Lately, there’s been a resurgence interest in Brian Robertson‘s work, but neither expanded reissues of THIN LIZZY’s classic albums nor the collating of WILD HORSES material focused on him, and the 70-year-old remains one of the most underrated Scottish axemen. Not that Robertson’s had much going in terms of solo career, as Brian’s only longplay under his own name was 2011’s “Diamonds And Dirt” – and it’s this platter which will go under the microscope on May 29th, when the record’s expanded reissue is to hit the shelves.
Two discs comprising the new edition feature the entire “Diamonds And Dirt” – with its Phil Lynott and Jeff Barry co-writes, and a previously released bonus cut attached alongside a couple of rarities – as well as “The Brian Robertson Album”: an instrumental collaboration between Robertson and R. Jeffrey that was laid down around the same time. Seemingly inessential, yet in fact, important; a pity, the original artwork git replaced with a generic porttrait.
Diamonds And Dirt /
The Brian Robertson Album
CD 1 – Diamonds And Dirt:
1. Diamonds And Dirt
2. Passion
3. It’s Only Money
4. Mail Box
5. Running Back
6. Texas Wind
7. Devil In My Soul
8. Do It Till We Drop (Drop It)
9. Blues Boy
10. That’s All
11. 10 Miles To Go On A 9 Mile Road
12. Running Back (Slow Version)
13. Ain’t Got No Money
bonus tracks:
14. Linger My Love
15. Blues Boy (outtake)
CD 2 – The Brian Robertson Album:
1. Fishers Love Birds
2. Hang ‘Em Low
3. Sea View
4. Can’t Work, Can’t, Can’t Sleep
5. How Can We Survive
6. Life On The Nile
7. Monsoon
8. The Art Of Poise
9. Sweet Girl
10. The Edge
11. Pilgrims
12. Peters Pans
13. Pillar To Post
