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Nigel Grainge (A+R Man, Vertigo Records) : They delivered the album to me, and I knew that at least four or five of the tracks on it were wrong for Thin Lizzy. They were forced, almost mindlessly hard and I didn't like them. So I faced the band with this and told them what I thought, which was pretty hard-nosed of me really 'cause I was only a jumped-up salesman who'd come in as a junior A+R man and was promoted to head of A+R simply because the company didn't have anyone else!
So here was this untrained youngster telling these seasoned tough guys that he didn't like their album. I expected them to tell me to fuck off, but they didn't! They didn't over-react at all, they just said, 'What don't you like about it?' and we sat down and talked it out. That was the thing about Phil, he could act the tough guy and he could be a maniac at times but he would also listen to advice. Anyway, they'd run out of budget at this stage so I gave them some more - about ten grand - and they came back in a couple of weeks with the best four on the album, one of which was 'King's Vengeance' which is still one my favourite Lizzy tracks.
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So here was this untrained youngster telling these seasoned tough guys that he didn't like their album. I expected them to tell me to fuck off, but they didn't! They didn't over-react at all, they just said, 'What don't you like about it?' and we sat down and talked it out. That was the thing about Phil, he could act the tough guy and he could be a maniac at times but he would also listen to advice. Anyway, they'd run out of budget at this stage so I gave them some more - about ten grand - and they came back in a couple of weeks with the best four on the album, one of which was 'King's Vengeance' which is still one my favourite Lizzy tracks.
(Source : http://www.nigelgrainge.com/biography-hotpressarticle.html)