Is there anything better than live recordings?


Other than attending the concerts themselves?

I say NO.

 

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jjbeason14

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Been to, oh, a thousand or so concerts in last 50yrs (from Hip Hop to the Bolshoi), I have about 500 CDs and about 4000 songs saved on Qobuz. I have never, ever, heard a live recording of a track sound as good as the studio. Only very rarely does the live show sound as good - never better - than the studio recording. As a rule I avoid listening to live recordings because of this. A live show is the mutual gift between the performer/writer and the audience and studio recordings only have acoustic energy. So you get that connection and real human energy from a show. But sounds better? Never.