2023 sees the 45th anniversary of what is widely regarded as one of the greatest live albums of all time, Thin Lizzy’s double platinum-selling Live And Dangerous, which was recorded in London and Philadelphia in 1977 during the Johnny the Fox and Bad Reputation tours.
To celebrate the anniversary, the album will be released as a definitive 8-CD super deluxe version featuring a newly remastered version of the original album alongside all of the gigs recorded for Live And Dangerous. These six shows from London, Toronto and Philadelphia have been newly mixed by Ben Findlay from the original multi-tracks and mastered by Andy Pearce, overseen by legendary Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham.
Live And Dangerous was originally intended to be a studio album, working with producer Tony Visconti on Bad Reputation. The band had enjoyed massive success with that record and was keen to work with him again. However, Visconti had only had a small window in his schedule, so Lizzy’s leader Philip Lynott came up with the idea that they spend two weeks together compiling a live album instead. When Live & Dangerous was initially released in 1978, the album spent the best part of three months in the UK top ten and was only denied the top spot by one of the best-selling albums of all time, the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever.
The super deluxe edition of Live And Dangerous finally puts to bed the myth that the album was extensively overdubbed in the studio and proves that Thin Lizzy was not only at the top of their game night after night but was one of the best live bands of the 1970s.
The 12 x 12 package also includes sleeve notes with new interviews by Mark Blake and a booklet packed with rare photos and memorabilia.
DISC ONE: Live And Dangerous
Jailbreak
Emerald
Southbound
Rosalie
Dancing In the Moonlight
Massacre
Still In Love with You
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
Cowboy Song
The Boys Are Back in Town
Don't Believe a Word
Warriors
Are You Ready?
Suicide
Sha La La
Baby Drives Me Crazy
The Rocker
DISC TWO: Hammersmith Odeon 14th November 1976
Jailbreak
Massacre
Emerald
Johnny
It's Only Money
Still In Love with You
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
The Boys Are Back in Town
Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song
Suicide
Warriors
Sha La La
Baby Drives Me Crazy
DISC THREE: Hammersmith Odeon 15th November 1976
Jailbreak
Massacre
Emerald
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
The Boys Are Back in Town
Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song
Suicide
Warriors
Sha La La
Baby Drives Me Crazy
Me And The Boys
The Rocker
DISC FOUR: Hammersmith Odeon 16th November 1976
Jailbreak
Massacre
Emerald
Johnny
It's Only Money
Still In Love with You
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
The Boys Are Back in Town
Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song
Suicide
Warriors
Sha La La
Baby Drives Me Crazy
Me And The Boys
The Rocker
DISC FIVE: Philadelphia Tower 20th October 1977
Soldier Of Fortune
Jailbreak
Johnny
Warrior
Dancing In the Moonlight
Massacre
Still In Love with You
Cowboy Song
Boys Are Back in Town
Opium Trail
Don't Believe a Word
Emerald
Bad Reputation
Baby Drives Me Crazy
Me And The Boys
DISC SIX: Philadelphia Tower 21st October 1977
Soldier Of Fortune
Jailbreak
Johnny
Warriors
Dancing In the Moonlight
Massacre
Still In Love with You
Cowboy Song
The Boys Are Back in Town
Opium Trail
Don't Believe a Word
Emerald
Bad Reputation
Baby Drives Me Crazy
Me And The Boys
The Rocker
DISC SEVEN: Seneca College Fieldhouse, Toronto 28th October 1977
Soldier Of Fortune
Jailbreak
Emerald
Dancing In the Moonlight
Massacre
Still In Love with You
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
Warriors
Opium Trail
Cowboy Song
The Boys Are Back in Town
Don't Believe a Word
Bad Reputation
Are You Ready?
Me And The Boys
Baby Drives Me Crazy
DISC EIGHT: Rainbow Theatre, London 29th March 1978
Jailbreak
Emerald
Southbound
Rosalie
Dancing In the Moonlight
Massacre
Still In Love with You
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
Don't Believe a Word
Warriors
Cowboy Song
The Boys Are Back in Town
Suicide
Are You Ready?
Sha La La
Baby Drives Me Crazy
Me and The Boys
The Rocker
