Best Live CDs

[bob]

There's a lot of great live material out there, but what are the BEST live (studio-produced, authorized, etc.) CDs?

I'd vote for:

Live at Leeds: Deluxe Edition - The Who
BBC Sessions - Led Zeppelin
Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan

I've heard that Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 by Bob Dylan is good, too, but I haven't heard it yet.

I will know take this opportunity to honk my own horn at having reached 1000 posts and Super Schmoe status after only 2 and a half years of being on the site. I'm a machine!

[POLYDISTORTION]

1 - Live After Death - Iron Maiden
2 - Different Stages - Rush
3 - Beethoven Was Deaf - Morrissey
4 - Rank - The Smiths
5 - Word Wide Live - Scorpions
6 - Copenhagen - Galaxie 500
7 - Live In Concert - Natalie Merchant
8 - Secret World Live - Peter Gabriel
9 - The Dance - Fleetwood Mac
10-Paris/Show - The Cure

[SubMethod]

Listener Supported - Dave Matthews Band

[Dignan]

NIrvana- Unplugged in New York
Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Live in the Middle East
Ben Folds Five- Naked Baby Photos
Rolling Stones- RocknRoll Circus
Paul McCartney- back in the U.S.

I don't buy many CDs...

[Ren Hoek]

Bob Dylan - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (my favorite Live album. I think that's the Bootleg Vol. 4... if you think about bying it, DO IT NOW! That's an order;))

P.S.: congrats, Bob "The Super Schmoe"!

[Hardcore Horror]

Iron Maiden
-Rock in Rio
-A Real Live Dead One
-Live At Donnington
-Live after Death
-Eddies' Archives

[Scarface King]

Pink Floyd-Delicate Sound of Thunder, The Wall live, Pulse
Queen-Live Killers

[Psychocandy]

1. Bob Dylan: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

2. Nirvana Live & Unplugged

3. Tindersticks - Live At The Bloomsbury Theatre

4. Spritualized: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

5. Tindersticks - Live At The Botanique

6. 16 Horsepower - Hoarse (Live)

7. Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-1985

8. Emmylou Harris - Spyboy

9. The Who - Live At Leeds

10. U2 - Rattle & Hum (not all live...but a chunk of it is)

[bob]

"Bob Dylan - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (my favorite Live album. I think that's the Bootleg Vol. 4... if you think about bying it, DO IT NOW! That's an order)

P.S.: congrats, Bob "The Super Schmoe"!"

Why, that's two nice comments towards me in one post!

Well, i'm sure the second one is, anyhow.....:D

[SIREN30]

Bobby Darin-Live at the Copa
Pink Floyd-Pulse (mainly cuz they do astronomy domine)
Maxwell-Unplugged

[NuclearMisfit]

http://aneurysm1.free.fr/photosalbums/Nirvana_-_From_The_Muddy_Banks_Of_The_Wishkah-front.jpg

This is a great live album of Nirvana It includes all of Nirvanas greatest hits and a few other compilations of songs from Live in New York and performances.

[bowieee]

Ziggy stardust the motion picture

VU live

Tom Waits Big Time

Cohen Live

Ramones Loco Live

[thebloodfeaster]

Obituary - Dead
Slayer - Live: Decade of Aggression

[HannibalGuy]

Ozzy Osbourne:

Live at Buddakahn
Live & Loud
Tribute
Speak of the Devil
Just Say Ozzy

Black Sabbath: Reunion, We Sold Our Soles for Rock 'n Rool

[SAI]

Bob Marley Live.

Stunning album which includes the classic seven minute version of No Woman No Cry

[CeMeTaRy_GaTeS]

Sepultura's recent Under a Pale Grey Sky is a great live cd, along with
Slayer- Decade of Agression
Metallica- S&M
Rammstein- Live Aus Berlin

[bowieee]

want to add built to spill live to my previous list.

[Erin123]

Sting - Bring on the Night

[Falkor]

That one Phil Collins live CD with 15 songs, starting with "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven"... those are startlingly true to the originals.

[BloodiedCelticVengeance]

Lou Reed- "Rock n' Roll Animal"
Siouxsie and the Banshees- "Nocturne"
Bauhaus- "Press The Eject and Give Me The Tape"
Mott The Hoople- "Mott The Hoople Live"
David Bowie- "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars"
The Misfits (Danzig era)- "EviLive"
Johnny Cash- "Live at San Quentin"
Johnny Cash- "Johnny Cash at Folsolm Prison"
The Ramones- "IT'S ALIVE!"
Sex Gang Children- "Rage and Vendetta Over New York"
Christian Death- "Tales of Innocence, A Continued Anthology"
The Damned- "Final Damnation"
Social Distortion- "Live at The Roxy"
The Circle Jerks- "Gig"
The Replacements- "The Shit Hits The Fans"
45 Grave- "Debasement Tapes"
Johnny Thunders- "Live and Wasted...UNPLUGGED"
The New York Dolls- "The Glamorous Life-Live"
The Clash- "From Here To Eternity"
The Smiths- "Rank"
The Dead boys- "Night of the Living Dead Boys"
The Cure- "Show"
PiL- "Live in Tokyo"
Sham 69- "Tell Us The Truth"
The Dropkick Murphy's- "Live on St. Patrick's Day"
The Exploited- "Live and LOUD"

[Romero&Juliet]

Dylan-Live 68
Jane's Addiction-Self Titled
The Smiths-Rank.. *drools*
Kingston Trio-Self Titled fannnn-tastic arrangement of tom Dooley
B.B. King-Live At Ole Miss

[Dr. Evil]

Pink Floyd - Pulse
Roger Waters - In the Flesh
Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Dylan -Live '68
Black Sabbath - Reunion or Live at Last
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
RATM - Live and Rare
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (ok its not amazing but its zeppelin!)

[quoth_the_raven]

Nirvana...either unplugged or From the muddy banks....


actually i dont really like many live albums...


some live albums sound like they were recorded in a bucket. others seem to show the lack of talent some bands havbe when they dont have a producer to fix their shitty tracks.

[S. PLISSKEN]

Bob Dylan/The Band: Before The Flood

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by Romero&Juliet
Kingston Trio-Self Titled fannnn-tastic arrangement of tom Dooley

God dammit, R & J. How's a youngster like you hip to The Kingston Trio? My dad was a big fan, and I grew up listening to them. I love their harmonies. Tom Dooley, Worried Man, MTA, Tijuana Jail. Damn, good stuff!!

Cheap Trick Live at Buddokhan is awesome, as is Frampton Comes Alive. You kiddies might not be hip.

[bob]

Just got Bob Dylan: The Royal Albert Hall. Although I still like Rolling Thunder Revue better, this album is pretty sweet. I especially like "Visions of Johanna" and the section of talk before "Like a Rolling Stone".

"PLAY FUCKING LOUD!"

[Psychocandy]

It was really lax of me not to mention "Live Seeds" by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds when I listed my top 10 fave live albums. It's a stunning performance and was my introduction to the weird and wonderful world of Nick Cave.

[TheMovieMinor]

I have a couple. Toadies Live in Paradise, awesome. And Louis Armstrong Live somewhere, its good, doesnt sound to different from the studio version, but hey.

[Fettdog]

KISS - Alive! and Alive! II

(These two albums essentially created the market for live albums, as in the mid-70s when Alive! came out, the live album was looked upon as a mere contract filler, and of little interest to the fans - however once Alive! had sold by the truckload - and rescued KISS's carrer in the process - record companies began to look at ive albums in a whole new lilght.....)

Iron Maiden - Live After Death

(This record for me manages to capture exactly what it is about a live performance that excites the audience. The video is even better, and although nearly 20 years old now still remains on the of finest live videos I've ever seen. This was also the record BTW that inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn to play!)

Counting Crows - a whole variety of bootlegs!

(Counting Crows are a band that change their sets on a nightly basis and always infuse such emotion and conviction into their songs. It's hard to pick an absolute favourite concert - most of their shows are available as high quality bootlegs through the official site - yep, the band condones it, realising sensibly that if a fan is going to want a bootleg, then chances are they've already got all of the official stuff!)

[MickeyKnox]

Nirvana Unplugged-Is the best Live album ever made it has such emotion and sorrow to it.also one of the best albums ever made!

[JustOneFix]

Judas Priest-Live Priest
Rollins Band - Electro Convulsive Therapy
Rammstein - Live Aus Berlin

[rikimaru187]

I'm a total metal head but Ozzy & Randy Rhoads Live (Tribute Album) is amazing. I try to stick to studio albums because most live albums I ever heard sucked ass.

[NoSoUpFoRyOu]

Best live album in my opinion is *drum rolls*

Iced Earth- Alive in Athens

[Draccoca]

for me it is Metallica S&M

[NoSoUpFoRyOu]

I didnt really like Metallica S&M. James Hetfield sounds kind of icky poo live. Also alot of the music didnt blend together like it should have. Certain songs were good, but there was some you really just couldnt symphony shit in lol. Oh well, ive heard alot worse though.

[Grebdron]

Rush-All the World's a Stage

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Rush-All the World's a Stage


greb old chap

i am starting to get the impression u like rush...

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
greb old chap

i am starting to get the impression u like rush...

Nah, posers, they are!

Truly one of the best. THE best, IMO. Masters, all.

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Nah, posers, they are!

Truly one of the best. THE best, IMO. Masters, all.



yeha, part of my childhood as well... i can actually hear their influence in some modern bands....a little bit anyway :)

[Voodoodoll]

Originally posted by Fettdog


Counting Crows - a whole variety of bootlegs!

(Counting Crows are a band that change their sets on a nightly basis and always infuse such emotion and conviction into their songs. It's hard to pick an absolute favourite concert - most of their shows are available as high quality bootlegs through the official site - yep, the band condones it, realising sensibly that if a fan is going to want a bootleg, then chances are they've already got all of the official stuff!)

Totally agree with this pick: such an awesome live band :)

I love Dar Williams - Out There Live, it's such a great record the crowd are even in tune :p

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Fettdog
!)

Counting Crows - a whole variety of bootlegs!

(Counting Crows are a band that change their sets on a nightly basis and always infuse such emotion and conviction into their songs. It's hard to pick an absolute favourite concert - most of their shows are available as high quality bootlegs through the official site - yep, the band condones it, realising sensibly that if a fan is going to want a bootleg, then chances are they've already got all of the official stuff!)



also obne of the most bland, inoffensive and all out average bands ever created.


they always make me tune into somewhere else to find something a little less safe and a little more interesting

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
yeha, part of my childhood as well... i can actually hear their influence in some modern bands....a little bit anyway :)

There's a song by Queens of the Stone Age that sounds like a direct ripoff of a Rush song.

[teenkiller]

NOFX- I HEARD THEY SUCK LIVE Its even kinda funny too. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.