Thin Lizzy: Live In Cleveland 1976 (2LP Transparent Vinyl)

Thin Lizzy’s Live In Cleveland 1976 arrives as a Record Store Day 2026 exclusive on 18 April 2026. It is being issued as a 2LP set on transparent vinyl through Mercury / Vertigo, with Rough Trade listing the catalogue number as 8801651 and noting a pressing quantity of 6,728 copies. Retail listings and RSD pages also show the UPC / EAN as 0602488016513. 

As a live release, this one has real weight because it captures Thin Lizzy in 1976, which is right in the sweet spot of their classic period. This is the era when the band had the swagger, the songs, and the twin-guitar firepower all clicking at once. On paper alone, the setlist is stacked: “Jailbreak,” “Emerald,” “The Boys Are Back In Town,” “Warriors,” “Rosalie (Cowgirl’s Song),” “Suicide,” and “Sha-La-La.” That is not just fan-service material, that is a proper snapshot of a band at full strength. 

What makes this especially appealing is that it is not some random off-night dragged out of the vaults. Everything about the track selection suggests a band in attack mode, balancing streetwise hard rock hooks with the flash and drama that made Thin Lizzy so special. Jailbreak gave them their breakthrough, but live documents like this are what remind people how powerful they were on stage. Phil Lynott was never just a frontman in the standard sense. He gave the band personality, danger, soul, and that cool nobody else could fake. 

For a Rue Morgue Records angle, this looks like one of the stronger rock titles on the 2026 RSD list. It has the right ingredients: classic year, killer material, a clean collector hook with the transparent 2LP format, and a band whose reputation only grows the further we get from the 70s. This is the kind of archival release that actually earns the shelf space because the music and the era both matter.