Best Live Al***s

Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze - Dark side of the Moog VII
Pete Namlook and David Moufang - Live in heidelberg
BB King - Live at Cooks County Jail
Last Exit - Cassette Recordings
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells - Smoking TNT and drinking dynamite
Burning Spear - Live in Paris
Material -= Live in Japan

JCS
BB King and Guy/Wells both excellent. Not familiar with the others so must investigate.

Thanks!

Hey Chris, from your list of favourites I'm not sure you'd like any of them. The Pete Namlook is ambient/electronic with a bit of drum and bass thrown in, the Material is harmolodic, Last Exit is described as heavy metal/avant-garde jazz and Burning Spear is roots reggae

Always willing to explore new stuff. Can't say it's not for me til I've heard it!

Loggins and Messina "On Stage" approx. 1972 - crack band.

Jeff A

I prefer live albums when they come off. Some favs in no particular order of preference:-

Allman Bros - Fillmore East
Julia Fordham - That's Live
Tom Petty - Plantation
BB King - Live at Cook Co Jail/ Live at the Regal
Nils Lofgren - Acoustic Live (demo standard sound)
James Taylor - Live
Free - Live
Rory Gallagher - Live in Europe/Irish Tour
Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous (remaster)
Wishbone Ash - Live dates 2 (only on vinyl - my CD copy was taken from vinyl)
Albert King - Blues Power
Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic (fantastic versions of classic tracks).
Humble Pie - Rockin' the Fillmore

Steve.

Steve
Crikey, a whole tranche that I had forgotten!
Allmans especially bad oversight on my part.
Lynyrd Skynerd "One From the Road" is another I forgot. And "Live Rust" Neil Young.
I agree with Solo Acoustic too. Did you seem him at the palladium or at Drury lane? He had David Linley at the latter which was fabulous.

Another vote for Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Stupidity - Dr Feelgood
Coma Divine - Porcupine Tree

The forthcoming VdGG live one - should they ever get round to releasing it

The best live records are clearly better than the best studio ones, if you ask me.

Some recent favourites:
- Van Morrison: Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast
- Alison Krauss + Union Station: Live
- Aretha Franklin - Live at Fillmore West

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Albert King - Blues Power

I have a singel(!) from that one.

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James Brown: Live at the Apollo

There is actually two. The first one, and the most famous, is from 1962-63, the second from 1967-68. Both are VERY good!

JohanR

Live at the Witch Trials - The Fall
Teenage Perversity & Ships in the Night - Patti Smith

exit stage left by Rush. A bit biased as some of it was recorded at the Glasgow Apollo.

Ryan

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Did you seem him at the palladium or at Drury lane? He had David Linley at the latter which was fabulous.

Hi Chris,

No sadly I didn't. Even more galling was the fact that one of my best golfing pals went and didn't mention it 'cos he didn't realise we had similar taste - doh!

Agree about Skynryd btw.

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exit stage left by Rush. A bit biased as some of it was recorded at the Glasgow Apollo.

Ryan,

I left this off only because the recording I had was pretty grim. Is the CD any better?

Regards,

Steve

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
SloopJohnB mentioned listening to "Running on Empty" last night and described it as one of the best live albums ever. I agree. I know a lot of folk prefer studio to live albums but I have always been partial to live, even knowing that they are often "prettied up" in post production. In no particular order I can think of these as particular favourites:

"Get Yer Yayas out" Rolling Stones
"Live Bullet" and "Nine Tonight" Bob Seger
"Reach Up and Touch the Stars" Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes
"Wheels of Fire disc2" Cream
the aforementioned "Running on Empty"
"Ummagumma" Pink Floyd
"Live75-85" Bruce Springsteen
"Fandango" ZZ Top
"On the Road" Traffic

I'm sure there are lots more. Your favourites?

A Southside Johnny reference! You got great taste (although it is "Jukes" not "Dukes")! His Hearts of Stone album is one of my all-time favorites. Of course, I love Springsteen as well, and also love both Seger albums mentioned.

Mike

"Waiting For Columbus" Little Feat

Live at The Leadmill in Sheffield
Albert Hammond Bootleg
Reflections In A Flat
Sealclubbing
Architecture And Morality, Ted And Alice
Fred Titmus
Time Flies By (When Your The Driver Of A Train)
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
The Trumpton Riots

Live at the System, Liverpool '86
Fred Titmus
Trevor
1966 And All That
Architecture Morality, Ted And Alice
Time Flies By When You're The Driver Of A Train
I Left My Heart In Papworth General
Seal Clubbing
The Continuing Saga Of The Cremation Of Hattie Jacques
Trumpton Riots
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)
Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman

Live at The Bull & Gate, London, 4/2/86
Busy Little Market Town
Venus In Flares
God Gave Us Life

Live At Derby Werehouse
Fred Titmus
Sealclubbing
4AD3DCD
Dickie Davies Eyes
The Trumpton Riots
Prac Vec At The Melkweg
Venus in Flares
Floreat Inertia
Bastard Son of Dean Friedman
A Lilac Harry Quinn
Reflections In A Flat
Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis
Christian Rock Concert
I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)
Everything's A.O.R.
Time Flies By (When You're The Driver Of A Train)

Manchester Univerity Students Union Debating Hall, 30.11.01
Bob Wilson - Anchorman
Fred Titmus
Lock Up Your Mountian Bikes
Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis
On Passing Lilac Urine
Turned Up, Clocked On, Laid Off
Song To The Siren
Vatican Broadside
Running Order Squabble Fest
Used To Be In Evil Gazebo
Paintball's Coming Home
New Dawn Fades
Secret Gig
24 Hour Garage People
Albert Hammond Bootleg
Lark Descending
You're The Reason Why (Paradise Lost)
Irk The Purists
Look Dad No Tunes
Bottleneck At Capel Curig
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
A Country Practice
PRS Yearbook - Quick The Drawbridge
Trumpton Riots
Everything's AOR

- Roger Waters: In the Flesh
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Live
- Blind Guardian: Imaginations through the Looking Glass

Mike in NY
Doh! Typo rather than ignorance!
Southside was here very recently but unfortunately I was away. I used to work for a company based in Oceanport NJ so was quite familiar with the Asbury Park area.
Hearts of Stone is indeed a great album, but I like all their stuff and much regret not having caught them live in their prime.

I see nobody's mentioned "Frampton Comes Alive"

Allman Brothers- Fillmore
BB King- Regal
Aretha Franklin- Fillmore
Bruce Springsteen- Piece De Resistance
Rolling Stones- Brussels Affair
Tom Petty- 20 Nights at the Fillmore
Jackson Browne- Solo Acoustic

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This is H M H B ?

It's the answer to all best of... questions. Aparently.

Hi Steve,

i've only got vinyl edition and its sounds pretty good to me. Getting a bit dirty now, but had it for years. It is a superb lp though.

Ryan

Another of course would have to be "if you want blood"......everyone should have a bit of AC/DC!!!

Or if you wish to be a bit more contemporary.....Scab Dates by the Mars Volta (one of the most eclectic and talented bands around imo)

Ryan

Many already mentioned but my favourites are,

Free - Live
Led Zeppelin - How the West was Won
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Nils Lofgren - Live Acoustic
Genesis - Seconds Out
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
The Who - Live in Leeds
George Thorogood - Live

I have seen Southside Jonny and the Asbury Jukes but do not own any of their music. Something I will have to correct very soon.

Milan