Best live album?

[fjadams]

I have a 1st press sealed copy of that.

In the same vein is Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Had it on vinyl and still have it in iTunes.

 

[Twocan]

 

[Diddywah]

Can hardly believe somebody else had heard of them. Was wishing they'd do one last tour of the U.S. before Marianne left to do her solo thing.

Katzenjammer are something else live; and from my part of the woods too

 

[fjadams]

Katzenjammer are something else live; and from my part of the woods too

At least we have the live shows on YouTube to listen to. Since I now live in New England and nothing is more than a couple of hundred miles away I'd see them a couple times at least if they ever do a U.S. tour.

 

[wintremute]

Tough one, but I have to go with my first cassette (yes, i am old) ever.

Iron Maiden - Live After Death

This is what I was looking for. I still have the VCR tape of the concert. "Life After Death" FTW! UP THE IRONS!

 

[jwilson67]

Queen: Queen Rock Montreal. Superior to Live Killers. Freddie's voice was in much better shape on The Game tour than Jazz and this is not cobbled together from many different shows.
Genesis: Seconds Out
The Who: Live At Leeds
The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Kansas: Two For The Show
Peter Gabriel: Plays Live
Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won

 

[ThudThudThud]

In no particular order:
Strangers in the night - UFO
Unleashed in the East - Judas Priest (Love 'em or hate 'em this one rocks)
Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell
801 Live - 801
Taste Live at the Isle of Wight - Taste
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Fandango - ZZTop (only half the songs are live)
What do you want from LIVE? - The Tubes
The best band you never heard - Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa and The Mothers at the Fillmore East - FZ and TM

 

[jwilson67]

I posted it above but this album blew my mind when it came out and really changed my opinion about Zep live. They were still very much in their prime and Plant's voice was still holding up.

 

[NortyFiner]

Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
Judas Priest - Priest Live
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
KISS - all the Alive albums, I and II especially.
Jimmy Buffett - Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Rhoads Tribute

 

[stringthrough]

Humble Pie - Rockin' The Fillmore is pretty friggin' good!

^ This ^ with the underappreciated Greg Ridley on bass, the amazing vocals of Steve Marriott (may both RIP), and if you care for his style, Peter Frampton on lead guitar.

The following, close in time to when the album was recorded, but missing Frampton (Oh well) captured their live energy.

 

[Yogi Bear]

A few...

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

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Aston Barrett laying down some serious low end and fat laid back reggae groove.

I was gonna post this if no one else had. Such great bass on this album.

 

[40Hz]

Can hardly believe somebody else had heard of them. Was wishing they'd do one last tour of the U.S. before Marianne left to do her solo thing.

Definitely. But it looks like Anna-Marit has stepped up to the plate. Her personality has definitely bloomed. Her hair is longer, she's a lot more confident and less retiring, and doing the frontman thing really well. But I will miss Marianne's lovely voice and…um…visual appeal. But the other three can still hold the fort. I wish them well. They're fun. And that's refreshing for a change.

 

[jamro217]

Oldie but a greatie. 801 Live.

I'd buy that just for the cover.

 

[ThudThudThud]

I'd buy that just for the cover.

You should buy it for the music. Amazing stuff.

 

[D M C]

Don't know why, but this one speaks to me.

 

[ianuaditis]

and many jazz albums of course, some:
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Bitches Brew is not live whatsoever. I actually would feel safe calling it the most edited and spliced record in jazz history to that point. Part of its innovation was in the use of studio and tape techniques.

 

[Slinger]

 

[Funk³]

Devin Townsend's Royal Albert Hall album. No-one comes close.

 

[SodPen]

Back To Front is a great album. It's all about those Funk Fingers, right? However, if I had to pick my favorite five live albums:

Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy
The Cramps - Rockin' and Reelin' In Auckland New Zealand
Clutch - Strange Cousins at the Prince
Anthrax - Live: The Island Years
Dave Matthews Band - Live at Piedmont Park

I'm not claiming they are technically excellent. I'm claiming they're my favorites.