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Might do a poll might not...see what happens...

I have 2 nominations -

1 - Motorhead - No Sleep til Hammersmith

2 - Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan

Yeah they are metal bands...but the albums are....amazing.

Now I like most music (not this modern R&B bollocks though...but thats a personal thing and to be honest I am sure there are some really 'down n dirty' sounds) so I'd like to expand my ear so to speak to include other genres within the 'live album' experience...

Classical to Jazz...to R&B to even Chamber Music...

Have at it folks!

[QUOTE=Rubiconic Crossings;12202354]Might do a poll might not...see what happens...

I have 2 nominations -

1 - Motorhead - No Sleep til Hammersmith

2 - Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan

Yeah they are metal bands...but the albums are....amazing.

Now I like most music (not this modern R&B bollocks though...but thats a personal thing and to be honest I am sure there are some really 'down n dirty' sounds) so I'd like to expand my ear so to speak to include other genres within the 'live album' experience...



Well, here's my three:

Rush-Different Stages

AC/DC-AC/DC-Live

and...uh...The Clancy Brothers-From Carnegie Hall.

Haven't heard the Motorhead yet. Might have to check it out. :)

My pick would be Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Eddienormal.gif

Garth Brooks Double Live

yeah...I'm really trying to move away from the metal thing though to be honest...but hey...its everyones thread :)

Led Zeppelin- How the West Was Won

1. Paul Oakenfold @ Cream
2. The Who-Live @ The Isle of Wight

I can't stand live albums! They are horrible!

Although, Linkin Park's Live in Texas was pretty good.

My pick would be Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Eddienormal.gif
I agree with this because i was going to say it.
I also expected you to say it.:)

1. Paul Oakenfold @ Cream
2. The Who-Live @ The Isle of Wight

Ok...those are two I've not thought of before...! cool!

Ok...those are two I've not thought of before...! cool!

The Who album is the Tommy Album. It is one of the best albums in existence. Many musc critics agree with me on this.

My pick would be Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Eddienormal.gif

This one rocks.

Though, to me, there is the one, the only Emperial Live Ceremony. By Emperor of course.

Also, Live Legacy by Dissection is great. Dark Funeral's live one is good as well.

Peter Frampton Comes Alive! :p

Dooooo you! Feeeeeeel like I do!

C'mon let me hear ya! http://necroticobsession.com/bb/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif

Deep Purple's Made in Japan, Iron Maiden's Live After Death, and Nirvana's Unplugged.

I agree with this because i was going to say it.
Very good! Have a cookie. http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/keks.gif
I also expected you to say it.:)
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*flees*

*returns*
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/EddieRocking.gif

Deep Purple's Made in Japan, Iron Maiden's Live After Death, and Nirvana's Unplugged.
Good one, too. I hope you own it on vinyl - it includes more songs!

Rush - Exit... Stage Left
Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Those are my picks.

The Who - Live At Leeds
The Allman Brothers Band - Live at Filmore East
James Brown - Live At The Apollo

Take your pick between those three...

Good one, too. I hope you own it on vinyl - it includes more songs!
I have a version on 2 CDs. It's about 120 minutes long, so I think that's complete.

And it's easily the best live Iron Maiden album.

I'd like to nominate Rainbow - Live on Stage.

Although they're not really for everyone; Wilco's live album "Kicking Television" is really good. I am a big Wilco fan though.

James Brown - Live At The Apollo


Definitley.

No classical music fans?

I'd like to hear some nominations for that and some Jazz...

I'm thinking for Jazz .... Art Blakey Live at Birdland...

I have a version on 2 CDs. It's about 120 minutes long, so I think that's complete.

And it's easily the best live Iron Maiden album.
Bummer! I only have the single CD. (And the vinyl)

Then again, the Real Live/Dead one is pretty good, too. (Which I got as two seperate CDs).

One of the reasons I'm such a fan of Iron Maiden is that they sound really good and clear live on stage when compared to other bands. Hell, even the bootleg I got from a concert I was at sounds great.
No classical music fans?
Beethoven's 9th Symphony as played on Dec. 31st 2006 on German tellie!

Beethoven's 9th Symphony as played on Dec. 31st 2006 on German tellie!

Komisch! LOL ;)

Komisch! LOL ;)
What's komisch about it?

It was a great live concert!

What's komisch about it?

It was a great live concert!

