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Topic: Live albums for me?
Posted: June 06 2011 at 08:07

UK night after night, Steve Hackett The Tokio tapes, Neil Young Time fades away

Edited by jean-marie - June 06 2011 at 08:10

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Posted: June 05 2011 at 03:03

Dustin, do you know Buena Vista Social Club? Their album is IMO one of the best pieces of music ever.

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Posted: June 03 2011 at 21:59

Hmmm...let me see, I rated the following live albums as the best (warning! shameless plug) over on my blog site. In no particular order:

"Live" Full House-- J. Geils Band
Made In Japan -- Deep Purple
Concert for Bangladesh -- George Harrison & Friends
Live at Leeds -- The Who
'Live' Bullet -- Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Stop Making Sense -- Talking Heads
How the West was Won -- Led Zeppelin
Kick Out the Jams -- MC5
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out -- The Rolling Stones
Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 -- Jethro Tull
Live Rust -- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
At Fillmore East -- The Allman Brothers Band
The Band of Gypsys -- Jimi Hendrix
Seconds Out -- Genesis
Mad Dogs & Englishmen -- Joe Cocker

Rock Spectacle - Barenaked Ladies
Rock of Ages - The Band
Live - Robin Trower
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture Soundtrack - David Bowie
Live in Concert With Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Procol Harum
Live - Foghat
Under a Blood Red Sky - U2
It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison
Live in Detroit - The Doors
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966 - Bob Dylan

Descriptions of the albums can be found here http://darkelffile.blogspot.com/2010/11/greatest-live-rock-albums-of-all-time.html

and here http://darkelffile.blogspot.com/2011/01/greatest-live-rock-albums-of-all-time.html

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Posted: June 03 2011 at 07:02

Gary Moore's Live At The Monsters Of Rock album is one of my favourite Live albums, highly recommended if your into it, mostly typical 60's and 70's rock song covers and a couple of Thin Lizzy songs.

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Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:14

listen to anything and pretend it's live.
works for me.

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Posted: June 02 2011 at 15:28

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Posted: June 02 2011 at 15:16

lucas wrote:

I forgot entirely about Unleashed in the East, which was fantastical. Also nearly forgot about Live Evil, which is not only my favorite live album from Black Sabbath, it's my favorite Black Sabbath album in general.

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Posted: June 02 2011 at 15:11

I suppose mainly I'm looking for radical interpretations. As of now, my three favorite live albums are Black Sabbath's Live Evil, Queensryche's Operation: LIVEcrime (don't put much stock in this one, I only like it because of my love of the original) and Pain of Salvation's 12:5.

I really liked Deep Purple's Made in Japan, but it isn't what I'm looking for. If you wanna know exactly what I'm looking for, listen to Pain of Salvation's 'Ashes' from Perfect Element, then listen to 'Ashes' from 12:5.

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Posted: June 02 2011 at 14:30

rushfan4 wrote:

The Moody Blues Live At Red Rock with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is one of my favorite live albums. I have no idea if it would appeal to you or not.

I would like it more but for two things:

1. Hayward and especially Lodge sound like they're coming down with something.

2. The playing of the orchestra doesn't sound that great all the time. There are some goofy things going on with the mix in spots, and there are a lot of moments where parts of the brass section sound lost.

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Posted: June 02 2011 at 10:05

I know you like Sigur Ros, so do you have Heima? This just struck me.

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Posted: June 02 2011 at 02:06

rushfan4 wrote:

The Moody Blues Live At Red Rock with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is one of my favorite live albums. I have no idea if it would appeal to you or not. I also enjoy Yes' Symphonic Live which is performed with a symphony orchestra. I have no idea if either would appeal to you, but they are two live albums that I really enjoy.

I would also like to add one of favourites Procal Harum 'In Concert with the Edmonton Symhony Orchestra'.

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 16:48

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 15:54

The Moody Blues Live At Red Rock with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is one of my favorite live albums. I have no idea if it would appeal to you or not. I also enjoy Yes' Symphonic Live which is performed with a symphony orchestra. I have no idea if either would appeal to you, but they are two live albums that I really enjoy.

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 15:47

This is my favorite live performance of all time.

One half acoustic, the other live. Such energy in both halves... It's just live music at it's epitome.

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 15:44

IQ - Forever Live

Depends whether you care for 'neo prog' but this is a very tight concise live album with no 'showing off'. They even break down the 20 minute The Last Human Gateway from their debut album into 'middle section' and 'end section'.Covers all the best IQ material from Tales From The Lush Attic up to Ever.

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 10:49

The band byron did an unplugged DVD in which they played rearranged versions of their pieces. Here's an example:

Let me know if you're interested in more. Most of their material is free.

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 10:31

Alitare wrote:

I don't absolutely hate ELP, they just don't hit me like they do a lot of others. I joke about certain things and I know it makes me look like an unenlightened jackass, but I'm not like that in person - or maybe I am.

Do not worry. Everyone have different tastes. We are individuals and that is in my view the essence of prog rock.

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 10:21

harmonium.ro wrote:

I'll think more then.

But as you can see you also puzzled Torodd, who suggested you the (awesome) Zeppelin live album that you would probably not like because it has those "obnoxious 20 minute jam sessions where each band member solos forever and there are even drum solos", or ELP which you absolutely hate if I'm not wrong.

Well at least the Zeppelin album is great on the "a more raw, visceral edge" side, so maybe you should try it nevertheless. It's called "How The West Was Won".

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 10:16

I'll think more then.

But as you can see you also puzzled Torodd, who suggested you the (awesome) Zeppelin live album that you would probably not like because it has those "obnoxious 20 minute jam sessions where each band member solos forever and there are even drum solos", or ELP which you absolutely hate if I'm not wrong.

Well at least the Zeppelin album is great on the "a more raw, visceral edge" side, so maybe you should try it nevertheless. It's called "How The West Was Won".

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Posted: June 01 2011 at 09:42

harmonium.ro wrote:

It's not really transparent what "vein" exactly are you describing. After the first two paragraphs I was getting ready to suggest you Live at Leeds, which apparently wasn't what you had in mind.

I'm sorry. Damn, I try hard not to sound like a dickhead but I'm not good at it. I like Live at Leeds, it just doesn't hit me like it seems to hit most other folks. I suppose I'm infatuated with the idea of 'intimate band reinterpretation'. That's real vague. I don't know what I'm looking for.