Favourite live albums
As we’re on the topic of live albums…
Do you have a favourite (officially-released) live album?
A list of five would be nice.
I’d have to include Pink Floyd’s ‘P.U.L.S.E’, as well as ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’, on my list. Neil Young’s ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ cannot be overlooked. The Beatles’ ‘Live at the BBC’ has numerous high points…
And this is where it starts to get difficult.
The Who sounded pretty damn good ‘Live at Leeds’. Nirvana would create one of few recent (well, it’s quite recent) classics when ‘Unplugged in New York’. But can anyone with ears really leave out Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock? Or Monterey? Or the Fillmore East, for that matter? And what of those two great showmen of the 20th century, James Brown (‘Live at the Apollo’) and Elvis Presley (‘In Person at the International Hotel’)?
Let’s see what you come up with. Five, if you can manage it, please. Official recordings only.
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Hello,
this is my list
PULSE
Remember that night (a taste of Paradise in DVD)
TOMMY (The Who)
The tracks from THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (Led Zep)
NO QUARTER (Jimmy PAGE and Robert PLANT)
The best for all of you and a kiss from Rome
diana
I’ll leave out PULSE, except to mention that the 2nd disk has taken up permanent residence in my car stereo, so obviously it is highly ranked. Here’s my mini-reviews in no particular order:
1. Yes – Yessongs
From the opening of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite to the final notes of Starship Trooper, this showcases very intricate live rock performances. The only real flaw is substandard audio. Highlight: “Perpetual Change”
2. Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
Proof that jazz can be played with two electric guitars and a Hammond organ. Highlight: “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”
3. The Grateful Dead – One From the Vault
Kicking open the Dead’s immense tape archive, this documents the live debut of the “Blues for Allah” album in a small club in San Francisco. The Dead employed high tech signal processing to remix the original 2 channel recordings. Highlight: “Eyes of the World”
4. BB King – Live in Japan
For years only available as an import album from Japan. BB King at the peak of his skills in the early seventies. Highlight: “Sweet Sixteen” (Check this one out, Melissa.)
5. The Miles Davis Quintet – Four and More and My Funny Valentine, The Complete Concert 1964
Miles himself counts this performance at a benefit show as a unique performance by any of his bands. The tempos on the standards are extremely fast and the ballads are exquisite. Highlight: “My Funny Valentine”
This was a great topic. I thought I’d share why these albums stand out for me. I love live recordings. In fact these albums would also be on my top 10 of all albums.
top 5 live albums eh ? ok here goes :
1:is there anybody out there ( the wall live ): pink floyd . for some reason i find the live version better than the studio one . less depressing .
2: pulse: pink floyd . i have annoyed people stopped beside my car at traffic lights by turning up astronomy domine ( not on purpose , i do like to play music loud when i’m on the road !) it is worth it for that alone ! also for dsotm .
3: return to childhood : fish this was taken from the 20th anniversray tour of the brilliant marillion album misplaced childhood. i saw gigs on the tour twice in england in bolton and crewe and really enjoyed it . fish is a mind blowing performer .
4: marbles by the sea: marillion . from the first night of the 2005 web fan club convention , a full perfomance of their 2004 album marbles . it’s is an amazing album , even better when you hear it live . plus i was actually in the front row of the gig this was recorded at .
5:queen live at wembley 86
Here’s my 5:
1. Pulse
2. Delicate Sound Of Thunder
3. Eagles “Hell Freezes Over”
4. Frampton Comes Alive (just because)
5. Led Zep “The Song Remains The Same”
[Who had the stupid idea of keeping the list limited to just five albums? - FEd]
Wasn’t it you, dear FEd? How much more do you want? ;-)
But, no matter if 5 or x , there are some live recordings here in this thread, which I owned as Vinyl-LP a long time ago. And now I’m wondering if these are also availiable on CD…. Amazon, here I come ;-)))
CU
Herbert
My five in no order
1)Welcome to the Canteen-Traffic
2)Live in Hyde Park-Red Hot Chili Peppers
3)The Concert for George
4)Deep End Live-Pete Townshend
5)Delicate Sound of Thunder-Pink Floyd (as well as anything else they did live but this because I saw them for the first time on this tour 1987).
