What is the best Prog live album?
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Topic: What is the best Prog live album?
Posted By: LandofLein
Subject: What is the best Prog live album?
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 02:05
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Not sure if this belongs in here or if anyone has done this topic recently, but what is the best prog live album? Elaborating would also be nice
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 02:16
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LP - Camel's A Live Record DVD - IQ's Stage 2 Honorable mentions go to Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall, Barclay James Harvest Live, Wishbone Ash's Live Dates (1), Horslips Live and Gentle Giant's Playing the Fool. However, THE best live album ever is outside prog; Runrig's Once in a Lifetime is simply astonishing. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 02:19
| kansas two for the show is fantastic.. |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 02:43
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Meet the Flower Kings. Why? It's a flawless performance, and there's only a small audience that you don't hear or see. Instead of focusing on the crowd or the interaction of the musicians with the audience, this show focuses on the music. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 03:24
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Hard to say; there are so many excellent ones. I actually prefer live albums to studio albums. A few of my favourites: Guru Guru - Live (1978) Magma - Live / Hhai (1975) Frumpy - Live (1973) Gong - Live au Bataclan (1973) Peter Hammill - There Goes the Daylight (1993) Van der Graaf Generator - Vital (1978) Hawkwind - Live Chronicles (1986) Kraan - Live 75 (1975) Colosseum - Live (1971) I could go on and on. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 03:32
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YESSONGS ------------- 
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 03:40
Exactly what I was going to say, but you said it better than me.  |
Mr ProgFreak wrote:Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 03:47
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flawless performances always bored me, I'd say ELP's Mussorgsky or Bursting Out Song Remains the Same or Band of Gypsys for non-Prog |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 03:53
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Deep Purple's Made in Japan. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Neil-Kobrin/244687105562746" rel="nofollow - SUPPORT MY FATHER AND BECOME A FAN Jacob Kobrin Illustration |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 03:56
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King Crimson has made several great live albums, like "The Great Deceiver" and "The Night Watch". These albums give the songs a whole new dimension, songs like "Easy Money" and "Exiles" are live so much better than on the studio albums. You have to like KC improvisation though, "The Great Deceiver" is full of it. Pink Floyd also has some very good bootlegs, like "Animal Instincts" and "Live at the BBC 1970/1971", good quality and lots of extended solos, improvisation and simply great live playing. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 07:26
Awesome quote! I agree 100%. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 07:34
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 08:55
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As mentioned above Proto P: The Song remains the Same
JazzFussion: 8.30
Easy Accesible Prog. :Seconds Out
A great Zappa live recording : Make a Jazz noice here
Favorite KC : Heavy construction
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 09:07
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The two Outs Seconds and Bursting
Not nec prog
Space Ritual :Hawkwind
Floating Anarchy 77 : Gong & Here & Now
Live ETC : Gong
Not PRog
Its Alive : Ramones
Any very early Sisters of Mercy 83 or 84 only.  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 09:12
well Gong, Hawkwind and Here & Now are considered to be fully prog here -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 09:19
Oooooooooooo Yes forgot about Bursting Out - shame shame shame
on my.That is my no 1 pick now that you remind me !! ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 09:34
Here's a complete list of the prog live albums I rated so far. Meet the Flowerkings doesn't even have the top spot ... 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 09:39
And here's mine:
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 09:42
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I don't usually prefered live albums over studio versions, but i have some exceptions : 1- Yes Yes Songs (The best period of Yes) 2- Gentle Giant Playing the Fool (i prefered the live versions) 3- Led Zepellin The Songs Remains... (not prog but really good) ------------- Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 10:10
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Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
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Peter Gabriel - Secret World ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: rosenbach
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 11:07
| Grobschnitt: Solar music live! |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 11:12
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Mine is probably Marillion's Anorak In The UK. The production and sound could be some of the best that I've ever heard. E ------------- 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 12:49
My personal favourites are three live DVD's, so it's a little off topic. However, Marbles Live by Marillion, Roger Waters In The Flesh, where his solo material is simply absorbing and awesome, and finally Yes Songs From The Tsongas, featuring the best live material, much of it acoustic, I have ever seen and heard from the band. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 17:10
Has anyone mentioned Yes: Symphonic yet? That one's amazing! 
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 22:25
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Playing the Fool for me. But I have heard only one live KC album Night Watch and it was almost every bit as good, so this may change. Live At Carnegie Hall is a great one of course and by some curious coincidence, has ended up serving equally well as a best of, it actually does sum up their best phase pretty well. But my favourite live rock album across genres is, by far, Judas Priest's Unleashed In The East.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 22:42
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 22:49
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^^^ Hell yeah, Roxy and Elsewhere!!
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 08:56
What he said . Oh, wait, it's not prog, how dare I imply that DP are prog   ....As regards 'real' prog, here are a few I like: Yessongs/Yesshows - Yes Live at Carnegie Hall - Renaissance Welcome Back My Friends... - ELP Camel - A Live Record Magma - Live Hhai The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver/Absent Lovers - King Crimson And probably a ton of others I don't remember now  ... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 09:05
Space Truckin' is pretty proggy though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 09:06
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Dream Theater- Live Scenes From New York Genesis- Seconds Out ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 09:10
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Guru Guru's live album from 1978 can't be recommended highly enough; especially since most of the tracks on it are only available on that album. the only pity is you can't see the live show. Friede says they played at her school once around the time that live album was recorded when she was only 8 or 9, and the stage show for song's like "Medicine Man's Overdose" or "Der Elektrolurch" were simply fantastic. something I envy her for (though I had the occasion to see "Der Elektrolurch" live too meanwhile, but "Medicine Man's Overdose" is not played by them anymore) ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 09:12
Oops I forgot 'Ricochet' TD 
Glad to see people have stopped just listing all the live albums they have reviewed (Dull Dull Dull)
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 09:23
Just a little correction: It was the school of my brother, who is ten years older than I am. He was at the gymnasium, I was still in elementary school at that time. He took me along because he knew I liked the music he listened to, and he let me sit on his shoulders, so I had a first class view of the show. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 12:26
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Some of my favourites:
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
King Crimson: USA |
Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 07:29
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My favourite is perhaps Roxy and Elsewhere by Frank Zappa For DVD's, GG at the GG by Gentle Giant And finally, outside prog, At Fillmore East by Allman Bros. and One more |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 10:22
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Here's a few of my faves:- Rush - Exit Stage Left
Genesis - Seconds Out
Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
IQ - Stage DVD
Kansas - Two For The Show
Eloy - Live
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Blue Oyster Cult - ETL Live
Yes - Yesshows
Twelfth Night - Live At The Target
Rush - Snakes And Arrows Live
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Posted By: Little Sir John
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 21:11
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The Word is Live! Not really... I just love the title. 9012live is great too, but that's not an album. ------------- "I just felt we were capable of breaking new ground... with a vengeance." ~Jon Anderson |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 21:22
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Choose from this:
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 04:47
| +1 for Yessongs |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 05:12
Forgot about that one... It is! Probably my favourite renditions of both Starship Trooper and Gates Of Delirium ever... -------------
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 13:52
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I forgot
Japan - Oil on Canvas
Hillage - Live Herald
Motorhead - No Sleep till..  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 13:53
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^^Now Motorhead are defintely not Prog! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 14:33
A couple of songs originally written for Hawkwind do it?
Your just trying to  me now!------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 16:24
"Motorhead" are actually named after a Hawkwind song. It came out as a single as about the same time as "Warrior on the Edge of Time" and has been included on some CD-versions of that album. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 16:36
I think we all know that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 16:53
Ooh get Snowy!
Exactly my point - which makes 'No Sleep til' prog ta da!!! Incontravertable truth.------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 18:52
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Top of my head, Kansas - Two For The Show remaster. May be some kind of bias due to it being the most recent live album I've got a copy of.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 21:57
| Pink Floyd's Live in Pompeii, Ummagumma live CD, and PULSE, Roger Waters In the Flesh. Yes's Symphonic, and Keys to ascension. Dream Theater's Live at Budokan. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (great versions of the songs, some of them you may not even recognize). |