Studio Sessions (Grand Slam)

Infobox Album | Name = Grand Slam: The Studio Sessions
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = Grand Slam


Released = 2002
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Rock
Length = Disc 1: 48:36
Disc 2: 41:36
Label = Zoom Club Records (Ireland), Universal Music
Producer = Mark Stanway and Phil Lynott

"Grand Slam: Studio Sessions" is a compilation album by Irish rock band Grand Slam, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music), but recorded in 1984 (see 1984 in music).

The first disc of this double-disc album is a collection of Grand Slam's songs, chosen by the keyboardist Mark Stanway. The second disc is a collection of demos, and two extracts from a radio interview with Lynott in Dublin in 1984.

Track listing

Disc One

# "Nineteen" (Lynott) – 4:02
# "Crime Rate" (Lynott, Stanway) - 6:14
# "Sisters of Mercy" (Lynott, Stanway) - 6:37
# "Whiter Shade of Pale/Like a Rolling Stone" (Brooker, Reid / Dylan) – 5:46
# "Military Man" (Lynott, Stanway) - 6:16
# "Harlem" (Lynott, Nagle) - 4:11
# "Gay Boys" Lynott, Stanway) - 3:58
# "Breakdown" [Lynott, Stanway) - 3:31
# "Look In These Eyes" (Lynott) - 3:55
# "She Cries" (Lynott) – 4:02

Disc Two

# "Radio Interview with Phil Lynott, Dublin 1984" - 8:02
# "Crime Rate (Demo)" (Lynott, Stanway) - 6:10
# "Interview (Part 2)" - 9:08
# "Nineteen (Demo)" (Lynott, Stanway) - 4:00
# "Slam" (Lynott, Stanway) - 7:15
# "Sisters of Mercy (Alternative Mix)" (Lynott, Stanway) - 7:01

Personnel

*Phil Lynott - Bass guitar, Vocals
*Robbie Brennan - Drums
*Lawrence Archer - Lead Guitar
*Doishe Nagle - Guitar and Backing Vocals
*Mark Stanway - Keyboards

*Photography by Sue Peters
*Re-mastering by Martin Walker
*Compiled and Produced by Mark Stanway