bahoodore Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I have a long-time dislike for LIVE recordings, but here is my list of ones that I actually like:1) Any Live recording by the Allman Brothers : These guys are amazing Live Players...even whacked out of their minds, they deliver soulful and inspiring music.2) Rollerworld: Live at the Budokan 1977 - Bay City Rollers: Really only a 4-piece after Pat McGlynn was fired. This recording proves that the Rollers could ROCK live. It is stripped down to one guitar, bass and drums.3)Jackson Browne: Running on Empty....a concept album really...all LIVE? not sure, but it is spectacular from top to bottom...4)David Cassidy LIVE : A kick-ass band and the tunes are delivered with a different feel than the records. It also proves that DC can sing and perform with gusto. Song selection is not the best tho.5)Bee Gees : One Night Only.....holy crap ca«n these dudes sing!...I'm sure Mavin can add to this list BIG-TIME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Raspberries 2004- Oh wait, that one's not out yet Kirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpMan Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Michael Stanley Band-"Stage Pass"Recorded live at the Cleveland Agora. 1977. Dbl. diskThe sound is very good and the recording really captures the energy, excitement and musical fills of the band's live performances. A MUST HAVE of any M.S. recordings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Good topic Andy. Off the top of my head, my choices: 1. Brian Wilson: Live at the Roxy 2002 (?)2. Wings Over America - Paul McCartney & Wings3. Running On Empty - Jackson Browne4. The Midnight Hour - Bruce Springsteen (recorded New Year's Eve Long Island, NY)...more to comeMarvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 One of the best live recordings, and not actually an official release, is a sound check of AC/DC doing "Live Wire" at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, with NO audience!! They were really into it, despite no audience.....The Limelighters, a folk group, had an excellent live album back in the early 60s.James Brown, at the T.A.M.I show, doing "Please Please Please".(On Video tape only).Huey Lewis and the news doing "Heart of Rock and Roll", with Tower of Power(available as a B-side only).Billy Joel being brought out to sing on the Garth Brooks TV special in NYC. Joel leaves and then ends up coming back a half-hour later, as he couldn't get out due to traffic backing up....so comes back to join Brooks again.Led Zeppelin playing a live radio show from the UK, and especially good hearing a medley of "Ramble On" with Elvis' "That's Alright Mama", Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" and Donovan's "Season of the Witch" into one continuous song. Wow!"Oh What A Night(December 1963)" by the Four Seasons.......great song to open the Seasons' set with....."Bad Motor Scooter" by Sammy Hagar. Sounds much better than the studio version."Bamboleo" by the Gipsy Kings, from the TV special."Paranoid" and "Never Say Die" by Ozzy Osbourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougjack Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 My faves, in rough order:Deep Purple - Made In JapanBeatles - Live at the Star ClubBadfinger - BBC LiveRaspberries - On The Beach*Grand Funk Railroad - Live AlbumE.L.P. - Pictures at an ExhibitionHumble Pie - Rockin' The FillmoreRush - All The World's A StageWho - Live at LeedsKiss - Alive (the 1st one)* - Okay, so this one is a bootleg of a 1973 Concert in Florida, but the version I have is one of the better live boots I've ever heard, from that era, anyway. Must've been a radio broadcast or a soundboard, but the quality is good, and the band ROCKS!! Especially on the rarely-heard covers of "Locomotion" and "Be My Baby". Is that Wally doing Ronnie Spector?? Un-fuffing believable! There's also a medley of EC ballads that shows how they could rearrange songs and create something new. Until the HOB shows come out, it's the best live Berries I've heard. Now, if Bernie wants to release a bunch of mp3s that proves me wrong, well, that's a price I'll have to pay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Kirk, You took my thought! Mine will be Raspberries Live! Can't wait! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadfingerBarb Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Badfinger at the BBCGeorge Harrison - Live In JapanThe Who - Live at LeedsByrds Live At The FillmoreChuck Berry Live at the Fillmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I'll add these..."Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" (not so much for the performances, but for the energy and the crowd hysteria---it's a piece of history)."It's Alive" - The Ramones"Live at Budokan" - Cheap Trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Not to mention Bob Seger "Live Bullet" from 1976. I think that Bob was gettin' high on his music. When I listened to the song "Heavy Music", Bob says, "All right people, we've got this 16 track tape machine rolling on back. If you sing with me I won't guarantee but ya, just might end up on an album". On the song "Nutbush City Limits" (also done by Ike & Tina Turner back in 1973), Bob says, "I read in Rolling Stone where, they said Detroit was one of the greatest rock n' roll audiences in the world". "And I said to myself sh-- i've known that for 10 years...ha ha ha"! The "Nine Tonight" from 1981 wasn't that great as "Live Bullet" though. By the way, Bob Seger does a guest appearance on 3 Doors Down song from their latest & 3rd CD "Seventeen Days" out today. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WANNAMAN Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I'm not a huge live album fan but the ones that come to mind as being well done where in most cases the bands played live better then the studio recordings are:Rapspberries 2004-2005 (not released yet)Genesis Three Sides LivePeter Frampton Comes AliveDeep Purple Made in JapanCheap Trick Live At BudokanSyd Barrett Live at BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I had Frampton comes alive. And Cheap Trick at Budokan. Loved them both. --D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shaft Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Off of the top of my Purple Hat my fave Live Recordings have to be:- Thin Lizzy: "Live & Dangerous"- Kiss: "Alive"- Cheap Trick: "Live At Budokan"- Todd Rundgren: "Back To The Bars"- Japan: "Oil On Canvas" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 REO Speedwagon, "You Get What You Play For"....one band whose music is better recorded live than in the studio....a great album.Elton John, liked his live version of "Funeral For A Friend" on "Here and There" better than the YBR studio version.Rush, "All The World's A Stage",... agree with Dougjack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulguitar Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 The Who - Live At LeedsRolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Saga -"IN TRANSIT" - LIVE RECORDINGU2- POP MUSIC"ELO- The New one, can't remember this one, sorry.Duran Duran had a live recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 ..and I'll throw in James Taylor's live disc from the 1990's and Simon & Garfunkel's "Live In Central Park" - the first one.Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 HUMBLE PIE--ROCKIN THE FILLMORE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny S. Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Heres a great live album(especially for all you guitarists)..."The Alice Cooper Show" it was a single album,around 1977, featured Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter on guitars(a'la Lou Reed).A "LIVE"recording, very little overdubbing, fidelity of a live show.What guitar interplay! Its out of print, but let me tell you, I wore my copy out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 How can anyone forget Frampton Comes Alive ? This was by far the greatest live cd in history. Seger Live Bullet is not far behind. How about Kiss Alive? I'm not a huge Kiss fan, but it does have merit under the "live" category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I watched, Peter Frampton when I had a televisionlast year, he put on a fantastic show, his voice is still the same.I couldn't believe it, I was amazed when he sang all those old recordings.The only thing was missing, was his old hair.LOLLong hair too.This guy is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Cream- also has a DVD out, I didn't buy it, did someone buy it at your end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahoodore Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Wasn't "Frampton Comes alive" a studio record mixed with Live audience sounds mixed in?Marv? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Peter Frampton, had a concert, okIt just hit me, right now, Ouch, that hurt, Lol, Peter Framton, in Concert, this was a Buffalo station, and viewed on a Canadian sponsor television program-WNED CHANNEL 17.Would that be the one Bahadoore?Peter Frampton-In concert? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Randy I'm curious why you think "Frampton Comes Alive" is the greatest live cd in history? If it had sold in the thousands (like his previous albums) as opposed to the zillions, no one would have known about it. The record company tried to release "Show Me the Way" a couple of years earlier as a single, with no success, but then Peter started to make his name as a live performer, and well the rest became history.I've heard different stories about whether that was actually a 'live' album or not, but have no idea what the truth is.Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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