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Thin Lizzy

Marquee Club, London – Tuesday 5^th February 1974

THIN LIZZY, fresh from their Irish triumph, showed off their new guitarist at London’s Marquee last night and they have every reason to be proud of him. The substitution of Gary Moore for Eric Bell has in no way diluted the band's sound at all while some were saying that Gary dosen't have quite the range of his predecessor, it must be remembered that he's still playing himself in.

They produced the best sound I’ve heard from a band in the Marquee for ages.

It's a pity though that so many people are packed into the place these days that one needs to be pretty stoic to enjoy anything. It doesn’t add anything to anyone’s pleasure to see girls dropping like flies around you, smitten by the excessive heat,

It was thus that in company with a good many people that I left well before the end. It wasn't Lizzy’s fault - what I heard was good.

RAY FOX-CUMMING