Favorite Tribute Albums?

The "Stay Awake" Wharfy mentions is quite good.

Here’s a YT link to the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ObPekx0h0M&list=OLAK5uy_lwTX-NAivlTR5ZRgM-xEa7zr7zWAbUSGU

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Don’t believe anyone has mentioned the Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert recording. 

 

I liked this one especially:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_dHVf4KH1I

I have to say, though, that as a rule I find the Tribute genre pretty uninspiring. How often does a cover truly equal an original performance, let alone surpass it?  Not that often, to my ears. Emmy Lou Harris is pretty consistently satisfying in this regard but I can’t think of anyone else, off-hand. 

Sweet Home Alabama - The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd

Gretchen Peters - The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury

Here's a favorite of mine in each category

Petty Country - A country music celebration of Tom Petty

Ryan Adam's cover of Taylor Swift's 1989 album

If you are a Stephen Sondheim fan, like I am, there are a number of terrific tribute albums-

The "Sondheim: A Musical Tribute" 1973 concert featured a star-studded cast, including Angela Lansbury, Larry Blyden, Alexis Smith, Chita Rivera, Jack Cassidy, and Donna McKechnie, among others. The concert was a benefit for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and the National Hemophilia Foundation. It was later released on record, showcasing highlights of the event. Members of the original companies--including Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, Dorothy Collins, Alexis Smith, and Donna McKechnie, just to name a few--as well as Sondheim himself singing "Anyone Can Whistle" from the piano (From Amazon).

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends is a tribute revue honoring musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim devised and produced by Cameron Mackintosh. Originally designed as a one-night performance, the revue premiered at the Sondheim Theatre in London on 3 May 2022. The line-up included Michael Ball, Petula Clark, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Bonnie Langford, Damian Lewis, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters, Clive Rowe and Imelda Staunton (Wikipedia).