Live al***s with good performance and good sound

Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture,.

The Spiders last night at Hammersmith Odeon, a four piece at full tilt and goosebumps aplenty.

801 Live- superb sound and performance-just released as much expanded Cd version

Steve

Not sure if I saw the following
Strolling Bones- Get Yer Ya's Ya's Out.
Luther Allison- Live in Chacgo
BB King- Live at the Regal
BB King- Live at Cook County Jail House
Aretha Franklin- Fillmore West
James Gang- Live
The Who- Live at Leeds
Bruce Springsteen- Live in New York City
Wishbone Ash- Live Dates Vol 1

amongst many others.

For great music and good sound, let me recommend:

High period Rory:


which now looks like:


And slightly earlier period:

(You might still be able to find this on 180g vinyl)

Both of these, together with two more albums, Stage Struck and G-Man Sessions (not as good sonically or musically, the latter being an official bootleg) are available in the excellent value box set:



But for sheer quality of recording, as well as musical performances, this double CD from the BBC is absolutely fantastic:



This covers the period from 1971-1979 mainly, plus one track from 1986 'Blues on 2'. The first CD is tracks recorded live in concert (Rory's natural home turf anywhere), and the second CD is live in the studio, sessions at Maida Vale.

It is very sad that - unlike so many of the BBC Sessions albums for other artists - this is not available on LP.

neil young- weld

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Deep Purple Made in Japan. Superb recording of three nights in Tokyo. If you're into hard rock/early metal you've got to have this.

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Originally posted by TomK:
Deep Purple Made in Japan. Superb recording of three nights in Tokyo. If you're into hard rock/early metal you've got to have this.

With the Spinal Tap moment: "I want everything louder than everything else"

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Originally posted by TomK:
Deep Purple Made in Japan. Superb recording of three nights in Tokyo. If you're into hard rock/early metal you've got to have this.

Interesting, I used to love that set in my yoof. But (hides from brickbats) just like Song Remains The Same, I now rather cringe at the indulgent and over-long extensions to tracks. The worst examples being drum solos that go on for ever.

Maybe I'm getting old but I still love Machine Head, In Rock and the early Zep albums so I don't think it's that.

By the same token, I love Skynryd but can't stand "Freebird".

Joe,

"maybe im getting old"......you said it my friend !

Seriously though i do think that our musical taste does mellow /change during our natural aeging process.

Regards,. Dave.

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By the same token, I love Skynryd but can't stand "Freebird".

For me Freebird is one of those tracks, picked up by mainstream Radio to play some "non pop" music , limited to a couple of tracks from several artists. Therefore for me Bo Rap, Stairway, Freebird,All Right Now etc etc, have become almost unlistenable to, because of over exposure. Bo Rap was for me, before it was on the radio BTW.

As for age changing your tastes, I have to admit to not playing my Listen With Mother cylinders any more!

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Originally posted by Joe Bibb:

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Originally posted by TomK:
Deep Purple Made in Japan. Superb recording of three nights in Tokyo. If you're into hard rock/early metal you've got to have this.

Interesting, I used to love that set in my yoof. But (hides from brickbats) just like Song Remains The Same, I now rather cringe at the indulgent and over-long extensions to tracks. The worst examples being drum solos that go on for ever.

Maybe I'm getting old but I still love Machine Head, In Rock and the early Zep albums so I don't think it's that.

By the same token, I love Skynryd but can't stand "Freebird".

I agree to a certain extent. I still enjoy the extended jams but hate drum solos even more now than I did then. That's when the skip button comes in handy. Less is definitely more at times.

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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
Joe,

"maybe im getting old"......you said it my friend !

Seriously though i do think that our musical taste does mellow /change during our natural aeging process.

Regards,. Dave.

I think my taste has widened considerably, but not changed altogether. I also think some bands/artists music has dated rather badly and others have not. I take H's point about over-exposure but I also think that even a genius short track can be spoiled by a pile of mindless drumming or fret wanking just stuck into, or on the end of it.

Improvisation for it's own sake is more a jazz thing, nothing wrong with that (nice) , but not my bag.

To stay on the particular album, Made in Japan, Space Truckin' was good but fairly limited as a track on Machine Head....but on Made in Japan it becomes an attention span challenge. Dazed and Confused is blinding on Led Zep 1 but what's all that violin bow stuff about?

Joe

My tastes are certainly not mellowing as I get older, and I find the opposite to what a few people have mentioned above. I am far more tolerant of discordant music, and I also like a lot of improvised solos more.

The live version of Led Zeppelin's 'Dazed and Confused' has improved for me over the years, and I now find that the violin bow section adds an atmosphere, although it is the interplay between the band at the end that I really like.

Similarly some of the atmospheric improvisations by bands like Tangerine Dream I now find very listenable, but years ago I found them tuneless and hard to take. I also found Nine Inch Nails too loud when I first heard them, but now they are a staple of my listening.

The one thing that I find I am increasingly intolerant to is the endless adherence to the verse chorus structure that British bands in particular are so stuck in. A decade ago I really enjoyed Radiohead, but I saw them in 2006 and I found that their formula was so restrictive that I quickly became bored at the concert, I really find it hard to listen to them now.

Although I am a drummer, I dislike, and have always disliked drums solos, a couple of bars of interplay is great (King Crimson 'One More Red Nightmare' for instance, or Thelonious Monk's 'Well, You Needn't'), but Led Zeppelin's 'Moby Dick' never makes it past the first few bars of intro'.

Back on topic, I noticed that someone posted Yes 'Yessongs' in this thread, it has some very fine performances, but as for audio quality it really is not that great.

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Originally posted by JamieL_v2:

... I noticed that someone posted Yes 'Yessongs' in this thread, it has some very fine performances, but as for audio quality it really is not that great.

"Twas me: I was referring to the vinyl copy. I did have it on CD once (to cut down on disc numbers!) but that was very poor in comparison.

I found the remastered Yessongs to be a very considerable improvement over the original CD.

Neil and Crazy Horse - "Weld".
Aretha at the Filmore...
Rickie Lee Jones - "Naked Songs"

Weld is a dangerous album for headphones as it cries out to be listened to at ear bleeding levels. Dangerous but fabulous.

The Deluxe Edition of Live at Leeds is quite something though even better is the second disc of the Deluxe Edition of Who's Next...The Who live at the Young Vic, it is spontaneous warts and all, it is really not to be missed.....that is as long as you like The Who of old.

I find it rather sad that Daltrey / Townshend felt it necessary to to sellout at the Super Bowl....I will keep my memories of them in the '60s and early '70s leave it at that.

One of Joshua Redman's best albums:



Pat Metheny's Travels: Still enjoyable after all these years ...



... and still available on brand new vinyl!

Grateful Dead Ladies and Gentlemen..Fillmore East 03/71 (4 discs)

Black Crowes with Jimmy Page Live at the Greek

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Originally posted by irwan shah:
One of Joshua Redman's best albums:



Pat Metheny's Travels: Still enjoyable after all these years ...



... and still available on brand new vinyl!

Joshua Redman has just been released on vinyl as well.

This is a great recording and music too!