Tom Dunne: Live and Dangerous stands testament to Thin Lizzy's greatness 

Live and Dangerous stirred some controversy around how it was made, but the combination of Bowie's producer and the prowess of Phil Lynott and co ensures it still makes for great listening 

Phil Lynott on the cover of Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous. 

Thin Lizzy’s Live and Dangerous celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. It remains imperious, the first recorded proof that an Irish band could lay claim to being the “greatest rock band in the world.” Others would follow, but they had this to aspire to: a template and a band at the peak of its powers.

But was it even live? Hard as it might be to believe, rumours have always persisted that it was mostly re-recorded. This was not helped by its producer Tony Visconti once saying the only live parts were, “the crowd noises.” The band have rubbished this, but the mystery persisted.