Thin Lizzy live in Chicago, USA - 1976

Thin Lizzy live Riviera Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21/4-1976

Band
Phil Lynott: Bass/Vocal
Scott Gorham: Guitar/Vocal
Brian Robertson: Guitar/Vocal
Brian Downey: Drums/Vocal
Setlist
0:00 - Jailbreak
4:53 - The Boys Are Back In Town
10:18 - Emerald
14:11 - It’s Only Money
18:06 - Blues Boy
22:54 - Warrior
27:30 - Rosalie
33:01 - Suicide
38:12 - Angel From The Coast
41:49 - Sha La La
48:49 - Baby Drive Me Crazy
57:03 - The Rocker
1:00:53 - Radio talk

Guitar driven melodic hard rock at it’s best.
Good recording unfortunate with some hiss, but never less a good recording.
The big break for the band with the release of ”Jailbreak”.
This is Thin Lizzy in it’s prime, doing a lot of great tunes.
This one needs to have a listen.
If you like what you hear/see please feel free to subscribe on my channel/northvisions unofficial - GråZon

Read about Thin Lizzy here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Lizzy

Read about the ”Jailbreak” album:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailbreak_(album)

Thin Lizzy on the road 1976:
http://www.thinlizzyguide.com/tours/year/1976.htm

About the tape:
From the original May 23, 1976 broadcast. Almost for sure not the entire concert, but the entire broadcast (edits made by WXRT can be heard). This has made the rounds as "The Irish Dawn Chicago". This also circulates with an April 16, 1976 date. Since I marked the cassette immediately after the broadcast and still had at that time a vivid memory of the show, I'm 99% certain that the April 21, 1976 date is the correct one. Be-Bop Deluxe were the opening act, and I also have the WXRT broadcast of their performance. I also recall that WXRT were hyping up the pairing of these two acts together in the weeks before the concert.

A very good show, with a few small flaws:
-I set up my tape machine on the wrong bias for the TDK-KR C60 tape initially, then made the switch about 1:20 in "Jailbreak". I made a small edit to correct for the equalization (see later notes).
-Tape flip at 4:08 of Rosalie
-Only one of the guitars can be heard in the mix until track 04; this was apparently a soundboard recording and apparently a correction was made on the board; as this is how it was broadcast I've made no changes.

I've also left in WXRT announcer's comments at the end for posterity, but these can be deleted by the downloader. This was UnConcert #131, by the way.

Edits:
-Small fade in to track 01
-To adjust for the wrong tape equalization setting, I used SoundForge graphic equalization for the first 1:20 of track 01, with the following settings:
+1.2 dB boost at 2kHz, +2.4 dB boost at 4kHz, +3.4 dB boost at 8kHz, +2.2 dB boost at 16kHz.
-edit at tape flip in track 07, less than .01 seconds removed to smooth the transition
-Small fade-out on track 12
No other edits made.

A good overall stereo broadcast, A/A- quality, with a little FM hiss.

tmat44
January 2009

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