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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Architeuthis on February 09, 2017, 11:27:33 AM
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Aside from all the great studio albums, what are the greatest live albums from any band in your opinion? Maybe you guys can give me a heads up to some great live albums that I've missed out on. I have a long list of live stuff, but I'll start by listing just one of my favs.
Rush - Exit Stage Left
This is the definitive live album that got me into Rush. Incredible!
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Queensryche - Operation: LIVEcrime -- https://anybodylistening.net/operationlivecrime.html
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Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
It pretty much sums up their early catalog. And it's damn good performance :metal
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Kind of an obvious one but Metallica S&M is the first one that springs to mind :metal
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Man, that's a tough one. There are lots of really good ones out there. But it seems like bands have really upped their game on live albums as time has gone on. Hard to say how much of that is attributable to tighter performances, much more substantial backing tracks, or post-production wizardry (including substituting studio performances with "live" performances). But there have been lots of really good ones. I won't get into video, because that is an entirely different animal. But just in terms of CD live albums (that are not DT), here are some of my favorites:
From back in the '80s and early '90s:
-The aforementioned Operation: Livecrime -- Man, SUCH a great live album. This one had it all. I have no idea how much this release may have been doctored after the fact. But even if it was, those of us lucky enough to have seen the band on this tour know that they brought it, and that the final product we got on this release was very much consistent with the band's live shows.
-Y&T, Yesterday & Today Live -- From Y&T's last performance on their "farewell tour" before they reunited several years later. Terrific song selection. Terrific performance. This is probably one of my desert island disks.
-Scorpions, World Wide Live -- I don't care that this is cobbled together from multiple shows or that it had extensive post-production doctoring. It is awesome.
-Dokken, Beast from the East -- Classic.
-Pink Floyd, Delicate Sound of Thunder -- This and Pulse are both fantastic.
Modern:
-Epica, Retrospect -- I would rather listen to this than their studio albums. And I regularly do just that.
-Within Temptation, Black Sympony -- The only problem with this performance is that the guitars are a bit low in the mix and get buried by the orchestra, so even the heavier songs don't sound as heavy. But still a fantastic album.
-Nightwish, End of an Era -- Such an amazing performance. If you like the Tarja era of the band, it doesn't get any better, despite Tarja and Marco being sick.
-Neal Morse, Morsefest 2014 -- He has so many great live albums, but I went with this one both because of the set list and the performance.
-Transatlantic, Live in London -- Well, the Whirlwind is my favorite album from them, so...
-Def Leppard, Viva Hysteria -- Mirrorball was surprisingly fantastic as well, but Viva Hysteria is exactly what fans of Def Leppard could want in a live album.
-Stryper, 7 Weeks -- When I think about seeing the band live, I listen to this disk and think, "why bother? It won't be any better than this."
I could list many more, but that is a good start.
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Oh, totally this as well!! This album sounds HUGE and the live version of Dark Matters is better than the studio version imo!! Sooooooo good, I might just go and listen to it now!
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Oh, totally this as well!! This album sounds HUGE and the live version of Dark Matters is better than the studio version imo!! Sooooooo good, I might just go and listen to it now!
S&M I agree with as well, but this is easily my #1 choice. One of the only live albums I can recall at this instant where the songs are infinitely better than the originals, literally all of them.
Dream Theater's BTFW is up there for me as well, love the setlist and especially (apart from the finale of the song which I think James ruins) Illumination Theory is very well done.
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Wow, good list bosk1 ! I agree about Scorpions World Wide Live, fantastic! Also Operation Livecrime! I'll have to check out the Y&T and Nightwish ones..
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-Dokken, Beast from the East -- Classic.
Also, Judas Priest's Unleashed in the East.
I was a big fan of the live disc on Joe Satriani's Time Machine album. Cheap Trick at Budokan.
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FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE
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I was gonna say that, but I've never actually listened to it, to be able to recommend it.
