Product Details

• Actors: Thin Lizzy
• Format: Full Screen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Greatest Hits Live
• DVD Release Date: November 10, 2009
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002N7W3QC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,760 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Thin Lizzy, led by the inimitable Phil Lynott, were one of the greatest rock bands ever to come out of Ireland. This concert from Loreley, Germany in 1981 was filmed for the German TV series Rockpalast. The set draws tracks from across Thin Lizzy's career and alongside the hits including "Hollywood", from the as then not yet released "Renegade", "Desaster", a track unique to this release, and "Memory Pain" which never made it onto any of their albums. Always a great live band, this DVD captures Thin Lizzy at their very best.

Line-Up: Phil Lynott - lead vocals, bass; Scott Gorham - guitar, backing vocals; Brian Downey - drums; Snowy White - guitar; Darren Wharton - keyboards.

TRACK LISTING:
1) Are You Ready?
2) Genocide
3) Waiting For An Alibi
4) Jailbreak
5) Trouble Boys
6) Don't Believe A Word
7) Memory Pain
8) Got To Give It Up
9) Chinatown
10) Hollywood
11) Cowboy Song
12) The Boys Are Back In Town
13) Suicide
14) Black Rose
15) Sugar Blues
16) Baby Drives Me Crazy
17) Rosalie
18) Desaster
19) Emerald

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thin Lizzy rocking hard in Deutschland . . ., December 20, 2009

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trebe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thin Lizzy - Are You Ready?: Live At Rockpalast (DVD)

As one of the early proponents of hard rock in the 70's, Thin Lizzy helped blaze the trail for the explosion of heavy metal in the 80's. Are You Ready? is a 19 song, 110 minute long performance, shot in Lorelei, Germany, for the German music program Rockpalast, in 1981. The band lineup is the same one that recorded Chinatown (1980). Phil Lynott on bass and vocals, Scott Gorham on guitar, Brian Downey on drums, and the band's newest members guitarist Snowy White, and Darren Wharton on keyboards.

The concert looks quite good for a performance this age, although the resolution is not the best. The editing is nicely done, and features a variety of camera angles with unobstructed views. When the stage is lighted red almost all detail is lost, and the image occasionally has some distorting horizontal lines, but otherwise the video is pretty watchable. Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital 5.1 and DTS surround sound, are the available options. The sound quality is mostly good, except for some issues with the guitars. Lynott's vocals and bass, and Downey's drums, both sound great. However at various times the guitar of either Gorham or White, seems muffled or muted. This distraction is mostly tolerable, as Lizzy's twin guitar attack kind of conceals the issue, until someone is playing a solo.

The DVD apparently contains the complete performance, which features a nice mix of the band's catalog. Included is the brand new song Hollywood (Down On Your Luck), plus Chinatown, Sugar Blues, and Genocide from the Chinatown album. Songs from Fighting (1975) include Suicide, and Rosalie, and with Memory Pain, the band even delves into the blues. Lizzy draws most heavily from their classic albums Jailbreak, and Black Rose. The classic anthem, The Boys Are Back In Town, is what most people know the band for. A speeded up version of Cowboy Song, packs a bit more punch than the album version. Jailbreak is always a favorite number live. All about excess, Got To Give It Up, is perhaps the most prophetic song Phil Lynott ever penned. Emerald, and Black Rose, are a Lizzy specialty, an Irish folk legend given life in a rock song. Black Rose is a showcase for the harmony lead guitar playing of White and Gorham, and also features a drum solo by Downey. A mostly laid back Snowy White, who does a pretty good job of duplicating the licks of previous Thin Lizzy guitarists, seems so much more comfortable playing his own music, particularly on a smoking hot version of Sugar Blues, another song about drug abuse. What is pretty cool is that after performing a long set, Lizzy returned to a chilly stage for a final encore, to perform Emerald, and Angel of Death (called Desaster here), which like Hollywood, would later appear on the Renegade (1981) album.

While not with some visual and audio glitches, this is still a very well preserved performance from this period in the band's history. There some 80's metal bands that do not have concert footage of comparable quality. Phil and the band are in good form, and Wharton's keyboards add some texture, and helps to minimize the sound issues with the guitars. Reasonably priced, it would be a nice addition to the hard rock concert collection.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Philo and the Renegades, November 17, 2009

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Thirty-Ought Six "music fiend" (West Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thin Lizzy - Are You Ready?: Live At Rockpalast (DVD)

I've only owned this DVD for a little over a week and I thought it was quite nice to have some footage of Lizzy with Snowy White onstage with the lads. The sound quality on it is good with some discrepancies in regards to Scott's and Snowy's guitars in the mix. Nevertheless, it is the complete show and the only song I wish they hadn't performed is the lacklustre "Trouble Boys" which was, at the time, their latest single. Why on earth Phil chose to release this song(written by Billy Bremmer(Rockpile) is beyond me. But, all in all, this is a solid show and it explains the ups and downs of Snowy's role within the group. On songs like "Emerald", "Cowboy Song", and "Suicide" it really shows that Snowy's style compared to those who preceded him(Robbo and Gary Moore)lacks the bite and vigorous venom that is required with those songs. Don't get me wrong, Snowy's a talented player, for sure, but, overall, one can see why John Sykes was later recruited to allow Lizzy to go out with a bang in their final throes as a group. If you're a die-hard Lizzy fan, you'll want this alongside the Live and Dangerous DVD set and the Greatest Hits DVD. I hope that there will be more footage released later on, especially with some of Phil's later projects(Grand Slam)...Great set this one....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thin Lizzy at their Best!!!!!! (The Boy's are Back in Town & Rocking on This DVD!!!!), March 21, 2010

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Gary Covington "Southern Rocker" (Louisiana, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thin Lizzy - Are You Ready?: Live At Rockpalast (DVD)

This concert was filmed in Loreley, Germany during 1981, for the German TV show Rockpalast (Rock Palace). It includes songs, that span Thin Lizzy's career. This is simply Thin Lizzy at their best. This was one of the best hard rocking bands, to come out of Ireland. Phil Lynott was a unique frontman. He cannot be imitated. He & the band ROCKS, in this concert!!! The concert has an approximate running time of 112 minutes.

The line-up is as follows:

The Late/Great, Phil Lynott - Bass, Lead Vocals

Brian Downey - Drums

Scott Gorham - Guitar

Snowy White - Guitar

Darren Wharton - Keyboards

The songs include:

1.Are You Ready?

2.Genocide

3.Waiting for an Alibi

4.Jailbreak

5.Trouble Boys

6.Don't Believe a Word

7.Memory Pain

8.Got to Give it Up

9.Chinatown

10.Hollywood

11.Cowboy Song

12.The Boy's Are Back In Town (Totally Awesome!!!!)

13.Suicide

14.Black Rose

15.Sugar Blues

16.Baby Drives me Crazy

17.Rosalie

18.Desaster

19.Emerald

If you like a good, hard-rocking concert, then you'll really enjoy this concert dvd!!!! I know I do!!! Thanks!!!!