Thin Lizzy"s second album from 1972 has now been digitally remastered and expanded with the addition of 9 Bonus Tracks including the hit single, "Whiskey In The Jar" plus it"s B-side, "Black Boys On The Corner", 3 songs which were overdubbed and remixed in 1977 and 4 songs recorded in session for John Peel Lynott, Bell and Downey entered De Lane Lea studios in Wembley in 1972 to begin work on their second album. Nine songs were chosen, all written by Lynott with the exception of "The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes" which was a collaborative effort between all three members of the band. The song had premiered the previous October as a session for the John Peel show on BBC Radio One. Philip Lynott explored both his love of powerful, Hendrix-esque rock and more acoustic and folk influenced material. Of the former style, "Baby Face" and "Call the Police" were exemplary, whilst "Chatting Today" and "Brought Down" were more introspective works. Perhaps the most revealing aspect to Lynott"s song writing skill during the January recording sessions was the evocative and sensitive side of his nature. "Sarah" (a title later revisited on the album "Black Rose" in a song written about the birth of his baby daughter in 1978) was a heartfelt folk song with added piano accompaniment from Clodagh Simonds (of the Irish folk rock outfit Mellow Candle, a fellow Decca signed act). Simonds also added sensitive Mellotron and Harpsichord parts to a song that would be a memorable closing track to the album, "Shades of Blue Orphanage". The song was an effective homage to Lynott"s years spent growing up in Dublin. Peppered with references to people and places dear to him, Philip referred to Roy Rogers and "Hopalong" Cassidy, the Western heroes of the Cowboy films he adored in his formative years and characters from his Dublin childhood. This remastered version of the album includes John Peel sessions broadcast on Radio 1, and several remixes.