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I was gonna say that, but I've never actually listened to it, to be able to recommend it.
I own it. It's really pretty good, which makes sense, since it sold a gajillion copies.
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Metallica - S&M
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-The aforementioned Operation: Livecrime -- Man, SUCH a great live album. This one had it all. I have no idea how much this release may have been doctored after the fact. But even if it was, those of us lucky enough to have seen the band on this tour know that they brought it, and that the final product we got on this release was very much consistent with the band's live shows.
bosk -- most likely not a ton. They recorded either two or three shows in succession for it, and from what the band has said over the years, they only made two small mistakes total over the three nights. Michael broke a string, and Geoff messed up the lyrics once to something. Other than that, they have said any of the shows could have been used by itself. Like most live records, I am sure a little bit of overdubbing was done, but Livecrime doesn't have a lot of it. A real testament to just how good they were back then, and how dialed in.
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Yeah, makes sense.
Fun fact: I did not yet have a CD player at the time it was released, so I almost bought the cassette/VHS edition of the box set. But the local record shop only had one more of that, and my friend who was with me wanted it as well. So since I knew I would ultimately be getting a CD player in the near future, and I knew I would likely want to upgrade to CD at some point anyway because this was definitely something to keep in the collection for the long term, I bought the CD/VHS combo.
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Can't believe we're this far in and no one has mentioned the grand-daddy of all live albums, the lord of lords, the king of kings...
Live After Death. A great document from a great tour from a great band at the height of their powers.
And if that's not your grand-daddy-o, how about Made In Japan by Purple?
Though for me, "Three Sides Live" is my number one, just for the "In The Cage Medley" (the start of the actual medley is my favorite recorded moment in music. I love when they kick into the Cinema Show closing section).
Alive! is on my list, as is Cheap Trick at Budokan. I put Aerosmith Live Bootleg on there, too, and Yessongs. Yes, I know it's "muddy", but it's a classic. Zappa's Roxy & Elsewhere is great, too.
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UFO - Strangers in the Night. Great song selection and fantastic performance. The version of Love to Love is unbeatable, especially the ending solo. I also love Phil Mogg's between song banter on the album. "They're changing the mics can I fill in? I dunno what 'can I feel in' means, whether I should tell a few jokes or possibly reveal myself"
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes. Again, great song selection and a great performance from the band.
Tesla - Five Man Acoustical Jam. So many great things to say about this album. What stands out to me is how great the crowd is, really getting into the show and singing along and everything. I also love the covers they added in, and like SITN, Jeff Keith and the rest of the band provide some great banter between the songs. It just sounds like everyone there had such a great time, and it's cool that they were able to capture that so well on the album.
Golden Earring - Live. A band that really does not get as much attention as they deserve. I heard the version of Eight Miles High from this album and was intrigued, so I bought the album and Golden Earring quickly became one of my favorite bands. Can't think of a single bad thing about this album, easily my favorite live album ever.
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I used to love a good live album back in the day but I fell out of love with them over time. They lost something and I'm not sure what. I'd be more likely to watch a live DVD blu ray these days than listen to a live album, these classics aside.
KISS - Alive I and II
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Whitesnake - Live In The Heart Of The City
Maiden - live After Death
Gary Moore - We Want Moore
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, Vorld Vide Live
AC/DC - If You Want Blood
Thin Lizzy - Live/Life
Michael Schenker Group - One Night At Budokan
Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Tribute
Tina Turner - Tina Live in Europe
Meat Loaf - Live at Wembley
Journey - Captured
Y&T - Live on the Friday Rock Show, Yesterday & Today Live
ManOwaR - Hell On Stage
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Michael Schenker Group - One Night At Budokan
I actually like "Rock Will Never Die" better, but that might be because "Built To Destroy" is far and away my favorite Schenker album, and Barden also sings a great version of "Desert Song" from Assault Attack. He's no Graham Bonnet, but I do like his voice on that.
