Brimstone & Treacle

Brimstone & Treacle - Cover (front)

Brimstone & Treacle - Cover (back) with view of vinyl side b

Release Notes

• Label: Sisters Music

• Catalogue#: SS273

• Format: 7" vinyl single

• Released: 1987

Tracks

• Ghostrider/Louie Louie

• 1969

• Whisky In The Jar

Remarks

• The single plays at 33 ⅓ rpm.

• Ghostrider is not mentioned on the cover.

• The cover/label does not indicate that Whiskey In The Jar is a Thin Lizzy track

and misspells the song title as Whisky In The Jar.

• The label on side A states Andrew Eldritch & the old band.

• Possibly, the bootleg title is a reference to the television play and movie of the same title ...

Sources

• Ghostrider/Louie Louie was recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

• 1969 recorded live at York University 7.5.1981

• Whisky In The Jar is a song original by Thin Lizzy

The track on this vinyl is taken from a performance played as a tribute to the late

Thin Lizzy singer and songwriter Phil Lynott featuring among others Gary Moore

and recorded live at Self Aid, RDS Arena, Ballsbridge, Dublin on 17 May 1986.

An audience recording from this performance does exist with the excerpt used

for the present vinyl starting around 3:16 ...