[Deep End Live... Good call. That version of 'Behind Blue Eyes' is exquisite. - FEd]
You’ve done it to me again FEd… my albums and cds are now scattered all over the place while I try to choose just 5..
Johnny Winter-Live Johnny Winter And
Beach Boys-Wow! Great Concert!
Pink Floyd-Pulse
Genesis-Genesis Live(1974)
Jimi Hendrix-Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight
Blue Wild Angel
1: Pink Floyd, “Pulse”
2: Fleetwood Mac, “The Dance”
3: Pink Floyd, “Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live”
4: The Eagles, “Hell Freezes Over”
5: Bon Jovi, “One Wild Night”
1. Pulse -Floyd
2. Neil Young – live at Massey Hall 1971
3. Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
4. Genesis – Seconds Out
5. Peter Gabriel – Secret World
George
Hi Fed,
it’s a momentary choice, of course
Secret World Live – Peter Gabriel
P.U.L.S.E. – Pink Floyd
Live! – The Police
Tour 2007 – Hereos del Silencio
Cool Water – Daniel Lanois
very much looking forward to the gdansk concert, it’s sage to say it will become a regular for a long, long time…
all the best!
THE BEST OF ALL: PINK FLOYD – OAKLAND COLISEUM 1977
SORRY, BUT IT IS TRUE… THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF DAVID AND THE BAND OF ALL TIME
1. Remember That Night (I’m counting this one as an album because sometimes I put it in the DVD player, turn off the TV and just crank up volume on the stereo.)
2. Pink Floyd: P.U.L.S.E.
3. Dave Matthews Band: Listener Supported
4. Dire Straits: Alchemy Live
5. The New York Rock and Soul Revue: Live at the Beacon
Just five???
Three slots are easily filled by “P.U.L.S.E.”, “Delicate Sound…”, and “Is There Anybody Out There?” Roger Waters deserves high marks for “In The Flesh” and “The Wall Live in Berlin”.
Outside of Floyd, I’d say Pete Townshend’s “Deep End Live” (although it does have that Gilmour touch!), and The Moody Blues “Live at Red Rocks”.
Whoops, that’s seven…
1- Delicate Sound Of Thunder
2- Eric Clapton “Just One Night”
3- Woodstock
4- Eagles “Hell Freezes Over”
5- The Concert For Bangla Desh
There’s a lot more but I had to choose
Another album for the list…’Real Live Roadrunning’ Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris.
‘Top Gear’, is one of my absolute favorite television shows, and I think James May is the perfect man for me. Captain slow, himself:) Just thought I’d get that out there.
Fed, I’ll bet you are really the ‘Stig’, aren’t you?
[Put me behind the wheel of a very, very expensive car and I'll prove that I'm not. - FEd]
An aftertought would definetely be The J. Geils Band’s Full House.
That live show rocked Detroit big time.
Live Bullet- Bob Seger
Wings Over America- Paul McCartney and Wings
The Concert For Central Park- Simon and Garfunkel
The Wall Live at Berlin- Roger Waters
The Last Great Traffic Jam-Traffic
No particular order, just the five I listen to most often.
I agree with most of your favorites. I’ll add a few odd favourites of mine:
- Jethro Tull, Bursting out
- Talking Heads, Stop making sense
- Nephew, Roskilde 070707 (danish band)
:-)
1: Roger Waters – In The Flesh live
2: Queen – Live at Wembley
3: Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live (but i prefer Growing Up Dvd: the question is, are dvd included?)
4: Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
5: Deep Purple – Made in Japan
6: (this is my AS ROMA heart speaking) Antonello Venditti – Circo Massimo
Ciao e FORZA ROMA!!!! I hope we will beat Manchester United this evening. And I would like to meet Arsenal in final in Moscow
Aldo
[I also hope you beat Manchester United this evening. - FEd]
1.PULSE
2.DAVID GILMOUR LIVE AT R.A.H.
3.DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER
4.PINK FLOYD LIVE AT POMPEII
5.ROGER WATERS THE WALL BERLIN
6.ROGER WATERS IN THE FLESH
Hope you don’t mind 6
Steve Harriman.
Favorite Live Album Cover: Pulse – Pink Floyd.
Man, that’s just a cool design…let me go change the battery on the blinky light….
[Film discussion, you say? I don't seem to remember that. Or I don't want to. Hmm. - FEd]
Funnily enough I don’t remember it anymore either. It must have been a false memory my brain created for me.
[Put me behind the wheel of a very, very expensive car and I'll prove that I'm not. - FEd]
I always knew that you weren’t the Stig because you are far more secretive than the Stig is. And you’re the first FEd as far as I know, but the first Stig was killed after the man behind the helmet told people that he was the Stig. So all in all, your identity is more hidden than the Stig.
It’s more likely that you’re a retired spy or something.
1) David Gilmour – Remember That Night
2) Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (still love it after all these years)
3) Queen – Live at Wembley
4) Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
5) Rush – Live in Rio (rocks, sad that the audio is a bit crap though)
[So do you guys think it is important to have been at the concert to enjoy a live album? - Rob]
No, but I think the opposite could be true: if we attend a concert, we may like to have it on CD, as a souvenir.
Maybe it’s why people are sometimes looking for bootlegs. In that case, I don’t think it’s offending the artist, on the contrary…
Michèle
Pink Floyd/David Gilmour – Pulse or RTN
Pink Floyd – The Wall Live or Live at Pompeii or Live 8 – I couldn’t decide!:)
Hanoi Rocks – All Those Wasted Years
Scorpions – Tokyo Tapes
KISS – Alive 1
as a 6th and almost in there:
Neil Young – MTV Unplugged
enjoy & don’t forget
have fun
andy.
My list,
U2 – Under a blood red sky
Pink Floyd – P.U.L.S.E
Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsies
The Who – Live at Leeds
The clash – From here to Eternity
Try & enjoy the games Fed. i know i wont, i fancy Liverpool more than the Gunners, i should have more faith.
[You can have the league game, but let us have the Champions League games, please! - FEd]
Oh yeah…to jump on Andrew’s question, I’d like to throw in a candidate for “most disappointing live album”.
Now I may be remembering the wrong title so don’t quote me, but a few years back I excitedly picked up Coltrane’s ‘Live at the Village Vanguard’. I’m no jazz expert by any measure, but I have a little over 100 jazz albums so I at least know what I like.
20 minutes into this mess and I’m thinking “dear God when is he going to stop tuning up??” I know Coltrane squandered his immense talents on heroin, but who’s responsible for recording this ‘trane wreck??
Hello!!! ;^)
Lately… Mmmmm…
- Piper At The Gates Of Dawn!!!
- Electric Ladyland!!!
- Kind Of Blue!!!
- Sgt Pepper’s!!!
- Black Sabbath!!!
The “feeling” for “today” is “Mountain Battles” – “The Breeders!!!” Something new… WOW!!! ;^)’)/
Jolly good show!!! Tally ho!!!
Besides the obvious…
Dr. Feelgood – Going Back Home
Status Quo Live
Knebworth Live – Various Artists
Genesis – Seconds Out
Camel – A Live Record
Mitch Ryder “Red Blood, White Mink”
Comment : sings the Stones stuff even better than Jagger!
Wings “Wings Over America”
Comment : a full and powerful show
The Nighthawks “Live at the Psyche Delly”
Comment : blues rock at it best
Supertramp “Paris”
Comment : a classic
Lee Clayton “Another Night (live)”
Comment : a great singer backed by a fantastic guitarist
My favorite 5 live albums are:
1 – Jimi Hendrix – Live at Wookstock
2 – Pink Floyd – P.U.L.S.E.
3 – U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky
4 – The Clash – From Here to Eternity
5 – Iron Maiden – Rock in Rio
I would like to mention 5 more live albums that may not be in the top five but are at least somewhere at the top 10.
- Queen – Live at Wembley
- Nirvana – MTV unplugged
- Xutos e Pontapés – Ao Vivo no Pavilhão Atlântico (portuguese rock band with 29 years)
- The Doors – Absolutely Live
- AC/DC – Live
The Post is only about live albums, but i would like to take the chance to put here my favorite albums of all-time.
