''Remembering – Part 1'' is a

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by rock group

Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. The band initially consisted of bass guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric Bell and organist Eric Wrixon although Wr ...

, one of the first compilations of the band's early years with

Eric Bell Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947) is a Northern Irish rock and blues musician, best known as a founding member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy, of which he was a member from 1969 to 1973. After his time in Thin Li ...

, released by their record company at that time,

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, in an apparent attempt to cash in on the chart success Lizzy had recently begun enjoying with

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. It includes "Sitamoia" (based on the traditional Irish song Cailleach an Airgid/The Hag with the Money) and "Little Darling", both featuring

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during his first brief stint with the group, the first of which was previously unreleased. The time frame of the album stretches from 1971 to 1974. The album was issued in the US as ''Rocker (1971-1974)'' in 1977 by

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, with the song "Honesty Is No Excuse" instead of "A Song for While I'm Away". The album was known simply as ''Remembering'' in Germany, where it was released as a 27-track double album.

Track listings

* Sitamoia is credited differently in various place, either to Lynott or Downey. Unconfirmed is that Lynott made Downey a birthday gift of the writing credit

Remembering (German double LP)

*All tracks written by

Phil Lynott Philip Parris Lynott (, ; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the co-founder, lead vocalist, bassist, and primary songwriter for the hard rock band Thin Lizzy. He was known for his distinctive ...

unless stated. ;Side 1 # "Remembering" # "The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes" (Lynott, Bell, Downey) # "Buffalo Gal" # "I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive" # "Sarah" # "Brought Down" ;Side 2 # "Randolph's Tango" # "Chatting Today" # "Baby Face" # "Call the Police" # "Shades of a Blue Orphanage" # "Broken Dreams" (Lynott, Bell, Downey) # "Old Moon Madness" ;Side 3 # "Black Boys on the Corner" # "The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle" (Bell, Lynott) # "Honesty Is No Excuse" # "Diddy Levine" # "Ray-Gun" (Bell) # "Look What the Wind Blew In" # "Sitamoia" ;Side 4 # "Eire" # "Return of the Farmers Son" # "Clifton Grange Hotel" # "Saga of the Ageing Orphan" # "Dublin" # "Things Ain't Working But Down at the Farm" # "Remembering (Part 2)" (NB Side 4 Track 6 "... But Down ..." is a sleeve error and the song is " ... Out Down ...")

Personnel

;Thin Lizzy *

–

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

, acoustic guitar, associate producer *

–

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

s (except tracks 5 & 6) * Brian Downey –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

– guitars and backing vocals on tracks 5 & 6 ;Additional musicians *

Fiachra Trench Fiachra Terence Wilbrah Trench (born 7 September 1941, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Trench first studied Chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin, before moving on to the ...

– string arrangement on track 2 *

Ivor Raymonde Ivor Raymonde (born Ivor Pomerance; 22 October 1926 – 4 June 1990) was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s. Life and ca ...

–

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a Capstan (tape recorder), capstan, which pulls i ...

on track 6 ;Production *

Nick Tauber Nick Tauber is a British record producer best known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Toyah and Marillion in the 1970s and 1980s. Nick Tauber continues to manage, produce, and consult with acts/artists/and producers. In the late 1990s, Tauber was inv ...

– producer *Frank Rodgers - executive producer * Jim Fitzpatrick - cover art

References

1976 compilation albums Thin Lizzy compilation albums Decca Records compilation albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub