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08-08-2009, 01:30 AM
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ok so lately i've been getting into jam bands (grateful dead, allman bros) and live albums with extended versions of various songs. starting with the kids are alright soundtrack (which i had to buy after seeing the dvd), i've got some dead, cream, jimi hendrix, grand funk railroad (which is fantastic), i'm going to get the live at leeds eventually ($36!!  ), but i'm looking for some other suggestions. i was in f.y.e. the other day and they had a 9.99 special on albums and noticed that they had a couple of live yes albums. now i like yes, but i'm wondering it's worth getting a live album of theirs. i mean most of their stuff is long winded as it is.. so i can't imagine it's really going to be any different. anyone know?
also suggestions/comments?
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08-08-2009, 01:54 AM
| | | | I highly recommend YES' "Keys To Ascension" on DVD and CD. |
08-08-2009, 01:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Here we are... | | | Do you know the names of the albums? I can narrow down my answer if you do.
In general,commercially produced live YES is much like studio YES with the exception of Steve Howe getting to stretch a bit.I say commercially produced because there are things out there on bootlegs that you cant find commercially.The exception is the YES boxset which has some things that are different due to who is playing keyboards at the time.
Respond with titles and I can show you a way to listen to them before you buy most likely.
The Keys series probably have the best sound quality,along with YES Symphonic.Yessongs is pretty bad sound quality wise,but the band,Howe in particular,is on fire.
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08-08-2009, 01:59 AM
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bill evans @ the village vanguard
maybe not 'jam band' music, but it sure jams. scott lefaro's bass playing on the evans disc is mind blowing. |
08-08-2009, 09:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ky | | While Yes isnt what I would call a jam band- they certainly are an excellent live band... any live cd would be great. I have the Montreaux 35 anniversary DVD and it is excellent.
As for jam bands- I would look around for some live Gov't Mule and Derek Trucks band... the DTB and Mule DVDs are outstanding- especially Mule's A tale of two cities!
Great thing about Mule is they sell all of their shows for download:
I saw them a couple of years ago in Covington (Andy Hess rules!) and then downloaded the show  www.mule.net |
08-08-2009, 09:45 AM
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08-08-2009, 10:33 AM
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Grand Funk Railroad live
Zappa - Beat the Boots series stuff |
08-08-2009, 10:36 AM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | The moe. Warts And All series kicks major ass. Specifically Vol 1, 5, 4, and 2. (in that order) Some of their "Instant Live" stuff is really good too, Like the one from Cain's Ballroom on 10/10/03.
I got a Live Phish New Years Eve 95 set that is pretty good as well. Great Jams.
The With A little Help From Our Friends Gov't Mule set kicks major ass. Great Allen Woody playing throughout.
But my two favorite live albums still have to be Grand Funk Railroad's Caught In The Act, and Ten Years After Live at the Fillmore. Repeated listenings, and listening at high volume are a must. Some other kick ass good rock n roll live albums are Mountain's Twin Peaks and The Road Goes On Forever, the James Gang's Live in Concert from 1971, ISIS's Live 2, Fu Manchu's Go For It! Live, Clutch's Full Fathom Five and Live at the Googolplex, Zappa and The Mothers' Roxy and Elsewhere, and Corrosion of Conformity's Live Volume.
And of course The Allman Brothers Band's Live at the Fillmore is one of the best live albums ever. Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade Live set Vol 1&2 are really good IMO. Set 2 is a cover of the entire Animals album. Great stuff. I also really like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' Live From the Middle East. Ska punk/metal at it's finest. Queens of the Stone Age's Over The Years and Through The Woods is a great one as well. |
08-09-2009, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues Do you know the names of the albums? I can narrow down my answer if you do.
In general,commercially produced live YES is much like studio YES with the exception of Steve Howe getting to stretch a bit.I say commercially produced because there are things out there on bootlegs that you cant find commercially.The exception is the YES boxset which has some things that are different due to who is playing keyboards at the time.
Respond with titles and I can show you a way to listen to them before you buy most likely.
