Your 10 favorite live albums

These are like the only ones I listened to, but they are great.

Pain of Salvation's 12:5...best live album.

Dream Theater - Live at Budokan and Scenes from New York...what a preformance

Zappa in New York...I think that's what it was called.

Sadly I don't think the pace of  my life allows me so much free time to do google search about a rock  ''historian'' theory  on yessongs being overdubbed. there was and is some or a lot of overdubbing in some live recordings.

Edited by febus - August 18 2007 at 07:05

febus wrote: Sadly I don't think the pace of  my life allows so much free time to do google search about a rock  ''historian'' theory  about yessongs being overdubbed. there was and is some or a lot of overdubbing in some live recordings.   But i know you cannot say:: this is not al ive album AT ALL!!!!.....this is extreme!!!!!     Anyway, i am going to listen to it now!!.......and try to enjoy it!!    No offense

just to make it clear to you: the theory is NOT that "Yessongs" was recorded in the studio. but the tapes have been tampered with; little mistakes were "corrected" with overdubs.
I did not say it is not a live album at all, I just question the practice of overdubbing on live albums. and this is by no means just a theory, overdubbing is common practice for live albums. on "Yesshows" the overdubbing is quite obvious, by the way; it is an open secret that album was overdubbed. with "Yessongs" this is less known.
a live album without overdubbing is "Real Time" by Van der Graaf Generator; it is explicitly stated in the liner notes that there were no overdubs at all. and Peter Hammill is very serious about things like that. also I can attest to it, since I was at that concert, and a fantastic concert it was, though by no means a perfect gig. but I don't go to a concert with the expectation of a "perfect gig". musicians are human beings, after all, so they are prone to make mistakes.
Yes are by far not the only ones who do it. it is not that I want to point a finger to them, I just wanted to point out that what is sold as "live" album often is not the real McCoy. of course hitting a wrong note is a bit embarrassing; however, if a live album is meant to be a document of a concert it feels a bit like cheating


Edited by BaldJean - August 17 2007 at 19:30

IMO the masters of live albums are definitely King Crimson with their fantastic improvs and performance quality. Any of their live discs is worthy enough to give a listen, including bootlegs.....

Specifically speaking, another good ones are Camel - A Live Record, Jethro Tull - Bursting Out, Frank Zappa - Broadway the Hardway / Make a Jazz Noise Here / Best Band you've Ever Heard in your Life / Roxy & Elsewhere.......... Among many others.

Well after looking trough my CD collection this is what i came up with and dont get mad caus its far from 100% prog, and im probobly missing out some great stuff and there is lots of great live albums i still need to get..

Edited by Zargus - December 23 2007 at 09:46

Zargus wrote: Well after looking trough my CD collection this is what i came up with and dont get mad caus its far from 100% prog, and im probobly missing out some great stuff and there is lots of great live albums i still need to get..   1. The Who - Live at Leeds 2. Neil Young - Rust never sleeps 3. The Clash - From here to eternity 4. Tangerine Dream - Ricochet 5. Soft Machine - Grides 6. ELP - Welcome back my friends........ 7. Rick Wakeman - Journey to the centre of the earth 8. Yes - Yessongs 9. Genesis - Seconds out 10. Miles Davis - At Fillmore: Live at fillmore east

since it is not on there...I assume you don't have it.  Get the only album (other than the James Brown album. 'Live at the Apollo') that may rank in the same class as Live at Leads in the ranks of greatest live albums ever.



buy it... and you'll thank me hahahha.

Other is Jean Luc Ponty  Live 

I've been getting more interested in live album lately, but I'm generally uninterested in livealbums with just solid versions of albumtracks. My favorites of the few I got.

Magma: Live/Hhai
Can: BBC Sessions
Miles Davis: Dark Magus
Magma: Live 74 Loundres
One Shot: Vendredi 13
Damonji: Improg
Area: Are(A)zione
Pure f**king Space: Live at Centerspace
Tangerine Dream: Ricochet
Eric Dolphy. Last Date

Love everything live from the 70's Ive heard by Magma & Can.

(still haven't bought any Gong live, but will)

I followed his advice, and got it... I won't say it's become my favourite too, but it's undoubtedly a masterpiece of rock.

As to my own personal Top 10 of live albums, this time I'll have to mention some of my favourites in no particular order... Too lazy to try to draw up a real list tonight!

- USA, "The Night Watch" and "Absent Lovers" - KC (I intend to get "The Great Deceiver" ASAP)
- "Welcome Back My Friends..." - ELP
- "Live at Pompeii" - Pink Floyd
- "Exit.... Stage Left" and "Different Stages" - Rush
- "Made in Japan" - Deep Purple
- "On Stage" - Rainbow
- "The Song Remains the Same" - Led Zeppelin
- "Live at Carnegie Hall" - Renaissance
- "On Your Feet or on Your Knees" and "ET Live" - Blue Oyster Cult
- "Bursting Out" - Jethro Tull

1800iareyay wrote: Get the Great Deceiver from Fripp's web site, DGM, Raff. It is WAY less expensive than the price on amazon, and it takes less time to get to you. Hang on, you started the KC fan central and you haven't even got their finest live hour? For shame madam

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