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PHIL LYNOTT Solo In Soho ORIGINAL WEST GERMAN CD RARE

Rare original West German CD album

Vertigo 842 563 2
P) & (C) 1980 Phonogram Ltd.
BIEM/STEMRA
Made in Germany
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Solo In Soho = Studio album by Philip Lynott
Released: 17 September 1980
Recorded: Winter 1979–early 1980 at Good Earth Studios, Soho, London; Compass Point Studios, Nassau
Genre: Rock
Length: 35:47
Label: Vertigo
Producer: Philip Lynott, Kit Woolven

Solo in Soho is the first solo album by Philip Lynott, released while he was still in Thin Lizzy. Current and former Lizzy members guested on the album including Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, Snowy White, and Gary Moore. Brian Robertson also contributed to the writing of Girls.
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler plays on "King's Call", a lament to Elvis Presley. Huey Lewis plays harmonica on "Tattoo (Giving It All Up For Love)" and "Ode To A Black Man". Lewis later covered the former on his 1982 album, Picture This.

"Yellow Pearl" was released as a single in two remixed versions - the first of these being later used as the theme tune for the British TV programme Top of the Pops. This version was later included on Lynott's second solo album The Philip Lynott Album.

Track listing:
All songs by Philip Lynott, except where noted.

"Dear Miss Lonely Hearts" (Jimmy Bain, Lynott) – 4:11
"King's Call" – 3:40
"A Child's Lullaby" – 2:43
"Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)" – 3:21
"Solo in Soho" – 4:15
"Girls" (Bain, Lynott, Brian Robertson) – 4:00
"Yellow Pearl" (Lynott, Midge Ure) – 4:06
"Ode to a Black Man" – 4:06
"Jamaican Rum" – 2:43
"Talk in 79" – 3:00

Philip Lynott – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, minimoog, vocoder, string machine, percussion, vocals
Scott Gorham – guitars (tracks 1, 4, 8)
Snowy White – guitars (tracks 1, 5)
Mark Knopfler – electric guitar (track 2)
Gary Moore – guitar (track 9)
Jerome Rimson – bass guitar (track 5)
Huey Lewis – harmonica (tracks 4, 8)
Fiachra Trench – strings (tracks 3, 4)
Jimmy Bain – piano, synthesizer minimoog, string machine (track 6)
Billy Currie – ARP synthesizer (track 6)
Midge Ure – ARP synthesizer, mini moog, string machine (track 7)
Brian Downey – drums, percussion
Bob Benberg – drums, percussion (track 6)
Tony Charles – steel drums (track 9)
Andy Duncan – percussion (tracks 3 and 5)
Julia – backing vocals (track 5)
Lena – backing vocals (track 6, 7)
Sophie – backing vocals (track 6)
Margi – backing vocals (track 6)
Silver – backing vocals (track 6)
Christine – backing vocals (track 6)
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Solo Debut,
Don't expect Thin Lizzy part two, but this album has some great tracks. King's Call sounds like something off of Black Rose I must say, it'a great song. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, Yellow Pearl, I just can't explain how much I love this album. Ode To A Blackman was actually written during the Black Rose Sessions. Fantastic album. Give it a listen.

5.0 out of 5 stars Genius,
Just read the song credits: at least fifty percent of this album features Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore and Snowy White - the core of Thin Lizzy. Elsewhere we find Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits (on the glorious King's Call single), Midge Ure of Ultravox (on Yellow Pearl, which became the theme tune to the UK's Top of the Pops for many years), and Huey Lewis (who would later release his own version of one of the songs here, Tattoo, and who incidentally is one mean harmonica player). A solo album was the ideal place for Phil Lynott to try out styles unsuitable for Thin Lizzy, and though the results were patchy, certain gems were immediately apparent. The title track, with its reggae beat, must surely be one of Lynott's finest recordings. Ode To A Black Man thrills with it's chunky bass and sharp lyrics. Talk In 79 allows Lynott to deliver a spoken monologue set against a tight bass & drum line, showcasing just what a superb bass player he really was. Elsewhere we have Dear Miss Lonely Hearts which wouldn't have been out of place on Lizzy albums such as Renegade or Chinatown. Although Phil Lynott's solo work never seriously challenged his band's output, Solo in Soho (and to a much lesser degree his second solo album) exhibit instances of the pure talent that marked him out as one of rock music's true innovators, and Solo in Soho remains the finest album that Thin Lizzy never released.

5.0 out of 5 stars emotive flashbacks of Phil's life,
when you listen to music like this, it just brings home how sad Chart music has become. cliched manufactured candyfloss has taken over from soul searching songwriting with an edge,tracks like girls, a childs lullabuy and the title track, are just examples of lost true music missing in todays chart pap. buy it

5.0 out of 5 stars Phil's solo album is best remembered for 2 tracks; Dear Miss Lonely Hearts - the hit single and for his Top of the Pops theme "Yellow Pearl" arguably the best theme in the shows history. But there more to it than that, the Ode to a Black Man, Kings Call and Solo in Soho all could have been the feature tracks.