The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans

The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans
Compilation album by Thin Lizzy
Released	September 1979
Recorded	1971–1973 with redubs in 1977
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Label	Decca
Producer	Philip Lynott, Nick Tauber

The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans is a 1979 compilation album by the rock group Thin Lizzy.

Despite ostensibly featuring a selection of songs from the band's first three albums and their rare "New Day" EP, most of the tracks are in fact different from the originally released versions, having been remixed and altered with newly recorded material specially for this release during Christmas 1977.^[1] Of the 11 tracks, only "Mama Nature Said", "The Hero and the Madman" and "Vagabond of the Western World" (all from Vagabonds of the Western World) are the same as their original album counterparts. Midge Ure (of Ultravox) and Gary Moore feature on some of the newly recorded songs. Despite the album's name, it does not include the track "Saga of the Ageing Orphan" from the band's first album.^[2]

The album has long been out of print, but all of the altered tracks have recently been re-released as bonus tracks on the 2010 remastered versions of Thin Lizzy, Shades of a Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds of the Western World.

Track listing

All tracks written by Phil Lynott unless stated.

1. "Things Ain’t Working Out Down at the Farm" - 3:58
2. "Buffalo Gal" - 5:11
3. "Sarah" - 2:48
4. "Honesty is No Excuse" - 2:45
5. "Look What the Wind Blew In" - 3:22
6. "Mama Nature Said" - 4:52
7. "The Hero and the Madman" - 6:08
8. "Slow Blues" (Lynott, Brian Downey) - 4:46
9. "Dublin" - 2:32
10. "Brought Down" - 3:08
11. "Vagabond of the Western World" - 4:46

Personnel

• Phil Lynott – bass guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Eric Bell – guitars
• Brian Downey – drums, percussion

with

• Midge Ure – guitar on tracks 1 & 9
• Gary Moore – guitars and keyboards on track 8
• Kid Jensen – narrator on track 7
• Clodagh Simonds – piano on track 3

Recordings

According to the sleeve notes, "All the tracks were originally recorded between the years 1971–1974. Remixes and alterations were recorded at No. 2 Studio, Decca West Hampstead, Christmas '77." The engineers are listed as Derek Varnals, Martin Haskell, Peter Rynston, Louie Austin and David Grinstead.

References

1. "Thin Lizzy – The Continuing Saga Of The Ageing Orphans". http://www.discogs.com. Retrieved 9 March 2013. External link in |work= (help)
2. "The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans". http://www.ovguide.com. Retrieved 9 March 2013. External link in |work= (help)