Brian Robertson, one of the central guitarists who shaped rock music in the seventies and the first half of the eighties, is getting a reissue of the debut solo album “Diamonds And Dirt”. The reissue is set for May 29, 2026.
The legendary guitarist’s album, originally released in 2011, gets beefed up with two bonus tracks. The package also includes the previously unreleased instrumental album “The Brian Robertson Album”, recorded in the same period as “Diamonds And Dirt”.
Robertson first turned heads in 1974, when, at just 18, Robertson joined Thin Lizzy and, together with Scott Gorham, helped craft that unmistakable twin-guitar harmony sound on classics like The Boys Are Back In Town and Jailbreak. Next came the band Wild Horses, followed by a stint in Mötorhead, with whom Robertson recorded and released the album “Another Perfect Day” in 1983.
Originally recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, “Diamonds And Dirt” delivers raw blues hard rock inspired by the work of Free and Bad Company, with Leif Sundlin, Nalle Påhlsson, Ian Haughland and Rob Lamothe joining in on the album.
Tracklist
Disc 1: “Diamonds And Dirt” (2011)
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)
Disc 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
