Joe Ferguson forever Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 probably my favorite( fundraising concert for earthquake victims): I second "Waiting for Columbus" too. Finally, James Taylor LIVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Kiss Alive/Alive II Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic Zep - The Song Remains the Same Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction Rush - All the World's a Stage Rush - Exit Stage Left 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Alice In Chains uplugged 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Yes - Yessongs Grateful Dead - Dead Set & Europe 72 The Outlaws - Bring It Back Alive Santana - Sacred Fire: Live In South America 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yall Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Iron Maiden/Live After Death 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 16 hours ago, Pete said: 1 hour ago, May Day 10 said: Alice In Chains uplugged I was going to post the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Fairport Convention - House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour - I love the long versions of "Sloth" and "Matty Groves" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I don't know how I forgot about this one... gives me chills to this day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Can't believe I forgot these in my original submission: Wings: Wings Over America Queen: Live Killers Aerosmith: Live! Bootleg The Queen and Aerosmith albums were my introductions to each band. My brother (six years my senior) had them on vinyl and we shared a bedroom, so I listened to what he listened to. The Wings album was my own purchase (well, my parents bought it for me, anyway). I became a Beatles/McCartney/Wings fan at around 8-years-old and got this album (three-album set) when I was about 10 in 1981. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I forgot this one Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) For me, the best live albums should have an element that elevates the songs beyond the versions on studio albums. In some cases, there are longer jams which take you far away from the original song, but manage to return to it some five or ten minutes later. Best examples here are "Dark Star" on Grateful Dead's Live/Dead or "The Low Spark of High-heeled Boys" on Traffic's "Live On The Road". In other cases, it is the interaction with the audience that makes a live recording special. Unfortunately, often this interaction is left off the released album. This is why I like Frank Zappa's live albums, where he reacts to the audience. The prime example: The Helsinki Concerts (found on "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2"). First, Zappa plans to play a Finnish tango (well, we are in Helsinki). His band has never played it before, but all of them are able to read sheet music. Thus, he asks for the lights to be left on so that they can play the piece. Later in the concert, a somewhat inebriated member of the audience asks them to play "Whipping Post". Zappa, not familiar with the Allman Brothers' song, still modified the lyrics of "Montana" to include "whipping floss". Several years later, Zappa actually played a cover of "Whipping Post" in concerts; in Bobby Martin, his keyboard player at that time, he had found somebody able to sing the blues. Edited October 25, 2022 by DrW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 17 minutes ago, LewPort71 said: I forgot this one Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall Me too.... I let the goddess down as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GETTOTHE50 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 zeppelin - how the west was won. massive af: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Sammy Hagar and Van Halen live greatest hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticus Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Many great mentions so far covering different eras and genras. I would add "Unleashed in the East" by Judas Priest as my favorite "live" metal album. Particularly love their live cover of "Diamonds and Rust". Always wondered what Joan thought of it. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 12 hours ago, LewPort71 said: I forgot this one Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall After seeing your post, I asked myself why I have never tried to go to a Renaissance concert, so I went to look to see if they might be touring. Shockingly, they are in Homer,NY tomorrow. I'm one hour away. It's a great place to see a concert, as it is an old church. I saw the Strawbs there and the sound was excellent. Bad news, my car is being repaired. For those out Albany way, they will be in Troy Thursday night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan The Doors - Alive She Cried Alison Krauss and Union Station - Live Elvis Presley - Elvis U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky Bob Marley And The Wailers - Live Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense Aerosmith - MTV Unplugged (I can't find this anywhere on the web. Anybody?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Irv said: Bob Marley And The Wailers - Live Are you talking about Babylon By Bus? Love that one, War/No More Trouble is fantastic. Edited October 26, 2022 by T&C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 When I was a kid, my oldest brother had the greatest musical influence on me. Here's another fantastic live album from back in the day. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) This one is definitely responsible for some of my hearing loss. I believe it came out in 1977 or 1978. Recorded in Henrietta, NY! Edited October 26, 2022 by WotAGuy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I haven't seen anyone yet list Unplugged in New York by Nirvana I'm not a huge Nirvana fan or anything, but I can listen to this one any time. Legendary performance. The fact that they basically avoided all their hits and instead played covers by the Vaselines and Meat Puppets and David Bowie and Leadbelly, and that those are the best tracks on the album....awesome. