Your Top Live Albums

I'm listening to that King Crimson as I speak for the first time. Today has been so much Sufjan Stevens and Fishmans that it is hard to adjust to something that is not either of them. Plenty of diversity in that KC from 2017. For those that don't know, if any here. Fripp played Guitar on Bowie's "Heroes", collaborated on the original song (thanks to Eno), and Scary Monsters, but also that there was a Fripp estate dispute with Bowie's estate over Fripp's crediting on the album "Heroes". I love the song "Heroes". I would post the KC version here but I don't want to get sued. LOL.

Ah, fridge it. Here's the one from Berlin in 2016.



Here is David Byrne's, who also collaborated with Eno, cover with choir that I like a lot.



It's one of my favourite songs.

I am including some DVDs as well.
1. Yessongs
2. Pain of Salvation - Be (Live)
3. Magma - Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogie au Trianon (I have the DVD, though the performance is available on CD)
4. Zappa & TMoI- Roxy and Elsewhere
5. King Crimson - Heavy ConstruKction
6. Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
7. Michael Hedges - Live on the Double Planet
8. Genesis - Archives (not all live, but the entirety of Lamb and Supper's Ready live make it qualify to me)
9. Brand X - Livestock
10. Various Artists, Tributes - Zappa's Universe
11. Bondage Fruit - III (Rècit)
The rest are pretty much unranked, alphabetical
12. Area - Are(A)zone
13. Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Live Art
14. Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Live at Montreaux (DVD)
15. Allan Holdsworth - Then!
16. Korekyojinn - Jackson
17. Koenji Hyakkei - Live at Doors (DVD)
18. Genesis - Live (1973)
19. Genesis - Seconds Out
20. One Shot - A James
21. Slift - Levitation Sessions
22. Type O Negative - Symphony for the Devil (DVD)
23. Kansas - Two for the Show
24. Keith Jarret - Sleeper

Edited by Tapfret - 15 hours 20 minutes ago at 14:11

No special order here...

Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the same (hard rock)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (hard rock)
Focus - Live at the Rainbow
Yes - Yessongs
The Nice - Five Bridges
ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition
ELP - Welcome Back My Friends...
Curved Air - Live
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma disc 1
(I would also include Live at Pompeii but it's not technically an album)
Pink Floyd - P.U.L.S.E
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Santana - Lotus
Santana - The live tracks from Moonflower
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Annie Haslam - One Enchanted Evening (not prog)

Edited by Floydoid - December 06 2024 at 13:46

List no.3, in no order

Be-Bop Deluxe Live! In the Air Age  
Steely Dan Alive in America
Weather Report Live in Offenbach 1978
Return to Forever The Mothership Returns
Iceberg Iceberg en Directe
Modrý Efekt Blue Effect & Hosté - Live
Leb i Sol Live In Macedonia
Terje Rypdal Vossabrygg
Hatfield and the North Access All Areas
Matching Mole March
Kraan Live
Camel Coming of Age  
Frank Zappa Make a Jazz Noise Here
Adrian Belew Side Four
Sade Lovers Live
Pete Townshend & Deep End Deep End Live!
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Live at the BBC
Pink Floyd Live at Knebworth 1990
Nik Turner Past or Future?
Tim Blake Waterfalls In Space

Anekdoten- Waking The Dead Live in Japan
               - Official Live Bootleg
Camel- On The Road '72
Pineapple Thief- Where We Stood
Stick Men- Power Play
The Flower Kings- Meet The Flower Kings
Porcupine Tree- Atlanta
                      - Coma Divine
King Crimson- Ladies Of The Road
                     - Level Five
Djam Karet- Live At Orion
Hawkwind- Spaced Out In London
Spacious Mind- Rotvalta
Magma- BBC 1974 Londres
One Shot- Live In Tokyo
              - A James
Univers Zero- Relaps
Yugen- Mirrors
Sonar- Live At Moods
Gila- Night Works
Agitation Free- At The Cliffs Of River Rhine
                      - Last
Nucleus- Live In Bremen
SBB- Hofors
      - Karlstad '75
Radio Massacre International- Knutsford In May
Soft Machine- British Tour '75
                    - Grides
                    - NDR Workshop
Fates Warning- Still Life

I'm hoping none of these were mentioned. That was the plan, and I'm a huge fans of these.

In no particular order...

Spock's Beard - Snow
Pat Metheny Group - The Road to You
Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy 2
The Dregs - Bring 'Em Back Alive
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Frank Zappa - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
Mike Keneally Band - Guitar Therapy Live
Echolyn - Stars and Gardens
Frost* - The Rockfield Files


Edited by Grumpyprogfan - December 05 2024 at 16:43

Thanks all.

Jared wrote: the problem with a thread like this, is that by by the time you get to see it, other forum members have already listed your favourites and you're just repeating them... one that hasn't been mentioned yet, which I think is pretty jaw-dropping though, is: Colosseum: Live (1971)

My strategy usually is not to look at other people's lists before posting my own. And only after that look at others to compare lists: to see what others have in common with me and each other, what I missed, what I might be interested in listening to, and just what people's specific interests are.

I love Colosseum's Valentyne Suite and should listen to that live.

From others people's lists, here are some that I definitely would have included had I not decided to only do one album per act:

1. Magma - Live (Haaï) (released 1975). This is one of my very favourite Magma albums, and I think it would be a great Magma starter for some, and I did want to include it, but I went with Rétrospective Vol. 1 & 2 which has to me an amazing rendition of "Theusz Hamtaahk". And while that had been the highest point for me, the version of MDK I love too, and listen to more than the album.

2. Miles Davis - Live-Evil. I considered going for that. This time I went with Pangaea. My other favourite Davis lives in my collection are Agharta and Dark Magus. MikeEnRegalia asked something like which Davis is most like Prog recently. While I would not describe Mr. M. Davis as a Progressive Rock genre artist, I suggested Agharta and Dark Magus as lives that I think might be of interest.

For some others I wish I had thought of in list or lists: Herbie Hancock - Flood

For some I used to love in lists here but have not listened to in many years (should rectify):
The Who - Live at Leeds
Genesis - Seconds Out
ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition
Roxy Music - Viva! Roxy Music

For a favourite band with a mentioned releases that I have not heard:
Tangerine Dream - Permagon

If covering more than one Tangerine Dream (I went with Ricochet), my second TD choice would be Encore (1977). EDIT: And I see Poland mentioned later than this post. I like that too.

If bootlegs and stuff, then I would have considered Pink Floyd and Led Zep.

And for one I stupidly forgot and just remembered: Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same.

EDITed to fix some incredibly garbled typing.

Edited by Logan - December 05 2024 at 16:48

Roxy Music - Viva Roxy!

the problem with a thread like this, is that by by the time you get to see it, other forum members have already listed your favourites and you're just repeating them... one that hasn't been mentioned yet, which I think is pretty jaw-dropping though, is: