THIN LIZZY - '77 Philadelphia Show Audio Streaming Online THIN LIZZY news site Thin Lizzy - A Rock Legend reports:
"It has long been known among Lizzy supporters that a US Radio Broadcast from K.B.F.H. (The King Biscuit Flower Hour) of a 1977 show from Philadelphia contained recordings of six songs which subsequently featured on Live And Dangerous:
'Jailbreak', 'Dancing In The Moonlight', 'Massacre', 'Don't Believe A Word', 'Cowboy Song', 'The Boys Are Back In Town'.
The full concert is now available to listen to online at
Wolfgangs Concert Vault.
Lizzy played the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia on 20th and 21st October 1977 and it is most likely that the show featured is the 21st; 26th October 1977 being the original broadcast date.
What is remarkable about this recording of the full show is that it is evident that even more of the recording was used as the basis for Live And Dangerous - 'Emerald', 'Still In Love With You', 'Warriors'.
All dead-ringers for the versions on the album.
There's no doubting there was some overdubbing but this recording proves the wildly exagerrated claims that the album was mostly recorded in the studio are a nonsense and what the Lizzy supporters who saw them during that period have always known - that Lizzy could cut it live.
It is uncertain where the rest of the Live And Dangerous album is sourced from although it is known that 'Are You Ready' is from the Rainbow Theatre Gig on 29th March 1978. Perceived wisdom is that 'Southbound' is a soundcheck recording and 'Rosalie' recorded at Hammersmith Odeon on 15th November 1976.
The Tower Theatre recording goes on to demolish another 'myth', that 'Bad Reputation' and 'Opium Trail' which subsequently featured on the 1981 'Killers Live EP' were recorded in Canada and in all likelihood, little or none of 'Live And Dangerous' was recorded at Seneca College Fieldhouse, Toronto."
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