It just struck me as funny....sorry...I used to live over there...I remember German TV before Pro-7 LOL!

Do you know the conductor or the symphony involved?

It just struck me as funny....sorry...I used to live over there...I remember German TV before Pro-7 LOL!

Do you know the conductor or the symphony involved?
Here's some more information on the orchestra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_Gewandhaus_Orchestra and the conductor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Chailly

Their homepage gives the following information on that very concert:

Gewandhausorchester
MDR Rundfunkchor
GewandhausChor
GewandhausKinderchor
Riccardo Chailly

Ruth Ziesak, Sopran
Rebecca Martin, Alt
Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor
Günther Groissböck, Bass

Ludwig van Beethoven
9. Sinfonie d-Moll op. 125
mit dem Schlusschor über Schillers „Ode an die Freude“

Hope that answers your question?

[QUOTE=German Nightmare;12202474]My pick would be Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio.

I prefer Death on the Road. Better sound quality, better mix of tunes.

My favourite is Rank, from the Smiths. Morrissey is intense live.

i like pixies at the bbc if that counts

1. Metalica - Live Shit (Binge & Purge)

2. Metallica - S&M

3. Various Artists - Woodstock

4. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Just Another Band From L.A.

5. Iron Maiden - Death on the Road

Finally, any of the "Vault" series from the Grateful Dead.

Yes, my musical tastes are all over the map.

I prefer Death on the Road. Better sound quality, better mix of tunes.
I have to admit that after I got Live After Death, Live At Donington, A Real Life/Dead One and the Rock In Rio I didn't really need another Iron Maiden live album.

Maybe that has changed now. ;)

In what universe is Cheap Trick metal?

Different Stages by Rush is easily my favorite live album, though Live In Rio comes close.

And I don't get all of this joyous oozing over The Who's Live At Leeds. I thought it was absolutely dreadful... They fucking ruined the songs, especially "Magic Bus". They totally slaughtered it...

In what universe is Cheap Trick metal?

In 1977...in Holland ;) LOL

Here's some more information on the orchestra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_Gewandhaus_Orchestra and the conductor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Chailly

Their homepage gives the following information on that very concert:

Gewandhausorchester
MDR Rundfunkchor
GewandhausChor
GewandhausKinderchor
Riccardo Chailly

Ruth Ziesak, Sopran
Rebecca Martin, Alt
Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor
Günther Groissböck, Bass

Ludwig van Beethoven
9. Sinfonie d-Moll op. 125
mit dem Schlusschor über Schillers „Ode an die Freude“

Hope that answers your question?

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Danke! I'll try and see if I can find a recording somewhere...

Leipzig...never been there...well not yet anyway!

Live music is generally horrid,I cant stand listening to live recordings.It is interesting how much different the song can sound.The only really good live album Ive ever come across is Linkin Park's Live In Texas.It has the best versions of a number of there songs.The only song on there that is worse than than another albums version is Points of Authority,the Little Nicky version is slightly better.

Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Nirvana - Unplugged
Silvio Rodriguez y Eduardo Aute - Mano a Mano
Sol y Lluvia - En Vivo


But my number one pick for the best live album ever done?

Nina Simone - in concert 1964

Live music is generally horrid,I cant stand listening to live recordings.It is interesting how much different the song can sound.The only really good live album Ive ever come across is Linkin Park's Live In Texas.It has the best versions of a number of there songs.The only song on there that is worse than than another albums version is Points of Authority,the Little Nicky version is slightly better.

Get your head out of your ass. Live music is outstanding, unless of course the band sucks, then it is going to be horrible. But, there are quite a lot of great bands and artists who work magic when they play live.


Husker Du in 1985, one of their run-of-the-mill shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA0uWwUdZZM

Rush in 1984, a typical live performance for them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvi_C_c4ks&mode=related&search=


Never again say that live music is shit.

Rush in 1984 Potarius, my only complaint about you ever, is that you are a Rush fan. But it is a serious complaint. Very serious.

Potarious, my only complaint about you ever, is that you are a Rush fan. But it is a serious complaint. Very serious.

And my only complaint here is that you misspelled my name. :p

And my only complaint here is that you misspelled my name. :p

Did not *shifty eyed*. Well, in my defence, it's the common Canadian urge to put an 'o' in front of a 'u' :D Sort of.

The single standout live LP for me is Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome - Carnegie Hall, June 1963.

