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''Live and Dangerous'' is a live double LP by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1978. It was recorded in London in 1976 and Philadelphia and Toronto in 1977, with further production in Paris. It was also the last album to feature guitarist Brian Robertson, who went on to form Wild Horses with ex-Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain shortly after release. Despite debate about exactly how much of the album is overdubbed, it has received critical acclaim from several sources as one of the most popular rock live albums ever recorded. In 2009 the album ''Still Dangerous'' was released from the Philadelphia concerts on 20 & 21 October 1977, which were source shows for ''Live And Dangerous''. The tracks "Emerald", "Massacre", "Cowboy Song" and "The Boys Are Back in Town" were included on both albums and the ''Still Dangerous'' versions showed that Thin Lizzy were a formidable live band and the significance of the studio production on ''Live and Dangerous'' may have been overstated. ==Background== By early 1978, Thin Lizzy had stabilised around founding members, lead singer and bassist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey alongside guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. The band had found commercial success with several hit singles and developed a strong live following by headlining the Reading Festival. Robertson had briefly left the band but subsequently returned. The group had planned to make a new studio album at the start of the year. Working with producer Tony Visconti, Thin Lizzy maintained huge success with their previous album ''Bad Reputation'', and the group wanted to work with him again. However, Visconti had a very tight schedule, committed to producing several albums for other artists, so Lynott suggested they spend two weeks together compiling a live album instead from earlier recordings.〔 The band and Visconti listened to over 30 hours of archive recordings, looking for the best performances to release.〔 The album sleeve notes credit two live recordings as the source of the album – Hammersmith Odeon, London, England on 14 November 1976 (as part of the tour for Johnny the Fox), and Seneca College Fieldhouse, Don Mills, Toronto, Canada on 28 October 1977 (as part of the tour for Bad Reputation).〔 The band had listened back to the Hammersmith tapes shortly after recording and agreed that the performances sounded better than the studio versions. Thin Lizzy biographer Mark Putterford believes the majority of recordings on the finished album are from the Hammersmith show. Visconti later said the performance of "Southbound" came from a soundcheck with the audience reaction dubbed in from another song.〔 On this album, the band segues immediately from "Cowboy Song" into "The Boys Are Back in Town", on the line "a cowboy's life is the life for me" – the last chord of the former was the first of the latter anyway though their studio versions were recorded as separate songs. The band had rearranged "Still In Love With You" to be slower and more emotional, and the version recorded on ''Live and Dangerous'' was considered by Putterford to be the highlight of Lynott's musical career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Live and Dangerous」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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