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 No surprise I'm gonna say Rush The surprise, Different Stages is their best live album. 2 discs of them in the early to mid 90's, and the 3rd disc from 1977 in London. Just a great, great live album! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Should get a mention, not an album (a movie): AC/DC, Let There Be Rock Album: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Bad Things said: When I was a kid, my oldest brother had the greatest musical influence on me. Here's another fantastic live album from back in the day. I agree (and I don't even like Lynyrd Skynyrd very much). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Neither is a great album through & through - but both "Live at Budokan" an "Alive!" from Kiss were just huge in terms of influence and breaking both bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 It mildly surprises me how many band names are being thrown out there, and I realize that I heard it all, but didn’t really like them. I liked what I liked, but just ignored so much main stream stuff. I guess it helped me later on when we ran loosely in some R&R circles (strangely, but you’d need to meet my wife to understand). I didn’t know who some of these guys were, or care about their music. The lack of idolization meant we could just talk, person to person. An amateur musician buddy always wanted to join us, but he would have ruined it. To this day he will tell people we had dinner and partied with this guy and that. Others are amazed, and I don’t even recognize the names. I remember our close friends, and the others were just friends of friends, not the lead singer or drummer for this group or that. I liked most of the bands in the initial posts, then things kind of fell off for me. To each their own. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, WotAGuy said: This one is definitely responsible for some of my hearing loss. I believe it came out in 1977 or 1978. Recorded in Henrietta, NY! I was in the audience, Procol Harum opened the show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light My main con: Many songs are not this different from her studio recordings and there is very little interaction with the audience. My main pros: A) The musicians are first-rate; B) You can also have it on DVD or watch it on youtube (see below); C) It is just awesome -Joni makes very complicated songs accessible to a wider audience. Edited October 26, 2022 by DrW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 "If it's too loud, you're too old". I've always gravitated towards hard/heavy rock and IMO not many live albums capture the concussive sound of a live show. I always thought Michael Schenker Group's Live at Budokan did - but maybe that's cuz back in the day we had massive speakers at the fraternity house. Just listened to this through earbuds and it didn't have the same gravitas. Still think it captures the essence of so many shows I went to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Irv said: Aerosmith - MTV Unplugged (I can't find this anywhere on the web. Anybody?) MTV Unplugged was usually an excellent showing by those who appeared. Clapton, Nirvana and once Buffalo bar band- 10,000 Maniacs, come immediately to mind. Edited October 26, 2022 by I am the egg man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: MTV Unplugged was usually an excellent showing by those who appeared. Clapton, WNY’s 10,000 Maniacs, Nirvana come immediately to mind. An arguably even better source is the German TV show "Rockpalast" that started in 1974 and continues to these days. The list of artists they recorded live is lengthy (google it). Initially (I do not remember for how long) they had Rockpalast Nights, a concert with several bands. Where else can you find Pete Townshend jamming with the Grateful Dead? I would also like to mention that the A/V quality of their shows was phenomenal for the time (the linked song was recorded more than 40 years ago) . Edited October 26, 2022 by DrW 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Another great Grateful Dead live album. Cornell 5/8/77 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dhg Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, DrW said: An arguably even better source is the German TV show "Rockpalast" that started in 1974 and continues to these days. The list of artists they recorded live is lengthy (google it). Initially (I do not remember for how long) they had Rockpalast Nights, a concert with several bands. Where else can you find Pete Townshend jamming with the Grateful Dead? I would also like to mention that the A/V quality of their shows was phenomenal for the time (the linked song was recorded more than 40 years ago) . That is killer. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 48 minutes ago, DrW said: An arguably even better source is the German TV show "Rockpalast" that started in 1974 and continues to these days. The list of artists they recorded live is lengthy (google it). Initially (I do not remember for how long) they had Rockpalast Nights, a concert with several bands. Where else can you find Pete Townshend jamming with the Grateful Dead? I would also like to mention that the A/V quality of their shows was phenomenal for the time (the linked song was recorded more than 40 years ago) . Rockplaast is AWESOME! And it just reminded me, if another live album yet to be mentioned. Roy Buchanan, Live Stock! Here's a Rockpalast sample, not one from Live Stock: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Hendrix Live at Monterey and Band of Gypsys were pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Here's a little something from Live Stock: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Irv said: Aerosmith - MTV Unplugged (I can't find this anywhere on the web. Anybody?) This one? Or do you mean the whole album, not the video, since the album has some extra tracks? Edited October 27, 2022 by Just Jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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