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Rush - Show of Hands, Rush in Rio
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Lowdz,
Journey - Captured.. I wanted to mention that one, I just found it on vinyl at a local record store in mint condition. Excellent!
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Rush- Exit Stage Left
Iron Maiden- Live After Death, Rock in Rio
Judas Priest- Unleashed in the East, 98 Live Meltdown
Queensryche- Operation LiveCrime
Black Sabbath- Live Evil
Heaven & Hell- Neon Nights
UFO- Strangers in the Night
Kiss- Alive
Thin Lizzy- Life Live
Symphony X- Edge of Forever
Triumph- Stages
Stryper- 7 weeks
W.A.S.P- Live in the Raw
Dio- Live in Philly
Dokken- Beast from the East
Saxon- Eagle Has Landed
Ozzy- Tribute
Halford- Live Insurrection
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Yngwie Malmsteen - Trail By Fire: Live in Leningrad is a good one yet to be mentioned.
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I think Live Scenes From New York is one of the greatest too, amazing setlist.
Some other good ones that may not be the greatest but ones I really liked;
WASP - Double Live Assassins
Gamma Ray - Skeletons in the Closet
Helloween - High Live
Evergrey - A Night to Remember
Kamelot - On A Cold Winters Night
Pretty Maids - It Comes Alive
Pagans Mind - Live Equation
In Flames - Used and Abused
Megadeth - Rude Awakening
Steve Vai - Alive in An Ultra World
Joe Satriani - Live in San Fran
Hammerfall - One Crimson Night
Avantasia - Around the World
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Michael Schenker Group - One Night At Budokan
I actually like "Rock Will Never Die" better, but that might be because "Built To Destroy" is far and away my favorite Schenker album, and Barden also sings a great version of "Desert Song" from Assault Attack. He's no Graham Bonnet, but I do like his voice on that.
MSG is far and away my favorite Schenker album, and a TAC Top 5 of all time. Plus Budokan has Cozy Powell and Paul Raymond!
I think Live Scenes From New York is one of the greatest too, amazing setlist.
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UFO - Strangers in the Night. Great song selection and fantastic performance. The version of Love to Love is unbeatable, especially the ending solo. I also love Phil Mogg's between song banter on the album. "They're changing the mics can I fill in? I dunno what 'can I feel in' means, whether I should tell a few jokes or possibly reveal myself"
Phil Mogg rules! He just does. Another TAC Top 5 all time! Even though there are two studio tracks on it.
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Steve Vai - Alive in an Ultra World. Who else compose songs during a tour and then record the new songs live as first official release?
Any live Queen and Toto album. I especially love Queen Live at Wembley, which is the first album I ever bought.
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Steve Vai - Alive in an Ultra World. Who else compose songs during a tour and then record the new songs live as first official release?
Not totally the same but BE by pos was released live before being recorded in the studio.
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I have never been huge into live albums - the three that have spent significant time on rotation (mostly during my childhood) were
Ozzy -- Tribute
Dokken - Beast From The East
KISS- Alive
All three IMO added new life to the songs , which were already great to start with. The first two made my DTF Top 50.
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Obviously, Iron Maiden has a number of live albums.
My favorite of which is probably Death On The Road.
Love the performances and the crowd is absolutely amazing. It's my favorite version of Fear Of The Dark.
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The Who - Live at Leeds
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I'm not a fan of live albums bur The Song Remains the Same by Led Zeppelin is awesome.
And as has been mentioned, Pulse by Pink Floyd is a masterpiece.
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Golden Earring - Live. A band that really does not get as much attention as they deserve. I heard the version of Eight Miles High from this album and was intrigued, so I bought the album and Golden Earring quickly became one of my favorite bands. Can't think of a single bad thing about this album, easily my favorite live album ever.
Nice to see another Golden Earring fan. :tup Moontan is easily in my top 50 albums.
Some of my favourite live albums:
Some most here would be familiar with - Yessongs, Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous, Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition (my favourite ELP album by quite a long way.)
