Favourite Live Albums
 

Let's try to address this idea people seem to have that I don't like live albums. Some of my favourites, in no particular order:

Live after Death (Iron Maiden)
No Sleep Till Hammersmith (Motorhead)
Paris (Supertramp)
Seconds Out (Genesis)
Nine Tonight (Bob Seger)
Live Evil (Black Sabbath)
Road Noise (Judie Tzuke)
Breakfast in Biarritz (Arena)
Ending on a High Note (a-ha)
Three Sides Live (Genesis)
Alchemy (Dire Straits)
Live and Dangerous (Thin Lizzy)
Irish Tour '74 (Rory Gallagher)
In the Flesh (Roger Waters)
All the World's a Stage (Rush)
Highway Song (Blackfoot)

I'm sure there are others but that's all that comes to mind right now.

Linkin Park - Live in Texas (DVD)
Dream Theater - Live at Budokan (DVD)
Megadeth - That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires (DVD)
Nightwish - End of An Era (DVD)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park (Vinyl)
Alice In Chains - Unplugged (DVD)
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York (CD)
Anathema - Universal (CD)
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere...But Not Here (DVD)

I don't really listen to live albums all that much. But a few of my favorites would be...

Colors Live - Between the Buried and Me
Celestial Rhythms NYC LIVE '85 - Jonn Serrie, Geodesium, Barry Hayes
Exit... Stage Left - Rush

I absolutely hate Frampton Comes Alive. Not because it's poor music, but because I can't go into any record stores near me without finding 12 copies of Frampton Comes Alive for every 1 Humble Pie album.

My favorite live album is probably Grand Funk Railroad's Caught In the Act. Such a blast front to back, fantastic production, fantastic set arrangement, super high energy, and the crowd absolutely loves it.



Also a big fan of Gary Clark Jr.'s LIVE album. Great sound, great improvisation throughout, great set list. Unfortunately when I saw Gary live in Vancouver it wasn't quite as exciting, seemed like an off night for the band (missing a member too), but the performances on this album are fantastic. There are live videos for most of the tracks too.

My all time favorite live albums is the Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East. I'm not even a big fan of their studio output, but damn that is one fine live album.

Just to name a few;

Zappa: Hammersmith Odeon, Halloween, Bongo Fury

Nirvana: Unplugged 94'

The Who: Leeds 70'

Hendrix: Monterey 67'

Thin Lizzy: Live And Dangerous

Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same

Jeff Buckley: Mystery White Boy

Allman Brothers: Fillmore 71'

John Coltrane: Village Vanguard 62'

Pastorius, Mouzon, Mangelsdorff: Trilogue

You could make a whole thread about the best live Coltrane albums. Not counting Om or Meditations, New Thing at Newport is my favourite live album of his. The Archie Shepp side is just icing on the cake too.

Also, Tom Waits' best live album/film is coincidentally his best album (and film, I guess).

Some more:

Plays Live (Peter Gabriel)
We Want Moore! (Gary Moore)
One Fair Summer's Evening (Nanci Griffith)
One Night at Budokhan (MSG)
The Very Best Live (Alan Parsons Project)
Under a Blood Red Sky (U2)
Nighthawks at the Diner (Tom Waits)
Life (Thin Lizzy)

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young Crazy Horse Live Rust

Ramones It's Alive and Live in NYC

Coltrane
Live in Seattle
Offering
Everything released live of his



Ummagumma

Live Dead

At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm- Ornette

Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg

103rd Birthday Concert - Elliott Carter

Marvin Gaye - Live

Sonic Youth- Sonic Death

The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert

Hendrix at Woodstock
Winterland
Live at the Fillmore East
Live at Monterey

Live at Leeds The Who

Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan

ZZ Top- Fandango!

Bob Marley and The Wailers Live!

Swans Public Castration is a Good Idea

Live Evil - Miles & Sabbath

Song Remains the Same

Loads more jazz records and **** I can't think of