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The Best Live Rock Albums of All Time
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mobydud
Analog Again
Live albums are rarely to me very good music..more of a "mood" experience. One of my favorite "moods" in Live albums is rollin on the big Akai reel to reel right now though:
Frampton Comes Alive
What was it about this album that hits such a nerve? Unreal how many copies of this album, tape, and discs have been sold.
Some other favs..not great sound perhaps but Great moods
Foghat LIVE
Grand Funk Live
Around The World with Three Dog Night....don't laugh, if you grew up in the early 70's this was about the hottest make out band around..oh yea
And a defining classic of live rock albums:
Deep Purple Made in Japan
Frampton Comes Alive
What was it about this album that hits such a nerve? Unreal how many copies of this album, tape, and discs have been sold.
Some other favs..not great sound perhaps but Great moods
Foghat LIVE
Grand Funk Live
Around The World with Three Dog Night....don't laugh, if you grew up in the early 70's this was about the hottest make out band around..oh yea
And a defining classic of live rock albums:
Deep Purple Made in Japan
sven
Tilting At Gin Mills
Hmmmm, it's late but I'll give 'er the old college try.
Ramones - It's Alive
Allman Bros - Live at the Fillmore East
Little Feat - Waiting For Colombus
The Doors - Alive
Iggy & the Stooges - Metallic K.O.
Blue Oyster Cult - On your Feet or on your Knees
The live side of the Byrds Untitled LP
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
Rollin' Stones - Get yer Ya Ya's Out
The Kinks - At the Kelvin Hall
Beatles - At the Beeb
Yardbirds - At the BBC
The Who - Live at Leeds (remastered)
Cream - Live
Jimi Hendrix - In the West
And many more I'm forgetting....
Ramones - It's Alive
Allman Bros - Live at the Fillmore East
Little Feat - Waiting For Colombus
The Doors - Alive
Iggy & the Stooges - Metallic K.O.
Blue Oyster Cult - On your Feet or on your Knees
The live side of the Byrds Untitled LP
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
Rollin' Stones - Get yer Ya Ya's Out
The Kinks - At the Kelvin Hall
Beatles - At the Beeb
Yardbirds - At the BBC
The Who - Live at Leeds (remastered)
Cream - Live
Jimi Hendrix - In the West
And many more I'm forgetting....
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2DualsNotEnough
Addicted Member
sven said:
Its Alive!That was the first Ramones album I bought,and it was an import.After that one,I was hooked for life.
Jimmy
mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
Deja vu all over again...
... I think we did this before... maybe the old BB software/old server ate the thread.
Anyway, IMO, it's no contest, especially for audiophiles. The finest live R&R recording of all time is...
(drum roll)
Little Feat: "Waiting for Columbus"
The fairly recent Rhino 2-CD set with the obligatory "bonus material" is great, as is the MoFi half-speed mastered 2-LP set. The original issue LP wasn't bad either. Avoid the early, single-CD release, though... it was edited rather extensively to fit onto one disc.
Runner up would be "Live at Leeds", especially the expanded CD version.
... I think we did this before... maybe the old BB software/old server ate the thread.
Anyway, IMO, it's no contest, especially for audiophiles. The finest live R&R recording of all time is...
(drum roll)
Little Feat: "Waiting for Columbus"
The fairly recent Rhino 2-CD set with the obligatory "bonus material" is great, as is the MoFi half-speed mastered 2-LP set. The original issue LP wasn't bad either. Avoid the early, single-CD release, though... it was edited rather extensively to fit onto one disc.
Runner up would be "Live at Leeds", especially the expanded CD version.
e2e4c7c5
Super Member
Man, what a dumbass I am, I forgot about:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road!!! :thmbsp:
and the forementioned:
The Who - Live at Leeds
Grand Funk - Caught in the Act
Frampton - Comes Alive
The Doors - Live in Detroit (from the Door's website)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road!!! :thmbsp:
and the forementioned:
The Who - Live at Leeds
Grand Funk - Caught in the Act
Frampton - Comes Alive
The Doors - Live in Detroit (from the Door's website)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
piece-it pete
What, me worry?
Bad Companies' first has to be named here!
And Abbey Road.
Pete
Oh and Zeps' first.
And Abbey Road.
Pete
Oh and Zeps' first.
mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
Umm... I thought we were talkin' about live albums, Pete?
