Your Top Live Albums
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Topic: Your Top Live Albums
Posted By: Logan
Subject: Your Top Live Albums
Date Posted: December 04 2024 at 19:51
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The numbering does not mean that much, but I had wanted to limit to what I like to do with polls with one per act, but I went over. 1. Fishmans - 98.12.28 Otokotachi no wakare (released 1999)* (not in PA) 2. Swans - Swans Are Dead (released 1998) 3. Portishead - Roseland NYC Live (released 1998) (not in PA) 4. Magma - Rétrospective Vol. 1 & 2 (released 1981) 5. Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (released 1975) 6. Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (released 2022) 7. Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest (released 1995) 8. Hawkwind - Space Ritual (released 1975) 9. Ciśnienie / Lod 9 - Brass Album (released 2020) 10. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Live ''Hirakareta Gassho'' Junen No Tenkai (released 1979) 11. Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness (released 2005) 12. Björk - Homogenic Live (released 2005) 13. Area - Are(A)zione (released 1975) 14. Kraftwerk 3-D: The Catalogue (released 2017) 15. Boris - Performing "flood" (released 2013) 16. Miles Davis - Pangaea (released 1976) 17. Kraan - Kraan Live (released 1975) 18. Gong - Live Etc (released 1977) 19. Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (released 1970) 20. Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall (released 1976) 21. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live (released 2017) (not in PA) 22. Camel - A Live Record (released 1978) 23. Henry Cow - Concerts (released 1976) 24. Douji Morita - Tokyo Cathedral Saint Mary Live (released 1978) (not in PA) 25. Robert Wyatt and Friends - Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 (released 2005) 26. Grobschnitt - Solar Music: Live (released 1978) 27. Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool (released 1977) * Sadly Fishmans' frontman, Shinji Sato, who was the band's primary vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter died a few months after the concert and before the release of the live album at the age of 33. As usual, making a playlist of favourite tracks from those albums. Up to 15 at the moment of posting. What are some of your favourite lives albums? |
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Posted By: GuruCan
Date Posted: December 04 2024 at 22:26
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In no order Can Live in Paris 1973 Gong Live, Etc.Gong Est Mort? Vive Gong! Steve Hillage BBC Radio 1 Live Yes Yessongs Genesis Live Van der Graaf Generator Vital Soft Machine The Peel Sessions Mahavishnu Orchestra Between Nothingness & Eternity Hawkwind Love in SpaceHawkwind Space Ritual Klaus Schulze The Dresden Performance Uriah Heep Live Deep Purple Made in Japan Rush R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour Rainbow Live in Nürnberg 1976 Blue Öyster Cult On Your Feet or on Your Knees The Who Live at Leeds The Grateful Dead Live/Dead Jethro Tull Bursting Out |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 04 2024 at 23:45
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Incomplete ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 02:04
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No order. 1. Yessongs. 2. Génesis Live 73 3. Welcome Back My Friends - ELP. 4. Two for the Show - Kansas. 5. Exit, Stage, Left - Rush. 6. Made in Japan - Deep Purple. 7. Made in Europe - Deep Purple. 8. live in the Isle of Wight - The Who. 9. Live at The Rainbow 10. Live at The Carnegie Hall - Renaisance. 11. Journey to The Centré of The Earth - Rick Wakeman. 12. Return to The Centré of The Earth - Rick Wakeman. 13. Six Wives of Henry The VIII At Hampton Court Palace. 14. Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds. 15. Pictures At an Exhibition. 16. Live at Loreley by Marillion. 17. Live At Krakow by Pendragon. 18. Steve Hackett Génesis Revisited Live. 19. The Gathering by Magenta. 20. Génesis The Gabriel Years. And of course Peter Gabriel Secret World. Pink Floyd Pulse, Live in Piazza del Campo - Premiata Forneria Marconi, Live 73 - Uriah Heep, etc, etc -------------
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Posted By: GuruCan
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 03:11
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List no.2, in no order Various – Glastonbury Fayre - The Electric Score Various – Knebworth Combined Set Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More Grateful Dead Sunshine Daydream - Veneta, Oregon, August 27, 1972 Joni Mitchell Shadows and Light 10cc Live in Concert Supertramp Paris America Live Wishbone Ash Live Dates The Who The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack) Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same (soundtrack) James Brown Live at the Apollo 801 Live Miles Davis It's About that Time: Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970 Tangerine Dream The Official Bootleg Series Volume OneNeu! '72 Live! In Düsseldorf Caravan Long Walk Desert (Live at Reading Festival 1975) Henry Cow Concerts King Crimson The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume One – 1969-1974 |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 04:22
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In no particular order: Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity David Bowie - David Live Japan - Oil On Canvas Supertramp - ParisThin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous Genesis - Live 73 ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition Camel - A Live Record ELP - Welcome Back My Friends ... Jethro Tull - Bursting Out Hawkwind - Space Ritual Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool Wishbone Ash - Live Dates Deep Purple - Made In Japan Uriah Heep - Live '73 Roxy Music - Viva! Roxy Music 10cc- Live And Let Live The Who - Live At Leeds Wings - Wings Over America Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 04:55
Not in order for me either, sorry  David Bowie - Stage Brand X - Livestock The Brecker Brothers - Heavy Metal Be-Bop Circle - Paris Concert John Coltrane & Archie Shepp - New Thing At Newport Miles Davis - Live-Evil Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends... Robert Fripp - 1999: Soundscapes Live In Argentina Genesis - Three Sides Live Herbie Hancock - Flood Henry Cow - Concerts King Crimson - Earthbound (yes, really) King Crimson - Thrakattak King Crimson - Live In Toronto Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity Mats/Morgan Band - Live Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucía - Friday Night In San Francisco National Health - Playtime The Nice - Elegy Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach - Jazz At Massey Hall Soft Machine - Noisette Keith Tippett - The Unlonely Raindancer Yes - Yessongs Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Hue Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Roxy & Elsewhere Frank Zappa - Make A Jazz Noise Here ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 05:04
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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) ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 07:34
I'm sure I forget a few, so here is 5 of them  in no particular orderPortishead - Roseland NYC Live (released 1998) (not in PA) 4. Magma - Live Haaï (released 1981) 5. Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (released 1975) 11. Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness (released 2005) 17. Kraan - Kraan Live (released 1975) 18. Gong - Live Etc (released 1977) 25. Robert Wyatt and Friends - Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 (released 2005) 26. Grobschnitt - Solar Music: Live (released 1978) 27. Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool (released 1977) Genesis - Seconds Out
Colosseum - Live Brand X - Livestock Miles Davis - Live-Evil Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition Herbie Hancock - Flood Henry Cow - Concerts King Crimson - Earthbound King Crimson - USA King Crimson - Live In Toronto Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucía - Friday Night In San Francisco Yes - Yessongs Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity Supertramp - ParisWishbone Ash - Live Dates The Who - Live At Leeds Jethro Tull Isle Of Wight 1970 Aerosmith - Live Bootleg ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 09:02
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Roxy Music - Viva Roxy! Manfred Mann's Earthband - Live In Budapest Eloy - Eloy Live The Keith Emerson Band - Live In Moscow IQ - The Wake Live Big Big Train - Empire Tomita - Live At Linz (''The Mind Of The Universe'') Marillion - Live At Lorely Iron Maiden - Flight 666 Tangerine Dream - Permagon Camel - Gods Of Light The Nice - Five Bridges Suite Anathema - Universal Steven Wilson - Get All You Deserve Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live At The Festival Hall Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace ELP - WBMFTTSTNE ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition Deep Purple - Made In Japan
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Posted By: Zappastolethetowels
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 09:41
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every prog one mentioned so far
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 09:56
Thanks all.
