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Live Albums....

SlowSteve

SlowSteve

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...love 'em or hate 'em?
Some really let the creativity and talent shine while others should have been binned.
While listening to one of these LPs in my paltry collection I did an inventory of them.
I was surprised to find out I had 40 records with live music....a couple of them only have one side or even just one song.
Here's what I have:
Aerosmith - Live • Bootleg
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Are You Ready!
Black Sabbath - Past Lives
Cage The Elephant - Unpeeled
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Sammy Hagar - All Night Long
Heart - Dreamboat Annie Live
Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Kiss - Alive!
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
Mountain - Twin Peaks
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo!
Outlaws - Greates Hits High Tides Forever
Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute
Ozzy Osbourne - Live & Loud
Ozzy Osbourne - Live at Budokan
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley Live
Ozzy Osbourne - Just Say Ozzy
Pink Floyd - Pulse
Rainbow - On Stage
Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Rush - All The World's A Stage
Rush - Exit...Stage Left
Rush - A Show Of Hands
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
Scorpions - Worldwide Live
Scorpions - Acoustica
Bob Seger - Live Bullet
Pat Travers Band - Live!
Triumph - Stages
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Uriah Heep - Live
Joe Walsh - Recorded Live
Johnny Winter - And/Live
Wishbone Ash - Live Dates
Neil Young Crazy Horse - Live Rust
Rob Zombie - Astro Creep 2000 - Live
ZZ Top - Fandango

I know...TL;DR....but what you got? :deal:
 
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I don't think I have a single rock and roll live album on my shelf. Whoops, wrong--Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Live at Max's Kansas City. There might be a couple more. I'm not particularly fond of live r&r, especially double live albums, but I have a friend who loves them.
He went to a hundreds if not thousands of live shows though, and I've only been to a few. Studio LPs are my frame of reference and live albums have always been disappointing to me. And this might raise some hackles but most rock musicians aren't that good. Before anybody shoots flames, notice I said "most." Not "all."
They needed the studio to sound good, and often they needed studio pros like Hal Blaine & Co. as well.
But I love live jazz albums and have a boatload of them. Too many to name, actually. The jazz guys had chops though.
 
I collect mostly Classic Rock LP's from the late 60's to 1990. Most of the Live LP's I own were added to complete legacy discography from my favorite artists/bands. Not going to list all those.

The Live albums that I really like & stand out in my Vinyl collection :trebon: are ..

David Bowie .. David Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia (1974)
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band .. Live Bullet
Neil Diamond .. Hot August Night (1972) MFSL
The Doors .. Absolutely Live
Three Dog Night .. Captured Live at the Forum
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band .. Live 1975 - 85 (box set)
 
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I’m not a huge fan of live recordings, so I don’t have near what you have. Mostly country. Cash, Willie, Pride...maybe a George Jones? I have the Springsteen ‘75-‘85 box and most of it sounds great. Cheap Trick at Budokan is perfect. Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust are good. Haven’t found a decent copy of Live Rust yet. Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense is a great document of a performance, but it doesn’t sound great.

Controversial opinion: Dylan live at Budokan sounds great, and the R&B treatments of the material are fun and engaging. Everyone hates that record but I think it’s great.
 
Love live albums as well as studio.
Creativity does come flying out live though.
Listen to the studio version of Deep Purples Highway Star then listen to the Made in Japan version.
Or studio Yes vs live Yes.
And I agree Allman Bro’s Fillmore East.
Having trouble (no flame) with the not good enough musicians thing. Of course some aren’t but for the most part there are/were some darn fine musicians out there. I’m consistently amazed at the Beatles in the early days. They couldn’t hear a damn thing on stage when they first came to the states but got through it and sounded pretty darn good doing it by sight. Musicianship.
 
I've got a copy of J. Geils Band Full House .. just checked Discogs .. don't have a play grade listed .. might not have spun it before.
I'll have to give it a spin this week.

I've also got legacy copies of Little Feat - "Waiting for Columbus" and Lynyrd Skynyrd "One More From The Road".

Also have new Vinyl copy of Allman Brother's Fillmore East .. Still have the original price sticker .. it was $32 marked down to $24.
Couple of years ago .. they had legacy copies for $15 .. I debated about buying that at the time instead.
 
olddude55 said:
I don't think I have a single rock and roll live album on my shelf. Whoops, wrong--Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Live at Max's Kansas City. There might be a couple more. I'm not particularly fond of live r&r, especially double live albums, but I have a friend who loves them.
He went to a hundreds if not thousands of live shows though, and I've only been to a few. Studio LPs are my frame of reference and live albums have always been disappointing to me. And this might raise some hackles but most rock musicians aren't that good. Before anybody shoots flames, notice I said "most." Not "all."
They needed the studio to sound good, and often they needed studio pros like Hal Blaine & Co. as well.
But I love live jazz albums and have a boatload of them. Too many to name, actually. The jazz guys had chops though.
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If you don’t already have it Diana Krall (Live in Paris) and Eric Clapton (Unplugged ) are very good with the Diana Krall one being a reference album.

Audiofreak71
 
mkane said:
I'd like em' more if I could cut out the crowd noise.
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Ugh...I have to race for the volume control so I don't get blasted by friggin crowd noise that's louder than the band. Not all of them do that, Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound of Thunder for example gets it right.
 
There are many great and just as many less than great live albums out there. Its all depends if you prefer cooked up studio sound or tampered with live sound. One is no better than the other most of the time.
 
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