Best Live Albums of All Time

[OverHillandDale]

Listening to a cut from PULSE by Pink Floyd this morning has garnered the though of what are the best ever live albums.

My candidates include the following:

1. YesSongs - Yes
2. Pulse - Pink Floyd
3. Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East
4. Welcome to the show... - ELP
5. Peter Frampton Comes Alive

That's my top five of the ones I can think of right now. What's in your top five?

[PFD]

I always liked Genesis' Seconds Out.

[GORT]

I'm onboard with Frampton Comes Alive
:yougo

[Dark Side]

1. Pulse - Pink Floyd
2. Live Scenes from NY - Dream Theater
3. Unplugged at the Walls - Marillion
4. Keys to Ascension I & II - Yes
5. Coma Divine - Porcupine Tree

[OverHillandDale]

just thought of more.

Band of Gypsies - Jimi Hendrix
Live at Leeds - The Who.
Nightwatch (Live) - King Crimson (that brought us Lament and Fracture)

[Rick and Roll]

Seeing a lot of shows, I tend to shy away from a lot of live records. But some get a lot of play because of personal rememberances.

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

Bought this when I was 15, hanging out at a local Korvettes, they were playing it in the store BM (Before Musak!). It's a perfect live record.

Speaking of Korvettes, here's an example of "putting lipstick on a pig" (a current events tem):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edn7eI4PEbA

Grand Funk - Caught In the Act

The first live record is the epitome of hippiness, this one has the keyboards and some spirited versions.

Frampton Comes Alive - of course...

The Nearfest lives of Izz and Hackett are great. No more jump out into the top group, but I'm sure there are more.

[kevishev]

I would include Lou Reed's "Rock N Roll Animal" to the others listed above and maybe "Woodstock"....

[cribguy]

In no particular order:

1. Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live,
2. Genesis Seconds Out
3. Pink Floyd's Pulse
4. The Door's Alive She Cried
5. Rush's Exit Stage Left & Rush In Rio
6. Kansas's Two For The Show
7. Frampton Comes Alive

[OverHillandDale]

kevishev, I almost include R&R animal just for the best dual guitar intro song on a live album.

[ErikM]

My 10 all time favorite live albums :

1. Barclay James Harvest - Live tapes (1978)
2. UK - Night after night (1979)
3. Supertramp - Paris (1980)
4. Alan Stivell - A l' Olympia (1972)
5. Judie Tzuke - Road noise (1982)
6. Tangerine Dream - Logos (1982)
7. Thin Lizzy - Live and dangerous (1977)
8. Genesis - Second's out (1977)
9. Yes - Keys to ascension II (1997)
10. Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall (1976)

[dangerboy]

I can agree with all but a few I've seen, probably only because I've never heard 'em. Here's two gems that I've not seen though;

1. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
2. Humble Pie - Rockin The Fillmore

[Rick and Roll]

1. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus


In college, during a long involved game of Risk, a friend dropped the tone arm on the turntable on the intro cheering of this record every time he took a country :) He'd leave the damn thing spinning....

[KingRat]

My 10 all time favorite live albums :
3. Supertramp - Paris (1980)


To this I would add


1. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus....

&

David Bowie - David Live (1974)

But to mention a live track
Hotel California - Eagles from Hell Freezes Over (1994) It still makes all the hairs on my neck stand up and take notice. (nowadays the hairs on my back as well R) )

[mailotron]

Genesis LIve
KInG Crimson USA
PFM Cook
Yes Yessongs
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Live from Mars
THIn Lizzy Live And dangerous
Deep purple Made in Japan
Ummagumma first LP
Uriah Heep First january 1973
Marillion real to reel
GOlden earing First Live
Zappa in New York
....

[progzealot]

Van Morrison--a night in san francisco (1994).

Great album I still listen to reguraly (on cd of course).

[gr8sho92]

Kiss Alive!

You didn't limit it to prog when you threw Frampton in there... :neener:

[gr8sho92]

<snip>
PFM Cook
<snip>
....

PFM released 5 other official "live" recordings besides Cook (a.k.a. Live in USA). The 3 most recent releases in 1998 (www.pfmpfm.it (il Best)
), 2002 (Live in Japan) and 2004 (Piazza del Campo) are incredible for any PFM fan. The band's energy always comes across to me in their recordings. If you are a Mauro Pagani fan, the Piazza del Campo recording is incredible.

