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Poll Question: From the list, what is your favourite live LP?
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6 [5.08%]
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12 [10.17%]
21 [17.80%]
18 [15.25%]
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6 [5.08%]
3 [2.54%]
1 [0.85%]
16 [13.56%]
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Rush in Rio for sure! Great album.
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Rush in Rio for me.  Yessongs has somewhat lousy sound.
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Yessongs from the list.
 
I'm surprised there's been no mention of Hawkwind's mighty Space Ritual.
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1. Live At Leeds
2. Yessongs
3. Seconds Out
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None of the above.

Colors Live by Between the Buried and Me.
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Heads up

You should've included Marillion's "Recital Of The Script"

From that list though, YESSONGS
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 H,mmmm; Nektar, live at the roundhouse, Man, Maximum darkness; Simple Minds, City of Light, Ozric Tentacles, Pong Masters Ball; Steve Hillage, Live Herald; But how could Seconds Out be on this poll come on Genesis were a lost cause without Peter Gabriel who won my vote, or am I the only man in the world who thinks that Genesis went on many albums too many since LLDOB!!
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Tull Bursting Out for me thanks, that is one of the greatest albums ever released. The live versions of Sweet Dream and No Lullaby are so much more energetic and the whole album feels right. I used to listen to it all last summer, almost once a day. 
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I'm listening to Frampton Comes Alive at the moment and it strikes me that there are few live albums that can stack up against it. 
But the BEST live album ever isn't on this list.  It is Rush's Different Stages.
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Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

 
Who Live at Leeds.  I especially love the original version even though the various CDs contain a lot more excellent content.  The original just fits together so beautifuly - proof that less is sometimes more.  My Generation is, of course, one of the most brilliant exhibitions of the lead guitar ever produced.  15 minutes of sheer genius from Pete Townshend.  This track on its own is enough to put the the Who near the top of the prog rock tree. Goosebumps.
 
You're not wrong there Sir. OK I know you went for Yessongs, but wanted to endorse what you said about my choice, Live at Leeds.
 
It would have been a real hard choice for me if Made in Japan had been on instead of Cal Jam.
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not a huge fan of anything off this list except the pink floyd and the yes but the only ESSENTIAL prog live album i own is Magma.
Live/Hai is absolutely monumental. 
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I was amazed at the sound of Secret World Live, recreating and occasionally surpassing the qualities of albums like So, really a must for Gabriolics
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From the list, Seconds Out from Genesis. 

However, my favourite live albums are:
801 Live by 801
A Live Record by Camel
Solar Music Live by Grobschnitt
Made in Japan by Deep Purple
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Thanks for all the replies so far - keep them coming!

I've got to be honest, I'm really surprised that Seconds Out is in the lead at the moment. Certainly, I think that Live at Leeds is far superior. I do, however, think it is better than Genesis Live, which was always a disappointment to me and, certainly, the band who were not happy with its release. The best of Genesis Live from the Gabriel era had to wait until the first boxset release.

I voted for the Floyd Wall boxset, and I am again surprised at how fewvotes this has got. I was actually at those gigs, and they were incredible, and I think the recording really does them justice.
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I like "Seconds out" Big smile, but i miss "Solar Music Live". Cry
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Originally posted by mr.cub mr.cub wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

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Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Pompeii is possibly the greatest live stuff ever (but not a regular "live album", though). I only have some Zepp performances to put up there, but they're not prog to fit this poll.

My favourite regular live album in prog is Genesis Live, which I wonder why it's not getting any mentions here. Gotta love that raw power!
 
Yeah, Genesis live was good (though none of the tracks were better than the studio versions).  There were a number of live albums of similar quality in the early 70s - Uriah Heep, Curved Air, Focus, Ten Years After.
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Pompeii is possibly the greatest live stuff ever (but not a regular "live album", though). I only have some Zepp performances to put up there, but they're not prog to fit this poll.

My favourite regular live album in prog is Genesis Live, which I wonder why it's not getting any mentions here. Gotta love that raw power!
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Yessongs. Simply the best album ever released by one group.  With the exception of Perpetual Change this is the definitive version of all of the tracks contained IMO.  And what brilliant tracks they are.  36 years later I still get the same thrill listening to this album.
 
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Who Live at Leeds.  I especially love the original version even though the various CDs contain a lot more excellent content.  The original just fits together so beautifuly - proof that less is sometimes more.  My Generation is, of course, one of the most brilliant exhibitions of the lead guitar ever produced.  15 minutes of sheer genius from Pete Townshend.  This track on its own is enough to put the the Who near the top of the prog rock tree. Goosebumps.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

From the list - difficult choice, but surprising to some perhaps, I went for Yessongs.
 
Also... Ummagumma, Pompei, DSOT and Pulse; Coma Divine; Stage; 12:5; Encore; June 1, 1974; 801 Live; Different Stages; The Roundhouse Tapes; Emperial Live Ceremony; Nocturne; Living Ornaments '81; Rust Never Sleeps; Live Bait For The Dead and The Black Parade Is Dead... to name but a few.
 
Some very very good ones nominated there Dean.
 
From the list, Seconds Out.  The much-mentioned Live At Leeds is a belter too.  Always preferred Yesshows to Yessongs myself though...........
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