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25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

d'Kong76 Feb 27 2017 05:12 PM

So I rattled off my top (favorite, I guess) 25 into Excel and alphabetized. List shows my age and prejudices. I can already think of 2-3 changes but I wanted to do it without thinking too much.. Alive - Kiss All the World's a Stage - Rush At The Hollywood Bowl - The Beatles Double Live Gonzo - Ted Nugent Evil or Devine - Dio Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton Get Yer Ya-Yas Out - Rolling Stones If You Want Blood - AC/DC It's Alive - Ramones Live - Foghat Live - George Thorogood Live After Death - Iron Maiden Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy Live at Leeds - The Who Live Killers - Queen Made in Japan - Deep Purple No Sleep Until Hammersmith - Motorhead On Stage - Rainbow One More From the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin Tribute (Randy Rhodes) - Ozzy Under a Blood Red Sky - U2 Unleased in the East - Judas Priest Wings Over America - Wings

Frayed Knot Feb 27 2017 05:17 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Allman Bros - Fillmore East Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire

41Forever Feb 27 2017 05:19 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Hard to argue with a lot of that list! Rush's last CD of the R-40 tour is amazing. The band had three setlists, all working backward in time. The CD has a third disc with all the swapped out songs, so you get everything. It's darn near perfect! There was a complete version of the "Song Remains the Same" that came out a few years ago with six songs songs that were not in the movie, including "Over the Hills." I like McCartney's "Tripping the Light Fantastic" a lot, and Aerosmith's "Live Bootleg" got a lot played a lot when I was in high school.

d'Kong76 Feb 27 2017 05:27 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

My biggest omission thus far that I can think of is Live at Carnegie Hall - Stevie Ray Vaughan

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 27 2017 05:37 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

LIVE IT UP - David Johansen 11-17-70 - Elton John

sharpie Feb 27 2017 06:07 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Offa toppa my head: Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 4: The "Albert Hall" Show Humble Pie: Rockin' the Fillmore

A Boy Named Seo Feb 27 2017 07:08 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

How bout the Clash, live at Shea?! I also dig Wilco's "Kicking Television" and Nirvana's "Live at Reading" rocked me, Amadeus.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 27 2017 07:20 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

That Zeppelin Song Remains the Same live album is a huge disappointment -- every LZ band member and most every diehard fan would agree. A real lackluster show, by Zep standards, with Jimmy Page having a really off night. A killer live show is their Royal Albert Hall 1970 concert, available on the 2003 DVD release. [fimg=222]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Led_Zeppelin_-_Led_Zeppelin_DVD.jpg[/fimg] Ask most any rock and roll fan from my generation what live act they'd like to see if they were given a time machine and one single wish -- and most would say Jimi Hendrix. Not me. There's enough live Jimi material out there, plus his sound has been studied and imitated to the point that I think I have a reasonable idea what he'd sound like. The rock act I'd like to see live is Janis Joplin, because just about every credible person that ever heard her live in concert says that there isn't a single recording of her that does justice to the raw power and emotion that is her voice. So put me down for Cheap Thrills, Big Brother & The Holding Co. featuring Janis Joplin, the next best thing. Also, Get Yer Ya's Out, maybe the greatest live album ever. The Rolling Stones at their absolute concert peak, with Mick Jagger's voice in its prime -- sweet with just enough danger in it and Mick Taylor pushing the Stones' twin lead guitars to dizzying heights. The Stones during the record breaking tour of 1969 in NY, where a ticket getting frenzy ensued that would not be matched at MSG until Ali-Frazier '71.

Edgy MD Feb 27 2017 07:22 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live — Dire Straits Nighthawks at the Diner — Tom Waits OE: Turn the car around, Frank! We forgot Cheap Trick!

