Best Live Prog/Non Prog CD or LP

Tarkustra wrote: While you're at it Richard, I'll join you! ELP: Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Best version of Tarkus I've ever heard, Greg adds the line from KC's "Epitaph" to the ending of Battlefield". Hoedown starts like a freight train and doesn't stop till the last song (for me 2 vinyl records later). Take a Pebble has a glorious solo in the middle. The entire KE9 Suite! Just the best live album ever!

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends - on my wish list

While you're at it Richard, I'll join you!

ELP: Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends

Best version of Tarkus I've ever heard, Greg adds the line from KC's "Epitaph" to the ending of Battlefield". Hoedown starts like a freight train and doesn't stop till the last song (for me 2 vinyl records later). Take a Pebble has a glorious solo in the middle. The entire KE9 Suite! Just the best live album ever!

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Hi again Snowdog - I understood your post. After re-reading a couple of times

You are obviously a big fan of Camel - They are so polished as are Gentle Giant. It is such a huge shame that today's neo-prog groups seem unable to capture, quite the same atmosphere! I may get shot down for saying that however one consolation is that the uniqueness of Camel and Gentle Giant means they will probably be names coming up in forums like these for some time to come yet.

I also believe that great groups not only produce top studio albums but can produce top live performances as well. How these live performances are put down onto tape is due also to great producers in colaboration with the artists. Technology of today sorts out the rough edges in more ways than we can imagine. This only makes me marvel at the methods used in the 60's and 70's to capture some of the great live moments in prog and classic rock. Raw and in your face  

 

Yup I forgot Gentle Giant an excellent album, allso by camel "Never Let Go" is really good well CD 1 is anyway, it depends on wether you like "Dust And Dreams" for the second CD

ProgShine wrote: Playing The Fool - Gentle Giant Filmes De Guerra, Canções De Amor - Engenheiros Do Hawaii This two are esceptions, I don't like live albuns.

Hey thats cool! I will allow your exceptions

Cheers

All of 'em. In particular, though, "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets".

What about the Ummagumma live stuff? Pretty incredible if you ask me.

valravennz wrote: gok22us wrote: Yes - Yessongs its really really good, they are cool live. Muse - hullabaloo i'm a muse fanboy. you might need to listen to the studio versions first Pink floyd - pulse a lot of the songs, (For me) are more atmospheric and all around awesome live I would have to agree with all your choices. I am a Muse fan also. I have been following them since "Origins of Simitry"(spelling). It is nice to see Pink Floyd's Pulse in there too. I particularly like the live version of TDSOTM. I don't own "Yessongs" - it is on my wish-list but I can well imagine it is awesome

"P*U*L*S*E" is good, don't get me wrong, but it's missing something: ROGER WATERS. An even better live FLOYD album is "Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81"...

Some other amazing Live albums:
"Seconds Out", "Archives Vol. 1" (has a live version of The Lamb...) and "Live (1973)" from GENESIS

"Plays Live" from PETER GABRIEL

"2002 Meltdown Concert" from DAVID GILMOUR (on DVD)

and just about ANY live release from the boys from Toronto (RUSH)

Reed Lover wrote: No point in adding to the prog live albums,but some classic rock live albums you might consider:....

Gary Moore is fantastic - I really like his blues period work. "Still got the Blues" is a big favourite.

Thin Lizzy - Great rockers!

UFO - Have some of their live stuff on compilations - I don't know their work that well  so another to check out  

Hi Snowdog - Yep there are heaps and so far it has been interesting to see such variance in tastes and those that come up time and again. I think I have the Camel one on Vinyl in storage in another part of the country and it is not easily accessible  . It is years since I played it but I do remember that it was really really good