| Shades of a Blue Orphanage | ||||
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| Released | 10 March 1972[1] | |||
| Recorded | 17 December 1971 – January 1972 [2] | |||
| Studio | De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley, London | |||
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| Length | 40:09 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Nick Tauber | |||
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Shades of a Blue Orphanage is the second studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1972. The title is a combination of the members' previous bands: Shades of Blue and Orphanage.
"Sarah" was written for Phil Lynott's grandmother who raised him when his mother, Philomena, was unable to do so. This song should not be confused with the 1979 song of the same name, for Lynott's daughter, included on Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
A remastered and expanded version of Shades of a Blue Orphanage was released on 11 October 2010.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2011). Fighting My Way Back: Thin Lizzy 69–76. Power Chord Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-9811057-5-8.
- ^ Byrne, Alan (20 September 2015). Shades of a Blue Orphanage. Soundcheck Books. ISBN 9780992948085.