It 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. According to Visconti, the album was "75% recorded in the studio" with only the drums and audience noise remaining from the original live recordings. The album had a working title of Thin Lizzy Live but Lynott decided that Live and Dangerous was better. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the album as "one of the best double live LPs of the 70s", and "a true live classic", containing more energy and power than the original studio albums. The band and Visconti listened to over 30 hours of archive recordings, looking for the best performances.

Stuart Bailie in his review for Classic Rock magazine praised the quality of the music and played down rumours of studio overdubbing. All sources agree that overdubbing took place on Live and Dangerous, although there is considerable disagreement about the extent of them. 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. It was also the last Thin Lizzy album to feature guitarist Brian Robertson, [a] who left the band shortly after its release.It deserves to be there and I know many of you reading this will already have several copies of this album! 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. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Thin Lizzy’s 1978 live album Live And Dangerous, Universal Music Catalogue will release a definitive 8CD super deluxe edition featuring a newly remastered version of the album and alongside it all the gigs recorded for Live and Dangerous! Few bands have ever matched the explosive energy that Lizzy creates on such tracks as "Jailbreak", "Emerald", "Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song", "Don't Believe a Word", "Are You Ready" and "Sha-La-La", while their sing-along anthem "The Boys Are Back in Town" proves even more vivacious in a live setting.

He has said the album is almost all live, and the sound levels on stage would make overdubbing impossible due to the lack of acoustic separation between instruments. NME reviewer Tim Chester declared Live and Dangerous "the best live album we ever heard" despite the alleged overdubs, which he dismissed as irrelevant. Oft cited as the definitive document of hard rock performance, …Dangerous brought an impassioned, piratical air to Phil Lynott’s sometimes cock-sure, sometimes heartsore songs.The package also includes sleeve notes with new interviews by Mark Blake and a booklet packed with rare photos and memorabilia. Not only that, but we also get a final show from London from the 1978 tour in support of the albums release. The Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous 8cd box is a excellent product well worth the purchase if you are a big Lizzy fan as I am. The super deluxe edition of Live And Dangerous finally puts to bed the myth that the album was extensively overdubbed in the studio, proving that Thin Lizzy was one of the best live bands of the 1970s.

There is some overlap of tracks between the two albums, though Still Dangerous is completely live with no overdubs. All the rumours of the album being tweaked in the studio are about to be laid bare because now we can hear each night in its entirety! This box set 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. Has spent quality time with Robert Plant, Keith Richards, Ritchie Blackmore, Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore – and also spent time in a maximum security prison alongside Love/Hate. Since June 1978 we’ve debated whether Deep Purple, UFO, Status Quo or even Kiss released a better double live album than Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous.The band decided to release a live album after their producer Tony Visconti did not have enough time to work on a full studio session. The large format (12″ x 12″) package includes sleeve notes with new interviews by Mark Blake and a booklet packed with rare photos and memorabilia. 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.