In the good old days an artist's live recordings almost never sounded as good as his or her studio records. Brand X Livestock was a big exception. Some live instrumental rock recordings have succeeded in ratcheting up the ante a few notches. Massacre/Meltdown, Jonas Hellborg/Personae, Zony Mash/Live in Seattle and Harriet Tubman/Prototype come to mind.
In recent years, there's been an explosion of stunningly realistic live jazz recordings in the racks... a few highly deluxe examples:
Bluiett Baritone Nation/Libation...
Yannick Rieu/Sweet Geom
Lounge Lizards/Live in Berlin (Vol.1&2)
Charlie Haden/Montreal Tapes (all are excellent)
Mark Helias/Fictionary
Tony Oxley/Floating Phantoms
Rich Halley/Live at Beanbenders
Ellery Eskelin/One Great Day
Archie Shepp-Roswell Rudd/Live at the Village Vanguard
In recent years, there's been an explosion of stunningly realistic live jazz recordings in the racks... a few highly deluxe examples:
Bluiett Baritone Nation/Libation...
Yannick Rieu/Sweet Geom
Lounge Lizards/Live in Berlin (Vol.1&2)
Charlie Haden/Montreal Tapes (all are excellent)
Mark Helias/Fictionary
Tony Oxley/Floating Phantoms
Rich Halley/Live at Beanbenders
Ellery Eskelin/One Great Day
Archie Shepp-Roswell Rudd/Live at the Village Vanguard