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[Prez]

I love live music. Most times they're more impressive than any studio album by the same artist. I made a list of the best ones:

Average White Band - Soul & the City
Average White Band - Face to Face (live)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall
Bootsy's Rubber Band live in Louisville 1978
Brand New Heavies - Live in London
Cameo - Nasty
Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
Chic - Live
Commodores - Live
The Crusaders - Royal Jam
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis Live
D'Angelo Live in Stockholm
Donny Hathaway Live
Donny Hathaway In Performance
Earth, Wind & Fire - Alive in 75
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden
Erykah Badu Live
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra At The Sands with Count Basie & His Orchestra
Funkadelic Live Meadowbrook 1971
George Benson - Weekend in L.A.
Grover Washington Jr. - Live at the Bijou
Isley Brothers - The Isleys Live
James Brown - any live album
Jay-Z - MTV Unplugged
Johnnie Taylor - Live At The Summit Club
King Curtis Live at Fillmore West
Kool & The Gang - Live at P.J.s
Level 42 - A Physical Presence
Maceo Parker - Life on Planet Groove
Mary J. Blige - The Tour
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
Nils Landgren Funk Unit Live in Montreux
Ohio Players - Jam
P-Funk all stars - Live at the Beverly Theater
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stompin'At The Savoy
Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
Solomon Burke - Soul Alive!
Sting - Bring on the Night
Tower of Power - In Living Color
Victor Wooten - Live in America
War Live

Feel free to add.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

How can you forget Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison" and "At San Quentin"?

Terrific live albums.

 

[Prez]

How can you forget Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison" and "At San Quentin"?

Terrific live albums.

Not a fan of Johnny Cash, sorry.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Not a fan of Johnny Cash, sorry.

For some reason I feel very offended by that.

 

[Prez]

For some reason I feel very offended by that.

Why? You asked me how I could forget those albums, that's why...

 

[Charmicarmicat]

Melvins - 'Endless Residency'

 

[marrec]

Nirvana Unplugged

 

[JoJoShabadoo]

 

[Milchjon]

I'm not a huge fan of live albums, but I like how athmospheric Dire Strais' "On the Night" is.

 

[Divvy]

EDIT: Wrong image

 

[Mazer Rackham]

does Nirvana's Unplugged in New York count as a live album? if so, that's my pick

 

[BlueWord]

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Hammersmith Odeon London '75

 

[Doytch]

Ctrl+F "Neil Young"

Fuck off, GAF.

 

[Prez]

Ctrl+F "Neil Young"

Fuck off, GAF.

Just appreciate the new music you discover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9ALfeXztw

 

[Eric WK]

BY MILES

Also that vvvvv

 

[Blair]

 

[Count Dookkake]

EDIT: Wrong image

Aw, but Live Killers has that awesome version of We Will Rock You.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

thin lizzy - live and dangerous

 

[Machine]

Bob Seger - Live Bullet
J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out

 

[strafer]

Don't forget.

 

[Divvy]

Aw, but Live Killers has that awesome version of We Will Rock You.

They're both amazing, but '86 is the definitive live Queen for me.

 

[Sheppard]

No Iron Maiden at Rio?

BAH!

 

[Qasiel]

My 2 picks are:

Dream Theater: Live Scenes from New York - My favourite DT album played live, with the 25 minute Epic "A Change Of Seasons" (complete with "Simpsons Theme Song" thrown in for good measure)

Dream Theater: Score - Totally bias, but I flew out to NYC from London just for this concert

 

[Rodeo Clown]

Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Kansas - Two for the Show
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

No Iron Maiden at Rio?

BAH!

Just get Live After Death.

 

[brianjones]

really all the dylan live bootleg series are fantastic

lots of great neil youngs too couldnt pick one

 

[Spike6663]

Great thread!

I'm into live DVDs a lot. My fave is Muse's Hullabaloo. Maximo Parks first one is awesome too.

 

[Gigglepoo]

My favorite 200 or so live albums are from Pearl Jam.

 

[HotHamWater]

Not a live album (yet) but LCD Soundsystem's final show was fantastic.

 

[DTLIONS1013]

I'm not big into live albums but I love Frampton Comes Alive

 

[hiryu2015]

The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!

There are some overdubs that become obvious if you hear some of the bootlegs from the '69 US Tour (you can also hear the arena echo of the original lyrics to Honky Tonk Women under the new lyrics). Thankfully, the band is still in great form as seen in the Gimme Shelter doc.

 

[Mileena]

the best:

 

[HammerOfThor]

Don't forget.

This.

Also, the Big 4 CD. At least Metallica's part of it.

 

[gdt]

The Who- Live at Leeds
The Who- Live at The Isle of Wight
Daft Punk- Alive 2007
Talking Head- The Name of this Band Is

 

[deim0s]

Frampton Comes Alive, Metallica's Live, Shit, Binge and Purge, and Slayer's Decade of Agression albums comes to mind.

 

[gdt]

When I first heard SnM, it blew my mind, then it got worse with each listen. Some songs are still great though. The two originals are awesome (Clover moreso) and the slower Lo/Reload songs sound great. Bleeding Me in particular, IIRC.

 

[DTLIONS1013]

Forgot this, Serj Tankian's Elect the Dead Symphony

 

[ruuk]

Radiohead: From the Basement. Holy crap, the beauty and perfection.

Oingo Boingo: Farewell: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre-Halloween 1995

Metallica: Live Shit, Binge & Purge (there are three separate live sets with this compilation, one is a compilation of a couple Mexico City shows on CD, and a San Diego and Seattle shows on video. Of the three the Seattle set is the best).
Also: Metallica: S&M as mentioned above. Both of these live sets are truly phenominal, although the S&M set seems to have some auto-tune and some other post-live studio doctoring going on.

Slayer: Live: decade of Aggression. An absolute must for any Slayer fan. Unbelievably tight live performances for a thrash band.

 

[mr. puppy]

you're all wrong.

easily the best live album ever made.

 

[castlegar]

The Tragically Hip - Roxy & Elsewhere

 

[Neutrality]

Right answer:

 

[Kentpaul]

The live Metallica album is awesome, also the pink floyd the wall live was great.

Listen to them both from time to time.

 

[swordfishtrombones]

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971)

 

[Ryaaan14]

Awesome. Came to post this.

 

[Red_Man]

Daft Punk is obvious choice, but I really love Matthew Good live at Massey Hall.

 

[DarkKyo]

I seem to recall Incubus - Alive at Red Rocks (live album) being really awesome. Been awhile since I heard it though.

 

[thesoapster]

Nine Inch Nails - Children of the Night (with David Bowie)

Hard to get a hold of, but has some very memorable tracks.

 

[Barberetti]

Add to the list:

Queen - Live Killers
Eagles - Live
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Whitesnake - Live...in the Heart of the City

.. off the top of my head.

Edit: Jesus, how the fuck could I forget Iron Maiden?!

 

[AusQB]

Don't forget.

I listened to that over and over again before I even knew what an MP3 was. Couldn't get enough of it.

 

[Xun]

Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won

Superb live album.

 

[RDreamer]