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« Reply #25 on: July 14, 2014, 02:01:44 PM »

David Live is pretty great to, I think.

Check out the alternate Madison Square Garden that was released late 90's. The energy seems to be quite a bit better than the previously released one. I have a special weakness for insane, karate Elvis, so hey.

You're right, the live disc of the Back In Memphis kicks ass!
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« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2014, 02:45:52 PM »

The Doors - Live at the Hollywood Bowl '68
AC/DC - Live at Donnington (I know, it's not an album - but nearly 20 minutes of 'Let There Be Rock' makes me put this concert on once a year).


"Who Made Who" on Donnington kicks ass all over the album version, in my book!

Doors: Absolutely Live is great too, for quite different reasons than Hollywood Bowl!

Alive She Cried is also fab!

Absolutely Live is superb - I think I like the Bowl better because of The End's inclusion.

Just listened to a bit of Alive She Cried on YouTube (never heard it before), I def have to get that album soon!
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« Reply #27 on: July 14, 2014, 03:36:20 PM »

A couple more:

The Band Live at the Academy of Music (Rock of Ages, kinda) + The Last Waltz are incredible. The Band live is like nuthin else.
Any King Crimson live album recorded in the early 80's in the classic Belew - Fripp - Levin - Bruford lineup is great...my fav is Absent Lovers.
Is There Anybody Out There (The Wall Live 1980-81) is really good.

I'm not a big fan of In Concert. Some of it is absolutely amazing but other parts of it sound really mushy, like it needs an in depth remixing.
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« Reply #28 on: July 14, 2014, 03:51:22 PM »

I'm not a big fan of In Concert. Some of it is absolutely amazing but other parts of it sound really mushy, like it needs an in depth remixing.

Agreed. It's a great album, but it sounds so one-dimensional.

Beach Boys '69 (Live In London) is my favorite live Beach Boys album - it sounds so full, lively, the vocals are fantastic.

All of these are easily trumped by Joe Thomas's masterpiece 'Live - The 50th Anniversary Tour' of course.
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« Reply #29 on: July 14, 2014, 04:10:18 PM »

Brian's solo Live at the Roxy is my favorite Beach Boys related live album.  Some nice rarities in the setlist, nowhere else except for on bootleg can you hear live renditions of songs like Please Let Me Wonder, The Little Girl I Once Knew, Back Home, Kiss Me Baby, This Whole World, and Til I Die.
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« Reply #30 on: July 14, 2014, 04:14:28 PM »

All of these are easily trumped by Joe Thomas's masterpiece 'Live - The 50th Anniversary Tour' of course.

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« Reply #31 on: July 14, 2014, 05:18:03 PM »

Brian's solo Live at the Roxy is my favorite Beach Boys related live album.  Some nice rarities in the setlist, nowhere else except for on bootleg can you hear live renditions of songs like Please Let Me Wonder, The Little Girl I Once Knew, Back Home, Kiss Me Baby, This Whole World, and Til I Die.

I love the Roxy album! Just something about that material being performed in such a small place that creates a lovely sort of feeling.
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« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2014, 05:51:48 PM »

All of these are easily trumped by Joe Thomas's masterpiece 'Live - The 50th Anniversary Tour' of course.

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What I think whenever 'Don't Back Down' pops up during shuffle play:

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« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2014, 07:16:11 PM »

I thought Mike sounded great as he did 50 years ago.
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« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2014, 07:17:32 PM »

All of these are easily trumped by Joe Thomas's masterpiece 'Live - The 50th Anniversary Tour' of course.

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What I think whenever 'Don't Back Down' pops up during shuffle play:




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You should add in the title text "Live, the 50th..."
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« Reply #35 on: July 15, 2014, 12:48:28 PM »

Here's my list.

And I apologize in advance if there's already a thread like this buried someplace.

Blue Oyster Cult: On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
AC/DC: If You Want Blood
Yes: Yessongs
The Velvet Underground: 69
Sam Cooke: Live At The Harlem Square Club
Lou Reed: Take No Prisoners
John Cale: Fragments Of A Rainy Season
The Beach Boys: In Concert
Fairport Convention: Moat On The Ledge
Rick Nelson: Live At The Troubadour
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Weld
Elvis: Live At Madison Square Garden

Oh man, I could go on and on.



 I could never get into Elvis' MADISON SQUARE GARDEN album to be honest. The live disc of MEMPHIS TO VEGAS/VEGAS TO MEMPHIS (1969) blows it away! Also prefer the relatively sedate ALOHA FROM HAWAII over MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. The Madison Square Garden gigs are fabled in Elvis history but somehow the magic did not translate.


I think the new mix on the Legacy Edition makes it sound really great. The original mix though is indeed another story. And I of course agree with the From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis album being not only better but imo one of the best live albums ever (as mentioned above).
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« Reply #36 on: July 15, 2014, 02:17:09 PM »

The who, live at leeds. Graham Parker and the Figgs, the last rock 'n' roll tour, Bob Dylan, live 1966.
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« Reply #37 on: July 15, 2014, 02:29:14 PM »

Bob Dylan, live 1966.

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues sounds so good on this album.
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« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2014, 02:33:15 PM »

Waiting for Columbus-Little Feat, Brian at the Roxy, any Miles Davis live album, Allman Bros @ the Fillmore East, The TAMI Show, etc  Brian, Dennis, & Carl
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« Reply #39 on: July 16, 2014, 01:28:52 AM »


John Cale: Fragments Of A Rainy Season


A favourite of mine too, and it reminds me that solo performer, or duo,  live albums usually work really well. The intimacy translates very well and the sound is uncomplicated, there's less that can go wrong. Jake Thackray, Randy Newman, Dory Previn, Flanders and Swann, and Pete Seeger come to mind. Not much ROCK in that list admittedly but Cale manages to make a decent racket on his own for parts of "Fragments....".

