Favourite live album

[Mike's Beard]

What are posters favourite live album(s). I've got Kiss "Alive" blaring right now and despite not being a major fan of them, they seem to have captured the energy of a live concert on tape more than any other live record I've ever heard. It's amazing.

[Malc]

Too many to mention them - but off the top of my head

Genesis "Seconds Out"
Poco "The Last Roundup"
McCartney "Wings Over America"
and, of course, "Beach Boys In Concert (1974) "

 

[stack-o-tracks]

Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots & Alice In Chains all have stellar "Unplugged" albums.

[Christian]

1. Van Morrison - It´s Too Late To Stop Now
2. Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
3. The Band - Rock Of Ages
4. The Nice - Live At The Fillmore East
5. Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles

[Mike's Beard]

It's not an 'offical' live album but the recent release of the debut record from Santana has a second disk with their live performance from Woodstock on it. It's one of the best live recordings I own of any band, any time, period.

[Jason]

The Who Live At Leeds
Unleashed In The East (Judas Priest)
Live! (Mountain)
Wheels of Fire second LP (Cream)
Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)
The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
At Fillmore East (The Allman Brothers Band)
Kick Out The Jams (MC5)
Songs In The Attic (Billy Joel)
Before The Flood (Bob Dylan)
Live! (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
Made In Japan (Deep Purple)
Live! (Voltaire)
Alive Behind The Green Door (Flogging Molly)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Venom)
At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)
At San Quentin (Johnny Cash)
Between Nothingness And Eternity (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
In Concert: Live At Philharmonic Hall (Miles Davis)
Agharta (Miles Davis)
Hot August Night (Neil Diamond)
Ummagumma first LP (Pink Floyd)
1969: The Velvet Underground Live
Emperial Live Ceremony (Emperor)
On Stage (Elvis Presley)
Live At The Apollo (James Brown)
Cheap Trick At Budokan

[rab2591]

I'm not much of a live album person....however, AC/DCs Live at Donington has been my favorite for years. It's a DVD, but I consider it an album as I ripped the DVD to Mp3 awhile back. Such raw power in every song (especially 'Let There Be Rock').

[Rocker]

Elvis Presley - In Person
Nothing beats the power and soul on that album.
This is not the actual version from the album, but you get an idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eg-CNZSJOA


Jerry Lee Lewis' "Live at the Star Club" is a must, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y8TVDf070c


I don't know if I really have any other "favorite" live-albums. I absolutely love when artists do radio-appearances and play some 3, 4 songs. I can enjoy those kind of stuff more than a live-album many times

[Chocolate Shake Man]

For me, it's 3 central works:

Folsom, Johnny Cash
Last Waltz, The Band
Double Live, Rheostatics

[Jay]

In no particular order(except for number 1):

1. Live At Leeds(The Who)
2. Absolutely Live(The Doors)
3. Band Of Gypsys(Band of Gypsys)
4. Captured Live At The Forum(Three Dog Night)
5. In Concert(The Beach Boys)
6. Rock N Roll Animal(Lou Reed)
7. The Byrds(Untitled) (Not really a completely live album, but worth it for the 16 minute version of Eight Miles High)
8. The Byrds(Live At The Fillmore 1971)
9. 4WayStreet(Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
10. The Band(The Last Waltz)
11. Temptations Live!(The Temptations)
12. Live At The Copa(The Temptations)
13. The Concert For Bangladesh(George Harrison)

[hypehat]

Watched Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads, which is technically an album too, yesterday. How INCREDIBLE is that.

[Dead Parrot]

The Who - Live At Leeds
Neil Young - Time Fades Away (So what if Neil hates it, he's wrong)
The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock
Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
Marvin Gaye - Live At The London Palladium

[Aum Bop Diddit]

The 70s BB double and the late 60s live in London one.  Superb.
"On Your Feet or On Your Knees" by (The Amazing) Blue Oyster Cult.  "Some Enchanted Evening" is great too, but this double is my fave.
"Get Yer Ya Yas Out" -- The Rolling Stones.  Like the bootleg '72 stuff a lot as well, but they may swing (less coked up!) a bit more here.

[TdHabib]

My faves:
Live Rust-Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Wings Over America
The Name of this Band is Talking Heads
Dylan 1965 Bootleg Series and 1975 Rolling Thunder Review
The Last Waltz (it's overdubbed to death, but I don't care)
Genesis Archive Boxset Vol. 1 (mostly live)
The Dance-Fleetwood Mac
The live bits off of U2's Rattle and Hum
A Black & White Night Live-Roy Orbison
George Harrison Live in Japan
Time Fades Away-Neil Young and the Stray Gators
Tom Petty Live Boxset
The Doors-In Concert

[Jay]

I can't believe I forgot Live Rust. 

[FUN³]

official releases/dvds:

the knife "silent shout" concert, gothenburg 2006
daft punk "alive 2007"
justice "a cross the universe"

unofficial:
beach boys "washington dc 1967" (disc 2 of the GSHG boot; not sure where else this is found)

uhh...maybe i'll add more later