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Topic: Favorite Live Album
Posted: September 06 2006 at 12:59

Gentle Giant's "Playing the Fool"

Rainbow's "On Stage"

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Posted: September 06 2006 at 04:46

DantesRing wrote:

10. Genesis - Seconds Out
      A great set. I always felt that Collins was a better live vocalist than Gabriel.

09. Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
      The Wall in it's entirety. Great sound and good energy. Mother and Run Like Hell are performed especially strong here.

08. KISS - Alive!
      I know it's not prog, but it's a great album. This album shows how a good live performance can breathe life into some only average songs. The only KISS album to own.

07. The Residents - Live At The Fillmore
      Trippy, strange and totally out there.

06. John Cale - Sabotage Live
      Truly an overlooked gem. It's at moments savagely punk and at others beautifully serene.

05. Tangerine Dream - Poland
      I never get tired of listening to this. Sequencers gone wild.

04. They Might Be Giants - Severe Tire Damage
      Again, not prog, but one of the most fun live recordings.

03. King Crimson - Absent Lovers
      Incredible sound, excellent performance. I love this version of the band, so I may be biased.

02. 801 - Live (Damn, I hoped to be the first to mention this one.)
      If you haven't heard this, do yourself a favor and get it.

01. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
      Hands down what a live album should be. Raw, exciting and quick.

Very strange collection here

1. Gabriel is light years better than Collins as a composer and singer and has great personality on stage

2. Wall concert is the worst (booooring!) PF concert ever

3. Kiss

4. Residents and Cale a bit to avant for me.

5. King Crimson only until 1975

I think we have just opposite taste for music

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Posted: September 06 2006 at 04:39

10. Genesis - Seconds Out
      A great set. I always felt that Collins was a better live vocalist than Gabriel.

09. Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
      The Wall in it's entirety. Great sound and good energy. Mother and Run Like Hell are performed especially strong here.

08. KISS - Alive!
      I know it's not prog, but it's a great album. This album shows how a good live performance can breathe life into some only average songs. The only KISS album to own.

07. The Residents - Live At The Fillmore
      Trippy, strange and totally out there.

06. John Cale - Sabotage Live
      Truly an overlooked gem. It's at moments savagely punk and at others beautifully serene.

05. Tangerine Dream - Poland
      I never get tired of listening to this. Sequencers gone wild.

04. They Might Be Giants - Severe Tire Damage
      Again, not prog, but one of the most fun live recordings.

03. King Crimson - Absent Lovers
      Incredible sound, excellent performance. I love this version of the band, so I may be biased.

02. 801 - Live (Damn, I hoped to be the first to mention this one.)
      If you haven't heard this, do yourself a favor and get it.

01. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
      Hands down what a live album should be. Raw, exciting and quick.

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Posted: September 06 2006 at 03:49

Pulse wrote:

My favorite live albums (in no real order):

I know it's not prog but I'll mention that my all time favorite live album is The Concert for Bangladesh. Almost a half an hour of Dylan material and a bunch of George Harrison performances. What could be better?

I agree with you on Harrison. I have "Concert for Bangladesh" DVD. One of the best non prog DVDs in my collection.

It's one of rare concerts where you can smell fantastic atmosphere, and the time when people stand for other people.

With John McLaughlin (Love devotion surrender with Carlos Santana) Harrison was one of rare who believed in god, love and kindness.

Edited by pero - September 06 2006 at 03:50

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Posted: September 05 2006 at 13:46

I like the last cd of RPWL Start the fire (live). he's very good...

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Posted: September 05 2006 at 00:52

1. PICTURES OF A CITY- LIVE IN NY.
     21st.Century Schizoid Band.
2. LIVE PLAYING THE FOOL.
     Gentle Giant
3. CURVED AIR- LIVE
     Curved Air
4. ALIVEMUTHERFORYA.
     Billy Cobham, Tom Scott, Alphonso Johnson and Mark
     Soskin.
5. CARLOS SANTANA AND BUDDY MILES:LIVE!
     CS,BM , Neil Schon and others

A nice little cross section for you.

Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd

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Posted: September 05 2006 at 00:01

My fave albums of all time are all live albums..
1. Yesshows
2. Seconds out
3. Paris

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Posted: September 04 2006 at 18:24

Pulse wrote:

My favourite live albums (in no real order):

On the Road - Traffic

Pictures at an Exhibition - Elp

I know it's not prog but I'll mention that my all time favourite live album is The Concert for Bangladesh. Almost a half an hour of Dylan material and a bunch of George Harrison preformances. What could be better?

with a bit of selected editing there great choices ahhahah... and a big Clap

for the shout-out on the Harrison album.. though to answer your question.. hmmmm....ahhhh...

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Posted: September 04 2006 at 18:19

I love Dram Theater's "Live Scenes From New York", that would be my choise... an incredibly strong live performance through three hours of length... The only better live album I know is Iced Earth's "Alive In Athens", but that's straight Metal.

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Posted: September 02 2006 at 18:14

Renaissance Carnegie Hall

Camel A Live Record

Genesis Live

Caravan and the New Symphonia

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Posted: September 02 2006 at 17:55

Pink Floyd - Pulse
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Genesis - Live

Bright Ambassadors of Morning

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Posted: September 02 2006 at 17:15

Genesis - Live
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
King Crimson - The Night Watch

I see to be enjoying live albums more than the studio versions lately.

