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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
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
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!Originally Posted by RossC
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Supertramp - Paris.
Peter Frampton
“Frampton comes Alive”
Do You Feel Like We Do
nils lofgren -acoustic live
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UFO - Strangers in the Night
+1
Babymetal: Legend - Metal Galaxy Day 1 and Day 2
At Folsom Prison
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Used to like that and from the same era of course Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes and Rush - All the World's a stage.
Others I like: Motorhead - No Sleep til Hamnersmith, and the live album that came with Dreamtime by the Cult.
But my favourites are Siouxsie and the Banshees - Nocturne and The Smiths - Rank, mainly because I was there!
But we mustn't forget the daddy of live albums...
The Space Ritual by Hawkwind.
A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at le Bataclan
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Deep Purple Live In Japan..
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
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
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.
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Grateful Dead, Steal your Face
Fleetwood Mac, The Dance
Deep Purple - Made In Europe
(Burn is sublime on this)
Not really a fan of live albums, but this is probably my fave live album...
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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
⬆️⬆️⬆️ This.
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.
Not Johnny Live?
The Wild Angels, Live at the Revolution
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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.
Peter Frampton - Frampton comes alive
Deep Purple - Made in Japan & Made in Europe
Doobie Brothers - Farewell Tour
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Pulse Pink Floyd
Cream Royal Albert Hall
Peter Frampton Frampton comes alive (still have it on vinyl original )
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.
Queen - Live Killers.
Had the tapes, then the CD’s. Played it over and over again….
It’s not been mentioned yet but Jerry Lee Lewis (died recently) live at the star club is reckoned to be a sensational live album. Anyone listened to it?
Big fan of live albums.
One not been mentioned “One more from the road” Lynyrd Skynrd
As mentioned above some great Springsteen live albums about. The 1978 version of Prove it all Night is fantastic. Lost in the Flood on “Live I at Hammersmith Odeon” is another classic.
Also Bob Dylan, Live at Boudakan.
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Oh yes.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
So many years since I had actually played a live album - forgot about:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One more from the road
also-rans:
Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous
Status Quo - Live Quo
Kansas - Two for the show
MSG - One night at Budokan
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Springsteen and the E Street Band live at the Hammersmith Odeon 75 is a good early Springsteen live album
Another favourite of mine is the Drive By Truckers - It’s Good to be Alive.
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