Live and Dangerous

Released in 1978, just as the hot streak starting with 1975's and running through 1977's came to an end, was a glorious way to celebrate 's glory days and one of the best double live LPs of the 70s. Of course, this, like a lot of double-lives of that decade -- ' immediately springs to mind -- isn't strictly live; it was overdubbed and colored in the studio (the very presence of studio whiz as producer should have been an indication that some corrective steering may have been afoot). But even if there was some tweaking in the studio, feels live, containing more energy and power than the original LPs, which were already dynamic in their own right. It's this energy, combined with the expert song selection, that makes a true live classic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine