General Music Chat

Someone asked me to list my favorite rock albums but first I'm compiling a list of my favorite live rock albums. Here's mine (so far) in alphabetical order, please list yours (* indicates that the album contains some studio material):

Favorite Live Rock Albums

Live at the Fillmore East – The Allman Brothers Band
Cheap Thrills* – Big Brother & The Holding Company
Brighton Rock – Big Country
On Your Feet or On Your Knees – Blue Oyster Cult
Some Enchanted Evening – Blue Oyster Cult
Stage – David Bowie
Live At Budokan – Cheap Trick
Mad Dogs & Englishmen – Joe Cocker
Smell of Female – The Cramps
Goodbye* – Cream
Wheels of Fire – Cream
Made in Japan – Deep Purple
Pictures at an Exhibition – Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Frampton Comes Alive – Peter Frampton
Plays Live – Peter Gabriel
Full House – J. Geils Band
Seconds Out – Genesis
Band of Gypsys – Jimi Hendrix
Woodstock – Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Plays Monterey – Jimi Hendrix
Rockin’ The Fillmore – Humble Pie
Bursting Out – Jethro Tull
USA – King Crimson
Waiting For Columbus – Little Feat
Kick Out The Jams – MC5
Fillmore East June 1971 – The Mothers
Roxy & Elsewhere* – Frank Zappa and The Mothers
MTV Unplugged in New York – Nirvana
Ummagumma* – Pink Floyd
Pulse – Pink Floyd
It’s Alive – The Ramones
Rock & Roll Animal – Lou Reed
Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! – The Rolling Stones
Viva! – Roxy Music
Back To The Bars – Todd Rundgren
Moonflower* – Santana
Sacred Fire – Santana
Rank – The Smiths
Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads
Live & Dangerous* – Thin Lizzy
Live At The Clubhouse – Tom Tom Club
Live – Robin Trower
What Do You Want From Live – The Tubes
Under A Blood Red Sky – U2
Live – Uriah Heep
Live At Leeds – The Who
Captured Live! – Johnny Winter
Live – Johnny Winter And
Live Dates – Wishbone Ash
Woodstock The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various Artists
Woodstock II The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various Artist
Yessongs – Yes
Live Rust – Neil Young

Thats easy for me Kiss Alive I, All The Worlds A Stage Rush, Made In Japan Deep Purple

I wore all three of these out at one time or another

If I want to hear a live band I go see them live.

Really Mike? How about Band of Gypsys? Or Humble Pie (two of the guys are dead). Most of these albums capture the band at their peak, you'll never see them this good.

Really Mike? How about Band of Gypsys? Or Humble Pie (two of the guys are dead). Most of these albums capture the band at their peak, you'll never see them this good.

If they're dead, an album is all you can get.
But, it still isn't as good as seeing them in front of you playing.

Perhaps, but unless you have a $125 for a ticket, I recommend Peter Gabriel's "Plays Live".

Mike the post ask what are your favorite live albums, not who is your favorite band to see live.

As usual you try to turn what could be a positive post into something negative.

Going back to my vinyl days, and ignoring the fact that some may have had studio tracks added to them ...

Grand Funk Live
Allman Brothers @ Fillmore East
Mothers @ Fillmore East
Doors - Absolutely Live
Cream - Wheels of Fire (the live parts!)
Grateful Dead - Live Dead 2 (Skeleton & Roses cover)
Yessongs
Hendrix - Isle of Wight
Who - Live at Leeds

Rush - All the worlds a stage
Ozzy - Speak of the devil
Iron Maiden - Live after death

That's about it.

Mike the post ask what are your favorite live albums, not who is your favorite band to see live.

As usual you try to turn what could be a positive post into something negative.

Well, Jim listed a lot of good albums.
There is also;

Butthole Surfers - Double Live
Alice Cooper - The Strange Case of Alice Cooper
Alice Donut - Dry Humping The Cash Cow
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads – Tribute
Deep Purple – Live In Japan
The Cramps – Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
Johnny Cash – Live in San Quentin
Judas Priest – Unleashed In The East
Destroy All Monsters - Detroit Oratorio
Destroy All Monsters - Live in Tokyo & Osaka
NoMeansNo – Live & Cuddly
Melvins - Colossus of Destiny
Melvins - Alive at the F*cker Club
The Fantômas / Melvins Big Band - Millennium Monsterwork 2000
Black Flag - Who's Got The 10 1/2?

That is just a few off the top of my head.

Really Kramer? Three live albums, that's about it? Hmmm.

I just picked up "The Great Deceiver II" by King Crimson. It's a double CD of the Crims in 1974. Truly mind blowing.

Grateful Dead - Live Dead 2 (Skeleton & Roses cover)

A fav Live blues album

Really Kramer? Three live albums, that's about it? Hmmm.

I just picked up "The Great Deceiver II" by King Crimson. It's a double CD of the Crims in 1974. Truly mind blowing.

I may like that one, never heard of it. Another favorite live is a Video that came out of Japan in 1985, I think it was just called "Yngwie Malmsteen - Live in Toyko". It was never released in the US, but there's rogue copies out there. Why it didn't really make my list was that the audio quality on it was rather crappy, although the mixing and performance were solid- the recording quality itself was just not stellar.

Why I chose the three that I did revolves not just around loving the music and performances, but the mixing and audio quality on those three, on top of the superior performances was what drove them into my list of the absolute best, being a cut above all others.

I know there are plenty of live albums that are equaled in production, but none others come to mind that I hold the same musical affinity for - For instance, frampton comes alive was a great and well-produced album, but I just don't dig frampton nearly as much as I do rush, zep, and ozzy, so it didn't stand out as much.

I just picked the three that made a huge impact on me at the time.

Kiss Alive just really made me want to play music, wear high heels and wigs so what can I say.

All The Worlds A Stage was the album that I discovered Rush, Im not the biggest Rush fan on the planet, but man, I would listen to that album for hours.

Deep Purple Made In Japan, what is that song, the Mule, really great live dynamics, that song still sends chills down my neck, plus Highway Star, man o man.

I need to get those out and listen to them again.

Zep is my favorite band but I didnt include the Song Remains The Same, cause i prefer thier studio albums, nothing wrong with SRTS, but I heard bootlegs of them live that sounded a hell of a lot better than that one.