[...]
Best Regards
Adriano Rocha
[Please hold that thought for now Adriano. We'll have a day to discuss our favourite albums of all-time soon (divided by decade, naturally, to make selection easier). - FEd]
My Fav live albums:
1) Bruce Springsteen – Live in Dublin (ok, it’s “folky”, but if you watch the dvd, you will see how much fun the band has playing the music & how the crowd reacts to this & the “guts” of reworking his own material into a different style/format – amazing)
2) Pink Floyd – P.U.L.S.E (no need to explain)
3) Dire Straits – Alchemy (Mark Knopfler has got such a signature style of playing his guitar. You hear one note and you know it’s him – a talent he shares only with the one and only Mr Gilmour)
4) David Gilmour – Remember that night (Fat Old Sun, Echoes, Wot’s….Uh, the Deal – say no more!)
5) Bruce Springsteen – Live 1975 – 1985 (After 20 years the story he tells leading into The River still give me shivers down the spine – and I know it word for word)
(Supertramp – Paris & Dire Straits – On the Night (because of the beautiful version of Wild Theme) are close “seconds” on this list)
Good to have the blog back!
Stef.
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder
Moody Blues – A Night at Red Rocks and Justin Hayward – Live at San Juan Capistrano (tied)
Eric Clapton – 24 Nights
Yes – Keys to the Ascention
Renaissance – Live at Carnagie Hall
Can’t wait to hear David’s New one.
Pink Floyd – P.U.L.S.E
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder
Rammstein – Live Aus Berlin (these guys put on a great show just like Floyd did)
Rammstein – Volkerball
Pink Floyd – Is there anybody out there?
I’ve only heard a little of this one: Michael Franti and Spearhead live but still a fabulous version from his album YELL FIRE
[Miles of Aisles-Joni Mitchell, is it my imagination or has no one listed a female artist yet? - ash]
Correct, ash – me included – I had Ellen McIlwaine on my working list; I don’t own ‘Women in eMotion’ so I can’t advocate that – but I have the bits of her ‘live’ on “…The Polydor years’ (xcel) plus, I saw her live at ‘The Schuper House’ on Niagara Street in Buffalo (NY) (I was a drunk college twerp and, OK, so I’m old now) and her throaty slide just opened my eyes. It’s an album in my mind, eh (does that count)?
[4.___ - Kris]
Kris – nice going with the invisible preference – I feel that way some times; I get it: that was one of my early choices…
[Cool Water - Daniel Lanois - bernhard]
bernhard – Daniel Lanois, good job – I have a lot of his music, but missed this live one so far – DL is an experimenter and I do like that.
See FEd, it’s about me, again.
[BB King - Live in Japan. Highlight: "Sweet Sixteen" (Check this one out, Melissa.) - EchoesBob]
Thanks for the suggestion, Bob, and thanks to digital downloads, I am now the proud owner of that. Yes sir, I am definitely digging Sweet Sixteen’! (^_^)
As a blues brother yourself, you should have a look at this one; Live at the BBC – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. It’s even better than Fleetwood Mac-Live in Boston vol 1,2,3.
This is not the Fleetwood Mac that most people know, so if you don’t know Peter and Danny Kirwan, this will be a proper introduction.
[Still Growing Up-Peter Gabriel - ash]
Damn, I forgot that I have the Wembley gig that I attended on that tour on double CD.. official release… signed too
I also have his gig I attended at the Eden Project last year too. Great idea those official bootlegs… hint, hint
I also forgot Simon & Garfunkel – Central Park (1981), The Eagles – Hell Freezes Over, Metallica – S&M and Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense the first time round too
Thanks for the reminders people! I have DVDs of these but they were CDs too.
It was five… per post… wasn’t it FEd?
