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post #31 of 45
2/18/09 at 6:18pm

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Mine would be...

Genesis - Seconds Out.

Alternates would be..
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
Metallica - S&M
PG - Growing Up Live
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder (actually just a video, where is a DVD?)
Within Temptation - Silent Force Tour and Black Symphony
Fairground Attraction - Live in Japan
Dave Brubeck - Late Night Brubeck - of course bringing jazz in adds a load of titles.
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post #32 of 45
2/19/09 at 9:01am

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I have a couple of favorite live albums. My first is The Association, Live. I always thought this group did a great job of recreating their vocals in concert. Although I have read that some instrumentation was added afterward. My next favorite is Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall.
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post #33 of 45
2/19/09 at 11:17am

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I really enjoy good live albums. I actually prefer them to studio albums in many cases. After hearing a really good live track, the studio counterpart sometimes sounds a bit vanilla to me.
I wish bands would make more of their concerts available. Think of all the great shows of the past that exist only in vaults or on bootlegs.



Here are my favorites:


Queen: Live at Wembly 86
Great energy, great song selection, Freddy sounds like he can barely contain his excitement.

Rush: Different Stages: Again, great songs and energy.

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder / Pulse
DSOT was my introduction to Pink Floyd, and Pulse is basically the same album with more songs and better sound.

Phish: A Live One
I don't know of any other band that offers as much live material (over 25 concert CDs and over 100 to download.

Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
A perfect document of a unique show and venue. Love the banter between Johnny Cash and June Carter, and the PA "announcements".

Live: Live at the Paradiso Amsterdam
Great interaction with the audience

U2: The double live album that I hope they will release someday
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post #34 of 45
2/19/09 at 12:14pm

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Originally Posted by Joseph J.D
Great choice......although I think I prefer Queen - Live At Wembley '86 over it because of the better sound quality. They were definitely on a high for a time after their Live-Aid performance. Freddie was in fine form there......God, how I miss him.

Another live album worthy of this thread is Supertramp - Paris.....one of the first 2 live albums that I ever purchased(by coincidence, the other was Queen - Live Killers ). They absolutely blew me away......before then, I never knew a live performance could sound so damn good.

"Live at Wembley Stadium" (as it's now known) does have overall better and cleaner sound but the band themselves are nowhere near as tight as they were on "Live Killers." A nice middleground would be their "On Fire: Live at the Bowl" album.
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post #35 of 45
2/19/09 at 12:35pm

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These albums frequently get into my rotation:

1) Deep Purple: Made in Japan - All members of the band in their prime and smoking ! Probably over-dubbed, but Ritchie Blackmore's Highway Star solo still sends shivers down my spine....

2) Lynyrd Skynyrd: One more from the Road - Stevie Gaines just joining the band and proving his stuff.

3) Joe Jackson: Live from 80/86 - Prior to hearing this CD, my only exposure to J Jackson were his semi-lameTop 40 hits... the guy is extremely diverse and ROCKS !

4) J. Geils Band: Full House - Best party album ever made. Played the LP version hours on end as I accompanied on the drums during my high-school days. I owe my parents HUGE for their patience....

5) Neville Brothers: Live on Planet Earth - saw them back up Joe Cocker and they blew the place away. Cool combo of Rock/Funk
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post #36 of 45
2/20/09 at 5:23am

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I wish bands would make more of their concerts available. Think of all the great shows of the past that exist only in vaults or on bootlegs.
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post #37 of 45
2/20/09 at 5:28am
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Philip,

Wow - great site, thanks for the pointer.
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post #38 of 45
2/20/09 at 10:36am

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Is it the best, or even a good recording? Nope. My favorite, though. Still have my LP.
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post #39 of 45
2/20/09 at 10:57am

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Originally Posted by Jack Gilvey


Is it the best, or even a good recording? Nope. My favorite, though. Still have my LP.
Jack,

I like the recording too. I own three copies of the album (LP) above. I also have it on cassette and CD. But I prefer a few others, like their Sweden concert (I have this on LP, CD, and DVD), the Five Nights In a Judo Arena (Budokan Hall) concert (LP), and The Beatles Live At Sam Houston 1965 (LP). Shea Stadium cleaned up is not all that bad, but I still can't hear the boys singing all that well on that recording. The screaming during that concert was deafening.
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post #40 of 45
2/20/09 at 2:28pm

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Wolfgang's Vault is awesome. I think there are a lot of free concerts at archive.org as well, but mostly more obscure stuff.
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post #41 of 45
2/20/09 at 2:37pm

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Jack,

I like the recording too. I own three copies of the album (LP) above. I also have it on cassette and CD. But I prefer a few others, like their Sweden concert (I have this on LP, CD, and DVD), the Five Nights In a Judo Arena (Budokan Hall) concert (LP), and The Beatles Live At Sam Houston 1965 (LP). Shea Stadium cleaned up is not all that bad, but I still can't hear the boys singing all that well on that recording. The screaming during that concert was deafening.

You win. I didn't even know it came out on cd, import yeah? This was one of the first LPs I went and bought myself, and cranked on my $5 flea-market (literally) record player. Pure joy.
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post #42 of 45
2/20/09 at 8:41pm

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Originally Posted by Jack Gilvey
You win. I didn't even know it came out on cd, import yeah? This was one of the first LPs I went and bought myself, and cranked on my $5 flea-market (literally) record player. Pure joy.
Jack,

Ooops, sorry. I only meant that I copied it from LP to CD and cassette. I have around fifty Beatles albums copied to cassette so that I can listen to them in the car.
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post #43 of 45
2/22/09 at 7:31pm

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Queen: Live at Wembly 86
Great energy, great song selection, Freddy sounds like he can barely contain his excitement.

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder / Pulse
DSOT was my introduction to Pink Floyd, and Pulse is basically the same album with more songs and better sound.

I love those as well. For a different take on Floyd, David Gilmour's concert DVD (can't remember the name now, it's the one released before Remember That Night) is rather interesting, where he does Comfortably Numb almost solo and is swapping guitars around, which means the band takes an extra two measures between verse and chorus. (Sorry, OT, this is about albums and not DVDs...)
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post #44 of 45
2/23/09 at 5:27am
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I actually use album as interchangeable with CDs...it's all good!
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post #45 of 45
2/23/09 at 6:05pm

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The David Gilmour dvd you're thinking of is called David Gilmour In Concert btw.
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