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Posted: September 02 2006 at 14:46

My favourite live albums (in no real order):

On the Road - Traffic

Pulse - Pink Floyd

Pictures at an Exhibition - Elp

Genesis - Live

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Posted: September 01 2006 at 16:40

pero wrote:

lucas wrote:

pero wrote:

lucas wrote:

Saga - In transit

Kevin Gilbert & Giraffe - Live at Progfest '94

Queen - live at the rainbow (not on CD though)

Loose change - live at the grainstore 1987 (w/ Virgil Donati)

Pat Metheny Group - The road to you (he is in this site now !)

Twelfth night -live and let live

Dixie Dregs - the second half of 'night of the living dregs'

King Crimson - B'BOOM live in argentina 1994

The Enid - live at Hammersmith (1983)

and many others...

Sorry but your choice is awful

Please explain yourself ! it is very easy to attack without arguments !

King Crimson's best live period was 1969-1975. Circus, Earthbond, Live in Amsterdam, Night watch are some of the albums from this period. The second Crimson period after 1975 is IMO much less inventive and not so exciting.

Queen is one of the bands that don't deserve to be called prog at all.

Pat Metheny is boring for me. There is a lot of more exciting jazz/rock bands (Mahavishnu orchestra, Weather report, Passport, Pierre Morlein Gong, Soft machine, National health, Jeff Beck, Billy Cobham...and many more)

Saga is also not very representative live band.

That's only my oppinion. If you like them that's OK.

You probably didn't listen to KC's 'B'Boom' live : it is as exciting as their earlier live performances, moreover it features two line-ups, so it's twice more exciting ! It has some interesting live improvisation moments as well.

Queen's live at the rainbow released around 1974 is a stunning performance with lots of tracks from their prog album : Queen II.

Loose change is a jazz-fusion band in the vein of Steve Morse's early solo career, it nevertheless features a cover of Morse's "cruise missile". it has Virgil donati on drums.

I don't consider Pat Metheny as boring : his music can be one time smooth and another time experimental, plus he blends perfectly brazilian music with jazz. I think "last train home" is a true masterpiece with the delicate sound of sitar and the drums played to sound like a train in movement.

Saga's 'In transit' is the best live performance they ever recorded, and I don't see anything wrong in it.

You didn't give your feelings about the 5 other records mentioned !!! So what's wrong with my list, if you haven't listened to more than half of it.

Edited by lucas - September 01 2006 at 16:41

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:30

lucas wrote:

pero wrote:

lucas wrote:

Saga - In transit

Kevin Gilbert & Giraffe - Live at Progfest '94

Queen - live at the rainbow (not on CD though)

Loose change - live at the grainstore 1987 (w/ Virgil Donati)

Pat Metheny Group - The road to you (he is in this site now !)

Twelfth night -live and let live

Dixie Dregs - the second half of 'night of the living dregs'

King Crimson - B'BOOM live in argentina 1994

The Enid - live at Hammersmith (1983)

and many others...

Sorry but your choice is awful

Please explain yourself ! it is very easy to attack without arguments !

Queen is one of the bands that don't deserve to be called prog at all.

Saga is also not very representative live band.

That's only my oppinion. If you like them that's OK.

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Posted: August 30 2006 at 18:30

why 801 live of course.

it is a must listen.

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Posted: August 30 2006 at 18:28

It has to be Welcome Back My Friends by ELP.

However for all those people who think Yessongs is a brilliant "Live" album read this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back_My_Friends_to_the_Show_That_Never_Ends

Not so live after all....eh??

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Posted: August 30 2006 at 17:13

First and foremost, Genesis Archives '67-'75.

But after that, in no particular order

Rush - Different Stages

Rush - All The World's A Stage

Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine

But there are others I haven't heard yet that may sneak in there!

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Posted: August 30 2006 at 17:00

BJH	LIVE
BE BOP DELUXE	LIVE IN THE AIR AGE
CAMEL	A LIVE RECORD
CARAVAN	LIVE AT FAIRFIELD HALL
DEEP PURPLE	MADE IN JAPAN
ELP	PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
ELP	WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS
FOCUS	LIVE AT THE RAINBOW
PETER GABRIEL	PLAYS LIVE
PETER GABRIEL	SECRET WORLD
GENESIS	LIVE
GENESIS	SECONDS OUT
JETHRO TULL	LIVE BURSTIN OUT
KING CRIMSON	USA
KING CRIMSON	NIGHT WATCH (THE)
KING CRIMSON	ABSENT LOVERS
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA	BETWEEN NOTHINGNESS AND ETERNITY
PINK FLOYD	IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
PFM	LIVE IN THE USA
ROXY MUSIC	VIVA ROXY MUSIC
SUPERTRAMP	PARIS
TANGERINE DREAM	RICHOCHET
VDGG	VITAL
VDGG	MAIDA VALE
VDGG	MASTERS FROM THE VAULTS
RICK WAKEMAN	JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
ROGER WATERS	IN THE FLESH
YES	YESSONGS
YES	YESSHOWS
YES	HOUSE OF YES
YES	WORD IS LIVE (THE)

Oh and what I'm listening to now Genesis Archive Vol 1, some of the live on Vol 2 ain't too shabby either!

Edited by Liquid Len - August 30 2006 at 17:04

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Posted: August 30 2006 at 16:14

Dammit!

and this one that im listening righ now :

Tangerine Dream - Ricochet

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