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. |
Jared wrote:Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 11:17
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Some brilliant albums mentioned already; A few i think not mentioned yet that i really rate include: Tangerine Dream- Poland ,, ,, - Live Miles Holderlin- Traumstadt live Caravan- the best of Caravan Live (Fairfield Hall 1974 concert) ,, - With the new Symphonia Eloy- Reincarnation on Stage Barclay James Harvest- Live (1974) Twelfth Night- Live at the Target / Live and let live Focus- Live at the Rainbow Amon Duul 2 Live in London Man- Maximum Darkness (Live at the Roundhouse) Pat Metheny Group- Travels Santana- Lotus ------------- |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 16:42
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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 |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 17:31
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Hawkwind - Space Ritual UFO - Strangers In The Night Deep Purple - Made In Japan Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith Pink Floyd - Pompeii Henry Cow - Concerts Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Caravan - Fairfield Magma - Trilogie au Triton Supertramp - Paris Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness King Crimson - Great Deceiver Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest Nik Bartsch Ronin - Live ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 18:48
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In no particular order... Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison Jimi Hendrix - Live at Fillmore East (full "Band of Gypsys" concerts) Deep Purple Made in Japan Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960 Jethro Tull - Nothing Is Easy (Live at Isle of Wight) Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucía - Friday Night In San Francisco Genesis - Seconds Out Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense J. Geils - Live Full House The Band - The Last Waltz Neil Young - Live Rust Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West Live The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out Uriah Heep - Live '73 Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 1 and 2 (1988) ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 05 2024 at 20:08
It would be hard to have listened to Permagon as I mistyped it and it should have been Pergamon sometimes subtitled 'the East German concert' and came at a time before the Berlin wall came down. It was just after Schmoelling joined in 1980 and pre the Tangram album. I prefer it over Encore and Poland but both of those are good as well. I didn't include Ricochet as it's well known to have been heavily edited from the live performances although I enjoy that album a lot. Talking of Led Zep I forgot about How The West Was Won. Brilliant 3 cd set and my favourite by them for sure.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 06 2024 at 00:44
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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. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 06 2024 at 01:17
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Yes - Yessongs Rush - Exit... Stage Left Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool Peter Gabriel - Plays Live Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (1st disc) Discipline - This One's for England Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Kansas - Two for the Show Big Big Train - From Stone and Steel Genesis - Seconds Out ------------- 
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Posted By: GuruCan
Date Posted: December 06 2024 at 02:06
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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 |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 06 2024 at 10:08
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In no particular order : Genesis : Live Genesis : Seconds Out King Crimson : USA PFM : Cook Golden Earring : Live (first) (non prog) Tangerine Dream : Ricochet ( an almost non-live album) Yes : Yessongs Barclay James Harvest : Live (1974) Caravan and the new Symphonia : Live Thin Lizzy : Live and Dangerous (non prog) Deep Purple : Made in Japan (non prog) Todd Reundgren's Utopia : Another life Neil Young and crazy Horse : Rust never sleeps (non prog) Marillion : Reel to real Anekdoten : Official Bootleg Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals : Live from Mars (non prog) Magma : Live (1975) Curved Air : Live Jethro Tull : Bursting out Frank Zappa and The Mothers : Roxy and elsewhere Pink Floyd : Ummaguma LP1 Landberk : Unaffected Mahavishnu Orchestra : Between nothingness & eternity Man : Maximum Drakness Bob Marley and The Wailers : Live (first single LP 1975) Neil Young and Crazy Horse : Weld ( non prog) Neil Young : Unplugged The Nits : URK (non prog) Ozric Tentacles : Live underslunky Porcupine tree : Coma divine 801 : Live Lou Reed : R'n'r animal and Live (non prog) Roxy music : Viva ! Santana : Lotus The Sensational alex Harvey Band : live ( non prog) Wishbone Ash : Live Dates |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: December 06 2024 at 13:33
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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) ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 12:27
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Fishmans, which has the number one live in my list, is now in PA and I wrote an extemporaneous review, which is not dissimilar to how I post to be honest. I like informality. I should have put Portishead in second place. Bumping this for those that wish to highlight more than classic era albums -- that being what Jared's recent topic is focused on. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 14:08
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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 ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 15:46
| IMO, King Crimson's Live in Chicago is the best prog album I've ever heard. You get a diversified look at all their major eras and some key live tracks written for concerts, like Radical Action II. And I don't think anyone saw the Bowie cover coming. Absent Lovers is another flawless live concert by them. I honestly really prefer them live before the studio, even though their studio works are incredible. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 20:11
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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. |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 21:39
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Besides the usual from me, Danny Gatton's Redneck Jazz Explosion, recorded at the Cellar Door, Washington DC in 1978 and released in 1995 has always been one of my favorite live albums. The cover with a Hydrogen Bomb explosion sums up that live performance. Gatton absolutely shreds on his Telecaster. When your admirers are a diverse group of guitar players such as Steve Vai, Lenny Breau, Trey Anastasio, Les Paul, Albert Lee, Vince Gill, Slash, James Burton, Buckethead and Joe Bonamassa you know you have the goods. Another one who left us to soon. |