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Poll Question: From the list, what is your favourite live LP?
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Tull for me....even Claude Nobs' introduction is ace!
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From that list, Live at Leeds.
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Yessongs......followed by Second's Out
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The Night Watch - King Crimson, but out of these, Yessongs.
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Of those on the list, I'd go with Seconds Out - just ahead of The Thieving Magpie.

But I think that BJH Live, Camel's A Live Record, Renaissance's Live at Carnegie Hall, Wishbone Ash's Live Dates and Gentle Giant's Playing the Fool are all better. And if you want the ultimate live CD (even if it's not prog), Runrig's Once in a Lifetime is THE daddy; 45 minutes of utter genius. Finally, for the ultimate live DVD, IQ's Stage is utterly, completely and totally amazing (I'm watching it for about the 20th time this week and I simply never get bored of it).
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Some very strong albums in the list, so it wasn't very easy to choose. Anyway, my vote went to JT's Bursting Out, with Yessongs as a runner-up.


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The energy on Bursting Out is electrifying. For musicianship, I'd go with Yessongs, but Bursting Out is so much fun to listen to I couldn't not vote for it.
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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.
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One of the albums I like best is "Live - Full House" by the J. Geils Band. From the list it's Live At Leeds.
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Despite being a mad Genesis fan, out of that list The Who's Live At Leeds best captures a real, live, naked feel as Second's Out, wonderful though the music is, was 'doctored' with some discreet overdubbing and also would have benefitted from a meatier, more guitar-slanted mix in my view.
 
My fave that's not on the list is 801 Live, a truly magnificent live recording.
 
 
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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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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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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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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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I like "Seconds out" Big smile, but i miss "Solar Music Live". Cry
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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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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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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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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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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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