The Keys series probably have the best sound quality,along with YES Symphonic.Yessongs is pretty bad sound quality wise,but the band,Howe in particular,is on fire. | one of them was definetly yes symphonic.. the other was live at montreaux (not a dvd though). Quote:
Originally Posted by Hamrhed As for jam bands- I would look around for some live Gov't Mule and Derek Trucks band... the DTB and Mule DVDs are outstanding- especially Mule's A tale of two cities!
Great thing about Mule is they sell all of their shows for download:
I saw them a couple of years ago in Covington (Andy Hess rules!) and then downloaded the show www.mule.net | i'd completely forgotten about gov't mule! i remember hearing their stuff like 8 years ago and liking it.. i'll have to pick some up. Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Vader Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin, not a jam band, but crikey they do on this one. | haha, i watched the movie once... fell asleep during the long part of (i think) whole lotta love.. you know where jimmy bores the crowd to death with his violin bow.
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08-09-2009, 11:25 PM
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Ozzy "Speak Of The Devil" (this is the sole reason why Rudy Sarzo was ever popular...anyone who can take Geezer's basslines, change them, and NOT piss everyone off deserves points)
Deep Purple "Made In Japan"
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08-09-2009, 11:32 PM
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Warren Zevon "Stand in the Fire"
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08-09-2009, 11:44 PM
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Probably not what you had in mind, but extremely awesome nonetheless. |
08-09-2009, 11:58 PM
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08-10-2009, 07:03 AM
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08-10-2009, 07:08 AM
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08-10-2009, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues Yessongs is pretty bad sound quality wise,but the band,Howe in particular,is on fire. | +1
Yessongs is, IMHO, the best Yes ever. The guitar solo at the end of Siberian Khatru is one of the hottest Howe solos on vinyl (or CD). That's an example of why he was always top-rated back in the day. And to me (OK, admittedly a die-hard Yes fanatic for 30+years), SK remains the best "open a concert" tune ever (of course, the build-up from Firebird Suite helps set the mood).
YMMV naturally.
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08-10-2009, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Gress ...Grand Funk Railroad's Caught In The Act... | +1 Perhaps the best live album ever, better than their first one. One helluva show.
Also...
Kiss Alive! and Alive! II
UFO Strangers In The Night. |
08-10-2009, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by rob4001va +1
Yessongs is, IMHO, the best Yes ever. The guitar solo at the end of Siberian Khatru is one of the hottest Howe solos on vinyl (or CD). That's an example of why he was always top-rated back in the day. And to me (OK, admittedly a die-hard Yes fanatic for 30+years), SK remains the best "open a concert" tune ever (of course, the build-up from Firebird Suite helps set the mood).
YMMV naturally. | I love that guitar solo, but for me "Yessongs" was all downhill after the "Firebird" excerpt. (Sorry!)
My own suggestions for live rock albums with plenty of jamming:
"At Fillmore East" ~ Allman Brothers (BTW, don't get the compilation titled "The Fillmore Concerts" -- two of the tracks are edited together from different performances... not good)
"Live Dead" ~ Grateful Dead (the version of "Dark Star" is a masterpiece)
"Band of Gypsys" ~ Jimi Hendrix (Hendrix's funk period... "Machine Gun" contains what is often called the greatest electric guitar solo in history)
"Live" ~ Johnny Winter And
"Full House" ~ J. Geils Band
"In Concert" ~ Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton with superb band)
Venturing into blues, "Live at the Regal" by B.B. King is amazing
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08-10-2009, 09:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Framingham, Massachusetts | | thanks for all the suggestions you guys! i think i'm going to start with more of what i know and get some allman brothers, gfr, and gov mule. i'd get all of them, but i'm not made out of money (  )
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08-11-2009, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by dougjwray "Live" ~ Johnny Winter And | +1
heard it when I was a teenager, loved it ever since.
Amazing versions of standards like Johnny B. Goode and Jumpin Jack Flash. Oh, and Rick Derringer didn't suck either.
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