Your favorite Live Album

[madaxeman]

This week I have mostly listening to : - Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes

And this of course:-

Live at the Filmore is pretty f**king good as well, oh and Made In Japan, Song Remains the Same, BBC Sessions (Zep, Who) Oh and 'If You Want Blood' ...and countless others...I love live albums...always makes me wonder why these bands bother with all that studio shit.

 

[Alex W]

The Who's "Live At Leeds" might be more "important" or something, but Cheap Trick "At Budokan" is the live album I have gotten more hours of enjoyment out of. Honorable mention to The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl:

 

[nauc]

 

[monkeyboy]

I feel that there is a ton of repetition in this thread.

All of the classic live albums are phenominal, but come on, theres gotta be some less known ones out there you guys love! The OP could have made this a poll with 4-5 of the albums that have popped up numerous times at this point. Not knocking the albums or the musical taste, just wondering what else you have heard that you love.

 

[Meatwad]

I'm gonna go with Kiss Alive II.
It's probably not the greatest choice, and it's probably not all live, but it was my first concert.

 

[H.E.L.Shane]

I usually don't like live albums... but i like this one a lot!

 

[DHBucker]

I mean...She writes oh so well, plays multiple instruments, has unreal vocal range, and looks like this....

How she isn't a superstar ..I just don't know..

These guys bring the jam as well.

 

[PABassPlayer]

Great production, and live versions that blow away the studio versions of every song!

 

[Northwinds]

1) Rush - All the Worlds a Stage (alltime fave)
2) Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
3) Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
4) Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
5) Jefferson Airplane - Bless Its Little Pointed Head
6) Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains the Same
7) Allman Brothers - Fillmore East
8) Grand Funk - Live
9) Black Sabbath - Live at Last
10) Grateful Dead - Dead Set

 

[monkeyboy]

A few more of my favs.

 

[bocage44]

 

[espvh]

 

[milkjam]

Gong. Live etc...
not a gig but tracks from several live performances put together. actually flows pretty good.
great musicianship yet totally bonkers. features Steve Hillage on guitar.
not so much underated as completely under the radar. fantastic album by a truly cult band.
Misty in Roots. Live at the Counter Eurovision.
Britains best reggae band, live in Belgium 1977. heavy stuff. should've been massive.
don't know if it's available as an album but Steve Marriotts Packet of Three live in 1985 is a killer set of Small Faces, Humble Pie and blues numbers. check it out on youtube. stunning talent, guitar and vocals.

 

[slapshot]

 

[121064]

The OP could have made this a poll with 4-5 of the albums that have popped up numerous times at this point. Not knocking the albums or the musical taste, just wondering what else you have heard that you love.

You must have missed this one...

 

[monkeyboy]

You must have missed this one...

There have been a few that have stood out from the crowd.

 

[EasyAce]

Honorable mention to The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl:

I'll see and raise . . .

Not to mention some of my honourable mentionables, in no order of preference . . .

The Band, Rock of Ages
Bobby Bland and B.B. King, Together for the First Time
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper
The Graham Bond Organisation, I Met the Blues at Klook's Kleek
Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash at San Quentin
Eric Clapton, E.C. Was Here
Cream, The BBC Sessions
Miles Davis, Miles and Coltrane (1957 Newport Jazz Festival)
Duke Ellington, The Carnegie Hall Concert January 1943
Foghat, Live!
Free, Free Live!
The J. Geils Band, Full House
Dizzy Gillespie, Live at the Village Vanguard
Hawkwind, The Space Ritual
John Lee Hooker, Live at Cafe Au Go-Go
Jefferson Airplane, The Woodstock Experience
B.B. King, Blues is King
John Mayall, The Turning Point
Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands
The Velvet Underground, Live 1969
Link Wray, Live at the Paradiso
The Yardbirds, Five Live Yardbirds

 

[yeppedeppdepp]

The Rock in Rio Iron Maiden DVD from 2003 is really, really good.

 

[cookieman15061]

This live album of songs before he became a household name was a fav.

Wings rocked a heck of a lot harder live than in the studio.

 

[Mordor]

Not so much a live album guy, but for now, it's TSRTS.I used to think that Jimmy just didn't use enough distortion.Now I think he used too much