THIN LIZZY‘s ”Live And Dangerous” was released in 1978 and is arguably one of the best live albums of all time. It was recorded in London and Toronto in 1977, during the tours accompanying the albums Johnny the Fox and Bad Reputation.
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.
This new ”Live And Dangerous [Super Deluxe Edition Remastered Box Set 8-CD]” is the definitive version of the album, containing all the shows that make up the record newly mixed by Ben Findlay from the original multi-tracks, mastered by Andy Pearce and overseen by guitarist Scott Gorham.
This release goes to dispel the rumours that the album was extensively overdubbed in the studio and its presented here as the shows were intended with the rawness of a band, they were at the top of their game night after night.
This Super Deluxe version of ”Live And Dangerous” delivers the original masterpiece, plus seven live sets. There are three Johnny The Fox tour nights at Hammersmith Odeon in November ’76; two from Philadelphia and one in Toronto in October ’77 when Bad Reputation was new, plus the Rainbow Theatre set of March ’78 (taped after work on Live And Dangerous had begun, sticking close to the album’s running order).
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).
Playing these seven bonus discs begins as an exercise in nitpicking, looking for mistakes repaired. Abandon that, it’s too hard.
Besides, no change was as dramatic – not even snippets so subtly removed from Rosalie, Dancing In The Moonlight, Baby Drives Me Crazy etc – as the re-sequencing necessary to make the 17 songs fit across four sides of vinyl.
Instead enjoy those left off: Johnny, It’s Only Money, Soldier Of Fortune, Opium Trail and Bad Reputation. Rejoice too in the spontaneous variations between performances while noting (despite what the original gatefold might have implied) that most come from the second night in Philadelphia (where Southbound was recorded at sound-check).
In 2023 we get unprecedented access to the legendary Lynott-Downey-Gorham-Robertson line-up in full flight, opening their sets with show-stoppers (Jailbreak and Emerald often in the first three), delivering favourites Still In Love With You and The Boys Are Back In Town before halfway, and climaxing with songs they hadn’t yet released: Baby Drives Me Crazy, Me And The Boys…, Are You Ready).
Visconti spent weeks polishing the original ”Live And Dangerous” into a masterpiece.
This box set suggests that all we ever needed was around 80 minutes, including encores. Seven additional, yet equally dazzling, versions prove that and give us Thin Lizzy in their prime: live, raw and dangerous.
Disc 1: Live And Dangerous (Super Deluxe, Remastered 2022)
01. Jailbreak (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (4:45)
02. Emerald (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (4:20)
03. Southbound (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (4:50)
04. Rosalie (Cowgirl's Song) (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976 / 7" Edit / Remastered 2022) (3:57)
05. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (3:54)
06. Massacre (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (2:56)
07. Still In Love With You (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (7:40)
08. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (3:39)
09. Cowboy Song (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (4:53)
10. The Boys Are Back In Town (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Remastered 2022) (4:41)
11. Don't Believe A Word (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (2:18)
12. Warriors (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA / 1977 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (4:08)
13. Are You Ready? (Live At The Rainbow Theatre, UK / 29th March 1978 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (2:38)
14. Suicide (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (5:17)
15. Sha-La-La (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (5:21)
16. Baby Drives Me Crazy (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (7:14)