Rather a sore point all this discussion of LP's as I just had about 500 of mine soaked by water pouring in from the neighbour's house. Hey, they're only material goods. They're only material goods.

And my only complaint here is that you misspelled my name. :p
Hehe, I shall dub thee Poutarius!

The single standout live LP for me is Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome - Carnegie Hall, June 1963.

Rather a sore point all this discussion of LP's as I just had about 500 of mine soaked by water pouring in from the neighbour's house. Hey, they're only material goods. They're only material goods.

Jesus Fucking Christ. How the hell did that happen...?

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Danke! I'll try and see if I can find a recording somewhere...

Leipzig...never been there...well not yet anyway!
Bitteschön!
Hope you're successful.

I haven't been to Leipzig, either. At least not that I can remember. Maybe a decade ago? I really can't remember. Although - had I been there, I'd probably remember. But I've been to Dresden.
Rather a sore point all this discussion of LP's as I just had about 500 of mine soaked by water pouring in from the neighbour's house. Hey, they're only material goods. They're only material goods.
A :fluffle: is the least I can offer.
I'm so sorry to hear that.

The single standout live LP for me is Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome - Carnegie Hall, June 1963.

Rather a sore point all this discussion of LP's as I just had about 500 of mine soaked by water pouring in from the neighbour's house. Hey, they're only material goods. They're only material goods.

Shit! that sucks!!! I guess you could save the vinyl...?

I had my collection stolen and sold by a flatmate while I was on holiday...200 odd records...early stuff from Floyd to Hawkwind to Satchmo...

Material goods indeed....

:headbang:

The Band's Last Waltz.

The Band's last live performance in November 1976. It was their farewell show at San Francisco's Winterland. My all time favorite live recording.

Jesus Fucking Christ. How the hell did that happen...?


I think their cold water tank in the attic either broke or started overflowing. I noticed some water pouring down their wall last night, but assumed it was just a problem with their guttering. I then woke up this morning to find that water had been streaming through my wall and onto my records.

Not good.

Still, I believe all the records should still be playable, even if some of them do end up with covers that look like corrugated cardboard when they dry out.

I've had some close calls with my record collection, to tell the truth.

It's when my dad picks up my records. Oh god, he really doesn't handle them properly. He picks them up quickly without care (he doesn't give a shit if the sleeves are down; the records could fall out at any time and break), he tosses them instead of putting them down gently, and he literally rips them out of their sleeves.

Ugh. I need to buy a locking storage box for them.

I think their cold water tank in the attic either broke or started overflowing. I notice some water pouring down their wall last night, but assumed it was just a problem with their guttering. I then woke up this morning to find that water had been pouring through my wall and onto my records.

Not good.

Still, I believe all the records should still be playable, even if some of them do end up with covers that look like corrugated cardboard when they dry out.

Well, if the records can be saved, that's alright. Try using a shop vac with a soft, stiff brush attachment to clean any crap out of them.

That's a fucking shame about the covers, though.

I had my collection stolen and sold by a flatmate while I was on holiday...200 odd records...early stuff from Floyd to Hawkwind to Satchmo...

Thankfully my early Hawkwind, complete with ludicrous foldout covers, seems to have got off lightly. Sections C-F, M-P and S-W bore the brunt of the cascade.

I think their cold water tank in the attic either broke or started overflowing. I noticed some water pouring down their wall last night, but assumed it was just a problem with their guttering. I then woke up this morning to find that water had been streaming through my wall and onto my records.

Not good.

Still, I believe all the records should still be playable, even if some of them do end up with covers that look like corrugated cardboard when they dry out.
Do your neighbors know that they're as good as dead?

Do your neighbors know that they're as good as dead?

Oh, the neighbors definitely have to be done away with as soon as possible.

Ah, now this is a hard one...
The top's gotta be Metallica - Live Shit: Binge and Purge, 'cause I couldn't live without that =P.
Still, I love Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album by Reel Big Fish a Hell of a lot too...one of the weirdest live albums you'll ever see, but weird in a good way =D.
Now I just sit and wait for DragonForce to release a live album =P.

*Leaves Dramatically*

Well, if the records can be saved, that's alright. Try using a shop vac with a soft, stiff brush attachment to clean any crap out of them.

That's a fucking shame about the covers, though.

Thankfully the water was clean - it isn't as if they had sewerage poured over them - and so its really only a question of drying them out.