Fman99 Feb 27 2017 07:42 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

The ones that I've been heavy into, of late, are "Rock of Ages" by the Band, and "Is There Anybody Out There," the 1980-81 tour of the complete playing of The Wall album by Pink Floyd at the very end of their days as a foursome. I'm going to make a full list of 25 though because I listen to a LOT of live classic rock recordings.

d'Kong76 Feb 27 2017 07:44 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: That Zeppelin Song Remains the Same live album is a huge disappointment -- every LZ band member and most every diehard fan would agree. A real lackluster show, by Zep standards, with Jimmy Page having a really off night. Sentimental favorite; the midnight movie, Dzd & Cfsd took up a whole album side (you could have sex twice with same song on without messing with the turntable), Madison Square Garden... this is tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow...

sharpie Feb 27 2017 09:14 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

So put me down for Cheap Thrills, Big Brother & The Holding Co. featuring Janis Joplin, the next best thing. Summertime and Piece Of My Heart are studio tracks as is, I believe, Oh, Sweet Mary (not a good song anyway). I do love the record, however, and would easily vote it as my favorite record of Janis' even though Big Brother weren't the most competent of bands.

RealityChuck Feb 28 2017 01:51 AM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

The Last Waltz -- The Band et. al. One of the few times an All-Star concert worked. Grateful Dead -- (skull and rose album) Procol Harum -- In concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

Ashie62 Feb 28 2017 06:32 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Jethro Tull-Conundrum Elvis Costello- Live at the Mocambo originally a bootleg then released mainstream.

41Forever Feb 28 2017 08:54 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

I love live albums. They're the music of choice while running. Here are 25 of my faves -- and there are still some -- Neil Young's "Weld" and the Pink Floyd & Roger Waters' versions of "The Wall" -- that I couldn't squeeze in there. 10,000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged ABC: Lexicon of Live Areosmith: Live Bootleg Billy Joel: Songs in the Attic Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium Bruce Hornsby: Here Come the Noisemakers Cheap Trick: Live at Budokan (The later version with the whole concert.) Dave Matthews Band: Live at Fenway Park Dire Straits: Live Alchemy Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Jackson Brown: Running on Empty Kiss Alive Kiss Rocks Vegas Mat Kearney Live at the Fillmore New Cars: It’s Alive Paul McCartney: Tripping the Live Fantastic Rush: All the World’s A Stage Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour Rush: Different Stages Rush: R40 Rush: Time Machine – which includes all of Moving Pictures and the “Time Stand Still/Presto” back to back! Ramones: Loco Live Switchfoot: Live in Chicago U2: Under a Blood Red Sky UFO: Strangers in the Night

Edgy MD Feb 28 2017 09:03 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

[fimg=300]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41U0HaIqInL.jpg[/fimg] There's LIVE and then there's "LIVE," but if Kiss Alive counts, then Beach Boys Party counts.

Frayed Knot Feb 28 2017 09:25 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

I remember when the phenomenal success of FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE had record companies near and far scrambling to put out concert material of every act they had under contract. Sports leagues and TV sitcoms have nuthin' on the music business when it comes to copy-catting trends. I also recall the audio quality of some of those efforts to be ... well, questionable is a nice way of putting it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 28 2017 09:37 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

I pride myself on my ability to recognize each song on FCA only by the crowd noise that precedes it. I would not have guessed someone would include the New Cars on an all-time live album list. Here's one I used to listen to alot (now evidently digitally remastered!):

41Forever Feb 28 2017 10:06 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

That New Cars live album -- the band's only album, I think -- is really good to run to! Lacking any real live Cars material, this is best we can do. I did change the order of the songs a bit. It's got a harder, more guitar-based sound than the Cars would have had in their prime. But the version of "Let's Go" is worth the price of admission alone.

Edgy MD Feb 28 2017 10:11 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

I don't think there's any better exercise material than the first two Carz albums. True fact and not an alternative fact: "Just What I Needed" shamelessly licked its intro almost without variation from "Yummy Yummy Yummy."

