mathman Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Be Bop Deluxe Live! in the Air Age. Just so much amazingly better than the studio versions of most of the songs.
Steve Haynie Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 I have a live album by The Sweet that is really heavy and has lyrics that would normally not be associated with a pop band.i like the sweet, whats that live album called?I have no idea. I am not sure which pile of CDs it is in, either.
DDC Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 +1 for Skynyrd live record.The Dead Boys (from Cleveland) and New York Dolls are better on the live tracks.Grateful Dead of course.
Willie G. Moseley Posted January 7, 2007 Author Posted January 7, 2007 Hawkwind. SPACE RITUAL still slays, about a third of a century after its release. One terrible-quality live album to avoid is BRING ME THE HEAD OF YURI GAGARIN, even if the album has one of the coolest titles ever.
seeker Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Wow, another Hawkhead! I almost put Space Ritual Live, but there is some of their studio stuff I like better. Of course, given the mad change in lineups, the SR is the best of THAT incarnation.
BadgerDave Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 HUMBLE PIE - Rockin the Fillmore. Possibly the best live album of them all!Grand Funk RailroadELPShawn Cassidy - I'm not joking, the SC live album kicks.I agree an all of the others with a big +1 for BeBop Deluxe's Live in the Air Age. I wore out at least 3 copies of that one on vinyl.
Guitarseh Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Thin Lizzy - albums were cool, but still topped by the live stuff, I think. Still tight, but rawer.MarkB
HSB0531 Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 The Who - Live @ LeedsHumble Pie Foghat - LivePriestAllman Bros. - Live @ the Filmore EastCheap Trick BudokanCream - from "The History of Eric Clapton" Vol. 1 - CrossroadsFrampton Comes AliveKiss AliveJohnny Winter
hamerhead Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Johnny A, Peter Frampton, AC/DC, and Pat Travers.
HSB0531 Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Yes! Pat Travers w/Thrall & Mars Ccowling circa 1979.Ooops...Thrall & Mars Cowling
jon344 Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Iron Maiden's Live After Death is what got me into them. I love their studio efforts (most anyway), but the audience on their live stuff really does it for me.
kizanski Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Certainly there have been scores of "better" live records, but KISS "Alive!" is probably the most significant live album for any band in history (a bold statement, I'll grant you, but I can back it up).KISS' first three albums did terribly. They were sure that they had what it took to make it (the fans that DID make it out to see them told them so), but they couldn't get it across to the album-buying public. They considered a number of changes, but they realized what they needed to do was try to get people that had never seen them live to experience what a KISS concert was all about. Voila! KISS "Alive!"While most live albums are produced to satisfy a record contract, much like a "Best Of..." compilation when a band signs on for X number of albums, KISS "Alive!" was just the opposite: it MADE them. Suddenly, those first three records started to sell.Then the KISS Army was born, and the rest is history.
mudshark Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 I like a lot of'em I've seen posted, and:Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (my personal favorite live album)FZ - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your LifeFZ - Make A Jazz Noise HereRoy Buchanan - Live StockJames Brown - Live At The Apollo 1961BB King - Live At The RegalNils Lofgren - Night After NightRolling Stones - Get Your Ya-Yas OutThe Band - Rock of AgesBob Dylan - Live 1975 The Rolling Thunder ReviewLou Reed - Rock and Roll AnimalVan Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop NowEric Clapton - Just One Night
zorrow Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 I like Steve Vai's "Live in London" and the ultra-doctored "Alive in an Ultra World". His "nerdy" side gets tamed a little when playing live, so true feeling gets more apparent.I also prefer Malmsteen's live efforts to his studio albums -- "Live in Lengingrad" and "Live in Brazil". It sounds more like a band (not just a shredder); and normally his set lists are well chosen too.Racer X's "Extreme Volume" does for me better than any Racer X studio album. I love them live more than anything!Bruce Dickinson's "Scream for me Brazil!" is a "best of" played impeccably live. It is my preferred album of his solo career.Gamma Ray's "Skeletons in the Closet" is my preferred album from them, and it is live. While I am not into power metal, I've always respected Kai Hansen. I always have a blast listening to that guy playing and singing live.+1 to many albums you've mentioned so far, but "Kiss Alive!" is the one.
mrhamerman Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Ted Nugent's "Double Live Gonzo" is one of my favorite live records, not for its guitar tones, but its sheer energy and edge.
raymund Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Definitely + 1 for Who Live at Leeds (saw them 1970 and was deaf for 3 days) + 1 for Humble Pie Live at Fillmore (Stone Cold Fever and I Don´t Need No Doctor are great while their studio records are pretty lame) andWishbone Ash (while their studio records weren´t bad, their live record was sensational)
Jeff R Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Echoplexing for the most part since I jumped into this one late. Faves in my collection:- Kiss - Alive and Alive II- Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith- Iron Maiden - Live After Death- Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East- Racer X - Extreme Volume I and Extreme Volume II.- Pantera - Official Live 101 Proof- James Brown - Live At The Apollo- Blue Murder - Screaming Blue Murder- Van Halen - Civic Pride (bootleg from December '77, mixing board recording!)- Dokken - Beast From The East and One Live Night- Black Label Society - Alcohol Fueled Brewtality
mudshark Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Just broke out another favorite live album: The Neville Brothers - Live at Tipitinas
formula73 Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 If anybody out here in San Diego has ever seen Collage Menage, you know how campy-badass they are live, but I have to say, I've never heard a wussier studio album version of the songs. The closest comparison I can think of is Live at Budokan "I want you to want me" vs the record....but worse.
Ranger Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 Grateful Dead - VariousWidespread Panic - Live in the Classic City and othersBob Marley and the Wailers - Live!Feat - Waiting for ColombusAnd another vote for Live at LeedsIn spite of my Deadhead ways, the best concert I EVER attended was an ELP show in St. Louis in the late 70's. Standing ovation for every song except the opener, unbelievable talent. Robin Trower was another killer show around that time; I think "In City Dreams" was just released.If you haven't seen it, Los Lonley Boys, Live in Austin, is an awesome DVD show. As is REM's Perfect Square. IMHO
MCChris Posted January 12, 2007 Posted January 12, 2007 Lou Reed: "Lou Reed Live" and "Rock ´n´ Roll Animal."
hamerhead Posted January 12, 2007 Posted January 12, 2007 DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAND'OH!! That's the one that brought DP to my attention - and I bought everything of theirs I could find after that. Great recording.
belikerick Posted January 13, 2007 Posted January 13, 2007 DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN+1 GREAT album* James Gang Live in Concert - with a totally KICK ASS version of "Walk Away"* Hendrix - In the West & Band of Gypsys* Joe Jackson - Big WorldOh and I finally bought the Complete Budokan and it's awesome as well!!
mathman Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Some Enchanted Evening (Live) [Legacy Edition] - Blue Öyster Cultis now on iTunes…ETI and Astronomy!
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