Thin Lizzy : Jailbreak/ Johnny The Fox

AND THAT TIME OVER

AT JOHNNY'S PLACE..

 Jailbreak

 is the sixth

 studio album

 by

 Irish Hard Rock band

 Thin Lizzy

 It was released on

 March,26th 1976, 

by Vertigo Records.

The album proved to be

 the band's 

commercial breakthrough 

in the US, 

and the only

 Thin Lizzy album 

with a certification 

(in this case, Gold)

 in that country.

 The singles taken 

from the 

album include

 "Jailbreak"

 and

 "The Boys Are Back in Town"; 

the latter is

 Thin Lizzy's

 biggest US hit, 

and won the

 1976 NME Award

 for Best Single.

Composition and Recording

After their previous two albums, 

Nightlife

 and

 Fighting, 

failed to 

generate sales, 

Thin Lizzy 

were given

 one last chance 

by their label, 

Vertigo Records.

 The band wrote songs 

and collected ideas

 in a studio in 

Buckinghamshire 

in late 1975,

 then convened at

 Ramport Studios

 in London

 in the new year. 

They selected 

John Alcock 

as their producer,

 for he had worked

 in the 

studio extensively. 

The band worked

 diligently through

 February 

on the album. 

However,

 guitarists 

Scott Gorham 

and 

Brian Robertson

 felt that the speed

 at which it was

 completed adversely

 affected its quality. 

Both stated that the 

tightness of the songs

 made the album 

feel rigid.

 In particular, 

Robertson said he 

would have liked

 more freedom to

 improvise his

 lead guitar parts.

 Gorham also criticized

 Alcock's production, 

saying that he didn't

 particularly care for 

his guitar tone 

on the album.

Johnny the Fox

 is the seventh 

studio album 

by Irish 

hard rock band 

Thin Lizzy 

released in 1976. 

This album was

 written and recorded

 while

 bassist/vocalist 

 Phil Lynott 

was recovering

 from a 

bout of hepatitis 

that put him

 off the road

 halfway through

 the previous 

Jailbreak tour.

 "Don't Believe a Word" 

was a British

 hit single.

 Johnny the Fox

 was the last 

Thin Lizzy

 studio album 

on which

 guitarist 

Brian Robertson 

featured as a 

full member

 of the band, 

as the personality

 clashes between 

him and Lynott

 resulted

 Robertson

 being sacked, 

Reinstated, 

and later 

sacked again.

Recording

Once Lynott had returned

 to the UK from the 

aborted US tour

 in June 1976, 

when the band

 had been scheduled

 to support Rainbow, 

he spent time in

a hospital

 in Manchester 

recovering from hepatitis.

 He had an

 acoustic guitar 

with him and wrote

 the songs for 

Johnny the Fox

 during June and July, 

with one outing

 to play a gig at 

Hammersmith Odeon 

on July.11th 

After his release 

from hospital, 

Lynott joined the

 other members 

of the band

 and travelled to

 Munich, Germany 

in August to

 record the album

 at Musicland Studios 

with producer

 John Alcock.

 Alcock has said that 

the decision to

 record outside

 the UK 

was for tax reasons.

Early in the 

recording process, 

it became clear 

that neither the band 

nor the production team

 was happy with

 the studios

 or the recording process, 

and they experienced 

particular trouble

 obtaining a

 satisfactory drum sound. 

Lynott was 

still finishing

 the songwriting and,

 according to Alcock,

 the band were arguing

 about musical direction. 

On 6 August,

 they abandoned

 the sessions

 and returned to 

Ramport Studios

 in Battersea

 where the previous 

Jailbreak album 

had been recorded

 and Olympic Studios

 in Barnes, London. 

Brian Robertson 

has said that there 

was plenty of material

 from which to choose

 for the album, 

up to eight 

or nine tracks 

apart from the ten 

that appeared on

 the final release 

However,

 Alcock claims that

 the album suffered 

because Lynott

 needed more time

 to finish the songs, 

TRACK LIST 

CD 1

Jail Break

Angel From The Coast

Running Back

Romeo And The Lonely Girl

Warriors

The Boys Are Back In Town

Fight Or Fall

Cowboy Song

Emerald

Johnny

Rocky

Borderline

Don't Believe A Word

Fool's Gold

Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed

Old Flame

Massacre

Sweet Marie

Boogie Woogie Dance

BONUS CD

CD 2

The Boys Are Back In Town

 [Remix ]

Jailbreak 

[Remix ]

The Boys Are Back In Town

 [Alt Vocal Remix]

Emerald

 [Remix]

Jailbreak

 [BBC Session]

Emerald

 [BBC Session]

Cowboy Song

 [BBC Session]

Warriors

 [BBC Session]

Blues Boy

 [Previously Unreleased Studio Track]

Derby Blues 

 (early live version of Cowboy Song) 

Don't Believe A Word

 (Long Remix)

Still In Love With You

 (Long Remix)

Jailbreak

 (Long Remix)

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