What Are YOUR Top 10-20 Live Albums

g under p

I got to see this concert one night by accident and I must say this the BEST sounding Metallica concert I've ever heard. James vocals were at it's best and they were all in sinc throughout the entire show. Also the venue was spectacular down in southern France, the fans were one the liveliest as well.

https://youtu.be/L-WA7y0b99g

Peace

brianlux

The Dream Syndicate: The Complete Live at Raji's

The Who: Live at Leeds

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Weld

Neil Young and Crazy Horse:  Year of the Horse.

Dinosaur Jr: Bug Live at the 9:30 Club

Jim Hendrix:  The Jimi Hendrix Concerts

The Replacements:  For Sale, Live at Maxwell's 1968

Lou Reed:  Rock and Roll Animal

Larry Coryell:  Fairyland

John Coltrane:  Live at the Village Vanguard

John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again

John Coltrane:  Live in Seattle

Pharoah Sanders:  Live at the East

Thelonious Monk:  Palo Alto

Thelonious Monk:  At the Five Spot

Bill Evans:  The Village Vanguard Sessions

Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete: Live at El Matodor

Albert Ayler:  Lorrach/Paris 1966

The Ornette Coleman Trio:  At the Golden Circle, Stockholm

Sun Ra:  Almost anything (much of the Arkestra was recorded live).

ST66483

I’m sure I’ll miss some, but off the top of my head

Eels - Oh What A Beautiful Morning 
Neil Young - Live Rust
Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Live from the Middle East
Phish - Hampton Comes Alive
PJ - Live At Easy Street (if we’re not including official boots)
White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights
Ben Harper - Live from Mars
Blur - Live at the Budokan
Dire Straits - Alchemy Live
Guns n Roses - Live Era 87 - 93
Janes Addiction Live
Ramones - It’s Alive
Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison 
Prince - One Night Alone
Sleater Kinney Live in Paris

Wobbie

brianlux said:

Something got me to thinking about Lou Reed recently and I put this one on. Hadn't listened to it for quite a while and it just flipped me out all over again. What a killer live album!

hell, yes!!!!!

rory gallagher - Irish tour ‘74

RoleModelsinBlood31

Just gotta add because I hadn’t seen them listed

bela fleck & the flecktones :Live Art
George Clinton: Live & Kickin
Dead: Without a Net

brianlux

Wobbie said:

brianlux said:

Something got me to thinking about Lou Reed recently and I put this one on. Hadn't listened to it for quite a while and it just flipped me out all over again. What a killer live album!

hell, yes!!!!!

rory gallagher - Irish tour ‘74

rory gallagher - Irish tour ‘74  I must check that one out.  I only started listening to Gallagher recently (one of those, "How did I miss this?" things!)

dankind

Tom Waits, Nighthawks at the Diner (cheating a bit)
Tom Waits, Big Time
Tom Waits, Glitter and Doom
Jimi Hendrix, Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts
The Band et al., The Last Waltz
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Live!
Neko Case, The Tigers Have Spoken
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads, Tribute
Oingo Boingo, Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995
The Cure, Show/Paris
Indigo Girls, 1200 Curfews
AC/DC, If You Want Blood, You've Got It
AC/DC, Live
Otis Redding, Live in Europe
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
Sade, Lovers Live
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison
Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York
The Dead Milkmen, Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero
Neil Young, Weld
Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue
Yonder Mountain String Band, Mountain Tracks (all volumes)
The Ramones, It's Alive!
Sarah McLachlan, Mirrorball
Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won
Iron Maiden, Live after Death
Jane's Addiction, Jane's Addiction (maybe also cheating a bit)
Portishead, Roseland NYC Live
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Live Anthology

brianlux

dankind said:

Tom Waits, Nighthawks at the Diner (cheating a bit)
Tom Waits, Big Time
Tom Waits, Glitter and Doom
Jimi Hendrix, Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts
The Band et al., The Last Waltz
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Live!
Neko Case, The Tigers Have Spoken
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads, Tribute
Oingo Boingo, Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995
The Cure, Show/Paris
Indigo Girls, 1200 Curfews
AC/DC, If You Want Blood, You've Got It
AC/DC, Live
Otis Redding, Live in Europe
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
Sade, Lovers Live
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison
Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York
The Dead Milkmen, Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero
Neil Young, Weld
Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue
Yonder Mountain String Band, Mountain Tracks (all volumes)
The Ramones, It's Alive!
Sarah McLachlan, Mirrorball
Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won
Iron Maiden, Live after Death
Jane's Addiction, Jane's Addiction (maybe also cheating a bit)
Portishead, Roseland NYC Live
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Live Anthology

Ramones, It's Alive.  Oh man, yes!  That one slipped my mind and should be on my list, for sure!!!

dankind

The Doors, In Concert -- that's another good one!

ST66483

Good call on Nighthawks at the Diner!

Gibson

My brain is fried.. but from what vinyl I own:

Cornell- Songbook 
Pearl Jam - Unplugged
Soundgarden - Artists Den
Dave Matthews &Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther
AIC - Unplugged 
Nirvana - Unplugged
Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same
The National - Boxer (live)
City and Colour - Guide me Back Home
Black Crowes and Page - Live at the Greek
Metallica - S&M2
RATM - Live at the Grand Olympic
Arctic Monkeys - Royal Albert Hall
REEF- Live at St Ives
Ryan Adams - 10 from Carnegie
U2 - Rattle and Hum

i have some White Stripes/Jack White, too, but the shows just don’t translate onto vinyl for me. 

1ThoughtKnown

Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
Pearl Jam - Live at Benaroyal Hall
Pearl Jam - Live at TMR
Jane’s Addiction - XXX

Nirvana - Unplugged

Primus - Suck on This

Colonel Les Claypool’s Flying Frog Brigade - Live Frogs Set 1&2

Mad Season - Live at the Moore
Tragically Hip - Live Between Us

Brandi Carlile - Live at Benaroyal Hall with Seattle Symphony

Big Drill Car - Toured

Neil Young - Live Rust

Pearl Jam - Mount Baker Theatre Vault #4

Alice in Chains - Unplugged 

Neil Young - Young Shakespeare

Roger Waters - The Wall (Live in Berlin)

Uncle Tupelo - Live at Lounge Ax

Jack White - Live at TMR
Muddy Waters - Folk Festival of the Blues 
The Gun Club - Miami (RE disc 2)

Honourable Mentions:
NOFX - I Hear They Suck Live!!
SNFU - The Last of the Big Time Suspenders
Ozzy Osbourne - Live and Loud
Rush - Exit, Stage Left


All the PJ bootlegs are great but I went with my top 20 on wax. Once the Moline vault is on my turntable it will certainly make the list (top 5). It will be the only live album on vinyl in which I was in the audience. I know a lot of people were critical of that vault choice... but I love it. Can’t wait.  

I don’t have any of the honourable mentions on wax (yet). 

Abe Froman

These come to mind off the top of my head. Obviously leaving out many PJ due to the amount of live releases they’ve put out. 

Neil Young - Live Rust
The Who - Live at Leeds
Nirvana - Unplugged
Alice In Chains - Unplugged
Pearl Jam - Soldier Field
Pearl Jam - Third Man Records
Hendrix - Live at Winterland
Doors - In Concert
Sunny Day Real Estate - Live
James Gang - Live in Concert
Soundgarden  - Live from the Artists Den
Chris Cornell - Live in Sweeden

JOEJOEJOE

I miss the days of the double-live album....many of the late 70s/early 80s metal bands released some killer live shows!

g under p

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There's a dvd to this concert in Montreal Canada and I must say it’s almost as good as Live from Mars.

https://youtu.be/3OE_LOPIEvw

Peace

Pap

g under p said:

https://images.app.goo.gl/qYFDEpPJkFonxBaU8

There's a dvd to this concert in Montreal Canada and I must say it’s almost as good as Live from Mars.

https://youtu.be/3OE_LOPIEvw

Peace

100% agree! I own the DVD. That Faster Slower Disappear Come Around is amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-koJpFCUEk

pledgeagrievance

Neil Young -Massey Hall
Ben Harper - Live from Mars
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
The Band - The Last Waltz
Built to Spill - Live
Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Revue 1975
The Ramones - Its Alive!
War on Drugs - Live Drugs
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom
Band of Horses - Live at the Ryman



