Allman Bros. Live at the Filmore East. Get the "recordings" box set just released. Unbelievable.
Best live albums from 1970's college days
Okay..... for you all old farts like me who enjoyed college life in the mid 1970's ..... what are your five favorite multi-LP live album purchases from those good old days ? Mine, in no particular order are : CSNY "Four Way Street," Yes "Yessongs," Grateful Dead "Europe '72," Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive," and the Allman Brothers Band "Live at Filmore East." How about it guys and gals ..... shake up your memories and make a list !
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The OP specified "multi-LP" live albums, yet most suggested here are single-LP albums. 1975's Frampton Comes Alive made multi-LP live albums more commonplace, very few previously having been recorded and released. Of those that were, my faves are The Band: Rock Of Ages, Dylan/The Band: Before The Flood, and Derek & The Dominos: In Concert. By the way, Rock Of Ages is an abbreviated release of the recordings The Band made at The Academy Of Music on December 30th and 31st of 1971.. An expanded release containing both complete shows was years later made available as a 4-CD/1-DVD boxset entitled Live At The Academy Of Music 1971. I had seen and heard The Band the previous year at The Berkeley Community Theater, a night of music unlike any other in my life. |
Are you ready to rock? This is the best live album of the 70’s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Enchanted_Evening_(Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_album) Enjoy! |
I grew up on soul and funk, and Earth Wind and Fire's 1975 iconic live album was a staple. It was, and is, terrific. A lesser known group, though, and album that I remain very fond of is the 1973 War Live, recorded over four nights at Chicago's High Chaparral club. Slipping' Into Darkness, The Cisco Kid, All Day Music... Howard Scott/guitar, Harold Brown/drums, BB Dickerson/bass, Charles Miller/reeds, Lonnie Jordan/Hammond organ, Lee Oskar/harmonica, etc. Outstanding, classic funk. |
In no particular order... G. Dead: "Skull and Roses" G. Dead: "Europe 72" The live sides of the Allman's "Eat A Peach" Derek and the Dominos: "In Concert" Santana: "Lotus" Brian Auger: "Live Oblivion Volumes I, II" Joni Mitchell: "Miles of Aisles" Laura Nyro: "Seasons of Lights" (originally not a double but later released with enough extra tracks to have been a double). |
Single discs? Elvin Bishop "Raisin' Hell" Half of Marshall Tucker's double "Where We All Belong" "Viva Terlingua" by Jerry Jeff Walker "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down" by Hot Tuna "Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" by J. Airplane "Live" by Jean Luc Ponty "Robin Trower Live" Mike Bloomfield: "Live at Fillmore West" also parts of N. Gavenite's "My Labors" ... ...and no-one mentioned "Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper" or "The Gregg Allman Tour"-- both doubles! |
Quick note on 1970 Can concert at Rockpalast: You can quickly realize that it was the best band ever recorded on this planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhdNviS0Vs |