And my absolute favourites:
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Hawkwind - Chronicles of the Black Sword
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
I can't remember ever having seen Grobschnitt discussed here, but I'm pretty sure many would enjoy them.
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KISS - Alive
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere + You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Volume 2
Dream Theater - Score
Gov't Mule - Live...With a Little Help from Our Friends
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live: Everybody's Talkin'
Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock
Slayer - Decade of Aggression
Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute
Queensryche - Operation LIVEcrime
Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings Over America
Steely Dan - Alive In America
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Steve Vai - Alive in an Ultra World. Who else compose songs during a tour and then record the new songs live as first official release?
Any live Queen and Toto album. I especially love Queen Live at Wembley, which is the first album I ever bought.
Love "Live Magic", even though it's a butchered set (I'm a huge fan of 'complete shows', and I HATE HATE HATE fades in between songs like on Exit... and AC/DC Live), just for the live "One Vision", and the STELLAR "Under Pressure".
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Old school:
Genesis - Seconds Out
The Allman Bros Band - At Fillmore East
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same and How The West was Won
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
Rainbow - On Stage
Wishbone Ash - Live Dates 1 and 2
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There are plenty of great live ones, but this one really encompasses every great song that the band had up until it was recorded. It features their classic lineup, short of having Randy Shawver on lead guitar, and they just rip through song after song after song, usually at a faster tempo than the studio versions. 3 discs, 30+ songs, absolute perfection.
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Y&T - Live on the Friday Rock Show
??? Really? I don't think that disk is very good at all. I will easily take their other 3 official live releases over that one any day. :dunno:
Just remembered a couple that definitely are not the same genre we are discussing, but still really good, IMO:
-Fleetwood Mac, The Dance: It is mindblowing that these guys could sound so good and play so well together after so many years, not to mention so many years apart due to breakups, hiatuses, etc.
-Garth Brooks, Double Live: This album makes me think I would have a blast if I ever had the opportunity to go to one of his shows.
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-Fleetwood Mac, The Dance: It is mindblowing that these guys could sound so good and play so well together after so many years, not to mention so many years apart due to breakups, hiatuses, etc.
I haven't heard that one, but the classic live one from the 80's is GREAT! Mr. Lindsay Buckingham plays his butt off on it.
-Garth Brooks, Double Live: This album makes me think I would have a blast if I ever had the opportunity to go to one of his shows.
And you would. Really good show, even if the music isn't always your cup of tea. The guy gives 1000% every show, and it's a really fun time (the time I saw him, I was also blown away when he took an acoustic guitar, sat down at the front of the stage, and held 20,000 people enrapt as he played "Night Moves" and "American Band" and the audience was stone silent. you could have heard a pin drop. Really moving from a guy that isn't known for his subtlety).
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There are plenty of great live ones, but this one really encompasses every great song that the band had up until it was recorded. It features their classic lineup, short of having Randy Shawver on lead guitar, and they just rip through song after song after song, usually at a faster tempo than the studio versions. 3 discs, 30+ songs, absolute perfection.
I've always called this the Frampton Comes Alive of heavy metal. It's all you really need from them.
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-Fleetwood Mac, The Dance: It is mindblowing that these guys could sound so good and play so well together after so many years, not to mention so many years apart due to breakups, hiatuses, etc.
I haven't heard that one, but the classic live one from the 80's is GREAT! Mr. Lindsay Buckingham plays his butt off on it.
Yes, he does. But he does on that one as well. If you are a fan, I HIGHLY recommend getting the DVD and watching it (or doing so on YouTube). I can't say it is "better" than the '80s one. But the different perspective playing so many years later (and the subtle differences in how some of the songs are done) is very worthwhile.
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Any excuse to watch Lindsay. I think he is criminally underrated as a guitar player. Easily in same league as some of the greats, he just doesn't play a form of music that showcases the sort of showmanship that the Hendrixes of the world do.