Heck, even Paul was dead when Abbey Road was recorded
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What about Creedence Clearwater Revival's live album from tapes they thought were made at Royal Albert Hall but a year or so after the album came out discovered was actually recorded at Filmore West or someother place? Stunningly tight playing, though not much improvising. But of course if you want improvising, why are you listening to CCR?
The bootleg from Springsteen's tour in the Darkness on the Edge of Town period is also just wonderful. Great songs, great playing
And though none of the albums/cds of early Fleetwood Mac live are as transcendent as they ought to be, its impossible to have too much Pete Green. Merely a Portmanteau maybe my favorite, even though, since I haven't seen a copy in twenty years, I can't remember everything on it. But the Rattlesnake Shake/Underway jam is one of my alltime faves.
The bootleg from Springsteen's tour in the Darkness on the Edge of Town period is also just wonderful. Great songs, great playing
And though none of the albums/cds of early Fleetwood Mac live are as transcendent as they ought to be, its impossible to have too much Pete Green. Merely a Portmanteau maybe my favorite, even though, since I haven't seen a copy in twenty years, I can't remember everything on it. But the Rattlesnake Shake/Underway jam is one of my alltime faves.
BlackSwamp
Previously DingusBoy
In no particular order:
1. J. Geils Band - Full House
2. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
3. The Who - Live at Leeds
4. The Kinks - Album Two of Everybody's in ShowBiz
1. J. Geils Band - Full House
2. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
3. The Who - Live at Leeds
4. The Kinks - Album Two of Everybody's in ShowBiz
sanyofreak
Active Member
Live vinyl Rock, my picks
I'm going to stick with Vintage vinyl since I think that is the point of the thread, however the best live recording (R&R????) that exists is the Steely Dan Two against Nature DVD, the audio quality surpasses most studio releases that I have heard. Good ol'fashioned live albums are about conveying the mood (I agree with Mobydud) and there are three that are special to me
1. Todd Rundgren - Back to the bars (1978)
2. The Michael Stanley Band - Stage Pass (1977)
3. Neil Young - Live Rust (1979)
Sorry, Most anybody outside of NE Ohio has never heard of The Michael Stanley Band, those with an open mind I urge to look them up, just great 70's Rock with spirit and soul.
Honorable mention
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial LIVE !
Just mentioning this stuff causes me to say, Rock bands will never be what they were, and we'll cherish these recordings as long as we are around.
I'm going to stick with Vintage vinyl since I think that is the point of the thread, however the best live recording (R&R????) that exists is the Steely Dan Two against Nature DVD, the audio quality surpasses most studio releases that I have heard. Good ol'fashioned live albums are about conveying the mood (I agree with Mobydud) and there are three that are special to me
1. Todd Rundgren - Back to the bars (1978)
2. The Michael Stanley Band - Stage Pass (1977)
3. Neil Young - Live Rust (1979)
Sorry, Most anybody outside of NE Ohio has never heard of The Michael Stanley Band, those with an open mind I urge to look them up, just great 70's Rock with spirit and soul.
Honorable mention
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial LIVE !
Just mentioning this stuff causes me to say, Rock bands will never be what they were, and we'll cherish these recordings as long as we are around.
Workingslug
Active Member
Dave Mason - Certified Live
Humble Pie - Live at the Filmore
Humble Pie - Live at the Filmore
It occurs to me that no one has listed Johnny Rivers 'Live at the Whiskey A Go Go', which is an outstanding album. Very good performance and excellent sound.
CarlV -- the thing that disappoints me about early Fleetwood Mac live albums is not the sound (I have various of the Boston Tea Party stuff on both record and CD) but the amount of the Jeremy Spencer 50's rockabilly stuff. I like it fine, but in small doses. The same thing is true, but to a lesser degree with their covers of blues. What I want is Pete Green originals. And some Danny Kirwan stuff.
CarlV -- the thing that disappoints me about early Fleetwood Mac live albums is not the sound (I have various of the Boston Tea Party stuff on both record and CD) but the amount of the Jeremy Spencer 50's rockabilly stuff. I like it fine, but in small doses. The same thing is true, but to a lesser degree with their covers of blues. What I want is Pete Green originals. And some Danny Kirwan stuff.
piece-it pete
What, me worry?
mhardy6647 said:Umm... I thought we were talkin' about live albums, Pete?
Heck, even Paul was dead when Abbey Road was recorded
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D'oh!!
I suppose I should actually READ the thread title once in a while
!Pete
