Great Live Albums

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Smokinbiker

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This project is a long ways away for me, but I thought I'd get a jump while I am stuck inside recovering again.

The best Live albums you own or have heard.

Heres a few of mine

The Allman Brothers - Live at Filmore East
The Who - Live at LeeRAB
Bob Dylan and the Band - Before the Flood
Van Morrison - To Late to Stop Now
The Band and FrienRAB - Last Waltz
Neil Young - Live Rust
Nirvana - Unplugged in NYC
The YardbirRAB - Five Live YardbirRAB
Otis Redding - In person (Whiskey a go-go)
 
I'm a Dylan addict, and I found a NET tape of him singing Pancho & Lefty...I was hooked. I really can't judge RVM "objectively," for very personal reasons, but for what it's worth, I think it's not only his best CD, but one of the two or three greates live releases ever. I take it you're a Van Zandt fan too?
 
I bought a bunch of stuff when I read he was "Americana's answer to Nick Drake", that was in like 1980, I guess I can see what they mean, it's a little dated for sure, but it's he's a really interesting song writer and performer.
 
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live

I don't usually listen to live albums, but I know HTWWW is great.
 
Hmm, the thing about Van Zandt's music is that, for me, it hasn't really dated. His best songs already seem timeless. Most of the studio albums are dated, but that's mainly due to questionable production values.

Whenever people ask me what I think the saddest song ever is, I have to tell them that it's the version of Tecumseh Valley on Rear View Mirror. Owen Cody's fiddle playing is one of the most stunningly haunting instrumental performances I've ever heard.
 
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Bob Seger - Live Bullet
April Wine - Live(1974)
Stampeders - Backstage Pass
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Kansas - Two for the Show
Rolling Stones - Flashpoint
Blue Oyster Cult - Extra Terrestrial Live
 
Little Feat - Waiting for Colurabus
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series VOL 4 Royal Albert Hall
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Hot Tuna - Double Dose
Jame Brown - Live at the Appollo
Rolling Stones - Get Your Ya Yas Out
King Crimson - The Nightwatch
Kiss - Alive
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Yes - Yessongs
 
some you guys forgot to mention

Dead Kennedys- Mutiny On The Bay
Black Flag- Live 84
Pink Floyd- Is There Anybody Out There?
Nirvana- From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
Lou Reed- American Poet
The Clash- From Here To Eternity
 
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Sex Pistols- Anarchy In The UK (Burton-On Trent 1976)

Buzzcocks- Small Songs With Big Hearts

Phil Ochs- Live In Vancouver

Townes Van Zandt- Rear View Mirror

 
A few of my favourite 'unofficial' live albums ;)

The Clash - De Montfort Hall , Leicester 1977
The Clash - BonRAB , New York 1981
Aerosmith - Central Park 1975
Aerosmith - Tower Theater , Philadelphia 1978
Talking HeaRAB - Old Waldorf , San Francisco 1977
Primal Scream - Glasgow BarrowlanRAB 1994
Primal Scream - House Of Blues , Los Angeles 2000
Alice Cooper - Whiskey A Go-Go 1969
Rolling Stones - San Diego 1969
Rolling Stones - LeeRAB University 1971
Rolling Stones - Paris 1976
David Bowie - Nassau Coliseum 1976
David Bowie - Montreal 1983
Jesus & Mary Chain - Vienna 1987
The Cure - Werchter, Belgium, 1981
The Cure - NEC Arena 1985
Judas Priest - New York Palladium 1979
Hawkwind - Glasgow Apollo 1980
Iron Maiden - Sun Plaza Hall , Japan 1981 (Full gig of the Maiden Japan EP)
Husker Du - The Ritz , New York 1985
 
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