Ireland in 50 Albums, No 29: Live and Dangerous, by Thin Lizzy (1978) 

Live and Dangerous is hailed as a classic live album, despite the debate that's swirled around how much of it was dubbed by uber-producer Tony Visconti. Not as much as you've been led to believe, according to the band's members 

 Phil Lynott on the cover of Live and Dangerous, by Thin Lizzy.

Brian Downey, Thin Lizzy’s drummer, first met Phil Lynott at school in Crumlin, a working class neighbourhood in Dublin. They started playing in a band together when Downey was little more than 13 years’ old, Lynott a year-and-a-half older. This was the early 1960s. The Christian Brothers didn’t think rock’n’roll was a proper way for teenage Irish boys to spend their time.

The pair got hauled into the school principal’s office one Monday morning for a lecture. The headmaster told them they had a choice: “What do you want to do? Do you want to get a good steady job with a trade, and be able to support a wife and children? Or do you want to be a dirty rock musician?”