Your +/- top 10 (all or mostly) live-in-front-of-an-audience albums.
brianlux
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No doubt we've done something similar before, but I did not find a thread.
I've noticed lately that many of my go-to albums these days are live albums and decided to make a top ten list of mine.
My list is limited to vinyl LP's only, and only ones I have. Your list may or may not be ones you actually own.
I allowed albums that I know have some studio overdubs. Purists might chose strictly live albums (actually pretty hard to find).
Some on my list may include studio cuts but are predominantly live cuts.
I went with the standard 10 LP's and then listed runners up.
It was hard for me to narrow it down to 10. Really hard! But here's what I came up with (subject to change).
Let's see yours!
MY FAVORITES:
Albert Ayler: Bells (A one-side only album that is essential for me)
Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell at the Village Gate (I've played this on many times!)
The Dream Syndicate: How We Found Ourselves Everywhere (Also way up on my list)
The Dream Syndicate: Live at Raji's (This could well be my #1 live album)
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers: Diary of a Band Volume 1 (Very low-fi but a must for me)
Minutemen: Ballot Result
Lou Reed: Rock n Roll Animal
The Replacements: For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986
The Who: Live at Leeds (A favorite, of course!)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Year of the Horse (would have gone with Weld if I had the vinyl)
RUNNERS UP:
Big Brother and the Holding Company: Cheap Thrills
John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
Larry Coryell: Fairyland
Earthless Meets Heavy Blanket: In a Dutch Haze
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Winterland
Thelonius Monk: At the Five Spot (Palo Alto likely to factor in soon)
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Happy Trails
Rain Parade: Beyond the Sunset
Television: Live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 6/29/78
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed
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Metallica Live shit, Binge and Purge
Sarah Mclachlan Mirror ball
Misfits Evilive
Thee Oh Sees Live in San Francisco.
I'll think of some more later.
Iron Maiden "A real Live one"
Metallica S&M
Tesla "5 Man Acoustical Jam"
Social Distortion "Live at the Roxy"
MMJ - Okonokos
Bob Dylan & The Band - Before the Flood
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Rainbow - Rainbow Live
Cheap Trick - Budokan
Black Sabbath (with Dio) - Live Evil
Live evil has the best cover. Always like how they strung songs together live. When I saw Dio solo a couple times he did it with rainbow in the dark I think. Was a loooonng time ago.
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Cheap Trick -Live at Budokan
Judas Priest- Unleashed In The East
Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive
Johnny Winter- Captured Live!
AC/DC- If You Want Blood...
David Bowie - Santa Monica Civic '72
Aerosmith- Live Bootleg
REO Speedwagon- You Get What You Play For
Zeppelin- The Song Remains The Same
UFO- Strangers In The Night
Neil Diamond- Hot August Night
Couldn't do just ten.
Tom Waits, Nighthawks at the Diner (cheating a little, as this is more of a "studio audience")
Tom Waits, Big Time
Tom Waits, Glitter and Doom
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads, Tribute
Yonder Mountain String Band, Mountain Tracks: Volume 2
The Dead Milkmen, Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero
Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue
Ramones, It's Alive
Neko Case, The Tigers Have Spoken
Jimi Hendrix, Song for Groovy Children box set
U2, Under a Blood Red Sky
R.L. Burnside, Burnside on Burnside
AC/DC, If You Want Blood You've Got It
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
The Doors, In Concert
Jane's Addiction, Jane's Addiction
Sade, Lovers Live
Otis Redding, Live in Europe
Wilco, Kicking Television
Iron Maiden, Live After Death
Tom Petty, The Live Anthology
Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won
I have to check out that T.P. title. Pretty good, eh?
I always liked when Rollins joined them later on. There is video of that!
It's really killing my soul.
Band Of Gypsys-Band Of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)
Led Zeppelin-Song Remains The Same
Pearl Jam-MTV Unplugged
The Who-Live At Leeds
Rolling Stones-Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out
The Doors-Absolutely Live
Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-4 Way Street
Nirvana Unplugged
I haven't heard the Vault 6, CP. Must be great!
Agreed! I don't listen to it often but when I do, I'm completely pulled into it.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones Live from the Middle East
Neil Young Live Rust
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Live from Mars
Blur Live at the Budokan
Dire Straits Alchemy Live
Tragically Hip Live Between Us
Hayden Live at Convocation Hall
Prince One Night Alone including the after shows
Sleater Kinney Live in Paris
Sonic Youth Hold That Tiger Sonik Sister Live: 10.14.1987
White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
Phish Hampton Comes Alive
Pearl Jam - various Live bootlegs
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Drive By Truckers - It's Great To Be Alive
Drive By Truckers - Live From Austin
Spring Standards - Live From Delaware
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder (I would put Pompeii over this, but that one had no audience!)
Dire Straits - On The Night
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
Richard Thompson - The Chrono Show
Soul Asylum - After The Flood
The Who - Live At Leeds
Pearl Jam - Live On Two Legs
Neil Young - Live at the Cellar Door
More great pics, guys! And more for me to explore- cool!
I think Neil Young - Live at the Cellar Door might have to be next on my list. I have a LOT of Neil, but not that one. GLad you mentioned it!
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EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
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I had totally forgotten about Stripped. Good choice!