I grabbed them all and shifted them to my folks' house where there is more space for them to dry out, and have been cycling sheets of newspaper in between them so as to draw some of the dampness out.

There are probably 300 of the 500 wet ones should be fine, about 150 which will have tidemarks, and maybe 50 which will end up in a rather sorry state.

One of the heartbreaking things was taking cellophane off some of them which had been on them for twenty years...

Do your neighbors know that they're as good as dead?

The neighbours are away over the Christmas college holidays. Chasing up their landlord didn't get immediate results, but I was able to turn off the water supply to their house by an external stopcock. Which was nice.

Thankfully the water was clean - it isn't as if they had sewerage poured over them - and so its really only a question of drying them out.

I grabbed them all and shifted them to my folks' house where there is more space for them to dry out, and have been cycling sheets of newspaper in between them so as to draw some of the dampness out.

There are probably 300 of the 500 wet ones should be fine, about 150 which will have tidemarks, and maybe 50 which will end up in a rather sorry state.

One of the heartbreaking things was taking cellophane off some of them which had been on them for twenty years...

Ouch. So long as the sound isn't degraded, everything should be fine (again, sucks ass about the covers). I'll keep something from all of this, for sure. When I move into an apartment, I definitely won't be storing my records out in the open.

When I move into an apartment, I definitely won't be storing my records out in the open.

Just remember to keep them ventilated, or else they can start to stink like Venice.

Thanks for the words o'comfort, guys.


I am now going to go and have a stiff drink after a rather trying day.

EDIT: other great live recordings - anything by The Replacements, the drunker and more smacked out they are, the better. There are a great many 'Mats boots where they only manage to play about two of their own songs, and fill the rest of the act with abortive and pitiful attempts at unplanned cover versions.

The neighbours are away over the Christmas college holidays. Chasing up their landlord didn't get immediate results, but I was able to turn off the water supply to their house by an external stopcock. Which was nice.
You should boobytrap their house so they get decapitated and cut to pieces by non-salvageable records.

(I'm sorry, I honestly don't know where all that aggression in me comes from!)

Anyway - I wish you all the best and good luck so you can save as many records as possible.

Just remember to keep them ventilated, or else they can start to stink like Venice.

Thanks for the words o'comfort, guys.


I am now going to go and have a stiff drink after a rather trying day.

EDIT: other great live recordings - anything by The Replacements, the drunker and more smacked out they are, the better. There are a great many 'Mats boots where they only manage to play about two of their own songs, and fill the rest of the act with abortive and pitiful attempts at unplanned cover versions.

You have my complete and utter commiserations mate...what a nightmare.

Let us know what happens when you speak to the neighbors!

Anyway - I wish you all the best and good luck so you can save as many records as possible.

...of course, it would be eight Acker Bilk records which get off scot-free, while the Patti Smith ones have an early bath...

Great live record - The Clash playing at the Bob Marley memorial in 1980 in Jamaica, and playing almost their entire set made up out of their reggae and dub tunes. I believe it is sometimes known as From London To Jamaica. Also of note is the boot from the US festival sponsored by Apple from '82, which although features Combat Rock tunes a bit heavily, and has a stand in drummer post-Topper Headon, is a lively and empassioned mix through their back catalogue including a couple of rarely performed tunes.

The CD version of The Who's Live At Leeds blows the socks off the rather limited selection of tracks on the vinyl version, but doesn't seem to catch quite the same jagged edge and danger that was visible in some of their 71-73 performances if you judge by the footage on The Kids Are Alright.

MARS78 is almost a live LP, being the demos and live performances of a NY No Wave band from '78 remixed by Jim Foetus. There are some sublime moments on that LP which pre-empt post-rock, shoegazing and Einsturzende Neubaten. An undeservedly obscure record. Speaking of which, the similar compilation of live and demos material Body To Body, Job To Job by The Swans has a noble savagery which shouldn't be overlooked.

Oooooh. Tonal Plexus by Glenn Branca - about thirty guitarists featuring your Sonic Youth's and your pre-Helmet's and your Swans and other assorted detritus of the NY scene making a frightening massed drone/gamelan wail for about forty minutes in four movements. Quality stuff.

EDIT: Lou Reed's Rock And Roll Animal - even though it sounds like it had more overdubs than Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous ( which famously replaced all the guitars, basses, vocals, and some of the drum parts in the studio, leaving basically a cymbal wash and some crowd noise left from the original live performance.


