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Best live album?

#141
If you don't know, you should. Otherworldly guitar playing (among other things).

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#146
Soooo much 70s in here, that it smells club for mutual admiration. Mostly "jamming" type bands, and soloing band members. Granted, Peter Gabriel wasn't up for much of that, but anyway, I can't see his live albums compares anything to see his formidable live shows IRL. Listening to hist albums afterwards are just one third of the experience. Being there, feeling the vibe, and his (then) often dramatic and theatralic stage antics (and props) are totally lost in audio only. Even DVD's.

I wont compare jazz albums anywhere near or towards any rock album, but Pat Metheny Groups Travels I like a lot. Same with Zappa "Roxy and Elsewhere" as was already said. Those were the days were you actually could present a bunch of completely new songs and premier them live to any audience, and record them anyway, on the spot. Today this is unheard of. Audience may want just ONE completely new song (and a very short and simple one at that) they never heard, and the rest the very old hits, repeated ad nauseam.

I did, do, and does have a very hard time with Led Zeppelins "Dazed and Confused" live, where Pagey whines with his violin bow on electric guitar for 45 minutes, getting absolutely nowhere forward, back, or .. whatever. Wears on me big time. The studio versions squeaks, screech of 15-30 seconds are more than enough for me....;)
 
#149
I'd just wish that someday someone would put down the foot and release proper version and - in concert set list sequence - Lou Reeds "Rock'n'roll Animal" and "Live" together as one CD set re-mixed, re-mastered properly. Those two albums are culled from the same gig, and would fit in a double CD. Even on one, if you cram it. Not that Lou was in any different form than usual but the backing band certainly was with stellar players, and all star lineup. That would be best live album for me. Even if you do a iTunes or Spotify list of the two albums and do a search on the actual set list, it sounds too different due to too different mixing engineers and mastering between the two. Beats me why they split those ones up.
 
#153
RichardW said:
Always loved this album, too, but recall at the time it was panned by critics and there were rumors that the band added a lot of post-production studio work.
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If so, It still doesn't diminish their performance for me. If they fixed some parts that didn't sound as good, or overdubbed vocals, I'm fine with it. The version of Celluloid Heroes still gives me goosebumps after all these years. I can't say that about too many other songs I've listened to as much.
 
#156
pbass2 said:
I don't really care much for live albums these days, but I'd have to still list the stuff I




grew up on: Yessongs, Song Remains the Same, USA (King Crimson) Made in Japan(DP), Frampton Comes Alive, Live at Leeds, Rockin' the Fillmore(Humble Pie), ----damn, the list goes on....they really DON'T make 'em like they used to. . . . .

EDIT: and how could I forget, Cheap Trick live at Budokan!
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TN WOODMAN said:
Awesome selections here . Looks like someone went through my collection . I have about 90% of these titles . Taste validation confirmed .
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