Cheers,
Carl

[mailotron]

ROck n ROll animal/Lou Reed Live ( 2 lps same venue)
Kansas Two for the show

[KeithieW]

Did anyone mention Hawkwind - Space Ritual Alive???

That was an AWESOME show......I think ;)

[mailotron]

PFM released 5 other official "live" recordings besides Cook (a.k.a. Live in USA). The 3 most recent releases in 1998 (www.pfmpfm.it (il Best)
), 2002 (Live in Japan) and 2004 (Piazza del Campo) are incredible for any PFM fan. The band's energy always comes across to me in their recordings. If you are a Mauro Pagani fan, the Piazza del Campo recording is incredible.

Cheers,
Carl

Grazzie Amico:smirk: :smirk: :smirk: :smirk: :smirk: ;) , all are in my collection + a 4 cd box with live performances from their debut as PFM to the 'jet lag' line up with greg bloch on violin. They are HUGE

[gr8sho92]

Grazzie Amico:smirk: :smirk: :smirk: :smirk: :smirk: ;) , all are in my collection + a 4 cd box with live performances from their debut as PFM to the 'jet lag' line up with greg bloch on violin. They are HUGE

Yes, you are referring to "10 Anni Live". That's a fun set to listen to. For those that don't know, PFM were heavily influenced by King Crimson and Jethro Tull, and the first disc contains several covers which I think are every bit as good as the originals.

A minor point. On the 4th disc, there are 4 tracks post-Greg Bloch, one from the underrated Passpartout album, and the latter from their early 80s italian rock albums and introduced their 3rd and final violinist Lucio Fabbi. They didn't really need a lot from the last 2 records because "Performance" deals with those well enough, Performance being the 5th of the 5 live albums.

[mailotron]

They didn't really need a lot from the last 2 records because "Performance" deals with those well enough, Performance being the 5th of the 5 live albums.[/QUOTE]

i never dared to buy Performance:dunno: :dunno:

[gr8sho92]

They didn't really need a lot from the last 2 records because "Performance" deals with those well enough, Performance being the 5th of the 5 live albums.

i never dared to buy Performance:dunno: :dunno:

I was going to further comment on that 4th disc in that the title translates to "Contamination, on towards the new rock music" which is a good summary of how I saw what happened to the first incarnation of progressive rock.

In this regard what PFM did in the early 80s was really much in the same vein as what Genesis, and Yes/ELP if you count Asia did, in that they transformed themselves into a more mainstream rock band for the italian market. So Performance captures that era mostly. There is a modified version of Il Banchetto which is decent. I personally enjoy this album. In the end, the core of the band with DiCioccio, Divas, Mussida and Premoli is still there, so it's good stuff to me.

Carl

[TheFish]

Yes - Yessongs
UFO -Strangers in The Night
Renaissance - Tales of 1001 Nights Vol 1 (the non-vocal bits mostly)
Genesis- Seconds Out
Paul Mcartny - Paul Is Live

[Rick and Roll]

UFO -Strangers in The Night


Yeah that's a good one - but they royally screwed up the song times on it...

[DamoXt7942]

Most of Moonies love Yessongs...I love it, too.
And...although it's not prog...I love "At Fillmore East" by Allman Brothers Band. :)

[hobo]

1 - allman brothers band - live at the fillmore east
2 - lou reed - rock n roll animal + live
3 - chicago - live at the carnegie hall
4 - yes - yesssongs
5 - pink floyd - pulse
6 - colosseum - live
7 - CSN & Y - 4 way street
8 - ELP - Works Live
9 - Fish - scattering crows live
10 - Peter Gabriel - growing up live
11 - weather report - 8:30
12 - david gilmour - remember that night live
13 - mavishnu orchestra - between nothingness and eternity
14 - kevin ayers + eno + nico - live june
15 - humble pie - rockin' the fillmore
16 - king crimson - absent lovers
17 - marillion - friends live
18 - pfm - live in japan 2002
19 - traffic - welcome to the canteen
20 - tangent - GOING OFF ON ONE

[DamoXt7942]

Good choise, hobo.