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Y&T - Live on the Friday Rock Show
??? Really? I don't think that disk is very good at all. I will easily take their other 3 official live releases over that one any day. :dunno:
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I just played it a lot at the time. Could easily have put Open Fire there but it's too short. Great live band.
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Any excuse to watch Lindsay. I think he is criminally underrated as a guitar player. Easily in same league as some of the greats, he just doesn't play a form of music that showcases the sort of showmanship that the Hendrixes of the world do.
And without a pick, no less.
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I can't BELIEVE that BOSTON has never put out a live album or concert video. I've seen them 5 times and they were amazing every time. I know Tom Scholz is a stickler about sound, but they have enough performances under their belt that I'm sure they have caught lightning in a bottle live and could have released it.. :huh:
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Personal favorites:
Fishmans - 98.12.28
Oceansize - Feed to Feed
Cardiacs - All That Glitters is a Mares Nest
Swans - Swans are Dead
Neil Young - Live Rust
Mogwai - Special Moves
Blackfield - Live in NYC
Pain of Salvation - 12:5
Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine
Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged
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Yeah, I'm amazed how long it took for Live After Death to be listed.
Another one for me that may not fall into too many discussions on this board is Billy Joel's Songs In The Attic. Live versions of deeper cuts with his long-time touring band. So much energy. One of my all-time favorite albums ever.
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If you're a fan, ALL his live albums are pretty good. "Captain Jack" from the last concert at Shea is must listening for any Joel fan. It is, in my opinion, far and away the best version of that song.
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Any excuse to watch Lindsay. I think he is criminally underrated as a guitar player. Easily in same league as some of the greats, he just doesn't play a form of music that showcases the sort of showmanship that the Hendrixes of the world do.
Then in that case, let me just tempt you in with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZZp76M4NGc
The prosecution rests.
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I saw Metallica's S&M mentioned. What I did not see mentioned was the definitive Metallica live experience up to that point: Live Shit - Binge & Purge (Live in Mexico City)
That album kicks SO much ass. The first two discs have always been some of my favorite versions of those songs, and up until S&M was released, you didn't get too much live Metallica.
Another honorable mention goes to the Through the Never soundtrack. I was really blown away by that album. It really sounds great, with tight performances and a very good setlist.
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The first live album I ever bought is Frampton comes alive. Boy, what a great album. Of course I still have it and still listen to it from time to time. It has been recorded in a big venue but you feel like it's in a small place with some of Frampton's accoustic songs and the response from the crowd. And the crescendo build for the ending of Do you feel like we do, wow, what a feeling.
Another live album I really like is Led Zep The song remains the same. The band is at their peak, vocally and musicaly, John Bonham is still playing great and the songs are all good classics.
Even though Rush is my favorite band, Exit stage left has never been one of my favorite live album simply because the sound is awful. It could have been clearer. It's like they never got a clean sound from any of the instruments and the vocals. The live All the world's a stage is better to listen to. It's raw, pure and in your face.
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The live All the world's a stage is better to listen to. It's raw, pure and in your face.
Love the live version of In The End. :metal
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I can't BELIEVE that BOSTON has never put out a live album or concert video. I've seen them 5 times and they were amazing every time. I know Tom Scholz is a stickler about sound, but they have enough performances under their belt that I'm sure they have caught lightning in a bottle live and could have released it.. :huh:
Wow, you're lucky. Have you seen them with Brad Delp? They have always been one of my favorite bands but hasn't tour much in Montreal. Delp's death has been a heartbraking thing for me.
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The live All the world's a stage is better to listen to. It's raw, pure and in your face.
Love the live version of In The End. :metal
Oh yeah, it rocks!
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Jellyfish - Radio Jellyfish (2013)
Foals - Live at Royal Albert Hall (2014)
Dean Magraw's Red Planet - Space Dust (2009)
dredg - Live at the Fillmore (2006)
Pain of Salvation - 12:5 (2004)
Transatlantic - Live in Europe (2003)
Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy (2000)
Jimi Hendrix - Stages (1991)
Rush - A Show of Hands (1989)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
The Billy Cobham / George Duke Band - "Live" - On Tour in Europe (1976)
Genesis - Live (1973)
Yes - Yessongs (1973)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
The Who - Live at Leeds (1970)
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I can't BELIEVE that BOSTON has never put out a live album or concert video. I've seen them 5 times and they were amazing every time. I know Tom Scholz is a stickler about sound, but they have enough performances under their belt that I'm sure they have caught lightning in a bottle live and could have released it.. :huh:
Wow, you're lucky. Have you seen them with Brad Delp? They have always been one of my favorite bands but hasn't tour much in Montreal. Delp's death has been a heartbraking thing for me.
Yes, I've seen them three times with Brad Delp, 1988, 1997, 2003. The 1997 Walk-On/Greatest hits tour was probably the most epic spectacular concert I have ever seen. They had Brad Delp on lead vocals, and Fran Cosmo. Curly Smith on drums, David Sykes on Bass, and of course Tom Scholz and Gary Pihl on duel guitars and Hammond organ/pipe organ/ keys. They played a 3hr show at The Gorge amphitheater that night and the band was on fire!!! I'll have to say I've seen Rush, Dream Theater, and Yes several times, and the BOSTON show has stayed stronger in my memory banks. That's saying alot!
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This is what Lowdz had in mind. Some serious shredding going on there.
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My personal favourite is without Coma Divine by Porcupine Tree. Pretty much most of the best material from their early career executed flawlessly. Good to see it's been mentioned (once :p). It's actually my favourite Porcupine Tree record and a top 10 album overall for me.
Another favourite is On the Two Deaths Of... by Pain of Salvation. Stellar performances from some great songs. Even the Scarsick songs come out great. It caught the band at the peak of that particular line-up.
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For the era, and what they did for the artists' careers:
'Frampton Comes Alive'
'KISS Alive!' ('recorded' at Cobo Hall in Detroit)
'Live Bullet', Bob Seger (recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit)
'Blow Your Face Out', The J. Geils Band (recorded at The Boston Garden, and, you guessed it, Cobo Hall in Detroit)
They are simply very good, solid, memorable, ....and fun releases.
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Anathema's Universal is just transcendental :hefdaddy
And LTE's live in LA is mindblowing too!
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This isn't even really close to prog....but for any old school thrash fans.
I still believe that Iron Maiden's Live After Death is the greatest live album of all time. But a **VERY** close #2 would be Raven's "Live at the Inferno". That album just absolutely shreds. Some of you may remember that Metallica opened up for Raven on the "Kill Em All For One" tour, and Live at the Inferno was recorded on that tour. No overdubs. Just pure raw energy. Those guys put on a show like nothing I've ever seen. Seriously the most underrated band of early thrash. The story of Anvil could have easily been written about Raven. And I think Raven were a *FAR* better band.
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Metallica - Binge & Purge and S&M
Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
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Dire Straits - Alchemy
Level 42 - A Physical Presence
Ayreon - The Theater Equation
Magnum - The Spirit
Just to name a few that haven't been mentioned yet
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Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
This album has way too many screaming fans from what I remember. It kind of spoils it for me (although I probably haven't listened to it in like 10 years), other than that it was pretty good.
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This is what Lowdz had in mind. Some serious shredding going on there.
It is indeed. Cheers.
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I really like Ending Themes by POS which I forgot to mention. That got me into the band.
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Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
This album has way too many screaming fans from what I remember. It kind of spoils it for me (although I probably haven't listened to it in like 10 years), other than that it was pretty good.
yeah, but the live version of "Jesus of Suburbia" is worth the cost of the whole record. I'm not a huge Green Day fan, and don't at all believe they should be anywhere near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but that song... MONSTER.
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Dire Straits - Alchemy
YES!
