Thin Lizzy"s 3rd and final Decca album from 1973 has now been digitally remastered from the original master tapes and expanded with the addition of 23 songs over 2 CDs. Disc One contains the original album plus non-album tracks including the German-only B-side, "Cruising in the Lizzy Mobile", and radio promo edits of "Whiskey In The Jar" and "Randolph"s Tango". Disc Two contains 5 live tracks, 2 songs recorded for a John Peel session plus a further 6 songs recorded in session for the BBC. Lynott was to share co-producing duties with Nick Tauber and the group were granted the comparative luxury of being able to spend a month in the studio. The material recorded was perhaps some of the strongest written to date. Of the eight songs committed to tape, Lynott had written five and had co-written the remainder with Brian Downey and Eric Bell. The sessions also finally captured the power of Thin Lizzy as a rock band. "Mama Nature Said" was a Lynott penned rock number with an ecological theme that featured guest musician Jan Schelhaas on keyboards. "The Hero and the Madman" was a progressive hard rock number notable for its innovative use of vocals and the spoken word parts by Radio Luxembourg DJ and Thin Lizzy champion, David "Kid" Jensen, whilst "Vagabond of the Western World" was stylistically the kind of song that Philip Lynott excelled at, fusing hard rock and Irish influences to make for a classic Thin Lizzy track. Equally stunning was "The Rocker", arguably the band"s finest recorded moment to date. In hindsight this swaggering Philip Lynott song can be seen as the blueprint for Thin Lizzy"s post-Decca phase. The Lynott - Bell penned "Gonna Creep Up On You" was another fine percussive work that demonstrated the trio"s new found confidence. Time was also found to complete "Cruising in the Lizzy Mobile" which had begun life back in the April AIR studios sessions. The delicate and introverted sides of the band were also demonstrated superbly during the July sessions. "Slow Blues" was a powerful and dark blues rock number featuring tasteful guitar work from Bell and a superb vocal from Lynott, whilst "A Song for While I"m Away" was a softer piece which utilised a string section arranged by Fiachra Tench. Perhaps the most outstanding softer tracks (and one of the soon to be released album"s highlights) was the evocative and sensitive "Little Girl in Bloom", Philip Lynott"s ode to a newly pregnant woman, which saw his songwriting reach new heights. Also recorded was "Here I Go Again", an autobiographical Lynott song which recounted the tale of the early days of the band and their leaving of Dublin to live and work in Britain