...I also can't seem to currently recall any of the names of the Joan Baez live LP's. There is one real standout there, but its name eludes me.

...of course, it would be eight Acker Bilk records which get off scot-free, while the Patti Smith ones have an early bath...

Great live record - The Clash playing at the Bob Marley memorial in 1980 in Jamaica, and playing almost their entire set made up out of their reggae and dub tunes. I believe it is sometimes known as From London To Jamaica. Also of note is the boot from the US festival sponsored by Apple from '82, which although features Combat Rock tunes a bit heavily, and has a stand in drummer post-Topper Headon, is a lively and empassioned mix through their back catalogue including a couple of rarely performed tunes.

The CD version of The Who's Live At Leeds blows the socks off the rather limited selection of tracks on the vinyl version, but doesn't seem to catch quite the same jagged edge and danger that was visible in some of their 71-73 performances if you judge by the footage on The Kids Are Alright.

MARS78 is almost a live LP, being the demos and live performances of a NY No Wave band from '78 remixed by Jim Foetus. There are some sublime moments on that LP which pre-empt post-rock, shoegazing and Einsturzende Neubaten. An undeservedly obscure record. Speaking of which, the similar compilation of live and demos material Body To Body, Job To Job by The Swans has a noble savagery which shouldn't be overlooked.

Oooooh. Tonal Plexus by Glenn Branca - about thirty guitarists featuring your Sonic Youth's and your pre-Helmet's and your Swans and other assorted detritus of the NY scene making a frightening massed drone/gamelan wail for about forty minutes in four movements. Quality stuff.

EDIT: Lou Reed's Rock And Roll Animal - even though it sounds like it had more overdubs than Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous ( which famously replaced all the guitars, basses, vocals, and some of the drum parts in the studio, leaving basically a cymbal wash and some crowd noise left from the original live performance.


...I also can't seem to currently recall any of the names of the Joan Baez live LP's. There is one real standout there, but its name eludes me.

Great post!!!!!

You have great taste! I like the sound (pardon the pun) of Tonal Plexus...will def look that up.

Mars78...that rings a bell somewhere in the recesses of my mind...

The Clash...yeah...I think that concert is on film as well????

The Clash...yeah...I think that concert is on film as well????

The US Festival one, yeah, the Jamaica one, I'm not so sure about.

Somebody has to add the Woodstock albumn, if only for Hendrix's version of The Star Spangled Banner!!!

Throw in Live Rust (Neil Young and Crazy Horse), BB King's Live at the Regal, U2's under a blood red sky, Eric Clapton's Rainbow concert, Dire Straits Alchemy, ...

There are lots of great live albums - but none of them match up to actually seeing the performances in person!

Wanna see some truly memorable, great live stuff? Look no further than Husker Du, circa 1985.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OphVymunx5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAJPRq9nbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH-slhl-9NE

Parts one through three in order. Part three is fucking incredible. Husker Du, the Minutemen, and the Meat Puppets all on one stage covering "Louie Louie". It has to be seen.

Somebody has to add the Woodstock albumn, if only for Hendrix's version of The Star Spangled Banner!!!


..currently drying out in all its triple gatefold glory....

Mars78...that rings a bell somewhere in the recesses of my mind...

These guys = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28band%29

I'm not a fan of live music. I find the noise from the audience to ruin it.

..currently drying out in all its triple gatefold glory....



These guys = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28band%29

ahh yeah...

They appear on the influential No New York compilation LP produced by Brian Eno, along with DNA, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and James Chance and the Contortions, which brought No Wave into the foreground.

I thought it sounded familiar...

oooohhh... forgotten fantastic live punk EP - Last Bus To Debden by The Epileptics. Not great performances, not great recording, not great tunes, but a fantastic document of the disinterest and abuse that characterised late 70's/early '80s UK punk scene. Four tracks of disaffected nonsense and inter-tune harranging of both the audience and the band. They later turned into the much more well known Flux Of Pink Indians. The EP contains the first outing of Tube Disasters on vinyl. Of course, I stupidly gave this one away a few years back...

http://www.btinternet.com/~thisispunkrock/ps/uk/5/epilepticsbus1.jpg

Classic cover. Classic piece of vinyl.

Note the finely handtooled 'wereallywannabeCRASS' graphics.


