Best Live Recording on LP
So anybody have an opinion on the 180 gram reissue of Sinatra/Basie at the Sands compared to the Reprise original? Considering the master was recorded at 3 3/4 ips (which hardly qualifies as hi-fidelity), I'd venture a guess that the original LP is as good as it gets. Although finding one that is in listenable condition may prove challenging. After 50 years, the original tapes, by nature of being magnetized, would have a fair amount of bleed through on them. If you already have a decent copy of this, I'd say save your money. |
MOUNTAIN TWIN PEAKS - Live at Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka Japan, 30th August 1973 COLOSSEUM LIVE March 1971 YES YESSONGS Live Tour 1972 BLUE ÖYSTER CULT - On Your Feet or on Your Knees 1974 UFO - Strangers in the Night 1979 ELP - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends 1974 URIAH HEEP Live January 1973 DEEP PURPLE Made in Japan 1972 THE OUTLAWS Bring It Back Alive 1978 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Live at Fillmore East 1971 BECK, BOGERT & APPICE Live in Japan 1973 All double albums, of course. The very best from The Golden Age of Rock. The originals are the best... However, UFO´s double live reissue has 2 extra track that were originally recorded but never get to the original release, now this reissue has the right performance order as well. I will buy it soon... |
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks: Where’s The Money? Fun, quirky music, good recorded sound. The following year’s studio album Striking It Rich is great too, with real good sound, "audiophile" almost. The Band: Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 (4 CD version for those who really like The Band), or Rock Of Ages (2 LP/CD version for those who don't). The best self-contained ensemble in the history of Rock 'n' Roll, as this album provides evidence of. Bob Dylan & The Band: Before The Flood. Dylan is very engaged in this live recording, perhaps fueled by The Band, who are just smokin'! |
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The Crusaders "Scratch" As quoted from "ALLMUSIC.com" Recorded live at the Roxy, Scratch was one of the Crusaders' best recordings, an extravaganza of jazz and funk with great soloing from the group on top of a set of excellent grooves. From the loose-limbed funk of "Scratch" to a restless, understated version of their live standard "Eleanor Rigby" (which they'd been performing live for over six years), the Crusaders displayed a command of R&B forms in a jazz context." |
Actually I was alluding to the Warner Bros. release which is just as good as the Mofi version. I have both and there is little, if any, difference. Some times Mofi gets it right. See "Crime of the Century". While others, most notably "Aja" and "Sticky Fingers", make for better frisbees than listening. |
The first time I heard the Bill Evans "Send in the Clowns" was two years ago at the Audiofest during the after hours session in our room (drop on by on Saturday night if you're at the 'Fest this year). Our good buddy Dre_j brought it, this was one of my peak musical experiences - whether live or recorded. The spell had to be broken of course, and at the very end, in came a rowdy bunch led by our good buddy, Jim Hagerman. The hotel bar apparently couldn't contain them anymore. Get the MFSL issue of Waiting for Columbus only if you can't find the standard one. The MFSL isn't too bad but the original is better. For sheer musicianship and raw energy, try "Bless It's Pointed Head" by the Airplane - a live Fillmore East recording (from 1968, I believe). The sonics are only ok, but the musicianship captures the Airplane at their peak. Grace does an incredible blues number called "Bear Melt" which Jorma, Jack, and Spencer stretch out into an incredible jam. It's a little known fact that when the Airplane were looking for a singer to replace Signe Anderson, the short list came down to Grace and Janice. I think they made the right choice, as Grace's and Marty's voices blended the way sibling's voices do. Janice was "right" for Big Brother. The year after this album was recorded, I had the privilege of seeing the Airplane at the Fillmore East (Thanksgiving weekend in 1969). Grace and Marty sang a haunting duet of Wooden Ships that still sends chills up my spine when I think about it. A CD was released from that concert weekend. Unfortunately, it too is very rough, but again has some great moments on it - including "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon" from "Baxter's". Cheers, Thom @ Galibier |
The BBC recorded the Pink Floyd back in the early 70s, with a 2-mike Decca stereo tree. The recording is a spectacular documentation of a band playing- a band that happens to be Pink Floyd at (IMO) the peak of their creative career. Finding the original BBC LPs is challenging, to say the least. It was reissued as a bootleg, under the name 'Screaming Pink Abdabs', The BBC Sessions. The album is live as there is no over-dubbing or effects added later, but there is not a live audience. IMO easily the best sounding Pink Floyd out there, if realism has anything to do with it... |
david gilmour live in gdansk has to be up there as one of the best live lps Oilmanmojo, You can listen to how they mixed that concert for DVD (which is awesome too) here with Andrew Jackson's interview at David Gilmour's Studio.(Andrew Jackson was the sound engineer.) It is an interesting story - just click on Watch the "video feature" with legendary Pink Floyd recording engineer Andy Jackson. Like most engineers he is not all that keen on the center channel...a nod to two channel. |
Richard, Ive heard other posters say the same thing about the mofi allison krause. My experience though is like Tzh21y, on my system the sound is rich and detailed and one of the best live recordings Ive heard. Something odd about the variety of experiences with this lp. BTW Ive spent most of my life perfoming and listening to live music so I have a fair idea of how it should sound. |
No offense Tzh21y, but the Allison Krauss Live LP on MoFI is so painfully digital, thin and brittle sounding that a great bunch of tunes are left utterly stripped of life leaving behind a mere skeleton...too bad because I've had the pleasure of seeing Union Station live several times, and this "LP" doesn't do her and her group any kind of justice. For a delightful analog experience, try Duke Ellington, "Jazz at the Plaza" Volume 2, Columbia from 1973. This is a series of private performances for Columbia executives from 1958 that never saw the light of day until the early 1970's. Volume 1 features Miles Davis - both are easy to find, but the killer sound is on Volume 2. -Richard |
