fave live albums and recommendations

dogload

english_bob said:

TheBigDipper said:

Yessongs. Not the best recording, but it captures the band playing at the height of their powers. 

I think I've got that record somewhere. If I have I've never listened to it. I'd kind of assumed it was recorded later, so would have had stuff on it I'm less bothered about (so why did I buy it? who knows?), but if it's Yes Album/Fragile/Close To The Edge stuff I might have to dig it out and give it a blast.

There was also 'Yesshows' which came out in 1980 which had their later stuff on. I've got it but haven't listened to it for.about 37 years!  I'm not a fan of much of their stuff after The Yes Album tbh

english_bob

dogload said:

I'm not a fan of much of their stuff after The Yes Album tbh

Really? I need to check out some of the earlier stuff. The Yes Album was my introduction to Yes, but I like Fragile and Close To The Edge just as much. Tales Of Topographic Oceans? I'd rather have a curry.

ICBM

dogload said:

There was also 'Yesshows' which came out in 1980 which had their later stuff on. I've got it but haven't listened to it for.about 37 years!  I'm not a fan of much of their stuff after The Yes Album tbh

english_bob said:

dogload said:

I'm not a fan of much of their stuff after The Yes Album tbh

Really? I need to check out some of the earlier stuff. The Yes Album was my introduction to Yes, but I like Fragile and Close To The Edge just as much. Tales Of Topographic Oceans? I'd rather have a curry.

I had Yesshows, but although it's the later stuff I preferred the studio versions, especially the Going For The One album.

But then my favourite Yes album is 90125, so I'm clearly a philistine .

stimpsonslostson

ICBM said:

mburekenge said:

i love the live at Hyde park peppers album, despite Frusciantes awful fuzz factory tone for the version of 'I feel love' lol

I love the Frusciante-era Chili Peppers but I thought that was a dreadful album… I purposely didn't mention it even though I owned it for a while! On the subject of ones I *don't* recommend I would add Sheryl Crow Live From Central Park. Awful, overplayed crap.

On the other hand Simon & Garfunkel's Concert In Central Park is excellent.

I agree- Hyde park isn't great. Live at Slane IS good. John is on fire- I've got the DVD & ripped the audio as I liked it that much. 


Bruce 75-85 is a great document of a band at the peak of their powers (despite several rambling talk sections- most notably before The River & War). 

Pearl Jam at Benaroya is good too. An acoustic live double. 

strumjoughlamps

picked this up for £2.50, very impressive 1982 live double album

PolarityMan

You're welcome

strumjoughlamps

PolarityMan said:

You're welcome

none of those are albums

mike_l

RocknRollDave said:

Iron Maiden - Flight 666 = much similar setlist to Live After Death but better recording and performance, IMO

All the songs were recorded at different venues, rather than LaD's multiple nights at the same venues.

Personally I think Live after Death is better, because they're younger and much rawer sound and performance wise (not bad, but younger, less experienced players).

Both are better than Maiden England, where they play everything too fast (I still love that album though).


Anyway Motorhead's No sleep is well worth a listen.

mike_l

Others worth checking are Dio Live at Donnington (double from both appearances) and Maiden's Live at Donington '92.

Philly_Q

strumjoughlamps said:

picked this up for £2.50, very impressive 1982 live double album

I saw her last summer, she was bloody awful.  But I'm sure she must have been better in the '80s.

PolarityMan

strumjoughlamps said:

PolarityMan said:

You're welcome

none of those are albums

You can buy dvds of all of those.

d8m

Grunfeld

Veganic said:

FelineGuitars said:

UFO strangers in the night
MSG one night st Budokan
Slade Alive

May as well throw "Tokyo Tapes" in with the first two.

I was listening recently to MSG "BBC Radio One Live In Concert:  Reading Festival 1982" and basically it's a well-recorded bootleg.  No overdubs.  Just a brilliant live performance.  Smiling all the way through.  Schenker totally on fire.

Hawkwind, "Space Ritual" is still magical every once in a while. 
And also from way back,
Misty In Roots - "Live at the Counter Eurovision 79"
iirc John Peel had this as one of his favourite albums of all time.  One of mine too.

SnazzyGeezer

Seconds out - Genesis
live Herald - Steve Hillage 
Live stock - Brand X 
Bootleg USA - Martin Simpson
After the rain - John McLaughlin 
Maximum Darkness - Man
Live in Chicago - Kenny Wayne Shepard
Live - Bob Berg/Mike Stern 
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Live Dates - Whishbone Ash
Live in San Fransisco - Joe Satriani 

RocknRollDave

mike_l said:

RocknRollDave said:

Iron Maiden - Flight 666 = much similar setlist to Live After Death but better recording and performance, IMO

All the songs were recorded at different venues, rather than LaD's multiple nights at the same venues.

Personally I think Live after Death is better, because they're younger and much rawer sound and performance wise (not bad, but younger, less experienced players).

Both are better than Maiden England, where they play everything too fast (I still love that album though).


Anyway Motorhead's No sleep is well worth a listen.

Yeah, Maiden England is disappointing, especially as it's the tour for such a strong album.
On the DVD Adriam Smith says he thought then and now that they were playing the songs too fast but was overruled. He was right, though!  

ICBM

SnazzyGeezer said:

Seconds out - Genesis

Damn, how did I forget that?!

cbilly22

For a more recent recommendation I'd have to say Stephen Dale Petit - Live at High Voltage, absolute lightning in  a bottle.
 

fretmeister

Buddy Rich - Big Swing Face

Metallica - live shit binge and purge. The Mexico City gig.

Wasp - live in the raw

Slayer - Decade of Aggression 

StageStruck

Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin - Friday Night In San Francisco. Not really the kind of album I would usually listen to, but the playing on this is breathtaking. 

hubobulous

Marillion - Real to Reel and The Thieving Magpie
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Scorpions - World Wide Live
Maiden - Live After Death
Walter Trout - No More Fish Jokes
JoBo - 4 consecutive nights in London
Floyd - Pulse