Thin Lizzy – Vagabonds Of The Western World

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Label:	Decca – SKL 5170
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	1973
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Blues Rock, Hard Rock

Tracklist

A1	Mama Nature Said Organ – Jan Schelhaas Written-By – Lynott*	4:52
A2	The Hero And The Madman Voice – Kid Jensen Written-By – Lynott*	6:08
A3	Slow Blues Written-By – Downey, Lynott	5:14
A4	The Rocker Written-By – Downey, Bell, Lynott*	5:12
B1	Vagabond Of The Western World Written-By – Lynott*	4:44
B2	Little Girl In Bloom Written-By – Lynott*	5:12
B3	Gonna Creep Up On You Written-By – Bell, Lynott	3:27
B4	A Song For While I'm Away Arranged By [Strings] – Fiachra Trench Written-By – Lynott*	5:10

Companies, etc.

Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded At – Air Studios
Recorded At – Decca Tollington Park Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Decca Studios
Printed By – Senol Printing Ltd.
Printed By – Robert Stace
Published By – Pippin The Friendly Ranger Music
Published By – Pippin The Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd.

Credits

Bass, Vocals – Phil Lynott
Cello – Quentin Williams
Co-producer [Associate] – Phil Lynott
Design [Back Cover] – Rodney Mathews*
Design [Front Cover] – Jim Fitzpatrick
Design [Logo] – Bad Taste Productions
Engineer – Alan Harris, Kevin Fuller
Engineer [Assistant] – Alan Leaming, Dave Baker, Pete Swetenham*
Guitar, Vocals – Eric Bell (2)
Lacquer Cut By – W (12)
Mixed By [Remix], Engineer – Derek Varnals
Oboe, Cor Anglais – Paul Mosby
Percussion – Brian Downey
Photography By [Back Cover] – John Thomson (2), Mick Rock
Producer – Nick Tauber
Viola – Don McVay*, Tony Harris (3)
Violin – Alan Merrick, Alan Sloan (12), Godfrey Salmon, Ian MacKinnon*, Peter Oxer, Peter Poole

Notes

Early UK pressing with a slightly different typesetting layout on labels than found on this other very similar early version:
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World

Insert: Printed in England by Senol Printing Limited.
Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace.

On labels: Pippin The Friendly Ranger Music
On insert: Pippin The Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd.

Runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): ZAL-12520.P-3W
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): ZAL-12521.P-3W
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): ZAL-12520.P-5W UH 2D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): ZAL-12521.P-3W CH 3C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): ZAL-12521.P-3W BH 2C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): ZAL-12520.P-5W 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): ZAL-12520.P-5W 1 I I
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): ZAL-12521.P-3W 1 U D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): ZAL-12520.P-5W D A 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): ZAL-12521.P-3W U A 3 C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): ZAL-12520.P-3W D 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): ZAL-12521.P-3W C 1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Vagabonds Of The Western World (LP, Album)	London Records	XPS 636	Canada	1973
New Submission	Vagabonds Of The Western World (LP, Album)	London Records	XPS 636	Canada	1973
Recently Edited	Vagabonds Of The Western World (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Decca, Decca	SLK 17037-P, SLK 17 037-P	Germany	1973
	Vagabonds Of The Western World (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Decca	SLK 17037-P	Germany	1973
Recently Edited	Vagabonds Of The Western World (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold)	Decca	SLK 17037-P	Germany	1973

Reviews

LeonTP Jul 27, 2020
Good balanced mastering on these UK originals. A bit more bass would be nice but its hard to beat.

Equipment Used:
Technics SL-1210GR Turntable
Paratrace tipped Nagaoka MP-200 Cartridge
Cyrus 2 Amplifier
System Fidelity SF-3050 Tower Speakers
DeanLach May 2, 2019
Which version of this LP has "Whisky in the jar?"
thinlizzyguide Aug 7, 2017
Mothers Stamper for one of the first 500 copies
Matrix
Side A ZAL-12520.P-3W
Mothers/Stampers 1B
Side B ZAL-12521.P-3W
Mothers/Stampers 1B