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     andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 196 Registered: 04-2006 |
as one who was musically socialised in the seventies live albums are well known to me. the seventies were the era of releasing live lp's. and i really loved them. instead of buying some odd compilations a live album (mostly double or triple albums) saved lives. here are some well known which i like still, once again or i loved ever): deep purple - made in japan (my first live album ever) the band - rock of ages yes - yessongs bob dylan and the band - before the flood the allman brothers band - live at fillmore east and wipe the windows, check the oil, dollar gas little feat - waitin' for columbus rory gallagher - irish tour and live in europe neil young - live rust blue öyster cult - some enchanted evening mc 5 - kick out the jams now it's your turn, because my brain can remind nothing more at this moment. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 197 Registered: 04-2006 |
c,s,n & y - 4 way street | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 193 Registered: 01-2005 |
John Coltrane - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings Bill Evans Trio - Live At The Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debbie Art Blakey - Live at Birdland: Volume One Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (for the Filmore songs not included in LATFE) Derek and The Dominoes - Live at The Filmore East John Cale - Fragments Of a Rainy Season Lou Reed - Live (The DVD version) URGH! - A Music War | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 548 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thank god you didn't list "Frampton Comes Alive" Andreas. What comes to mind for me? VU-1969 That's probably all that needs to be on the list. Other honorable mentions: Rick Nelson in Concert. This revived his career and the live setting saved him from his usually terminal blanditude. GoBees --Live in London I don't have it anymore and so can't remember the precise title, but the Seeds' live album was great, much better than their studio records. For the umpteenth time they showed where the Doors had gotten their sound. But the Seeds were bona fide bucktooth stupid--fabulous! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 584 Registered: 04-2005 |
Randy couldn't be more right. "1969 Velvet Underground Live" is the one. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 585 Registered: 04-2005 |
And honorable mention to the electric side of the Dylan Bootleg Series album, "Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert" (which wasn't really recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, of course). It's the sound of a brave artist doing what he wants, to hell with audience expectations. The only essential Dylan live album. "Play fucking loud!" indeed. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 796 Registered: 05-2005 |
I hate live albums. Cant put my finger on it, because I love music and I love going to gigs. Although, when I was 12 or 13 and only had a handful of albums I must have played Bowies "David Live" every night religiously for about 6 months solid. VU - 1969 is the only great live album I can think of | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 587 Registered: 04-2005 |
Well, no wonder you hate live albums, Kev. "David Live" is enough to put anyone off of them forever! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 797 Registered: 05-2005 |
you are right Kurt, it is a heap of crap. but when you are that age, and being a bowie fanatic I would have listened to anything he handed down to us. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 774 Registered: 03-2006 |
Andreas and Randy, you got most of the great ones. Now my brain can't remind any more... Allman Bros. at the Fillmore is indeed a great one. I can't believe I don't own it - I should rectify that. And Live in London is amazingly good. Shame that it never got a full blown commerical release. EMI should rectify that. Some more live albums that have meant a lot to me and that have thrilled me senseless over the years: Rollling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out My fave of all time, probably. It was disappointing to find out that they overdubbed portions of this, as I found out years later. Still love it. Someone said that Keef's solo on the studio Sympathy for the Devil was as brutal as a knife fight. The live version here's solo is more melodic and "tasteful", but still has balls out the ying yang (and you know how painful that can be). Richard Thompson - Small Town Romance Completely acoustic and brilliant. I think Thompson had this recalled due to technical issues, which as far as I can tell, consisted of him hawking up oysters between each song...still a great great live disc EC & the Attractions - Live at the El Macombo This was a promo only disc released at the time Ailvis was just hitting the US. It was later issued as part of Ryko's series of re-issues. It's brutally rockin' and features young Declan in his thuggy phase. You have to like Farfisa organ a lot to dig this... Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles Features a lot of great recasting of her songs all jazzy with Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. Might not sound good on paper, but the actual end result is beautiful. There's a whole section, too, of her doing some of her more ballad-y stuff solo acoustic. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense Love all the live versions here, but the live DVD, when I got my hot little mitts on it, totally obviated the need for the CD. Still a must. The Who - Live at Leeds Pete T., in addition to being a brilliant songwriter, is a completely badass guitarist, as this disc attests... Loudon Wainwright III - So Damn Happy Recorded at the legendary Largo (Randy, have you been there?) and featuring his daughter Martha and Van Dyke Parks. Rufus, the Tit Man, is absent. Van Morrison - Too Late to Stop Now | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 549 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hardin, if I'm not crossing mental wires Largo is the place on Fairfax smack dab in the middle of the borscht block. I saw Jill Sobule there. Her show was in the run-up to the 2004 election. I bought a t-shirt from her -- "MY dick would make a better Vice President." That's my Largo experience. Rufus used to play there regularly so it's kind of odd for him to be absent when his father took the stage. I haven't listened to "Small Town Romance" in years. Now I gotta find out what goes on between the songs. I didn't know "Ya Ya's" was overdubbed but I guess I should not be surprised. I have VERY fond memories of listening to "1969" back when it first came out in the early 70s, usually in a sub-sober condition. Definitely no overdubbing there. I always had a special attachment to the version of "White Light/White Heat" on there. Reed's guitar breaks defied everything that was being lionized at the time. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 569 Registered: 05-2005 |
I mostly really don't like live albums, though I did in my metal teen years. But I'm with Hardin for Live at Leeds, Stop Making Sense and Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 71 Registered: 05-2005 |
J Geils Band - Live Full House An astonishingly good live album. The only good album the band ever made. | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 162 Registered: 08-2004 |
James Brown's 'Live at the Apollo' is my favourite live album. I imagine beads of sweat breaking out on my CD player when I put that on. Although most people go for 'Stop Making Sense', I prefer 'The Name of this band is Talking Heads' which is like 4 mini live albums over 2 discs. It documents the bands live sound from '77 until '81. VU - 1969 : definitely Van Morrison's 'Too Late to Stop Now' is pretty good but I think 'Live at the Belfast Opera house' is better. Richard Thompson's Small Town Romance gets my vote too. Apart from the fact that it really helps in trying to work out his songs. Thompson appears to have a load of live albums available from his website. I guess it's a handy way to make a few quid. Thin Lizzy's 'Live and Dangerous' relieved the tedium of my early teenage years and I still give it a twirl now and then. I think it's great. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 734 Registered: 05-2005 |
VU '69 Kicking Television - Wilco | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 391 Registered: 08-2004 |
Television - Blow Up Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels Bob Dylan - Live 1964 (The audience were right with him, pure adulation. Which gave him something to rebel against in years to come) Bob Dylan - Hard Rain Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band... Live At Leeds, Stop Making Sense & Get Yer Ya Ya's Out I would second. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 201 Registered: 04-2006 |
randy, i swear i never owned, liked or had any other realtionship to that frampton live album. btw: motorpsycho - roadwork vol. 1 | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 739 Registered: 05-2005 |
its hard to find an artist that i really really like who has produced a live album. I notice we haven't anybotlegs? In terms of live recordings Ihave as MP3's or on tape: Paul Haig and Billy Mackenzie May 86 in Edinburgh. Aztec Camera - Brum Uni Dec '83 (Whistle Test filmed it) I was there, I looked 8. Simple Minds Glasgow Barrowlands - 1983 then...cd's Josef K - Live at valentino's ( I did the artwork yay!) CD Blaine Reininger - Live in Brussels CD Jerry's Talkingh Heads spot, that was a classic live album. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 214 Registered: 04-2006 |
i have one more up one's sleeve : curtis mayfield double live lp 'curtis/live!'. no doubt this is one of best live albums ever recorded. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 573 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes, I agree with Cichli, Live And Dangerous is awesome. I wish I'd seen Lizzy live. |