Favorite live albums

Parent Cafe
1

<p>I did actually used to listen to music before PJ :wink:
While looking for PearlJam covers of the Who, Neil Young and LedZep to add to a CD I am making for H, and trying to figure out what year I saw the Who live in Seattle twice ( 1976), I ran across a band that is vastly underrated & was great live, if their album Live at the Fillmore was any indication.</p>

<p>Live recordings can add so much to the experience because of the interplay with and to the audience. I especially like live recordings of concerts I attended, but not many bands follow PJs lead and put all their concerts of the last several years out to be downloaded, then again, not many bands sound more amazing in concert than they do in the studio.</p>

<p>If you angst over hearing Frampton Comes Alive in Home Depot, drag [this</a> out](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfomance_Rockin’_The_Fillmore]this”>Performance Rockin' the Fillmore - Wikipedia)of your collection ( or into) and feel better :D</p>

2

<p>That’s easy: The Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East. “Tieeed to the whipping post - Good Lord it feels like I’m dyiiin.”</p>

3

<p>I have that one on vinyl (Humble Pie). The excommunicated Driver sent me this link: <a href=“http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/[/url]”>http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/&lt;/a&gt; It has many of the old Fillmore concerts. You need to register, but it’s free and will keep you busy for hours. If you want to hear Springsteen in his heyday, the Winterland show can’t be beat (I had it on a cassette I taped off the radio for years).</p>

<p>Off the top of my head, some favorite live albums:</p>

<p>Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now
The Who: Live at Leeds
Allman Brothers: Live at the Fillmore
Neil Young: Live Rust
Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus
Rolling Stones: Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out
Yes: Yessongs
Bowie: David Live
Grateful Dead: Europe '72 (and several others)</p>

<p>I better stop now, I could keep going for hours.</p>

4

<p>“Piece de resistance”–Bruce Springsteen. (It’s a bootleg; I bought all his legit ones, too.)</p>

<p>We just got a new turntable that hooks up to the computer so we can preserve it on CD; the album’s getting a little battered.</p>

<p>The intro to “Prove it All Night” still gives me chills 25+ years later.</p>

5

<p>

</p>

<p>You’ll hear it on the Winterland show at the Wolfgang website (“Prove It…” is almost 12 minutes long).</p>

6

<p>Cool! (I am registering now!)</p>

<p>Several minutes later: Not quite the same, but still really beautiful! This version is a little jangly-er. The other is really just piano and guitar.</p>

7

<p>Great site, Audio; they’ve got the “Night of the Hurricane” Rolling Thunder Revue Concert–I was at that!</p>

8

<p>I love Ben Folds Live. That’s my current favorite live album.</p>

9

<p>audiophile,</p>

<p>I second the Who’s Live at Leeds. I recently bought the CD and it had twice as many tracks as the LP.</p>

<p>Total gut-busting R&R.</p>

10

<p>“The Luckiest” on Ben Folds Live practically brings tears to my eyes. Both my daughters love Ben Folds and I’ve promised to take them to see him live sometime.</p>

<p>UMDAD,
I have fifth row tickets to see 1/2 of The Who when they come to town in March.</p>

11

<p>audiophile,</p>

<p>I saw The Who in Cleveland at the Mistake on the Lake in the mid-70s. What a show!</p>

12

<p>Audiophile - great list, completely agree, thanks for the link! </p>

<p>Bend an ear to check out:
John Mayall, The Bluesbreakers And Friends - 70th Birthday Concert
SRV - Live At Montreux</p>

13

<p>Here is a list of someones top 100:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/voxlive.htm[/url]”>http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/voxlive.htm&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>I’ll add one more, the Orioles live at Knowlton Township. (say wha’)</p>

14

<p>Running on Empty, Jackson Browne. I love it because it is a great live album and because I was there! (both nights at Post Pavillion) It is amazing that I still hear the title song every once in a while on the radio today.</p>

<p>Another great live album that I never hear on the radio is Little Feat, Goodbye Columbus. I was there too! (GW) 2nd row, even caught a maraca thrown into the crowd by Lowell George. I wonder if my old gf still has it.</p>

15

<p>

</p>

<p>You will not regret this! Ben Folds puts on a great show. I’ve seen him 3 times in the past 2 years. My favorite moment so far was when he and Rufus Wainwright sang “Careless Whispers”. It was beautiful and hilarious.</p>

16

<p>The Band-The Last Waltz</p>

<p>Grateful Dead-Dozin’ At the Knick; 100 Years Hall; Live Dead; Ladies and Gentlemen, The Grateful Dead; Anything from the Dicks Picks releases.</p>

<p>The Seldom Scene-Live at the Cellar Door</p>

<p>moe.-Warts and All Vols. 1, 2, 3, or 4</p>

<p>Phish-Hamptom Comes Alive; 12-30-95; or any of the livephish series</p>

<p>Old and In the Way</p>

17

<p>Old and In the Way has my favorite version of one of my favorite songs: “Wild Horses”</p>

<p>I have the Live Phish where they play the entire Beatles White Album start to finish (including Revolution #9). Pretty incredible.</p>

18

<p>Leonard Cohen:
I’m Your Man</p>

<p>Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark:
Together at the Bluebird Cafe</p>

<p>Wilco:
Kicking Television</p>

<p>Ani DiFranco:
Living in Clip</p>

<p>Sonny Rollins:
Live at the Village Vanguard</p>

<p>Bill Evans:
Waltz for Debbie, Live at the Village Vanguard</p>

19

<p>

</p>

<p>I agree about the cover of Wild Horses. I have some crazy, sick versions of Midnight Moonlight on some JGB shows as well. Also have a sweet, solo acoustic version on a Peter Rowan show. </p>

<p>I also have a mighty tasty audience sourced copy of that Phish show.</p>

20

<p>Agree completely on lots of these choices: Who Live At Leeds, Allman Bros. At Fillmore East, Wilco Kicking Television. Dead Europe '72 and Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails were also long-time faves, but maybe a little controversial because of extensive post-production studio sweetening. (All of the vocals for Europe '72 were re-recorded after the tour, which explains why they are so much more in tune than the Dead ever was live.) I’m a dissenter on Waiting For Columbus, though – I think it’s way inferior to their studio work. And I prefer Rock Of Ages to The Last Waltz for The Band.</p>

<p>Some other favorites, old and new:</p>

<p>Mothers of Invention, Live At The Fillmore East 1971. Mudshark! Flo & Eddie!</p>

<p>Bob Dylan, Royal Albert Hall Concert</p>

<p>Jimi Hendrix, Band Of Gypsies</p>

<p>Khaled, Rachid Taha, Faudel, 1, 2, 3 soleils . . .; and Rachid Taha, Live
Rachid Taha is one of my favorite artists, and these two records from 1999 and 2002 have completely different versions of many of the same songs, one lush and warm, the other very rock-y. And the Khaled and Faudel material on 1, 2, 3 soleils is fabulous.</p>

<p>Nirvana, Unplugged</p>

<p>A friend gave me a beautifully recorded German boot of Ryan Adams’ acoustic tour from 2002 – a concert in Koln, I think. I love Adams’ music, but I won’t go see him anymore because of his erratic (to say the least) live performances. His local stop on that tour, however, was one of the best concerts I have ever attended, and the German record really gets it.</p>