Zvon Feb 28 2017 10:53 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

I can't name em all but here's a few off the top of my list. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton: I played this album until it melted on my turntable. Live at Luther College- Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Influenced my guitar playing more than any album ever. Staturn Night:- Cat Stevens : Recorded & released in Japan Waiting For Columbus- Little Feat : This was my girlfriends album and when she first played it for me I became an instant Feats fan. MTV Unplugged in New York- Nirvana : I loved almost every artist MTv put on unplugged. Back To The Bars- Todd Rundgren : Todd's voice at it's best, and having seen him over 30 times I can attest that that is a rare thing. Stand In The Fire- Warren Zevon: The opening number, LAWYER, GUNS, & MONEY is worth the price of admission alone. Stop Making Sense- Talking Heads: Loved this even before I saw THE SUIT in action. Running on Empty- Jackson Brown: I forgot this was a live album. Chicago at Carnegie Hall-Chicago- This took up two 8-track tapes. Remember those monstrosities? First Live Album-They Might Be Giants- I've seen TMBG live around 4 or 5 times, but only once when it was just the two of them. That was a trip (saw them in a bar in Philly mid 80'a). One on guitar, the other on accordion. This is full band from 2013. I ran into this a few weeks ago on Twitter, directly from TMBG. They were giving this away for free to fans. 19 live tracks, all songs are favorites for me. Check it out if you want. [url]http://www.theymightbegiants.com/firstalbumlive/ All of Dave Matthews Band Live albums which I have been collecting since his first bootlegs. I downloaded a torrent that had all his live stuff up to that point, boots and all. Over 30 concerts easy. So big I can't keep it on the drive. I've only listened to about half of them so I'm glad this thread will remind me to go hunt those up and check out a few more.

Zvon Feb 28 2017 11:02 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

41Forever wrote: ABC: Lexicon of Live Tell me more about this one. Lexicon Of Love was another one of those albums I would more than likely not have purchased, even though I did like the songs that were getting airplay (or MTV play), Poison Arrow and Look Of Love. This is another my girlfriend picked up and again, loved it from first listening. And all the other songs, to me, were better than the songs released as singles. All Of My Heart & 4 Ever 2 Gether are two gems, although they all shine.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 28 2017 11:35 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Edgy MD wrote: I don't think there's any better exercise material than the first two Carz albums. True fact and not an alternative fact: "Just What I Needed" shamelessly licked its intro almost without variation from "Yummy Yummy Yummy." I guess it's ironic that the Fake Cars would make a live album because the real Cars were never anyone's idea of a super live band. Not because of the playing but because Ric was so wooden. Anyway I was all set to test drive the New Cars live before Easton broke his collarbone and the whole thing died.

themetfairy Mar 01 2017 12:38 AM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

41Forever Mar 01 2017 01:52 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

I keep thinking of live albums that I really like and left off my list! This is a cool Joe Jackson release with him as part of a piano-base-drums trio. What's neat is that he can take songs that we are used to hearing with a full band, like "You Can't Get What You Want," and still make them sound good in a stripped down arrangement. I guess that shows the strength of the songwriting. It's not perfect. A guy with Jackson's catalog really doesn't need to mix in an "Eleanor Rigby" cover. But the "In Crowd/Down to London" medley is fantastic!

41Forever Mar 01 2017 02:02 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 01 2017 02:31 PM

ABC: Lexicon of Live Tell me more about this one. Lexicon Of Love was another one of those albums I would more than likely not have purchased, even though I did like the songs that were getting airplay (or MTV play), Poison Arrow and Look Of Love. This is another my girlfriend picked up and again, loved it from first listening. And all the other songs, to me, were better than the songs released as singles. All Of My Heart & 4 Ever 2 Gether are two gems, although they all shine. I like 1980s music, and ABC is one of my faves. A lot of that era doesn't translate well to the stage. But this is really good. ABC was never really much of a band, but more of a duo -- and mostly Martin Fry. There is a reissue of "Lexicon of Love" that has a second disc of a concert from that era, pretty much the entire first album. It's OK. Martin is in full new romantics mode and sounds a little stuffy and forced. This came out in 1999, and it's basically Martin Fry with a backing band. The classics are there -- stuff from "Lexicon" plus the other ABC hits you know, like "Be Near Me" and "When Smokey Sings." There are some new songs, and they are surprisingly strong. Certainly a more mature performance than the 1982 concert, more relaxed and comfortable. No pretension. He's got good material and knows it. This is a good CD. ABC -- probably the same backing band -- was the headliner at an '80s show I went to with Wang Chung, Cutting Crew and Tommy Tutone. It was really good.

Edgy MD Mar 01 2017 02:24 PM Re: 25 Live Rock Albums --- GO!

Yeah, ABC is definitely an example of a band whose records were more programmed than performed, and therefore you wouldn't think they're a great candidate for a knock-you-out-of-your socks live act. But I've been surprised before. Devo and Ministry are two bands that come to mind.