Former Thin Lizzy Irish frontman, Phil Lynott, released his first solo effort, Solo in Soho, in 1980. This star-studded gem (and Lynott's finest) is where Dirtbombs leader Mick Collins plucked Lynott's "Ode to a Blackman" for Ultraglide in Black.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10:00 PM-MIDNIGHT
A Salty Salute/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’95, Alien Lanes)
Do Li Do/ ENSEMBLE PIN (’08, Believer magazine comp.)
Another Man Done Gone/ ODETTA (’54, The Tin Angel)
Unreleased Backgrounds/ THE BEACH BOYS (’66, Pet Sounds)
Carolyn’s Fingers/ COCTEAU TWINS (’88, Blue Bell Knoll)
Soon/ MY BLOODY VALENTINE (’91, Loveless)
Moby Octopad/ YO LA TENGO (’97, I Can Hear the Heart Beat As One)
Hot Freaks/ GUIDED BY VOICES (94, Bee Thousand)
Pipeline/ JOHNNHY THUNDERS (’78, So Alone)
I Ain’t Nuthin’ But a Gorehound/ THE CRAMPS (’83, Smell of a Female)
Preachin’ the Blues/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)
Chowder/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’98,
Down on the Street/ THE STOOGES (’70, Fun House)
Ode to a Black Man [Solo in
Brown Paper Sack/ REIGNING SOUND (’02,
Aw Sh*t Man/ THE MINUS 5 (’06, The Epistle Dedicatory)
Strange Town/ THE JAM (’79)
Everything at Once/ SUPERCHUNK (’10, Majesty Shredding)*
Only a Girl/ REDD KROSS (’93, Phaseshifter)
Don’t Lie to Me/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)
Pretty Girls Go Insane/ OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (’05, Our Love Will Change the World)
Crimson Enemy/ THE BATS (’09, The Guilty Office)
She’s Got Everything/ THE KINKS (’68, ’72 collection, Kinks Kronikles)
I Don’t Know/ THE UNDERTONES (’81, Positive Touch)
Rock Hard Times/ EELS (’03, Shootenany!)
Ghost World/ AIMEE MANN (’99, Bachelor No. 2)
Dear Boy/ PAUL McCARTNEY (’71, Ram)
Inside Story/ DON McGLASHAN (’10, Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox)
Happy Nightmare Baby/ OPAL (’87, Happy Nightmare Baby)
Come to Me/ MARK LANEGAN (w/ PJ
Howl/ JUNIP (’10, Fields)*
You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman/ TERRY CALLIER (’72, What Color is Love)
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