Your +/- top 10 (all or mostly) live-in-front-of-an-audience albums.

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
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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






"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Iron Maiden Live After Death
    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.
  • hihobibo
    hihobibo Tampa, FL Posts: 1,140
    Most MTV Unplugged albums are great. Nirvana, PJ, AIC, Alanis, Jay-Z are my top ones.
    Iron Maiden "A real Live one"
    Metallica S&M
    Tesla "5 Man Acoustical Jam"
    Social Distortion "Live at the Roxy"
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Ben Harper - Live from Mars
    MMJ - Okonokos 
    Bob Dylan & The Band - Before the Flood
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,716
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Iron Maiden Live After Death
    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.
    Evilive. Nice raw horrorpunk at it's finest. Bust that one out every halloween season, mine is crazy warped but still plays through with a hop skip and jump in 20eyes mainly.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    UFO - Strangers in the Night
    Rainbow - Rainbow Live
    Cheap Trick - Budokan
    Black Sabbath (with Dio) - Live Evil
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    UFO - Strangers in the Night
    Rainbow - Rainbow Live
    Cheap Trick - Budokan
    Black Sabbath (with Dio) - Live Evil
    Cheap Trick - Budokan-- good one!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,716
    "They say that life's a carousel, spinning fast you better ride it well, the world is filled with kings and queens who'll blind your eyes and steal your dreams"
    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.
    RIP RJD 
  • Guy Dudebro
    Guy Dudebro Posts: 1,480
    edited September 2020
    Just going with my 70s staples to make it easy on myself...
    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.
    Post edited by Guy Dudebro on
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Of LP's that I own:

    Grateful Dead- Skull and Roses
    Tim Buckley- Live in London
    Simon and Garfunkel- Concert in Central Park
    Ryan Adams- Carnegie Hall
    Band of Horses- Acoustic at the Ryman
    Joni Mitchell- Miles of Aisles


  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited September 2020
    In no particular order other than Tom Waits uber alles.

    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
    Post edited by dankind on
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Guy Dudebro said:
    Just going with my 70s staples to make it easy on myself...
    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.

    No worries-- that why the +/-

    Nice list!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    dankind said:
    In no particular order other than Tom Waits uber alles.

    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?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Loujoe said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Iron Maiden Live After Death
    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.
    Evilive. Nice raw horrorpunk at it's finest. Bust that one out every halloween season, mine is crazy warped but still plays through with a hop skip and jump in 20eyes mainly.
    It was unheard of back then for a punk band to do a live album.  The Meatmen did it too but in like 88?

    I always liked when Rollins joined them later on.  There is video of that!
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,716
    I'll look it up later. Would have been sick being at one of those old shows. sure I told you already but worth repeating for the 1 other person who might care...saw doyle a few years ago. His band was young and killed it. Singer did a good danzig, blood soaked and all. I miss live music.
     It's really killing my soul.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,235
    What I have:

    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
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,716
    Doors is great...esp when Jim yells at the person jabbering on. I think I remember him doing that on there. It's been a while.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    cutz said:
    What I have:

    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
    OM man, I should have Band Of Gypsys on my list for "Machine Gun" alone!

    Ya-Ya's is great to.

    Nice list!!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Great thread, Brian.  Im in the same boat that ive really been drawn to live albums.  Love them on vinyl.  

    The Replacements - Live at Maxwells (captures them at their peak on a night when they were “ON”).  

    Pearl Jam - Vault 6.   (IMO their best performance of any of the vault releases)

    Nirvana Unplugged

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    cp3iverson said:
    Great thread, Brian.  Im in the same boat that ive really been drawn to live albums.  Love them on vinyl.  

    The Replacements - Live at Maxwells (captures them at their peak on a night when they were “ON”).  

    Pearl Jam - Vault 6.   (IMO their best performance of any of the vault releases)

    Nirvana Unplugged


    I haven't heard the Vault 6, CP.  Must be great!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,235
    brianlux said:
    cutz said:
    What I have:

    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
    OM man, I should have Band Of Gypsys on my list for "Machine Gun" alone!

    Ya-Ya's is great to.

    Nice list!!


    Machine Gun is one of the greatest songs ever. For me anyway.

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