Description
Offered for sale is a Japanese pressing of Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy, including the original obi.
About this copy: This copy of Jailbreak is a 1978 Japanese pressing on the “spaceship” Vertigo label of an album that was originally released in 1976.
The cover is VG++ with very slight corner wear. The obi is VG++ with a couple of minor wrinkles, but no tears.
The insert is M-.
The disc is M- with one or two spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a rare Thin Lizzy LP and the only copy we’ve ever had for sale.
Background: Released in 1976, Jailbreak was the sixth album by Thin Lizzy.
The album reached #10 on the UK album chart and #18 on the U.S. chart.
Allmusic.com gave Jailbreak a 5 star review:
Thin Lizzy found their trademark twin-guitar sound on 1975’s Fighting, but it was on its 1976 successor, Jailbreak, where the band truly took flight. Unlike the leap between Night Life and Fighting, there is not a great distance between Jailbreak and its predecessor. If anything, the album was more of a culmination of everything that came before, as Phil Lynott hit a peak as a songwriter just as guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson pioneered an intertwined, dual-lead guitar interplay that was one of the most distinctive sounds of ’70s rock, and one of the most influential…. Thin Lizzy is tough as rhino skin and as brutal as bandits, but it’s leavened by Lynott’s light touch as a singer, which is almost seductive in its croon. This gives Jailbreak a dimension of richness that sustains, but there’s such kinetic energy to the band that it still sounds immediate no matter how many times it’s played. Either one would make it a classic, but both qualities in one record makes it a truly exceptional album.
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| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Vertigo |
| Catalog Number: |
RJ-7090 |
| Year of Release: | 1978 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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