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Live Albums

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  • 25-05-2013 10:20pm
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    losthorizon
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    Live Albums seem to be going out of fashion even though concerts and festivals are more popular than ever.

    I have quite a few good live albums myself but does anyone have some which they would particularly recommend.


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    Gmol
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    Live and dangerous.


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    mrwhimwham
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    HAARP by Muse and Alive (2007) by Daft Punk. Two best live albums going!


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    endacl
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    Genre?


    Iron Maiden - Live After Death - Classic
    Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet - Best version of Bo Diddley. Ever. By Anyone
    Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out! - Well, its the Stones
    Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live - Not sure. Just like this one.
    Jethro Tull - Live, Bursting Out - If you're a Tull fan, you have this. If not, well, its OK not to be a Tull fan I suppose.
    Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder - Comfortably Numb. Never Bettered

    Or are you looking for newer recordigs?

    Manu Chao - Radio Bemba Dound System - Parrtttaaaayyyyy! :)


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    bleach94
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    Arctic Monkeys - At The Apollo
    Biffy Clyro - Revolutions: Live at Wembley
    Nirvana - Live At Reading


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    endacl
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    Wouldnt'cha know it. The NME have on of their listy things on the topic...

    http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/nmes-50-greatest-live-albums-of-all-time-what-are-yours


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    dar926
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    Life Live - Thin Lizzy
    Nirvana - Live At Reading


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    edhead
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    Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East is the greatest for me.

    Honourable mention to

    Van Morrison - Its Too Late To Stop Now
    Grateful Dead - Europe 72
    Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 74
    Bob Dylan - Hard Rain
    The Who - Live At Leeds
    Neil Young - Weld


    Some of the best right there IMO. Of course its all about whose one favourite artists are really which dictates favourite live albums for the most part, but Ive read many a poll on this subject seems my choices are pretty popular and nothing obscure so......

    In saying that previous poster added Jethro Tull's Bursting Out, huge Tull fan here but I dont believe its comparable to any of the above.

    Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus is a cracking live one too.

    Forgot AC/DC If You Want Blood - INCREDIBLE. Along with Made in Japan - sound of that tops all.


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    MagicMarker
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    B.B. King - Live at the Regal

    Best live album there is.


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    edhead
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    B.B. King - Live at the Regal

    Best live album there is.

    I must check that out.


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    edhead
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    There is a James Brown live album from his prime out there, supposed to be kicking. Saw a dvd of him in his heyday, a bundle of raw energy, if live album is anything like that I gotta get it. Must investigate.


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    Gmol
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    dar926 wrote: »
    Life Live - Thin Lizzy
    Nirvana - Live At Reading

    Life was bad, Lynott wasn't well at that stage. His production was poor. Sight and sound was brilliant.


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    endacl
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    B.B. King - Live at the Regal

    Best live album there is.

    Follow that with King. Curtis live at Fillmore West.


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    GoldenTickets
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    The first live album I ever bought was Queen Live at Wembley '86. It came out in 1992 and I bought it that summer (I was 8 years old and had saved up for months), and it's still my favourite album. I've been a big fan of live albums ever since and these are some of the best in my opinion, some have already been mentioned by other posters here:

    Eric Clapton - Just One Night
    Clutch - Live in Flint, Michigan
    The Doors - Live in Philadelphia
    The Doors - Live in Detroit
    The Doors - Absolutely Live
    Bob Dylan - Hard Rain
    Bob Dylan - MTV Unplugged
    Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
    Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
    Magnolia Electric Co. - Trials and Errors
    Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now
    Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980 - 81
    Queen - Queen On Fire: Live at the Bowl
    Queen - Live at Wembley '86
    Sex Pistols - Filthy Lucre Live
    The Smiths - Rank
    Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
    The Who - Live at Leeds
    Neil Young - Weld
    Neil Young - Unplugged
    Warren Zevon - Learning to Flinch

    Honourable mention goes to Live from the Bataclan by Jeff Buckley which is an ep rather than an album but is absolutely amazing.


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    nlgbbbblth
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    edhead wrote: »
    There is a James Brown live album from his prime out there, supposed to be kicking. Saw a dvd of him in his heyday, a bundle of raw energy, if live album is anything like that I gotta get it. Must investigate.

    Live At The Apollo. Released in 1963.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Apollo_%281963_album%29

    also Live At The Apollo II. Released in 1968.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Apollo,_Volume_II

    Both are excellent.


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    nlgbbbblth
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    My favourites

    Wings - Wings Over America. Waiting on the deluxe edition to ship from Amazon. Part of the tour (1976) features on the Rockshow DVD.

    Peter Gabriel - Live In Athens 1987. Features on the So special editions. The DVD version is included in the deluxe set and is well worth it.

    Rolling Stones - Some Girls: Live In Texas '78. The concert film is intense - amazing energy. It's my favourite album of theirs. This is worth picking up - double LP, CD and DVD in the one package.

    Grateful Dead - too many to mention but the Dick's Picks series has some great full shows. Volume 36 dates from September 1972 and is a killer.

    Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is or On Stage.

    Genesis - Seconds Out.

    Cheap Trick - At Budokan


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    Zaph
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    Surprised my all-time favourite album hasn't been mentioned yet, Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads.

    Other favourites not already mentioned include:

    The Clash - From Here to Eternity
    Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
    The Clash - Live at Shea Stadium
    Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall
    The Ramones - It's Alive
    Bruce Springsteen - Live in Dublin


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    rednik
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    Lynyrd Skynyrd - One more for the road
    Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day
    Black Country Communion - Live over Europe
    Rory Gallagher - Live in Europe
    David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk
    Roger Waters - In the flesh

    All excellent live albums.


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    nlgbbbblth
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    Zaph wrote: »
    Surprised my all-time favourite album hasn't been mentioned yet, Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads.

    First live album I bought! Sometime in early 1985. The original nine track LP is very good [if understandably heavy with Speaking In Tongues material]. The expanded CD with the full tracklist is better I think.


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    igorbiscan
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    ocean colour scene live acoustic at the jam house,class album
    also Jack L live is brilliant.


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    kingtiger
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    any live album by Rory Gallagher, he really put everything into his performances

    or if you are a blues fan "Live Wire/Blues Power" by Albert King


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