''Grand Slam: Studio Sessions'' is a compilation album by

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rock band

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, released in 2002 (see

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), but recorded in 1984 (see

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). The first disc of this double-disc album is a collection of Grand Slam's songs, chosen by the keyboardist

Mark Stanway Mark Stanway (born 27 July 1954) is an English musician. He was the keyboard player for the prog rock band Magnum from 1980 until the end of 2016. Career Stanway first appeared with Magnum on the 1980 recording of ''Chase the Dragon'' (rel ...

. The second disc is a collection of demos, and two extracts from a radio interview with Phil Lynott in

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in 1984.

Track listing

;Disc one # "Nineteen" (Phil Lynott) – 4:02 # "Crime Rate" (Lynott,

) – 6:14 # "Sisters of Mercy" (Lynott, Stanway) – 6:37 # "

Whiter Shade of Pale "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, i ...

Like a Rolling Stone "Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...

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) – 5:46 # "Military Man" (Lynott, Stanway) – 6:16 # "Harlem" (Lynott, Doish Nagle) – 4:11 # "Gay Boys" (Lynott, Stanway) – 3:58 # "Breakdown" (Lynott, Stanway) – 3:31 # "Look In These Eyes" (Lynott) – 3:55 # "She Cries" (Lynott) – 4:02 ;Disc two # Radio Interview with Phil Lynott, Dublin 1984 – 8:02 # "Crime Rate" (Demo) (Lynott, Stanway) – 6:10 # Interview (Part 2) – 9:08 # "Nineteen" (Demo) (Lynott, Stanway) – 4:00 # "Slam" (Lynott, Stanway) – 7:15 # "Sisters of Mercy" (Alternative Mix) (Lynott, Stanway) – 7:01

Singles

*Whiter Shade Of Pale/Like A Rolling Stone – CD (2002)

Personnel

;Grand Slam * Phil Lynott – lead vocals, bass guitar *

Laurence Archer Laurence Archer (born 9 November 1961 in London) is a British guitarist and songwriter notable for his work with British rock bands UFO and Phil Lynott's Grand Slam. He wrote many of Grand Slam's songs together with Phil Lynott and Mark Stanway ...

– lead guitar *Doish Nagle – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

– keyboards, piano * Robbie Brennan – drums * Brian Downey - drums ;Technical *Sue Peters - photography *Martin Walker - re-mastering *Compiled and produced by Mark Stanway {{DEFAULTSORT:Studio Sessions (Grand Slam Album) 2002 compilation albums Compilation albums by Irish artists Grand Slam (band) albums