Hi Fed,
Cracking topic…perhaps go for most impressive live DVD next!! Although I am surpised at the lack of Remember that Night appearing in everyone’s top 5! My top 5 are:
1. Remember that night – David Gilmour
2. Jeff Buckley – Live @ Olympia
3. Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture – David Bowie
4. Pulse – Pink Floyd
5. Anybody Out There – Pink Floyd
['Favourite live DVDs' is on the list, don't worry. There's lots of random nonsense ahead. - FEd]
Like everyone else, I actually need more than five (probably at least twenty-five) but most of mine have already been named.
I can’t believe, though, that two of THE GREATEST live rock albums haven’t been chosen up til now so my list has to include FREE LIVE and UFO’s STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT.
Add to them Jeff Beck LIVE AT BB KING’S, UMMAGUMMA and MADE IN JAPAN and I’m out of places.
Now, about live dvds…..
Hi FED,
as for female live albums/performance, there is only one choice for me; Christine Mcvie and Stevie Nicks live in Chicago, Fleetwood Mac (1975 Album).
Later.
[Not a bad choice... - FEd]
Hi all… a little late on posting this one, but I’ve been too busy to get to the library. My top 5 live albums are
1. David Gilmour live in Gdansk (I know, it isn’t out yet, but as often as I play RTN and wish I had it on CD, I know it will get the most play of any live CD-or studio recording for that matter!).
2. Yes Keys to Ascention I and II (I’m surprised nobody mentioned these as they cover a lot of ground for Yes, have amazing sound and new studio work mixed in!).
3. Metallica S&M (I’m not a big Metallica fan, but this album really grabbed my attention- so much that I also have the DVD).
4. Cheap Trick At Budakon (Someone said they were surprised nobody listed this one- it was the 2nd live record I ever owned. I remember I walked maybe 3 miles to the local record store to buy it one hot summer day shortly after it was released…this album took mediocre at best songs and made them classics!).
5. Derek and the Dominos Live At the Filmore East (a new discovery for me
While I truly enjoy many live albums, my top five are:
1–Delicate Sound of Thunder (my first Floyd-related tour) *cough–DVD Please–cough*
2–Weld–Neil Young
3–You Had To Be There–Jimmy Buffett
4–Electric Folklore–The Alarm
5–Just Roll Tape–Stephen Stills
Nate, you got yours signed ? ? ? I’m not jealous or anything. Humph.
Meddle, I haven’t heard the album you’re talking about but I do love Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks.
Xapam, her name sounds familiar, but I can’t recall having heard Ellen’s work. I googled her though and I wish I had heard something now
Funky FEd ? Have I got to put on my finest silver and you can be a mean old daddy ?
ash X
[Sure, what the heck? - FEd]
1. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Live Rust (Not rust never sleeps)
2. The Allman Brothers Band – Live At The Fillmore East
3. Bob Dylan – Live At The Royal Albert Hall (1966)
4. Derek & The Dominoes – Live At The Fillmore East
5. Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won
I just wish there were more live floyd albums that could go in my list and i hope the david gilmour live cd will be there.
Here are the best live albums:
1)Pink Floyd – PULSE (best sounding live disc)
2)Genesis – Seconds Out (awesome live album)
3)Rush – Different Stages (Rush live at its peak)
4)Triumph – King Biscuit Flower Hour 1981 (KILLER!)
5)Kansas – Two For the Show (excellent show and finally being reissued)
Honorable mentions:
1)Queen – Queen Rock Montreal 1981 (came out in Oct)
2)The Who – Live at Leeds (expanded 2-CD issue)
3)Bob Seger – Nine Tonight
4)Iron Maiden – Live After Death
5)Jethro Tull – Bursting Out
Five worst live albums (don’t mind me FED)
1)KISS – Alive (this is a fake live album with doctored audience noises and studio overdubs galore)
2)Ozzy Osbourne – Live and Loud (Ozzy sounds tired here)
3)Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity (band is boring here)
4)Queensryche – Live Evolution (without Chris DeGarmo they stink)
5)Styx – Arch Allies 2000 (without Dennis DeYoung, Styx became Spinal Tap)
Nodody mentioned:
Kansas Two For The Show (Dust In The Wind)
no Elton John at all
Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, John Mc Laughlin Friday Night In San Francisco
somewhat strange, biggest surprise in the lists for me Hanoi Rocks, who remembers them?
