Best Live (recording quality) last 10 years

[Teerawit]

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Originally Posted by ColStripe I'm not a huge Mathews fan but that CD is awesome. I can listen to Stream for the 1,000th time and it will never get old. Hmm going to go listen to it now

Man, that song continues to impress me!! makes me wonder what Dave is capable of playing...

 

[jumping jupiters]

Second for Portishead...this time the Roseland concert....

Another original in the last 15 must be Eric Clapton's "Unplugged"...no matter how overplayed it still is a disk I pop in to test any new piece of gear.

A new favorite was originally recorded beyond 15, but my copy has been remastered within the constraint period...Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Jazz at Oberlin"...the naked truth Jazz performance!

 

[RickG]

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Originally Posted by wakeride74 Alison Krauss Live SACD Hybrid

What he said...

Absolutely killer sound and performance.

 

[Enverxis]

Patricia Barber - Live: a Fortnight in France
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
Diana Krall - Live in Paris
i hear Dream Theater - Live in Bukodan is excellent as well.

 

[Thaddy]

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Originally Posted by Enverxis i hear Dream Theater - Live in Bukodan is excellent as well.

I thought Budokan wasn't that great actually. In fact, leaning towards the bad side

Another one I just thought of though is Nirvana - Unplugged

 

[Enverxis]

i dont know personally. Although there has been alot of hype as to how good it is, I dont like DT.

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by chadlesko A new favorite was originally recorded beyond 15, but my copy has been remastered within the constraint period...Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Jazz at Oberlin"...the naked truth Jazz performance!

Absolutely, my fave Live Dave Brubeck! It's not the highest fidelity, nor is Dave Brubeck Live at Carnegie Hall, but both of those discs are must haves. I have the Jazz at Oberlin on hybrid SACD - someday I'll get a SACD player and cut that album loose!

 

[augustwest]

Alison Krauss & Union Station "live".

- augustwest

 

[Sleestack]

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Originally Posted by augustwest Alison Krauss & Union Station "live". - augustwest

I'll second that. Great SACD with superb sound quality.

 

[Thaddy]

Has anyone heard the two live Dispatch albums? They are a great band, and I've found that the Gut The Van disc is recorded fairly well. These guys are excellent performers, I'm pretty sure a large portion of the members here would enjoy it. The have a sound similar to Dave Matthews and O.A.R.

 

[en480c4]

While I know the music is far from most people's radar, I was amazed with the quality of Rasputina's "A Radical Recital" live album recorded last fall. For such a small band on a small label (which I'm sure means it was done on a small budget) the recording's fantastic.

I get to see them next Friday night, so there's that to look forward to as well!

 

[clarke68]

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Originally Posted by omedon Anything from Mapleshade Records. While they only have a few 'live with audience' recordings their entire catalogue is recorde 'live' in the same room, single take, on a two track recorder. With everything modded out and done to exacting audiophile standards, for example no cables over 15' and everything run off of batteries. The result is amazing recordings that put you in the room.

At last, another Mapleshade fan at Head-Fi...and a Grado guy, at that. Welcome brother!

I've never heard anything like a Mapleshade recording, completely devoid of studio pretension of any kind. Even the free mp3s on their site sound amazing...highly recommended.

 

[Jose Perez]

Here's a pair of classic rock comeback CD's I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet:

Fleetwood Mac's The Dance & the Eagles' Hell Freezes Over

The Dance is little overproduced to be called a legitimate "Live" recording but it is still an incredibly well recorded disc.

Hell Freezes Over is best experienced in DTS format in a well designed/tuned home theater system. Absolutely mind blowing SQ on that disc

 

[Jose Perez]

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Originally Posted by clarke68 At last, another Mapleshade fan at Head-Fi...and a Grado guy, at that. Welcome brother! I've never heard anything like a Mapleshade recording, completely devoid of studio pretension of any kind. Even the free mp3s on their site sound amazing...highly recommended.

Add my name to that list. Not a Grado guy but a definite Mapleshade believer. I own 7 or 8 different Mapleshade recordings and any of them can be used as reference material for even the best audiophile system. Not the biggest fan of the fact that Pierre has started to push equipment almost as much as music over the last few years but that is for another thread on another day

 

[Glod]

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Originally Posted by omedon "Anything from Mapleshade Records."...

Thanks for the tip. Indeed impressive workmanship. You get the feeling these are serious live music lovers and recording enthusiasts. Beautiful sense of presence. And I have so far only listened to the 128kb/s MP3 samples...