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Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
This album has way too many screaming fans from what I remember. It kind of spoils it for me (although I probably haven't listened to it in like 10 years), other than that it was pretty good.
yeah, but the live version of "Jesus of Suburbia" is worth the cost of the whole record. I'm not a huge Green Day fan, and don't at all believe they should be anywhere near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but that song... MONSTER.
Don't you get in the RnRHOF once you've been a band for 30 years or more ?
Green Day have been a band since 1986.
Also let's not get into slinging insults at bands we don't like because I don't enjoy :kiss: either :p
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Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
This album has way too many screaming fans from what I remember. It kind of spoils it for me (although I probably haven't listened to it in like 10 years), other than that it was pretty good.
yeah, but the live version of "Jesus of Suburbia" is worth the cost of the whole record. I'm not a huge Green Day fan, and don't at all believe they should be anywhere near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but that song... MONSTER.
Don't you get in the RnRHOF once you've been a band for 30 years or more ?
Green Day have been a band since 1986.
Also let's not get into slinging insults at bands we don't like because I don't enjoy :kiss: either :p
It's not automatic; you have to be voted in. And for Green Day to be in before Journey, Deep Purple, Yes, The Cars, etc. is criminal. It's less about "bands I like" than just place in history.
And nice use of the Kiss logo.
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Fair Enough. I obvs love Green Day.
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Everything that's been mentioned here before.
Plus:
Off course, Deep Purple - live in Japan.
And nothing to do with Metal at ALL:
1. Parliament - P-Funk Earth Tour.
2. Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude.
3. Commodores - Live!
4. Rolling Stones - Love ya Live.
5. The Doors - In Concert.
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Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (or is this just a live DVD/Blu-Ray? Not even sure)
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
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Ozzy - Live & Loud (As much as I like Tribute, my introduction to Ozzy was No More Tears+Live & Loud)
Kansas - Two For The Show
Halford - Live Insurrection
Savatage - Final Bell/Ghost in The Ruins
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
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Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Also might be one of the best albums to workout to
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Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (or is this just a live DVD/Blu-Ray? Not even sure)
No, I have this on audio cd, good recommendation by the way :tup
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Queen....'Live Killers' sounded almost exactly as the show I saw in Kalamazoo '78. A REAL shame that 'Somebody To Love' was not included. 'Live Magic' was terrible in editing and pix and just everything. I only knew it existed back in the day was because I would stop at Wazoo Records, and purchased the Canadian vinyl
'Wembley'....except for Brian's guitar sounding off due to the wind and stadium...what a treat! Montreal and Milton Keynes sounds are superb. The track listings lack at times, but the shows are terrific.
'Rainbow' March and November '74......WOW! I mean, 'WOW!' Superb!
'Odeon' (Hammersmith'75)....I had the bootleg DVD years before, the audio decades before. The band doing BoRhap in various segments hurts, but it is more than worth a listen
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Not mentioned....Bruce '75-85'. A more than fair offering, though the cost, exclusions, different eras, and the fact that it was not just one show, really hurt. But, it is 'good+'. A shame it wasn't a three or four vinyl show from '85.
Previously mentioned: Journey 'Captured': too loud of fake crowd noise, the pace is as if they were all on speed, and I HATE the fact that 'Wheel In The Sky/Anyway You Want It' has zero gap for crowd applause. Thank goodness for the '3' version.
That same fake loud crowd noise ruins KISS 'Alive II' (as well as Side 4 being studio cuts), as well as Qryche's 'Operation: Livecrime'.
Van Halen, 'Right Here, Right Now': Too many F.U.C.K. tracks, no 'Black And Blue', the 'You Really Got Me/Cabo Wabo' medley'. It COULD have been one of the best live albums ever.
Led Zeppelin, 'The Song Remains The Same'....the original vinyl was such a boring cluster, the remaster not so bad. 'How The West Was Won' is A+.
Oh, and two snaps and a clap for 'Score'.