Tomasz
Ok, 5 worst live albums:
1) Led Zeppelin: Song Remains the Same (sounds bloated and self-absorbed)
2) The Yardbirds – Live in New York (the band is inspired but the bull fighting cheer overdubs and clinking glasses sounds so inane you gotta wonder what glue the producer was sniffing when he put out this mess)
3) Steve Vai – Alive in an Ultra World – heartless wanking that shows no soul or creativity. After the first couple of songs you know where all this is going … NOWHERE.
4) Joe Satriani – Live in San Francisco – same as above. Stick a fork in him, he’s done.
5) Steve Ray Vaughan – Live Alive – its sad as I’m an uber SRV fan, but this doesn’t find its peak like his Carnegie hall or live in Montreaux fixins. Best to leave this one on the shelves collecting dust.
Nuff said,
Dirwood
[...Ellen's work. I googled her though and I wish I had heard something now
- ash]
ash- it is all rather personal; still, Ellen McIlwaine is worth your time.
You know, DG has Jimi Hendrix guitar sling and seems rightly possessive of it; Ellen say’s she pledged ‘clean’ on Jimi’s birthday and that he died on hers – “I don’t know what things like that mean, but they mean something.” Maybe those two should get together and jimi-jam.
I have no problem lining up EM’s ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’ (S.Winwood); David Cousin’s ‘Blue Angel’, Steve Forbert’s ‘Tonight I Feel So Far Away From Home’, Steve Hackett’s ‘Set Your Compass’ and DG’s (RTN) Echoes and taking a journey. Call me a melancholy son-of-a-sailor.
Remember That Night…David Gilmour
Pulse…Pink Floyd
R30…Rush
Live at Leeds…The Who
Alchemy…Dire Straits
come on fed, you wont let me have Prince in there??
if i couldnt pick that i’d probably go with The Who – Live at Leeds
let me add, i do realise the irony that the particular artist has been going on an anti-bootleg crusade!
top 5 OFFICIAL recordings… LOL, you dont want the bootleg collectors wish lists huh?
my top 5
1. Pink Floyd – live at Pompeii – I simply love the live performances of the band from this era… the music is something special and this DVD captures the magic they had… Floyd at their finest. (please give us some more official floyd from this era!! – sorry, resistance is futile.)
2. David Gilmour – Remember That Night – A great concert with stunning visuals and mind blowing TrueHD sound highlighted by some really wonderful classic Floyd tracks, what more needs to be said?
3. Simon and Garfunkel – Concert in central Park – Great songs, great performances… the highlight of the duos career in my opinion.
4. Pink Floyd – The Wall Live – Live Wall with awesome audio quality. Nothing more needs said… except wheres the video?
5. The Doors – In Concert – Live Doors music (like Pink Floyds) is even better then studio material, this release captures the best of the Doors.
[Maybe it's why people are sometimes looking for bootlegs. In that case, I don't think it's offending the artist, on the contrary... Michèle]
That’s exactly it, Michele.
It also puts one’s spirit right there into the concert. It is if you are actually at the concert.
I used to secretly like all those “warts and all” recordings, too. Whoops, should I have said that?
[Does it matter? - FEd]
my 5 best live albums
1. Pulse – PF
2. Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live
3. Eric Clapton – 24 nights
4. Nirvana – Unplugged
5. U2 – Under a blood red sky
1. My favourite live album is certainly Ummagumma’s live disc, that was for many years the only live official release from Pink Floyd. In my opinion it crystalizes the best ever versions of the songs (Careful… and Saucerful… are alltime highlights for me).
Outside Pink Floyd (which excludes the Live 8 perfect rendition of Comfortably numb), I am very fond of:
2. Tom Waits’s “Nighthawks at the diner”
3. Leonard Cohen’s “Cohen live”
4. Eric Clapton’s “24 Nights”
5. Peter Gabriel’s “Plays live”
Would classical music be allowed, my 1st choice would be Beethoven’s 9th symphony recorded live in 1951 at Bayreuth’s Festival (directed by legendary maestro W. Furtwängler), which would put Peter Gabriel outside the top 5.