 

CarryTheZero

pledgeagrievance said:

Neil Young -Massey Hall
Ben Harper - Live from Mars
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
The Band - The Last Waltz
Built to Spill - Live
Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Revue 1975
The Ramones - Its Alive!
War on Drugs - Live Drugs
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom
Band of Horses - Live at the Ryman



 

Harper, Built to Spill, and the Band of Horses are amazing live albums! (I’ll be checking out those others!)

While not a list of ten, I’ll add this one:

Drive-by Truckers: It’s Great to Be Alive!

rw160510

All time favourite

Sam Cooke: Live at the Harlem Square Club

Honourable mentions:

Alice in chains: Unplugged

The national: Boxer Live

Counting crows: Across a wire

Smoke fairies: Live at St Pancras Old Church

Pap

rw160510 said: Smoke fairies: Live at St Pancras Old Church

hrd2imgn

Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive

Metallica- Live Shit Binge and Purge

Tesla - 5 Man Acoustical Jam

Eric Clapton /AIC/Nirvana- Unplugged

Alomost forgot Mad Season Live at the Moore.

as far as waves

Kiss - Alive & Alive II
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Scorpions - World Wide Live
Cheap Trick - At Budokan (the complete concert)
Pearl Jam - too many great official bootlegs
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld
Husker Du - The Living End
Tesla - Five Man Acoustical Jam
Ben Harper & the Relentless Seven - Live From Montreal
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Live Alive
The Who - Live at Leeds
Rush - Exit Stage Left, Snakes & Arrows Live, R30, All the World's A Stage

g under p

Speaking of live concerts and bands. I just happened to come across U2 live performance of BAD at Live Aid.  What an amazing performance of the 🎵 song, to me its legendary.  So was Queen's performance as well.

https://youtu.be/HvBgRSSlVBA

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GlowGirl

g under p said:

Speaking of live concerts and bands. I just happened to come across U2 live performance of BAD at Live Aid.  What an amazing performance of the 🎵 song, to me its legendary.  So was Queen's performance as well.

https://youtu.be/HvBgRSSlVBA

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I love that song. There whole Live Aid performance was epic. I just saw Bono for his book tour and he made fun of his amazing mullet he had at Live Aid. 

ceska

ceska said:

Tough to categorize "live albums" because there are bands like Pearl Jam and Wilco that release a ton of shows officially; others have released shows for free as MP3s but they weren't official albums for sale on CD; and now there are official pro-shot live performances archived on youtube. Excluding many from those categories, and adding to albums listed above, here's a few more: Richard Thompson - Small Town Romance Grateful Dead - Without a Net The Who - Young Vic 1971 (Who's Next re-release bonus disc) The Kinks - To The Bone Nirvana - MTV Unplugged Soul Asylum - Welcome to the Minority live disc

The Spring Standards - Live From Delaware

Drive-By Truckers - Live From Austin, TX

Drive-By Truckers - It's Great To be Alive

Dire Straits - On The Night

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (Live disc)

Pete Townshend - Deep End Live

Soul Asylum - Live at Palais Royale - This sit-down-but-not-totally acoustic gig was never released commercially but the full show is up on youtube. I enjoy it a little more than their MTV Unplugged show.

mookeywrench

2 pages of posts from 2016 -2023 and only one mention of pearl jam at benaroya hall.

Good evidence that this doesn't need a vinyl reissue.

JT167846

Was pretty impressed with Coma Divine by Porcupine Tree and Wildflowers Live from Tom Petty.

Pacifier (Shihad) Live is also really good.

Love the Foos Skin And Bones DVD too.

Does Salival by Tool count? The Live tracks in that are gargantuan. 

Johnny Abruzzo

Today's listening: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Live in Seattle

hrd2imgn

Frampton comes alive

Tesla, 5 man acoustical jam. Amazing, first unplugged before was cool

Tallica live shit binge and purge

Yanni- voices live version