Free and legal lossless concert recordings

[acidbasement]

I often find a good concert recording kicks the pants off a studio album by the same artist. Here are a few sites where you can find free, high-quality recordings that are 100% sanctioned by the artist and not in violation of any copyright laws. Most are available in either flac or shn format.

Internet Archive: Live Music Archive
bt.etree.org | Community Tracker
Home of Colorado Tapers-- serving CO shows since May, 2003
tapers.org - a new cooperative for an old addiction V2.0 - click on the "FTP" button for instructions on downloading lossless media.
db.etree.org - Sources

If you know of any others, please add them. If you like a recording and want to say thanks to the artist for allowing it to be freely traded, go out and buy their studio albums.

 

[ok computer]

Thanks man, there is some pretty good stuff on these.

 

[breakfastchef]

I will add nugs.net | STASH. Contect is a few years old, but there are still some decent recordings here.

 

[krmathis]

Great links. Thanks!
I have used bt.etree.org | Community Tracker a bit myself. Found some really nice Pat Metheny recordings in there, and others as well.

 

[acidbasement]

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Originally Posted by breakfastchef /img/forum/go_quote.gif I will add nugs.net | STASH. Contect is a few years old, but there are still some decent recordings here.

The Bluegrass Sessions concert on there is my all-time favourite concert recording. Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Gabe Witcher, Bryan Sutton, and Mark Schatz - some of the most talented acoustic players on the planet. This concert is amazing! Also check out the houseband2007 recording on tapers.org, which has a similar lineup, swapping Edgar Meyer in for Mark and Darol Anger for Gabe.