In the late 70s Thin Lizzy were at the absolute peak of their performance powers, so the timing to record their first live album couldn’t have been better. The trouble was, Visconti was on a tight schedule, so rather than go through the rigmarole of writing a whole new album, they decided a live album was the way to go. Live and Dangerous was the opportunity to right these wrongs with the assistance of super-producer Tony Visconti.
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While Thin Lizzy had been stalwarts of the rock scene since the early 70s, and they had eventually laid to rest the one hit wonder status they had gained with “Whiskey in the Jar”, with the anthemic “The Boys are Back in Town” and the accompanying Jailbreak album, none of their studio albums had really managed to reflect the majestic glory of Phil Lynott and the rest of Lizzy in full flight on stage. Live and Dangerous is very much in this latter group, in fact some consider it to be the greatest live album ever released. By and large it was a great leveller, as it could find otherwise massively successful acts amplify their lesser qualities (Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same, Yes’s Yesshows, etc), on the other hand it could be a handy document of an act that had hitherto failed to capture their live energy in the studio, but absolutely nailed it on stage night after night, especially when the tape started rolling (Humble Pie’s Performance: Rockin’ the Filmore, Cheap Trick at Budokan, etc). The live album was a right of passage for the majority of 70s rockers.
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