And I love "Live Dead" by The Grateful Dead.
The "fuzzy" atmosphere of this album drives me away. :)

[kaltsu]

best live albums

who live at leeds
johnny winter and live
doors absolutely live
neil young mtv unplugged
john mayall turnng point
band of gypsys
van morrison it's too late to stop now
zappa best band you never heard
derek and the dominoes live
live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper

[Kazuhiro]

Nice to meet you.I am kazu.It is a contribution from Japan.
It is an one's personal observation. I'm sorry if not suitable for this theme
therefore.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Blac k Sabbath/Live Evil　
Joni Mitchell/Shadows And Light
Magma/Live
Miles Davis/Live Evil
Allan Holdsworth/All Night Long

[DamoXt7942]

Anyway, bonus live tracks in the studio album are sometimes good.
For example, Pentacle's "La Clef Des Songes" has some live tracks
(La Clef Des Songes, Complot, Le Raconteur) and all of them are very
aggressive and noisy and...so great, I think.

[Thor]

My 10 all time favorite live albums :

1. Yes - Yessongs
... nothing beats that triple gate fold album with awesome music and fantastic art to groove on
2. Camel - A Live One
3. Tangerine Dream - Encores
[tied with the equally good Tangerine Dream - Poland]
4. Frank Zappa - In New York
5. Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
[tied with the Renaissance - live King Biscut Flour Hour 2 disc Set]
6. Caravan - Caravan And The New Symphonia
[Recorded live at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England on 28 October 1973 ... the best version of "For Richard" they have ever done]
7. Pentangle - A Basket of Light
8. Genesis - Second's Out
9. The Grateful Dead - Europe '72
10. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense


I COULD GO ON to include the Alman Brothers, ELP, and Tull and....

[KeithieW]

My 10 all time favorite live albums :

1. Yes - Yessongs
... nothing beats that triple gate fold album with awesome music and fantastic art to groove on
2. Camel - A Live One
3. Tangerine Dream - Encores
[tied with the equally good Tangerine Dream - Poland]
4. Frank Zappa - In New York
5. Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
[tied with the Renaissance - live King Biscut Flour Hour 2 disc Set]
6. Caravan - Caravan And The New Symphonia
[Recorded live at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England on 28 October 1973 ... the best version of "For Richard" they have ever done]
7. Pentangle - A Basket of Light
8. Genesis - Second's Out
9. The Grateful Dead - Europe '72
10. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense


I COULD GO ON to include the Alman Brothers, ELP, and Tull and....

Good choices all and I would probably include most of them in my list too.

However I would also add:

Hawkwind - Space ritual alive
Peter Frampton - Frampton comes alive
Ted nugent - Double live gonzo

and ..................

[Tonecar]

1. UFO - Strangers in the Night (Schenker was on fire)
2. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive (Remember, this was before he was actually pop-ized)
3. REO Speedwagon - You Get What You Play For (I know, but you have to be from the Midwest of the USA to understand)
4. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison ('Nuff said, on to #5)
5. The Band - The Last Waltz (Movie is good also)

Honorable mention: Wings - Wings Over America

Caution to all before buying any Live music from my humble opinion. 9 times out of ten you will be very disappointed.

[deluge71]

1. Exit Stage Left--Rush
2. Bursting Out--Jethro Tull
3. Seconds Out--Genesis
4. Yessongs--Yes
5. Who's Last--The Who

*I know the last one isn't normally regarded as a "classic" (or even a "good") live album. For me, its significance in entirely nostalgic.

[Thor]

also great albums...
Hawkwind - Space Ritual [yes I agree Keithie this is phenominal, I just can't get all these into 10 slots.
Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith
Kate Bush - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon [The Tour of Life]
Neil Young - Live Rust
Hawkwind - Live Chronicles
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity [live in 1973]
U2 - Rattle and Hum

[schupdoggy]

Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
King's X - Live All Over The Place
Wishbone Ash - Live Dates
Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2
Frank Zappa - Make A Jazz Noise Here
Umphrey's McGee - Live At The Murat
Uriah Heep - Live
Grand Funk - Live
Deep Purple - Made In Japan