Favourite "LIVE" Albums.

[Terry B]

I can only think of 1 live album in my record stack and that is "Queen Live Killers"
I certainly listened to it lots when I was a bit younger.

Now my favorite is "The Cologne Concert" by Keith Jarrett.

[Astro_Bot]

Originally Posted by Saturnine

Interesting thread, our musical tastes say a lot about who we are,

I disagree. I think our musical tastes say a lot about ... our musical tastes ... but not much else.

[Shamrocker (Aidan)]

Live Rust is a great choice! Love when he is trying to talk the kids down of the lighting towers.... Live at Massey Hall is another great one by youngser.

For me, while heavily produced prior to its release, Nirvana Unplugged is very special.

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Yep, a great album. They did another one but the name escapes me.

passion grace and fire was the other..... no where near as accomplished and not live, but still a good album

i also have to agree about nirvanas unplugged..... but the raw high voltage nirvana gave me goosebumps!
pat

[gary]

Four that come up on my own playlist I enjoy a lot -

"Pictures at an Exhibition" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

"In Concert (The Doors album)" - really a double album compilation of live Door's performances.

"801 Live" - Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno, et. al http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkQ-d0OeEg

"Stop Making Sense" - Talking Heads.

From that album and movie ...

Psycho Killer -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA1oFSMwRDU
Taking Heads - Girlfriend is Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7X3f2gFz4

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

3G , Live in Tokyo .
Joe Satraini, Steve Vai and John Petrucci .
The 3 best electric gutarists in the world together trying to out do one another , awsome ! .
Brian.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Brian and Davin,

I saw 3G live in Sydney! The Satriani, Vai and Petrucci variant.

They're touring agian, but, this time, instead of Petrucci, they've got Toto's Steve Luthaker.

As for my favourite live album... yikes! Any Led Zeppelin bootleg from the 70s. Favourite show being Fillmore East April 26th (I think), 1969. Unreal. Particularly their rendition of As Long As I Have You. Wow.

A whole bunch of live metal and electronica also makes the list. Too many to name!

H

[inline_online (Dan)]

dIRE sTRAITS - Alchemy
Best live album of all time I reckon. Amazing versions of Tunnel of Love and Telegraph Road.

Totally agree also with previous responses of Pink Floyd - DSOT and Metallica - Lives..t: Binge & Purge.

I've always wanted live albums from Enya and Massive Attack. Plenty of live bootleg stuff from Massive Attack so I should be happy with that. As for Enya, well I can see her point of view so i'll settle for the studio stuff.

[pvelez (Pete)]

Live Wood - Paul Weller
Live at the El Mocambo - Elvis Costello

Showing my age too I guess

Pete

[technofetishism (Nick)]

hmm tough call. the Live album i probably have listened to the most of if the past year would have to be

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion Live

[DavidU (Dave)]

I was involved in the last 2 albums on your list.

Originally Posted by acropolite

My favourite varies from week to week.
One thing I can't fathom is why Australians value OS music more than our own, so I'll toss in my favourite Australian titles.

ACDC live at Dodington.
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Jailhouse Rock Live at Boggo Road Jail
The Angels This is it folks, live at Latrobe Uni
Electric Mary, Long Time coming live at the Garlic club.
Birtles Shorrock, Gobles, Full circle (not the Little River Band but they sure as hell sound like it)

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Slayer - Decade of Aggression
ACDC - Live

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Yes I was at Dire Straits " Alcemy " concert in Auckland many years ago , sweet concert with great sounds and light show .. woaw man .18 miniutes + of telegraph road , I was there ......Oh yea guitar heaven .
Brian.

Originally Posted by inline_online

dIRE sTRAITS - Alchemy
Best live album of all time I reckon. Amazing versions of Tunnel of Love and Telegraph Road.

Totally agree also with previous responses of Pink Floyd - DSOT and Metallica - Lives..t: Binge & Purge.

I've always wanted live albums from Enya and Massive Attack. Plenty of live bootleg stuff from Massive Attack so I should be happy with that. As for Enya, well I can see her point of view so i'll settle for the studio stuff.

[taminga16 (Greg)]

This bloke plays a neat guitar and does not use any generated effects, scroll down to his version of 'Whipping Post'.

http://abcdigmusic.net.au/artist/geoff-achison#

He has released a handfull of live albums as well (info on his website).
Enjoy.
Greg.

[MattT]

So many its hard to choose so here goes:
Keith Jarret: The Koln Concert, solo piano bliss
Don Ellis: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1978, Big Band Bliss
and from Oz
Daly Wilson Big Band: On Tour, Live in NZ
also Miroslav Vitous, Art Pepper....
The best albums are nearly always live, IMHO.
And one last one though not live, but may as well have been , The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1948 recording of Sibelius Symphony no 2, complete with creaking chairs coughs and mistakes.
Matt

[AstralTraveller (David)]

I notice the OP specified 'album' in the singular but no one can stop at one can they?? "Guilty m'Lord." Then some previous posts have reminded me of albums I'd sort of forgotten. Like "Stop Making Sense". I saw the heads do that show at Narara in '84 so that album brings back great memories (yes I do remember).

So I'll just mention a few great albums that haven't yet been acknowledged. Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall 1938 is a pretty seminal album. Probably the first live album and certainly the first double LP. Having a jazz band at such a venue marked a turning point in the acceptance of that then-new music. If you like big band jazz then wrap you ears around Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band at the Olympia in Paris 1960. I know and love Goodman, Ellington and Bassie but this is my favourite. Strangely enough another great live album was recorded at the Olympia: Alan Stivell in 1972. His Live In Dublin 1975 is also pretty great.

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by gary

Four that come up on my own playlist I enjoy a lot -

"Pictures at an Exhibition" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

"In Concert (The Doors album)" - really a double album compilation of live Door's performances.

"801 Live" - Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno, et. al http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkQ-d0OeEg

"Stop Making Sense" - Talking Heads.

From that album and movie ...

Psycho Killer -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA1oFSMwRDU
Taking Heads - Girlfriend is Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7X3f2gFz4

speaking of the stop making sense live album if i am not mistaken that was one of the very first VINYLS to be recorded digitally live
i am a vinyl nut and it is one of the most exciting live recordings with, as i have already stated, friday night in san francisco
pat

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Any of the 'You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore' series of live performances by Frank Zappa.
Neil Young Live at Massey Hall, and
Suzanne Vega's first live album/video

Thanks for the 801 link Pat it put a smile on my face.

[Astro_Bot]

Originally Posted by gary

"Stop Making Sense" - Talking Heads.

I completely forgot I have that CD - haven't listened in ages. It's a great album.

[taminga16 (Greg)]

I have more.

Van Morrison. 'It's to late to stop now'.
And more recently,

Bruce Cockburn. 'Slice of life'.

Greg.