A lot of people don't rate Stereophonics but I do like Kelly Jones' voice. Listening to his live solo album Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day this evening, love it. His voice is the sound of Sunday roast dinners growing up.
What are some of your favoutite live albums?
Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York
The Who Live at Leeds from 1970. When the original album came out it only contained a handful of tracks, but later CD reissues extended this to the best part of 2 hours. A full concert including most of Tommy whilst they were at their absolute best live.
Lizzy live
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Babymetal: Legend - Metal Galaxy Day 1 and Day 2
A couple that are perennially on my playlist;
Iron Maiden - Live after Death - I remember receiving this on cassette together with a Walkman one Christmas, probably not far off 40 years ago. Made a big impression and still sounds epic now.
Alison Krause & Union Station - Live - Another one that made a big impression, only 20 years ago this time.
Interesting to realise how my tastes have developed over the years.
Oh, I can’t pass up the opportunity to also mention Cardiacs - Live, and Muse - Haarp. Jeez, there are just too many...
If Stop Making Sense counts as a live album as well as a movie soundtrack album I'll go with that.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
This was exactly what came to mind for me. It was, and still is a quality album!
Tangerine Dream - Livemiles
Jean-Michel Jarre - The Concerts in China
The movie came out when I was a student, and already a fan. I could not find anyone to go with me to see it, and it was only on at an art house cinema in Birmingham. I went even though I knew it finished before my last train home, and consequently I spent the night “sleeping” rough in News Street Station. Many years later I bought the CD and then the DVD, and I ripped the DVD so I could listen to the extra tracks.
A great album and an even better movie.
Quickly scanned the thread, didn’t see Rock of Ages by the Band. Absolute cracker of an album by the best bar band of all time. The extended and remastered Live At The Academy Of Music is worth a listen, and I encourage anyone who’s not overly familiar with The Band to give it a listen.
Otherwise, yeah, Live At Leeds. The other gig they recorded to release as a live album was at Hull university, which is also now available, and somehow, they’re just a little bit better! The Who at their absolute zenith.
Stand In The Fire by Warren Zevon, Live At The Star Club by Jerry Lee Lewis, and If You Want Blood by Acca Dacca are all joint third!
Live at the Lyceum, Bob Marley.
Live at the Apollo, James Brown.
One night stand, Sam Cooke
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Off the top of my head, these are all brilliant:
Faith No More Live at Brixton Academy
INXS Live Baby Live
Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Forgot that one!
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Peter Frampton
“Frampton comes Alive”
Do You Feel Like We Do
nils lofgren -acoustic live
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Supertramp - Paris.
Oh yes. Fools Overture …. Try and keep to the speed limit when that’s on in the car
Showing my age but Genesis Three Sides Live takes me back to a good place
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⬆️⬆️⬆️ This.
That's the one 😊
At Folsom Prison
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at le Bataclan
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
I also like the first album of Ummagumma by Pink Floyd, great version of Careful with that Axe Eugene. Pity about the second album, but that wasn’t live.
Love live albums. One of the first I ever got was Deep Purple - Made in Japan. Fabulous album. Of the back of that I bought Machine Head and was so disappointed with Highway Star studio version. Just sounded weak compared with the live version.
Other favourite live recordings, although not commercially available as albums are Bruce Springsteen Live at the Agora Ballrooms 1978 on the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour and Bruce at Alpine Valley 1984 on the Born in the USA tour.
Getting back to actual albums: Thin Lizzy Life Live - terrible recording but a great album. Lizzy Live and Dangerous - should really be Live in the Studio. Big Country - Without the aid of a Safety Net. Motörhead- No Sleep Til Hammersmith. Slade - Alive. AC/DC - Bonfire Disc 1 Live at Atlantic Studios all worthy of note.
But my absolute favourite live album has to be Blackfoot - Highway Song Live. A classic! Almost as if someone plugged into the mixing desk and cut it straight onto the vinyl. Anyone that loves rock music should go check it out if they’ve not heard it before. If ever an album captures just how good a live band was without overdubs then this is it. Play it loud!!
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Scorpions - World Wide Live
W.A.S.P - Live in the RAW
Also watch a lot of YouTube 80’s Judas Priest live, no phones in the air just pure live metal..
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Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
AC/DC's If You Want Blood... was what introduced me to a great live album and it's still up there for me.
Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads Tribute and Under a Blood Red Sky by U2 make up the podium, with an honourable mention for Alive by Daft Punk and All That Could've Been by Nine Inch Nails.
That was one of my favourites too, then I found out it was recorded 'live' in a studio and they later added the audience noises.
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Exit Stage Left by Rush.
Some of it was recorded at the much revered but now long gone Apollo theatre in Glasgow and I was in the crowd.
Live Dates - Wishbone Ash
First LP I ever bought back in 1974 😳 - still love it.
Jake
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Honourable mention.
Genesis - Seconds Out.
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Live at the Lyceum, and any of the live versions of Like a Hurricane.
Honourable mention for Black Rebel live in Berlin.
Another couple from my youth (recently rediscovered) from the phenomenal Captain Speedfingers:
Ten Years After - Recorded Live
Alvin Lee - In Flight
Enjoy
Jake
One I've just listened to again recently for the first time in a while: Fields of the Nephilim - Earth Inferno.
I know their "gothiness" was the subject of much mockery but there's no doubting the quality of the musicianship.
I've always been a fan of Wings Over America.
Stop Making Sense is absolutely great.
I'm not a huge fan of live albums, though.
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Grateful Dead, Steal your Face
Fleetwood Mac, The Dance
Not really a fan of live albums, but this is probably my fave live album...
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Dylan Live 1966 Albert Hall is my all time favourite.
Two albums of live performances as well.
Zappa - Guitar. Watermelon in Easter Hay wowsers.
Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the wishkah. Powerful raw performances.
Some great choices already.
I watched Stop Making Sense on the big TV with the soundbar up as far as I could get away with on Saturday night.
And I grew up on most of the rock ones.
Can I add Entreat by The Cure to the list?
Deep Purple - Made In Europe
(Burn is sublime on this)
Doesn't get much attention these days but Portishead Roseland NYC is a beauty if it counts.
Wellers Live Wood, but that's more the material I think
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Paul Weller Other Aspects, at the Royal Festival Hall is superb
Listen to it on repeat most weeks
Köln Concert. Keith Jarrett
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Ramones - It's Alive. And not just because I was there when it was recorded.
Velvet Underground - Live 1969
Neil Young - Live Rust "It's better to burn out than fade away"
Derek and the Dominos Live at the Fillmore - Eric Clapton at his best (and also the Rainbow Concert deserves a mention).
The Band - The Last Waltz
But my all time favourite: Van Morrison - Too Late to Stop Now.
I struggle to pick a favourite live album, just as I would for studio albums, but Eric Clapton Nothing But the Blues (Live at the Fillmore) has to be up there.
Great choices.
Cheers,
Neil.
Neil Young - Weld
The Clash - From here to eternity
Spunk - Sex pistols
Cheers,
Neil.
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