed,as a black rose bloomed,
into a beautiful thing,
a poet and a sage, you owned that stage,
in a way that was almost regal,
but you were street wise and tough,
when you strutted your stuff,
with the one and only Black Eagles,

Roisin Dubh, in the stars above,
still missing you,
Roisin Dubh, can you feel the love,
that's coming through,
Roisin Dubh, in the stars above,
still missing you.

Got drunk with Lizzie, she made us dizzy,
with "whiskey in the jar",
and when the "boys came back",
we had the craic,
from Dublin to U.S.S.R,
those wild days gone, but your music lives on,
in platinum and gold,
`cause when god made Phil, to top the bill,
he threw away the mould.

Roisin Dubh, in the stars above,
still missing you,
Roisin Dubh, can you feel the love,
that's coming through,
Roisin Dubh, in the stars above,
still missing you.

© 2011.Coamhin O`Nuallain

The Acclaimed PHILIP LYNOTT EXHIBITION Returns to Dublin
The Philip Lynott Exhibition returns to the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin for a second run, beginning on Wednesday July 6.
The highly acclaimed exhibition, which brought visitors to Dublin from all over the world since it opened in March, will now return to Dublin for the months of July and August, with a programme of events being lined up to bring additional fun and entertainment to the run. 
The Exhibition features an additional treasure trove of items, which were added just a week before its last run ended. Chief among these is Lynott's personal diary for 1972, which was recently unearthed by former Lizzy tour manager Frank Murray, as well as personal material from Philip's childhood and hand-written song lyrics.
"We extended the original run twice, but there are still huge numbers of people that weren't able to make it along who want to see the exhibition", Niall Stokes, editor of Ireland's Hot Press magazine commented. "A lot of the interest has come from abroad where people who've been in Dublin and seen the exhibition have gone home and told their friends".
"People will be fascinated by his thoughts about Gale, one of the original loves of his life, and there's a new previously unseen lyric of a song-in-the-making", Stokes added. 
There is also reference to a jam session with Donovan, his mother Philomena Lynott and The Woods Band, along with details of Lizzy's New Year's gigs and how much they were paid for each of them. 
The exhibition has already attracted visitors from the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Serbia, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, the USA, Canada and many more countries around the world, as well as from all over the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The run will encompass Philip Lynott's birthday, on August 20th, when a special 'Boys Are Back In Town’ pageant is already planned for the city. Costumes for the pageant are currently being produced in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and are set to bring the colour and exuberance of Brazilian carnival to the streets of Dublin. Among those involved in the pageant will be the Brazilian community in Ireland as well as young people from the Smithfield and Darndale areas of the city.
"We're expecting huge numbers to visit the exhibition in Dublin over the summer, and especially around Philip's birthday," Mark Hogan of Hot Press said. "We got an overwhelming reaction from everyone who attended to date and we have continued to get emails from overseas, requesting us to re-open the exhibition . It is something that we want to share with the wider community of Thin Lizzy fans across Ireland – and indeed all over the world."
The Philip Lynott Exhibition will return to The Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin from July 6 – August 31, 2011. The exhibition is home to the biggest ever collection of memorabilia, song lyrics, exhibits, paintings, tributes and photographs of the late rock legend.
- ENDS- 

Presented by Hot Press, Still In Love With You: The Philip Lynott Exhibition is supported by Dublin Tourism, The Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, Dublin City Council, Dublin City BID, Jameson and The Irish Daily Star.

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Philomena with daughter and son, Philomena (Janette) and Leslie at a function to celebrate MY BOY reaching number one in the bestsellers list - 19th April 2001

photo by Aidan Crawley

The Philip Lynott Exhibition, which was originally set to end its run on April 4, will now be open to visitors for an extra month. The exhibition, which has been garnering rave reviews, will run until Monday May 2 in the Creative Space at the top of Stephen's Green Shopping Centre

The Philip Lynott Exhibition, the biggest ever collection of memorabilia, song lyrics, exhibits, paintings, tributes and photographs of the late rock legend, has been seen by thousands from Ireland and abroad in a very special exhibition in the capital. The initiative is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, Dublin City Council, Dublin Tourism and RTE 2fm.

Philomena signs copies of her update MY BOY, at the Philip Lynott Exhibition, Stephens Green Gallery on Friday 4th March 2011

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Talk in ’11

The lights dim, the crowd roar

Twenty five years on, they still want more.

Gnasher bite and start the show

Tony Powell mellows and takes it low.

Conor’s quartet rocked it back up

Mark,we dig you man.

Matt and Phil rocked from the start

And Leanne showed she still has harte

Pat Mc’s needle was back in the groove

While the Hoodoos made a devil out of Glen

Then Eric The Rocker, rocked again.

The Queen as always delivered her speech

And we listened to every word

Robbo did his best against the odds

He showed who’s boss, despite the turds

And so it was over for yet another year.

Will there be another?

Smiley, do you hear?

(c) Roddie Cleere 2011

VIBE 2011 LAUNCH

Vibe and Trust members and supporters at the launch of the Vibe 2011 on Saturday 21st August 2010 at Bruxelles alongside the statue

Phil Lynott from Conor Ryan on Vimeo.

Jan Schelhaas played organ on "Vagabonds of the Western World" Sometime between then and Scott & Brian's time Philip asked Jan round to his flat in West Hampstead for a jam and a 'cup of tea'.

The only thing portable enough for Jan to carry was a clavinet D6.

They recorded a couple of tunes (a bluesy version of Nightlife and an early version of 'home boys home' on his Revox  and bouncing vocals and overdubs as they went.

Jan recently found an old cassette he’d made of their efforts at the time and had a go at cleaning it up a bit.

Needless to say its very rough however many thanks Jan.

Take a listen:

NIGHTLIFE

HOME BOYS HOME **

**'Home Boys Home' is usually attributed to The Dubliners and Luke Kelly (though not exclusively) who sang it much faster although many folk acts also sang it slower

Philip used part of the melody and adapted it in his song 'Philomena

Cast your minds back to the 10th Anniversary in 1996 at the Point (now the 02)

Barry James and Toss the Feathers bashed out a few tunes while respected journalist Eamon Carr of Horslips fame tapped away on an old typewriter. When the band had finished, Eamon read what he had written and the following is a transcript of that poem.

Please remember that it is copyrighted and is being reproduced here with Eamon's full permission.

LINES FOR A COMRADE FALLEN AT THE FRONT

(For Philip - Jan 4th 1996)

Amid the tumult, amid the din,
Always the words,
What key are we in?
While others played their cards close to their chests,
Tried to keep the answers hidden, locked away,
You were always on for cracking the combination,
Bursting into that dispensary of dreams.

What key?

The question I first heard you ask
The night we jammed with Ditch down the Go-Go.
Willie had been delivering coal that afternoon
And he and the others worked up a sweat
While you and I
Crouched in the cloakroom,
Unseen,
Ready to be called,
Waiting to be delivered.

And what was the key?

I envy those who know for sure.
I pray for those of us for whom
Time runs out.
…………………….Eamon Carr

Eamon's book of poetry and prose THE ORIGAMI CROW is now available through amazon.com

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