Thin Lizzy announce new Acoustic Sessions album and share previously unheard version of 'Whiskey In The Jar'

Thin Lizzy have announced Acoustic Sessions, their first new release in over four decades. Set to release on January 24, 2025, the album reimagines some of the band's most beloved tracks, fusing original vocals from the late Phil Lnynott with newly recorded guitar parts from founding member Eric Bell.

"I remember recording 'Eire' from our debut album in 1971," Bell said. "I wrote the main guitar part first on acoustic and then we built it up from there. I played the 12-string acoustic throughout the track and introduced the electric on top. This was useful in the studio in Belfast recently where we recorded fresh guitar parts to allow us to create new Thin Lizzy acoustic versions of some of our favourite songs, by recreating those original acoustic parts and adding the vocals which Philip laid down on the day and those original drum parts which Brian came up with in the original recording sessions".

The album marks the first time since Bell’s exit in 1973 that he has recorded under the Thin Lizzy name.

Each track on the album is a freshly created version of songs featured on either of the 50th-anniversary super deluxe editions of Vagabonds Of The Western World, considered Thin Lizzy’s breakthrough. The new album also includes acoustic renditions of songs from their self-titled debut and Shades of a Blue Orphanage. For the first time, “Whiskey In The Jar,” Thin Lizzy’s first UK Top 10 hit, is presented in an acoustic format.

A D2C edition includes an exclusive bonus track, 'Slow Blues G.M,' a tribute to Gary Moore, alongside acoustic versions of these classic tracks:

• 'Mama Nature Said'

• 'A Song for While I’m Away'

• 'Eire' • 'Slow Blues'

• 'Dublin'

• 'Whiskey In The Jar'

• 'Here I Go Again'

• 'Shades of A Blue Orphanage'

• 'Remembering Pt. 2'

The album will be available in both CD and limited-edition marble vinyl formats, along with an ultra-limited vinyl edition featuring an exclusive bonus track. To pre-order the LP click here.