GARY MOORE – BACK ON THE STREETS LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ UK THIN LIZZY

Gary Moore – Back On The Streets
(MCA Records   1981  MCL1622)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– a little wear to edges & a little rubbing near the top

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a singer, songwriter, and virtuoso rock and blues guitarist.

In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with musicians including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teenage years, leading him to memberships of the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy, and British band Colosseum II. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock musicians as B.B. King, Albert King, John Mayall, Jack Bruce, Albert Collins, George Harrison, and Greg Lake, as well as having a successful solo career. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high-profile musicians.

Back on the Streets is an album by British blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1978, and his first authentic solo record (1973’s Grinding Stone album being credited to “The Gary Moore Band”). Thin Lizzy bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey appear on four songs, including UK top 10 single “Parisienne Walkways”. On the album’s sleeve, Moore is depicted leaving notorious prison Wormwood Scrubs in the Inner London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Side One

1. “Back On The Streets” (Moore/Campbell) – 4:19
2. “Don’t Believe A Word” (Phil Lynott) – 3:34
3. “Fanatical Fascists” (Lynott) – 2:44
4. “Flight Of The Snow Moose” (Instrumental) (Moore/Campbell) – 6:59

Side Two

1. “Hurricane” (Instrumental) (Moore/Campbell) – 4:50
2. “Song For Donna” (Moore/Campbell) – 5:22
3. “What Would You Rather Bee Or A Wasp” (instrumental) (Moore/Campbell) – 4:48
4. “Parisienne Walkways” (Lynott, Moore) – 3:08

Personnel

• Gary Moore: guitars, vocals
• Phil Lynott: bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals, vocals
• John Mole: bass guitar
• Don Airey: keyboards, organ, piano
• Brian Downey: drums, percussion
• Simon Phillips: drums, percussion