[raif]

i don't know if it was the greatest ever, but I actually liked ac/dc's live album better than the original recordings.

 

[roadtonowhere08]

Best live recordings I have ever heard:

1. Ozzy Osbourne - Live and Loud
2. Black Sabbath - Reunion
3. Dream Theater - Live at Budokan

Simply OUTSTANDING performances

 

[gloco]

I don't like any of the commercial live releases, they sound so artificially clean.

Here's some of my favorites:

Smashing Pumpkins: June 28, 1997 at the Roskilde Festival, Denmark
The Dave Matthews Band: October 6, 1994 at Lee's Place, Toronto
Ani Difranco: March 21, 1998 in Osaka, Japan
Nirvana: Cabaret Metro 1991?(can't recall the date)
Garbage: Loreley festival 1998

All great bands and these particular shows are fabulous in terms of performances.

 

[HVK]

Frampton Comes Alive (can't believe it hasn't been mentioned???)
Led Zeppelin "Live on Blueberry Hill"

 

[cortez]

In no particular order just as they come to my head

Warren Haynes : live a the bonnaroo(amazing voice)
Allman Brothers : live at the fillmore east, 1st and 2nd set, one way out
Gov't Mule : live with a little help from our friends, deepest end(amazing shows)
Bob Segar : live bullet, nine tonight(not as strong as live bullet but has a killer version of fire lake)
Albert King with SRV : in session
Lynyrd Skynyrd : one more from the road(the 25 ann. edt)
Widespread Panic : live in the classic city
Jerry Garcia : after midnight(amazing playing by garcia, worth the price just for after midnight>eleanor rigby>after midnight tune)
Grateful Dead : europe 72, ladies and gendleman, closing of winderland, rockin the rhein(official releases, many more good shows on dick's picks and boots)
String Cheese Incident : a string cheese incident, carnival 99
Neil Young : weld, live rust
Jimi Hendrix : band of gypsies, live at the fillmore east(rest of the BOG show), live at woodstock
The Band : rock of ages
Tori Amos : the live bonus cd on to venus and back
Sara McLachlan : mirrorball
Ben Harper : live from mars
Blackmore's Night : past times with good company
Rainbow : on stage, live in germany
Pink Floyd: is there anybody out there
Ozzy : live and loud
Slayer : decade of aggression
Little Feat : waiting for columbus
Thin Lizzy : live and dangerous
Ufo : strangers in the night
Stevie Ray : Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
Deep Purple : made in japan
Iron Maiden : live after death
Ted Nugent : double live gonzo
Waylon Jennings : live
Lou Reed : animal serenade

A bunch more, but these are some of my favorites

 

[jamvanman]

Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan is one of my all time favourite live albums, back when they still had a real edge to them.

Must be something about Japan, Deep Purple Live in Japan is another classic and Dream Theatre Live at Budokan is also great.

 

[roadtonowhere08]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamvanman Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan is one of my all time favourite live albums, back when they still had a real edge to them. Must be something about Japan, Deep Purple Live in Japan is another classic and Dream Theatre Live at Budokan is also great.

Japan is a great crowd to record concerts because they are not annoying and don't scream during the quiet parts of songs. Very well behaved crowds, but go NUTS when they should. I love watching DVD's recorded there, because they are so different than the U.S. In the Ozzy "Live at Budokan" DVD, there were middle aged businessmen that went from work to the concert. They just stood there and watched the show. Ozzy tried his best to get them going, but that was a loosing battle

 

[Riordan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by remilard Dire Straits - Alchemy

'live at the bbc' is not as comprehensive (only captures their first album), but musically and in terms of recording quality it's so much better than alchemy that the latter's reputation as "classic" has to be reconsidered

 

[mattb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cortez Thin Lizzy : live and dangerous

I can't believe it took 20 posts before this came up. Definitely one of my desert island discs.

 

[Pars]

Quote:

Originally Posted by elrod-tom Supper's Ready from Genesis' Seconds Out

I'd second all of "Seconds Out"... seeing Genesis live was amazing

Hendrix live at the Monterey Pop Fesival also

INXS "Live Baby Live"

The Who "Live at Leeds"

 

[Jahn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by raif i don't know if it was the greatest ever, but I actually liked ac/dc's live album better than the original recordings.

I own this album - it rocks!

But sentimentally, the one live album my whole crowd had a copy of in our teens was "Depeche Mode 101" - man, that thing, plus New Order's Substance, was just the 1-2 Double CD punch of new wave doom.

 

[gloco]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cortez Iron Maiden : live after death

I can't believe i never mentioned this!

 

[Nak Man]

sigh ...

"welcome back my friend to the show that never ends ... ladies and gentlemen: emerson, lake and palmer"

... apparently no ELP love here.

 

[Nightfall]

The live version of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway from the Genesis box set: Genesis Archive 1967-1975.


JC

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Mine has been for a while and continues to be Iron Maiden's "Live After Death."