Thin Lizzy(could this be true)

francie brady · 09-02-2003 8:40pm #1

Theres a discussion on a Zappa forum about live albums. Thin Lizzys Live and Dangerous was mentioned and someone had this to say about it.

Now I have a story for you. About ten years ago I had a training in sound engineering, called sound seminar. One evening Tony Visconti came in to talk about his experiences in the music business. Great man, he had played guitar with David Bowie, worked with Frank Zappa and also produced 'Live and Dangerous'. He told us they couldn't use any tape of the tour for that album because they played so bad. So they used those tapes only to fill it with lots and lots of overdubs, all the guitarparts are done again in the studio. Even the handclapping of the audience is a sample.

look for yourself

Could this be true, i hope not.

Johnny_the_fox · 09-02-2003 9:12pm

apparently 75% of its live .... its mentioned in Mark Putterford's book about Phil Lynott...

'Live and Dangerous was 75 per cent live'...'the rest was overdubs, mainly of vocals and lead guitar solos, just to clean the sound up'.......'...because most want to hear quality of sound on records - they dont want to hear muffled solos, or dodgy vocals....' - Chris O'Donnell

MrJoeSoap · 09-02-2003 10:20pm

Tis true, to be sure. If you actually have the album and you read the sleeve it says it. It tries to play it down but you can hear on the CD that it is totally overdubbed. Made me think long and hard about Lizzie, and I'm not that mad into them anymore.

Darkillion · 10-02-2003 8:53pm

yea, its true for sure. but who cares really? its only one cd.

francie brady · 10-02-2003 9:03pm

True it's only one cd but it's generly classed as one of the greatest live albums of all time.

Got me thinking about my favorite Lizzy album "life"live, is this one over dubbed too?

Pugsley · 10-02-2003 11:51pm

Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio
will always be the best live album IMO

cournioni · 11-02-2003 10:49am

Originally posted by Pugsley
Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio
will always be the best live album IMO

I disagree...

Megadeth - Rude Awakening is the best IMO.

francie brady · 11-02-2003 8:39pm

QUOTE]Megadeth - Rude Awakening is the best IMO.[/QUOTE]
I've seen Megadeth twice. Went first time cos i wanted too, went second time cos they where supported by Pantera. I have to say Megadeth are boring live. Close your eyes and it's like listening to their albums in a crowded room. Great musicians note perfect live, but didn't do it for me.

cournioni · 11-02-2003 8:58pm

Originally posted by francie brady

Megadeth - Rude Awakening is the best IMO.

I've seen Megadeth twice. Went first time cos i wanted too, went second time cos they where supported by Pantera. I have to say Megadeth are boring live. Close your eyes and it's like listening to their albums in a crowded room. Great musicians note perfect live, but didn't do it for me.

Yeah I've seen them live too. I was in the pit for most of it so I didn't really notice the crowds reactions or anything (rough pit though!). But there's something on the live album that you don't get on a normal album... a damn good drum solo from Jimmy DeGrasso. Got to love it! You can just hear the crowd moving to the whole thing, you really should check out the live video.

Darkillion · 13-02-2003 6:23pm

i (predictably) say the best live CD is Pearl Jam - Live In London 2000

Thin Lizzy(could this be true)

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