My favourite full band (orchestra, actually) live albums are the Jacques Brel live at the Olympia albums '61 and '64, especially the modern day extended versions. Talking of Paris, I always liked the Cure's "Paris"- loaded with deep cuts and with side one of the cassette full of dark and the other half full of light.
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« Reply #40 on: July 16, 2014, 10:45:22 AM »


John Cale: Fragments Of A Rainy Season


A favourite of mine too, and it reminds me that solo performer, or duo,  live albums usually work really well. The intimacy translates very well and the sound is uncomplicated, there's less that can go wrong. Jake Thackray, Randy Newman, Dory Previn, Flanders and Swann, and Pete Seeger come to mind. Not much ROCK in that list admittedly but Cale manages to make a decent racket on his own for parts of "Fragments....".

My favourite full band (orchestra, actually) live albums are the Jacques Brel live at the Olympia albums '61 and '64, especially the modern day extended versions. Talking of Paris, I always liked the Cure's "Paris"- loaded with deep cuts and with side one of the cassette full of dark and the other half full of light.


Agreed!

"Friday Night In San Francisco" the John McLaughlin, Al Dimeola, Paco DeLucia thing is fantastic as well for the reasons you described.
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« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2014, 08:42:33 AM »

 What..... no mention of the Allman Brothers " Live at the Fillmore East " Great album.
Wait.... I see it has been mentioned.
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« Reply #42 on: July 18, 2014, 01:46:31 PM »

Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Club Square
Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Miles Davis - Agharta/Pangaea
Allman Brothers Band - Live At The Fillmore
The Who - Live At Leeds
The Band - The Last Waltz
George Harrison - Concert for Bangladesh
Bob Dylan & The Band - Before The Flood
The Beach Boys - In Concert
Velvet Underground - Live At Max's Kansas City
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Donovan - In Concert
James Brown - Live At The Apollo
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Neil Young - Live Rust
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
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« Reply #43 on: July 18, 2014, 03:46:59 PM »

Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Club Square
Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Miles Davis - Agharta/Pangaea
Allman Brothers Band - Live At The Fillmore
The Who - Live At Leeds
The Band - The Last Waltz
George Harrison - Concert for Bangladesh
Bob Dylan & The Band - Before The Flood
The Beach Boys - In Concert
Velvet Underground - Live At Max's Kansas City
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Donovan - In Concert
James Brown - Live At The Apollo
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Neil Young - Live Rust
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same


Eeek!!! How could we all have forgotten Cheap Trick: At Budokan until now???

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« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2014, 05:25:10 PM »

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Live at Carnegie Hall
Redneck Jazz Explosion
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Rio Revisited LIVE
Ray Charles - LIVE
Doc & Merle Watson - On Stage
Bob Dylan - Live 1966
Ray Davies - Storyteller
Brian Wilson - Live at the Roxy
CCR - The Concert
Grateful Dead - Europe 72
The Who - Live at Leeds
Kentucky Colonels - Living in the Past
The Dillards - LIVE!!! Almost
Old & in the Way
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels - Live 1973
The Byrds - Live at the Fillmore West
Buck Owens - Live in London
Charley Pride - In Person
Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee LIVE
Waylon Jennings - Waylon LIVE
George Jones - Live at Dancetown USA
Louvin Brothers - Live at New River Ranch
Seldom Scene - Live at the Cellar Door
Buddy Emmons - Live 1977
Ween - Live in Toronto
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« Reply #45 on: July 28, 2014, 06:46:06 AM »

Europe 72 by The Dead or Fillmore East by The Allmans or Rock &Roll Animal by Lou.
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« Reply #46 on: July 28, 2014, 06:50:30 AM »

Europe 72 by The Dead or Fillmore East by The Allmans or Rock &Roll Animal by Lou.

Hmm, I've never really understood the love for that one. Too much guitar wanking for my taste, and even if I were a fan of that, Lou's vocals don't really match the level of energy.
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« Reply #47 on: July 28, 2014, 06:56:51 AM »

Live Le Batalcan with Cale and Nico on the other hand I really love. Mesmerizing atmosphere on that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4be4Az5BM-c

I'm still wondering if Reed and Nico are staring at each other from @3:52 to 4:37 or it just seems that way.
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« Reply #48 on: July 28, 2014, 07:24:09 AM »

Genesis,  Seconds Out!
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« Reply #49 on: August 26, 2014, 09:17:05 PM »

I've been listening to Lou Reed's Berlin Live at St. Ann's Warehouse a lot lately and I have to say, it's my new favorite Reed live album.  I think I even like it better than the studio version of Berlin.  Lou was never a more dynamic performer and he has an incredible backing band led by Steve Hunter and Fernando Saunders.  Songs like Caroline Says, Oh Jim, How Do You Think It Feels and The Bed especially rival their studio versions.  And the encore songs are fantastic too, Candy Says is absolutely beautiful as a duet between Lou and Antony and Rock Minuet is another one that's a hell of a lot better than the studio version.  The only misstep is the inclusion of Sweet Jane in the finale.  It just seems a little out of place, though performance wise, it's as good as any other version of Sweet Jane (my favorite being from the 1993 VU live album which I mentioned earlier).
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