Live and Dangerous

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The Lowlist: Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous is one of the greatest live albums ever released". Guitar World. 26 March 2023 . Retrieved 25 April 2023. And I just heard Bob Dylan is a Thin Lizzy fan,” claims Gorham. “Yeah, Bob, but where were you when we needed you, man?” By the mid-1970s, Thin Lizzy had stabilised around its founding members – singer and bassist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey – and guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. The band had scored hit singles and developed a strong live following, including headlining the Reading Festival. Robertson had briefly left the band in 1977 but subsequently returned. [2] Maxwell Martello: I’d give this one a 9/10. It is perfect, but artificially so. It’s been well documented by Tony Visconti and the band that about 25% of the record benefits from studio wizardry. Frampton’s record (or Kiss’s Alive!) for that matter were just as doctored.

This 8 CD Super Deluxe Edition is a treasure trove for Thin Lizzy fans. It includes seven shows from 1976 to 1978, meticulously remastered from the original tapes. The box set features performances from iconic venues like the Hammersmith Odeon and the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, capturing the band’s raw energy and stage presence. This amount of material, arguably, muddied the waters. The band and producer Tony Visconti could have released a brilliant Live And Dangerous a year earlier using only Hammersmith recordings (the third night’s disc is mind-blowing), but that would have meant a document without Southbound, Dancing In The Moonlight and Are You Ready (from the Rainbow). It was a culmination of too much fighting, boozing, drugging and challenging Lynott’s authority. Robertson played his last gig with Thin Lizzy at the Ibiza Music Show on July 6, 1978. Lynott Sykes: As a NWOBHM offspring, I was unfortunately too young to witness the release of this legendary live album at the time, but its iconic cover art intrigued my teenage brain. My introduction to Thin Lizzy was Live/Life, and I didn't know it was their swan song. Since then, not a year has passed without listening to it several times, I can remember every moment of it, so I'll be the only blasphemer here to confess that I'd rather take Live/Life on a desert island, even if L&D sounds better.The first steps towards Live And Dangerous were taken when Gorham and Robertson joined Thin Lizzy within days of each other. Part-Guyanese, part-Irish Phil Lynott had formed the group with Downey and original guitarist Eric Bell in their native Dublin in 1969. Live And Dangerous 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition | Thin Lizzy". Record Collector. 29 December 2022 . Retrieved 25 April 2023. The band and Visconti listened to over 30 hours of archive recordings, looking for the best performances. [3] The album's sleeve notes credit two concerts as its source: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England on 14 November 1976 (part of the tour for Johnny the Fox, released earlier that year), and Seneca College Fieldhouse, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 28 October 1977 (part of the tour for Bad Reputation). [1] a b Chester, Tim (9 March 2011). "NME's 50 Greatest Live Albums Of All Time – What Are Yours?". NME . Retrieved 23 February 2018.

The best live album ever? It's always funny to see that just about every live-album is said or written to be the best live album in existence. Likewise from this album. I think I have 20 live albums with that predicate. O’Donnell suggested 17 photographs on the gatefold, one from each song, so listeners could follow the music. The eighteenth photo was chosen by Lynott and showed straw, a razor blade and a rolled-up banknote – a glimpse of the recreational habits that would eventually derail him. Live and Dangerous was originally intended to be a studio album. Working with producer Tony Visconti, Thin Lizzy had had huge success with their previous album Bad Reputation, and the group wanted to work with him again. But since Visconti had a very tight schedule Phil Lynott came up with the idea that they spend two weeks together compiling a live album instead. Live & Dangerous (VHS Sleeve). Thin Lizzy. London, UK: Hendring/ Castle Communications. 1994. HEN 2 021. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

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He’d lay on the floor of the dressing room after a show and the sweat would pool around him,” recalls Gorham. “I’d say: ‘That don’t look too good, Phil…’” The first time I ever properly met Gary Moore was at the airport,” recalls Gorham. Moore and Lynott had a complex relationship. “The day Phil tells me we’re having Gary, he’s getting into a car and gives me a warning: ‘You’re gonna fall in love with this guy.’ Then he rolls down the window and says: ‘But don’t ever trust him’, and drives off. Thanks, Phil.” Offiziellecharts.de – Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.