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PHIL LYNOTT'S GRAND SLAM - Studio Sessions (2-CD) (1984) UK
Music Melon Records MM09



CD-1:
01. Nineteen
02. Crime Rate
03. Sisters Of Mercy
04. A Whiter Shade Of Pale/Like A Rolling Stone
05. Military Man
06. Harlem
07. Gay Boys
08. Breakdown
09. Look In These Eyes
10. She Cries

CD-2:
01. Radio Interview With Phil Lynott : Dublin 1984 (Part 1)
02. Crime Rate (Demo)
03. Radio Interview With Phil Lynott : Dublin 1984 (Part 2)
04. Nineteen (Demo)
05. Slam
06. Sisters Of Mercy (Alternative Mix)

Phil Lynott - Vocals & Bass (THIN LIZZY, FUNKY JUNCTION, THE GREEDIES, THE BLACK EAGLES, ORPHANAGE, KAMA SUTRA, SKID ROW)
Laurence Archer - Lead Guitar (STAMPEDE, WILD HORSES, LAUTREC, UFO, MEDICINE HEAD, LONG ISLAND RED)
Donald "Doishe" Nagle - Guitar (ANGEL, FANTASY, THE BOGEY BOYS)
Mark Stanway - Keyboards (MAGNUM, THE HONEYDRIPPERS, RAINMAKER, WHEELS OF FIRE)
Robbie Brennan - Drums (CLANNAD, STEPASIDE, MIDNIGHT WELL)
Brian Downey - Drums (THIN LIZZY, FUNKY JUNCTION, THE GREEDIES)

GRAND SLAM were a five piece Hard Rock band formed in 1984, the brainchild of ex-THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott.
Lynott had originally intended to include two members of the most recent Thin Lizzy line up, guitarist John Sykes and, (after being turned down by MOTöRHEAD drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor), drummer Brian Downey.
Sykes, after much cajoling and an impressive financial offer, instead opted to join up with David Coverdale in WHITESNAKE.
Downey initially signed up to Grand Slam but quit after a short time, saying he "didn't see the point in making a second-rate Thin Lizzy".
Lynott, although downhearted, carried on with his project, ending up with a line-up of Laurence Archer (Lead Guitar; ex-STAMPEDE, WILD HORSES & LAUTREC), Doishe Nagle (Guitar), Robbie Brennan (Drums), Mark Stanway (Keyboards; ex-MAGNUM), with Lynott on Bass and Vocals.
Lynott was keen to shed the "second-rate Thin Lizzy" tag, and was adamant that they would only ever perform three Lizzy songs live, ("Cold Sweat", "Sarah", "Whiskey In The Jar").
Grand Slam split up in 1985, due to their inability to secure a record deal, despite being an excellent live act with a large cult following.
Lynott instead embarked upon a solo career, releasing the "Out In The Fields" single (A duet with GARY MOORE), before following it up with the "Nineteen" 7", which was, ironically, a Grand Slam song.
Gary Moore then also recorded a version of a Grand Slam track, this time it was "Military Man", for his "Run For Cover" album.
Post-Grand Slam Laurence Archer recorded a solo album, titled "L.A.", which was only released in Japan in 1985.
Stanway returned to his previous band, MAGNUM, rejoining in time for their successful "On A Storyteller's Night" album.
Stanway remains a member of Magnum, and in 2002 he found time to produce and release 2 posthumous Grand Slam CD's, "Grand Slam : Live 1984", and "Studio Sessions".
Archer, having passed through the ranks of UFO, LONG ISLAND RED and MEDICINE HEAD has recently returned to music, reforming his old band STAMPEDE.
Phil Lynott sadly died on the 4th of January 1986 from liver, heart and kidney failure, a result of his years of hard drug and alcohol abuse.
He was just 36.
Some of Grand Slam's live and studio recordings got a limited posthumous release on the not-quite-legit Zoom Club Records during the 1990's.
In 2010 the Music Melon label issued superior remastered versions of these recordings as the 2-CD sets, "Live In Ireland" and "The Studio Sessions", and as the 4-CD "The Collection".

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