Best "LIVE" albums/recordings ?

[SEAWOLF97]

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OK, I generally don't care for Live/concert albums/recordings. Many times the performances are ragged and the sound quality can be sub-par.

BUT , I've been listening to Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orb...nd_White_Night


It's fantastic ...great performance & recording. Got to wondering what other "LIVE" offerings were as good.

thinking a bit about it , I came up with (in addition to R.O)

Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
QMS - Happy Trails (yes, it was live ..mostly)

any others come to mind ?

[Hoerninger]

Yong, fresh, unbounded.
1970.
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Peter

[Mr. Widget]

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OK, I generally don't care for Live/concert albums/recordings. Many times the performances are ragged and the sound quality can be sub-par.

I agree about the sound quality typically being sub-par, though for musical enjoyment as opposed to getting my audiophile joy, I generally prefer live albums in all genre.

That said, on the topic of the thread, one extremely well recorded live album is Hugh Masekela's album "Hope".


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[frank23]

As far as "live" goes, I have always loved BB King "Live at the Regal". This is 1964 and the interaction with the public is great:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Regal

[rusty jefferson]

In the Rock and Roll category, I would recommend:

Dylan and the Band: "Before the Flood"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Flood

The Grateful Dead: "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_..._Grateful_Dead

Talking Heads: "Stop Making Sense"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Making_Sense

[SEAWOLF97]

I agree about the sound quality typically being sub-par, though for musical enjoyment as opposed to getting my audiophile joy, I generally prefer live albums in all genre.Widget

I'm a big fan of The Doors , BUT, Live ..they kinda sucked ...performances (including the one I saw at SBCC in '68) were sub-sub-par. Whoever was recording them was poor too.

I have a Doors station on Pandora and they keep playing "Live at the Felt Forum" ...YUK , hurts my ears ...keep giving it a "thumbs down" and it keeps coming back.

[Wornears]

Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition)

Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! - best "official" live release back in the day (1969)

Rolling Stones - Brussels Affair Definitive Edition -- bootleg -- Recorded live in Europe 1973

[Ducatista47]

Tierney Sutton, 2005, Telarc. Firstly, she is a Jazz master. Secondly, her band had free reign on this one. Finally, Telarc's remote at this time was a DSD unit and the recording is studio quality. Great ​studio quality. You may not like the standards they do, but you may love the way they are done here. The music and the recording sparkle and amaze.

Clark

[Don C]

Steely Dan, Two against nature plush TV jazz rock party. This one is live but sounds as good as a studio recording. Demo quality. I wish more groups would do this.
Also, Eric Clapton's Live in Hyde Park DVD, this is another one with amazing sound quality.

[WDJ]

Really like Steely Dan, the Allman Bros and Roy Orbison...

But a live album I really enjoy is Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus

(don't look at the pictures real close, they used a lot of Bose 802)

There was a MFSL release of it and at least two CD versions - one of which does NOT include all the songs that are on the vinyl ...

[BMWCCA]

Really like Steely Dan, the Allman Bros and Roy Orbison...

But a live album I really enjoy is Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus

It has always been one of my favorites but what Lowell did to it during production offers a good argument for not calling it a live album at all.

[WDJ]

(Maybe he was trying to make Bose sound better...)

[stang4u]

Dylan Rolling Thunder Review " Live 75 "

Garcia and Saunders " Live at The Keystone "

The Band " Rock Of Ages "

Dicks Picks " The Dead / Tampa Fl 12/19/73"

Derek and The Dominos " Live at The Fillmore "

The Band " The Last Waltz "

and not but least of many more

Cream Box set " Live at Royal Albert Hall "

[SEAWOLF97]

this is probably the best recorded / performed that I've ever heard.

Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_1_Tour-Live_from_Melbourne

not available on CD , I think . The DVD got dubbed on my MD deck and is incredibly good.
It should be a bench mark for everybody else.

[martin2395]

I really like Pink Floyd's P.U.L.S.E concert from 1994, great sound with a lot of punch.

My favourites also are: B.B King Live at the Royal Alber Hall and JM Jarre's Concerts in China 1982 and Houston-Lyon, simply stunning.