17. The Rocker (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976 / Edit / Remastered 2022) (3:41)
Disc 2: Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 14th Nov 1976
01. Jailbreak (4:32)
02. Massacre (3:30)
03. Emerald (4:15)
04. Johnny (4:22)
05. It's Only Money (3:26)
06. Still In Love With You (9:10)
07. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed (4:16)
08. The Boys Are Back In Town (5:04)
09. Rosalie/ Cowgirl's Song (5:08)
10. Suicide (5:29)
11. Warriors (4:38)
12. Sha La La (6:29)
13. Baby Drives Me Crazy (8:51)
Disc 3: Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 15th Nov 1976
01. Jailbreak (4:25)
02. Massacre (3:26)
03. Emerald (3:31)
04. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed (4:09)
05. The Boys Are Back In Town (4:58)
06. Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song (5:22)
07. Suicide (5:18)
08. Warriors (4:31)
09. Sha La La (7:01)
10. Baby Drives Me Crazy (9:20)
11. Me And The Boys Were Wondering How You And The Girls Were Getting Home From Here Tonight (8:07)
12. The Rocker (4:31)
Disc 4: Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London 16th Nov 1976
01. Jailbreak (4:21)
02. Massacre (3:24)
03. Emerald (4:19)
04. Johnny (4:27)
05. It's Only Money (3:32)
06. Still In Love With You (9:27)
07. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed (4:24)
08. The Boys Are Back In Town (4:59)
09. Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song (5:08)
10. Suicide (5:18)
11. Warriors (4:35)
12. Sha La La (7:03)
13. Baby Drives Me Crazy (9:57)
14. Me And The Boys Were Wondering How You And The Girls Were Getting Home From Here Tonight (7:29)
Disc 5: Live At The Philadelphia Tower Theatre, USA / 20th October 1977
01. Soldier Of Fortune (5:57)
02. Jailbreak (4:55)
03. Johnny (4:05)
04. Warriors (4:24)
05. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (4:18)
06. Massacre (3:16)
07. Still In Love With You (7:58)
08. Cowboy Song (4:56)
09. The Boys Are Back In Town (4:55)
10. Opium Trail (4:50)
11. Don't Believe A Word (2:27)
12. Emerald (4:32)
13. Bad Reputation (6:03)
14. Baby Drives Me Crazy (7:16)
Disc 6: Live At The Philadelphia Tower Theatre, USA / 21st October 1977
01. Soldier Of Fortune (5:21)
02. Jailbreak (4:40)
03. Johnny (2:17)
04. Warriors (4:18)
05. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (4:37)
06. Massacre (3:20)
07. Still In Love With You (8:18)
08. Cowboy Song (5:17)
09. The Boys Are Back In Town (5:07)
10. Opium Trail (5:13)
11. Don't Believe A Word (2:47)
12. Emerald (4:53)
13. Bad Reputation (6:03)
14. Baby Drives Me Crazy (8:59)
15. Me And The Boys Were Wondering How You And The Girls Were Getting Home From Here Tonight (6:52)
Disc 7: Live At The Seneca College Fieldhouse, Toronto / 28th October 1977
01. Soldier Of Fortune (5:22)
02. Jailbreak (5:01)
03. Emerald (4:38)
04. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (4:38)
05. Massacre (3:13)
06. Still In Love With You (7:58)
07. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed (3:53)
08. Warriors (4:13)
09. Opium Trail (4:37)
10. Cowboy Song (4:59)
11. The Boys Are Back In Town (5:00)
12. Don't Believe A Word (2:33)
13. Bad Reputation (6:13)
14. Are You Ready? (4:46)
15. Me And The Boys Were Wondering How You And The Girls Were Getting Home From Here Tonight (6:17)
16. The Rocker (3:54)
Disc 8: Live At The Rainbow Theatre, UK / 29th March 1978)
01. Jailbreak (4:57)
02. Emerald (4:22)
03. Southbound (4:46)
04. Rosalie (4:38)
05. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (3:54)
06. Massacre (3:12)
07. Still In Love With You (7:44)
08. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed (3:52)
09. Don't Believe A Word (2:43)
10. Warriors (4:10)
11. Cowboy Song (5:00)
12. The Boys Are Back In Town (5:06)
13. Suicide (5:07)
14. Are You Ready? (2:59)
15. Sha La La (5:25)
16. Baby Drives Me Crazy (6:10)
17. The Rocker (4:03)
Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous (Super Deluxe, Remastered 2023) Box-Set 8 CD, MP3+FLAC
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