I'm confused on what this product is. Help me please. Are the 1978 and 1983 video concerts on a DVD, and the bonus (second) disc is an audio CD? Please help .... thanks!

From 1975 to 1979, hard rock was in its golden age as a result of an art form known as the double (or sometimes single) live album. And there was no record that best captured this day and age in more perfect form than Thin Lizzy's `Live and Dangerous' released in June 1978. Often cited as the premier live document of all time, this opus captured an in hindsight criminally underappreciated band in all of their ragged glory. These guys were untouchable and there was no cooler front man on the planet than Philip Parris Lynott! Behind him was Lizzy's greatest lineup in blood brother/rhythm genius Brian Downey and the ultra combustible duo of Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham. In America, where they were often delegated to support act status (how stupid were we?), headliners would shudder at the very mention of their name. At the time of `L&D''s release, a Sounds magazine critic called them the greatest hard rock band in the world, but today in 2008, the kids don't really know. As with any live document worth its salt, all the best (or most of the best) are here in peak performance form. To list my favorites would be listing most of the album but anyway - "Massacre", "Emerald" and "Rosalie" to name my top three. For pure six-string brilliance take Gorham on the first and Robbo and the last two, mind blowing! "Jailbreak" is the opener and man what a stunner (I love when he says, "I think it's safer" in that low almost throw away register!). The way "Cowboy Song" flows into "Boys" is just pure majestic alchemy! "Suicide" is gut wrenching, "The Rocker", pure delirium and "Don't Believe a Word" as macho tough a love song as one can get. You get the slow songs as well and Lizzy did them as well as anyone and two non-lpers which are fair but they don't make this record any more special than it already is (as if that were possible). As far as how "live" this album, if it bothers you that much - don't bother. This was Lizzy's REAL best of....and it really could be the greatest live album of all time.

Live and Dangerous is one of the best live albums ever made IMO at least. This album perfectly captures Thin Lizzy`s powerful live show during their heyday with the classic lineup of the late great Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorman, who absolutely delivers their unbelievably great brand of hard rock from start to finish on this album.

Top songs: Still In Love With You(greatest live Lizzy song ever), Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed, Dancing In The Moonlight, Jailbreak, Sha-La-La and Warrior.

I highly recommend Live And Dangerous to everyone, especially fans of great classic rock from the 70`s. I guarantee that you most likely will be very addicted listening to this great album.

Simply, Thin Lizzy remains a vastly underrated band & Live and Dangerous - when the title was originally issued on a double live album - is one of the best live sets from the 1970s, when such releases became very popular.

And this package highlights the band in all its glory, on stage and delivering high-octane music to an appreciative audience. The DVD portion features a 1978 concert from the Rainbow Theatre, which is not the venue where the double live album was recorded. Phil Lynott (vocals, bass) keeps the joint rocking by seemingly feeding off the crowd's energy from the opening note to the closing chord.

There is also the highly-acclaimed 1983 "Farewell" concert from the Regal Theatre, selections from appearances on Top of the Pops and interviews with band members Scott Gorham (guitar), Brian Robertson (guitar), Brian Downey (drums and percussion). The bonus CD is a treat, a 1975 concert from Derby College.

This is a fantastic collection of outstanding performances from a band that defined the golden era of arena rock.

This album goes beyond being another great album. There are lots of "great" albums that pale in comparison to L&D. This album documents more than any other Thin Lizzy work the phenomonally great songwriting and musicianhship of Thin Lizzy. The guitar tandem here is arguably the best ever in recorded music. I am lucky enough to have seen them live on the Chinatown tour. I have seen multitudues of concerts and have not seen an audience slayed with such ferocity as Thin Lizzy on that night. No live recording can ever recreate the experience of being there. However, Live and Dangerous comes as close you can get.

I have heard all of the other live Thin Lizzy albums available. Don't bother. They all pale badly in comparison to the original Live & Dangerous.

Buy this album and revel in its innate "greatness".