Cheers,
Luis
I’m late for this and not really sure I have 5 but here is my short list.
David’s Remember That Night
Pulse
The Wall
Harry Belefonte…Live at Carnegie Hall
All that comes to mind right now.
Have a great evening.
Jan
1. David Gilmour: Remember That Night (This one does count FEd, because I often just crank up the stereo without turning on the TV)
2. Pink Floyd: P.U.L.S.E (Enough said)
3. Dire Straits: Alchemy Live (A different approach to the Stratocaster. P.S. It would be great to hear/see DG and Knopfler team up on a song or two)
4. Dave Matthews Band: Listener Supported (All Along the Watchtower is worth the price.)
5. The New York Rock and Soul Revue: Live at the Beacon (Steely Dan meets Phoebe Snow meets Michael McDonald meets Charles Brown, etc. It simply rocks.)
[Styx - Arch Allies 2000 (without Dennis DeYoung, Styx became Spinal Tap) - Terrence Reardon]
Hear, hear….
Well, I dont own 5 live albums myself, unless I count in those 3 live albums I own released by Norwegian artists you probably dont know of… So I’ll see what I can come up with.
1. P.U.L.S.E. – Pink Floyd (Shocker! I also got the DVD.)
2. Living with the Past – Jethro Tull (My dads. They’re brilliant!)
3. Falling in Between Live – Toto (Birthday present I gave to my dad. I also saw them in 2006!)
4. H.A.A.R.P. live from Wembley – Muse (Brilliance!)
5. The Biggest Bang – The Rolling Stones (Well, not an album, but the best darn DVD deal I’ve ever purchased! Over 50 live performances from their last tour plus a documentary!)
Hmmmmmmm …
1 – Chris De Burgh – High on Emotion : Live from Dublin ( Chris De Burgh puts on a heckuva show ) my favorite song on the set : Spanish Train
2 – Billy Joel – 12 Garden Lives – ( If Robin Williams was a musician, he’d be Billy Joel, unbelievably funny talented and touching, did I mention the songs are gorgeous ) my favorite song on the set : Scenes from an Italian restaurant.
3 – Jean Jacques Goldman – Un Tour Ensemble ( The French David Gilmour, also the brains behind allot ( if not all ) of Celine Dion, Patrick Bruel, Johnny Haliday etc … etc … etc … ) my favorite song on the set : Je Marche seul
4 – Bob Dylan – Live at Budokan – ( Just the Best Dylan ever for my ears, everyone hates it but I don’t care ) my favorite song on the set : Don’t think twice it’s all right
5 – RINGO STARR AND HIS 8th ALL STARR BAND TOUR ( Believe it or not, pretty dammmmmn good )
[come on fed, you wont let me have Prince in there??]
Kris- I am getting it now; slow and getting slower.
It’s after midnight (that’s a song too) US\EST, can’t sleep and I am scrolling along FEd’s new&blue blog pages and drawing a blank about the meaning of the rest of life. Pondering the last post on this scroll: so, that brilliant __ choice was not, in fact, your creative highpoint but an exercise in editorial discretion? Well, I’m sorry for you. I’ve been looking all over for that unnamed album…
As far as the prince-of-piece goes, well, I like Patti Smith doing ‘When Doves Cry’ quite well.
(Ash – gee, I meant to work Ms. Smith into a list, I know I did, but I always draw a blank when asked the really big questions.) I should chuck Horses (Live 2005) in at this which-ing hour (Royal Festival Hall, London).
So: ‘Land’ is on ‘Horses,’ while ‘Doves’ is on ‘Land’ (The album).
FEd, are we still doing this one or has my glass run out? I’ve had the most fun.
[So clever, too. - FEd]
Back on track… ;^)
Ummagumma!!!
Bob Dylan – Live!!!
John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk – Live at Carnegie Hall
Nico – Drama of Exile!!!
The Doors – Absolutely Live!!!
Cream – Wheels Of Fire!!!
Enjoy!!!
I can’t believe that i forgot Colvin Quarmby’s live album: Live at Bridgenorth.
I expect no-one else here has even heard of the band let alone heard the CD but they are a great band, and I’m kicking myself now.