I kind of get what you are saying as they don't expand much on the studio stuff, but they just pull it off so well. When Annie hits that note on "Ashes" it still makes the hairs on my arms stand up.Originally Posted by Progbear
I kind of get what you are saying as they don't expand much on the studio stuff, but they just pull it off so well. When Annie hits that note on "Ashes" it still makes the hairs on my arms stand up.
There are only a few live albums I listen to regulary:
Talking head - Stop making sense
Cardiacs - mares Nest
Cardiacs - Garage concerts
Gentle Giant - Playing the fool
The Nits - Urk
Hoelderlin - Live Traumstadt
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
Novalis - Konzerte
Eloy - Live
Stern Combo Meißen - Live
Wim Mertens - Years without history volume 3 cave musicam Brugge 29.10.1998 (don't know the other ones in this series)
Cream - Those Were The Days (box set - 2 discs studio, 2 live) - proves that no matter what I think of EC, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were the BOMB
Jeff Beck - USA Official Bootleg 06 - just TRY and stop playing it once you get it
Deep Purple - Made In Japan - 'nuff said!
Humble Pie - Rockin' The Fillmore - worth $1,000.00 just for the first 2 songs!
Dixie Dregs - Bring 'Em Back Alive - NO FIXES!!!
Mott The Hoople - Live 30th anniversary 2 disc - "the just shall live by faith"
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As good as Stop Making Sense is, I like more for the visuals. I prefer The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads from a music standpoint, especially the expanded version.
Others that I am not sure have been mentioned that I listen to regularly:
Little Feat-Waiting For Columbus
Good Rats-Live At Last
Zappa-The Helsinki Concert (YCDTOSA Vol. 2)
Stackridge-BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
My favorite Live albums are:
Throwing Copper
Mental Jewelry
not sure what the rest of you are talking about (LOL) ...
I alwyas heard Belew really tears it up on the portions of The Name Of This Band Is... that he plays on. I've been meaning to get more Talking Heads stuff in general, but that album in particular seems to be the one for a self confessed guitar geek should own.
Runrig - Once in a Lifetime
Wishbone Ash-Live Dates
Humble Pie - Performance Rockin' The Fillmore
George Benson - Live at Carnegie Hall 1975
Climax Blues Band - FM/Live
Camel - A Live Record
King Crimson - The Nightwatch, Live In Amsterdam '73
King Crimson - Live in Providence Rhode Island '74
Rory Gallagher - Live In London ( no keyboards)
Fleetwood Mac - Live at The Boston Tea Party
Cream - Wheels Of Fire.....Live at the Fillmore East
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Berkeley Community Center
Jethro Tull - Stand Up.....bonus disc: Live at Carnegie Hall
Univers Zero - Live
David Bedford - The Odyssey live
Gong - Live Bataclan '73
Mike Oldfield - Exposed
Soft Machine - Six ( Live album)
King Crimson - Live Plymouth '71
Renaissance - Live Carnegie Hall
Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere
Frank Zappa - Imaginary Diseases....(live with Jim Gordon )
Weather Report - 8:30
Frank Zappa - Yellow Shark
The Enid - Live at the Hammersmith 1979
Incredible. Have you ever heard the rehearsal? It has what I consider to be his best version of "Machine Gun." Yes, better than the Fillmore.
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For me, there aren't many live albums as good as Vital by vdgg
Kraan Live [74]
Miles Davis Agharta
Genesis Live (73)
Massacre Live At Meltdown
Area Are(A)zione
PFM Cook
The Who Live at Leeds
Tipographica The Man Who Does Not Nod
Roxy Music Viva
Miriodor Live at Nearfest
Scorpions Tokyo Tapes
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities BLUE Nights
Anthony Braxton 8 Standards (Wesleyan 2001)
Band Of Gypsys. Probably my favorite Hendrix album ever.
Never a huge fan of live albums but...
Genesis Live (1973) kicks ass!!!
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My favorite has always been Golden Earring - Live, exceptional work.
Worthy mentions:
Genesis - Live (yes, it kicks ass!)
Japan - Oil On Canvas
Porcupine Tree - Warszawa
The Orb - Bro Evil 39 (or) Orb Live 93
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Ooooh! what he said! by far my favorite live album by any band. Wish there was a DVD.
Uriah Heep live is a close second for me.
I wish there were a lot more DVD's of many of the albums mentioned here. I could go broke fast!
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live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Live albums by
Peter Frampton
Kraan
Camel
JL Ponty
Crusaders
Grobschnitt
Joe Walsh
Karnataka
Renaissance
As great as what's on the album is, it still rankles with me that not one of the 'official' CDs have included 'Supper's Ready', which was on the original double acetate. I get why the budget record didn't include it= they were still only a cult band at the time- but there's no excuse now.
Superb live album, but again I wish it was longer. Sometimes short live albums come across as rushed 'product'- was this in essence a contractual obligation, being the last album of their original run? But in fact it has a lot to offer.
Given the fact that the Pawn Hearts double LP was also scuttled around the same time, I'm guessing it was less a matter of them being a "cult" band so much as the fact Charisma didn't have the budget to put out double LP's. Course, VDGG were a "cult" band too, I guess. One wonders, had Lindisfarne (who apparently actually had a bona fide hit single at the time) planned a double LP, if Charisma would have allowed it to be released.
The thing about the double LP version of Genesis Live is, it strikes like it would have been awfully short. As I understand it, Supper's Ready was the one song recorded that was used, right? I guess if they had known they were recording a live album (the recording session was actually done for a King Biscuit broadcast) they could have theoretically included a few other tunes that were live favorites at the times, such as Stagnation or Twilight Alehouse (the latter would have been nice, since it never appeared on any of the regular albums).
But I suppose it's a moot point, for whichever reason, the whole idea of a double LP ended up being vetoed anyhow
Could be. Maybe not a contractual obligation (which I don't think a live album made up of already released songs would typically satisfy), but perhaps an effort by the record company to "milk the cow", just in case the hiatus ended up being a little more permanent.Superb live album, but again I wish it was longer. Sometimes short live albums come across as rushed 'product'- was this in essence a contractual obligation, being the last album of their original run? But in fact it has a lot to offer.
Viva's actually the one Roxy Music album I've never heard, as it's not in the boxset I have (which only covers the studio albums and singles).
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