EDIT: speaking of which, NEVER EVER BLOODY ANYTIME EVER pay good money for a live Discharge recording. Quality wise, much as I lurve pre-Grave New World Discharge, their live records make Only Stupid Bastards Help EMI by Conflict seem like Carajan conducting the LSO.

This one rocks.

Though, to me, there is the one, the only Emperial Live Ceremony. By Emperor of course.

Also, Live Legacy by Dissection is great. Dark Funeral's live one is good as well.


Emperor has a live album? I must get it!

I nominate the Who at the Isle of Wight ('70).

I have it on DVD, the new one with Naked Eye and Substitute.

for me, the best Live Albums for me will always be
Monty Python: Live at the City Center
and
Monty Python: Live at Drury Lane.
:D

Bob Marley and The Wailing Wailers in Live at the Roxy.

Peter Frampton Comes Alive! :p

Dooooo you! Feeeeeeel like I do!

C'mon let me hear ya! http://necroticobsession.com/bb/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif

You are the only one with any balls in this entire thread. ;)

I'm just gonna come out and say it and I'll probably get crap for saying it.... KISS "Alive!" It may not be the most fantastic display of musicianship ever created, but I think it really redifined the typical "Live album" Also a personal favorite of mine (although i prefer to just watch the video) is Stray Cats' "Rumble in Brixton." Mainly because it is a divine experience to watch Lee Rocker and Brian Setzer play together.

You are the only one with any balls in this entire thread. ;)
*checks*
*disagrees*

Frampton Comes Alive. No more need be said.

for me, the best Live Albums for me will always be
Monty Python: Live at the City Center
and
Monty Python: Live at Drury Lane.
:D
Heh, yep. Got that second one (nicked from my dad), and it is indeed great. :)

Other than that, I've only got The Song Remains The Same (Led Zep) and Hullabaloo (Muse). I can quite easily tell you which is the better of the two, and it's Hullabaloo. I'm kidding. That's a rubbish album.

Blind Guardian's Live

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_%28Blind_Guardian_album%29

I'm just gonna come out and say it and I'll probably get crap for saying it.... KISS "Alive!" It may not be the most fantastic display of musicianship ever created, but I think it really redifined the typical "Live album"

Don't worry, no crucifxion awaits you for saying that. I almost posted about it earlier, as you say, as an album it is no great shakes, but it remains somewhat hard to ignore as it has come to symbolise so much (for good or ill...). Similarly for Queen Live Killers - few if any great performances, with the exception of the solo in Brighton Rock, but it is such a time piece and such a blueprint for so many of the somewhat less well carried out and executed live LP's that followed.

Very good! Have a cookie. http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/keks.gif

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*flees*

*returns*
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/EddieRocking.gif


Good one, too. I hope you own it on vinyl - it includes more songs!
I remember that 2 or 3 times you have said Rock in Rio was awesome, so it was fair to assume that would be your choice.

Elementary my dear Watson.
*Puffs on bubble pipe*

I'm still surprised that no-one has mentioned any other genres outside of rock/metal/punk....

Not even any folk bands!

Or even the bootleg of Bob Dylan at Manchester Free Trade Hall....

Iron Maiden and Rush both have good live albums. I prefer "Rock over Rio" to "Live after Death", however.

I haven't heard too many good live albums. Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads Tribute, however, is one of the few where many of the songs are actually performed better than their recorded versions.

I have a soft spot for Nirvana's unplugged album, too.

Thankfully my early Hawkwind, complete with ludicrous foldout covers, seems to have got off lightly. Sections C-F, M-P and S-W bore the brunt of the cascade.

Not the Venom....please say its not so.....

The Who - Live At Leeds..

You win the thread.

You win the thread.

Why? The performances are bloated and overblown, and some of the songs are totally destroyed (Magic Bus being the standout).

A live album should make one feel energised. It shouldn't make one want to hang himself after listening to it.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Pretty much any live Pink Floyd show is awesome to see. And hear.

I'm still surprised that no-one has mentioned any other genres outside of rock/metal/punk....

Not even any folk bands!

Did I not mention Pete Seeger?

Hey look, kids, water and vinyl don't mix:

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Did I not mention Pete Seeger?

aahh!! I think I missed that one mate!

I'm still surprised that no-one has mentioned any other genres outside of rock/metal/punk....

Not even any folk bands! hey, I mentioned Monty Python!