Growing up in the 60's and 70's was the height of double live vinyl and the double feature at the movie theater. I'm listening to before the flood - Mr. Zimmerman and the Band. After listening to side one it flips to four, that's just not right.
This album is a great listen from beginning to end. Bill really engages the audience throughout the concert. The final song of the album, Harlem - Cold Baloney is so fun to listen to. When Bill tells the audience that.... "this is a show-nuff shakem on down." This is a thrilling moment in the show.
AMTL for Roxy & Elsewhere - I never tire of it. The video of the concert is also amazing, everybody is so in synch, and Ruth is an absolute baller on percussion.
@voodoolounge- yes, I just checked and apparently it was, though I don't think I ever even saw a vinyl of it.
I've got this promo-only 'Warner Brothers Music Show' live U2 album from 1981 that I got back when I was in the record business, but that's only a single album.
Drums are incredible, Chester Thompson kills it and when Phil Collins joins in on songs like " Los Endos" and the end of "Afterglow" it simply amazing!
I really like live albums and have plenty of double live albums. For me, the criteria for a great live album is when it is better than the original studio tracks. Two such double live albums have already been mentioned:
The Tubes - "What do You Want From Live"
Willie Nelson and Family - "Willie and Family Live"
I also love Little Feat, Frampton, Live at Leeds (neither the original (1xLP), or complete concert (3xLP) are double LPS), Rush, Rare Earth, etc., but the two I mentioned above get the most playing time on my TT.
Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East--This version of Stormy Monday has the best live back-to-back (organ in the middle) guitar solos ever recorded. Kinda hard to play as well...unless you are Duane and Dickie, that is...
Nothing wrong with most any of the others listed here as well...pretty good cross-section of musical styles, tastes, and genres.
Waiting for Columbus has always been my "stuck on an island" album. I like ABB at Fillmore East better, but I will always laugh when the bar begins to sing along. Or "checking your oil". Will remind of the days when I could check someone’s oil, all right. Or, I am still Willin.
Can’t believe nobody has mentioned George Benson’s Weekend in LA. True 1-4, 2-3 records and well recorded. Yessongs was a triple so cant be 1-4/2-3 obviously. Frampton is fantastic-saw him live a couple years ago in the first row center and got the album cover signed now hanging framed in my office.
Nobody's mentioned it and it's not the "Greatest" of all time by any means. But the Rare Earth's Live Album was played to death on my player in the early 70's. (It's the one that looked like saddle bags)
There were definitely many great ones in the 70’s. I have to throw down four favorites that I wore out more then one copy of each of album. And yes there probably was some leafy stuff in the folds.
1) Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same.
2) Yes - YesSongs.
3) Genesis - Seconds Out.
4) Deep Purple - Made in Japan.
Also wore out a few cassettes cruising around in the Chevy van. 🚐 Listening to the big glowing under dash Pioneer receiver with the power booster blasting all four Jensen Triaxial speakers.
Somebody get me a Kleenex…
For me - first it was Frampton Comes alive and CSNY 4- way street . it was 15 to 20 years later when I realized how poor a recording of 4-way street was.
Then it was one side of AB Live at Fillmore I was stuck on ....
But the clincher was: Little Feat “Waiting for Columbus” which has always held its own and until this day - as my fav. double live. at one point my college roommate played it so often that we had to buy another copy....
Somehow I ended up with a CD in my collection titled Fox Theater, Atlanta GA , 11-23-1988 Source: master 1/4" reel SBD recording from LF archives transferred to DAT sounds pretty darn good - but prefer my vinyl
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