Greatest (Favorite) Live Album

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Official live albums seemed, to me at least, to be much more popular in the 70’s and 80’s. I was wondering what official live album is ranked number one in your eyes. There are many worthy contenders out there and I will admit to changing mine over the years. The one that I’m going to nominate to start the thread is Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings Over America. Triple album full of great music.

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I'll give it more of a think, but what immediately popped into my head:
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Flex wrote:
20 Mar 2023, 7:38pm
I'll give it more of a think, but what immediately popped into my head:
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This is a great one. The Who - Live at Leeds is a tough one to beat.

Motörhead, ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’

Social Distortion- Live at the Roxy is pretty cool.

MC5, ‘Kick Out the Jams

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Lizzy is a good one and Leonard Cohen live in London does it for me, but if I had to choose one, I think i might plump for The Last Waltz, just packed with greatness and superlative performances from Dylan, Van Morrison and others.

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A few that come to mind …
Public Image Ltd, Paris au Printemps (tho I prefer several boots from the same tour)
Swans, Swans Are Dead
The Velvet Underground, Live at End of Cole Ave (that's not a boot, is it?)
Bauhaus, Press Eject …
Sex Pistols, Winterland (I don't think this has been officially released yet, but whatever)
Gang of Four, At the Palace … just kidding
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Wow, this is a good question.
The Who Live At Leeds is pretty damn powerful.
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road is pretty damn good too. Frampton Comes Alive has some stellar moments but isn't quite there for a double album in my view. For me, its got to be the Allman Brothers At Fillmore East, with Live At Leeds a close second. The Allmans at FIllmore is for me timeless. Just listened to it a couple of weekends ago while doing household chores and it was fabulous, made the chores a pleasureable experience, not an easy thing to do.
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AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It

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weller259 wrote:
20 Mar 2023, 9:24pm
Wow, this is a good question.
The Who Live At Leeds is pretty damn powerful.
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road is pretty damn good too. Frampton Comes Alive has some stellar moments but isn't quite there for a double album in my view. For me, its got to be the Allman Brothers At Fillmore East, with Live At Leeds a close second. The Allmans at FIllmore is for me timeless. Just listened to it a couple of weekends ago while doing household chores and it was fabulous, made the chores a pleasureable experience, not an easy thing to do.
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road is one of my all time favorites. I played the sh!t out of that baby.
Any music that makes the household chores pleasurable is worth there weight in gold!!!

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Hello,

The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out.

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revbob wrote:
20 Mar 2023, 7:58pm
Flex wrote:
20 Mar 2023, 7:38pm
I'll give it more of a think, but what immediately popped into my head:
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This is a great one. The Who - Live at Leeds is a tough one to beat.

Motörhead, ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’

Social Distortion- Live at the Roxy is pretty cool.

MC5, ‘Kick Out the Jams
I've probably mentioned I was at the Newcastle City Hall in 1981 for the recording of No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith. :mrgreen:

My favourites are probably Stop Making Sense, Hanx! and If You Want Blood. Might throw KISS Alive II in there as well.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 1:43am
Might throw KISS Alive II in there as well.
Given how much studio augmentation went on with both Alive records, maybe that shouldn't count.
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Heston wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 1:43am
revbob wrote:
20 Mar 2023, 7:58pm
Flex wrote:
20 Mar 2023, 7:38pm
I'll give it more of a think, but what immediately popped into my head:
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This is a great one. The Who - Live at Leeds is a tough one to beat.

Motörhead, ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’

Social Distortion- Live at the Roxy is pretty cool.

MC5, ‘Kick Out the Jams
I've probably mentioned I was at the Newcastle City Hall in 1981 for the recording of No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith. :mrgreen:

My favourites are probably Stop Making Sense, Hanx! and If You Want Blood. Might throw KISS Alive II in there as well.
Yes, I played the hell out of the cassette when I bought it.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 6:20am
Heston wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 1:43am
Might throw KISS Alive II in there as well.
Given how much studio augmentation went on with both Alive records, maybe that shouldn't count.
It happens all the time. Judas Priest's live release was nicknamed Unleashed In the Studio. Live and Dangerous wasn't live, or very dangerous, come to think of it.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 7:42am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 6:20am
Heston wrote:
21 Mar 2023, 1:43am
Might throw KISS Alive II in there as well.
Given how much studio augmentation went on with both Alive records, maybe that shouldn't count.
It happens all the time. Judas Priest's live release was nicknamed Unleashed In the Studio. Live and Dangerous wasn't live, or very dangerous, come to think of it.
Oh yeah, I know that. Those two KISS Alive records, as I understand it, are egregiously "improved."

In some respects, that's one of the best things about a bootleg—you know that you're getting an actual live source.
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