The Best Live Recordings on Youtube
Hi folks, I’m in the middle of moving and needed something to do to explore music while my system is in storage (might be up to a year). Started streaming live recordings on youtube on my laptop and decided it would be worth it to make a list/channel.
In case anyone likes watching such content, the link is below. I only add quality recordings (both visually and sonically) of quality performances. No real genre restrictions, so maybe you can find something you like...
Please post or send any suggestions for growing the resource. Hopefully it helps spread high quality music to more people...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTpjNA4kJHQNaoKPrv0XvTQ
In case anyone likes watching such content, the link is below. I only add quality recordings (both visually and sonically) of quality performances. No real genre restrictions, so maybe you can find something you like...
Please post or send any suggestions for growing the resource. Hopefully it helps spread high quality music to more people...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTpjNA4kJHQNaoKPrv0XvTQ
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@frogman Playlist updated with your wonderful jazz selections. I'm still finishing the final Michael Brecker show. They're all just great. Thanks so much. @dweller Looking forward to processing yours next! Please keep them coming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtQPqEWF2cIU787UucIe2jkQ5wi7kk2SS |
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Tour (w/Paula Cole) is great. If you don't mind documentary full of live performance, the recent Eva Cassidy doc is excellent and includes a few comments from #1 fan Mick Fleetwood. Similarly, that's a good ~90min doc of Joni Mitchell that's insightful and full of great performances. Cheers, Spencer |
This is/was a series (Europe?) "Trans Atlantic Sessions". Sarah Jarosz with Alison Krauss - Run Away (Transatlantic Sessions) - YouTube |
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my recent favorite, watch it about every other week. a cure for what ails you. from heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ZL5AxmK_A a close second.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltCULQ-e6tc |
Wonderful suggestions people. I updated the youtube list, provided credit in the channel's discussion section (along with links to your system if you have one), and added two featured channel sections. The first has links to every artist's youtube channel. The second provides links to channels that regulalry publish high quality content from such artists. Hopefully the channel becomes a useful resource for people over time. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTpjNA4kJHQNaoKPrv0XvTQ |
@noromance If you're a tiny desk regular, you'll probably also like kexp if you haven't already found them: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3I2GFN_F8WudD_2jUZbojA |
Thanks to some of the jazz suggestions, youtube directed my channel to the Hiromi Uehara Trio Project. Holy s**t. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJExqsrZzeA |
Hiromi Uehara is a phenom! Holy s**t indeed. If you liked that, you may like this as well. Less bravura and (arguably) more depth: https://youtu.be/w-XZu8DBLSs |
It does not get better than this . https://youtu.be/sDyDHvZKl8g?t=9 https://youtu.be/5tpFzmkGBJ4?t=1 https://youtu.be/hp53Jh6qO6Q?t=2 |
I think Denzel Curry’s version of ‘Bulls on Parade’ just about tops the RATM original https://youtu.be/ZY4ywyFXdik |
‘St James Infirmary Blues’ by Rhiannon Giddens & Yo Yo Ma ensemble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8EMo-_6ynI |
List updated. Thanks! And not that it matters to anyone here, but I found a better url to link: https://youtube.com/user/cal3713 |
The one and only Righteous Brothers https://youtu.be/Hziqpg7HeBY And Bobby solo https://youtu.be/lor0BkFNRNo |
For all Softs fans, Matching Mole = Machine Moule = Soft Machine, featuring Robert Wyatt as you‘ve never seen (or heard) him before - and make sure no children are watching. https://youtu.be/tyPNZiFJyS0 |
Morphine had a tragic early end to their promising career https://youtu.be/1sheJcFCL6I https://youtu.be/y4QWKDuLOkQ https://youtu.be/f1BEjGet8M8 https://youtu.be/YcgfpKFhQm0 https://youtu.be/h6naQ195c_k |
Anton is a genius, and if you have to pick one BJM concert, this i probably it https://youtu.be/nsQ9y_h496k |
Mikelaviqme ; With your excellent taste , I believe you might like this .. https://youtu.be/XfDreatXYeU?t=3 |
Here are some of my favorites: Santana, Soul Sacrifice, live at Tanglewood. The band and the audience are really feeling it. Grand Funk, Inside Looking Out, live 1969. Super tight, three very solid players. Skip James, Crow Jane, live somewhere outside. Hell, anything by Skip James. Haunting/haunted voice. Crazy good guitar player. Joni Mitchell, Coyote, Live at Gordon Lightfoot's house. With some other folks you might recognize. Led Zeppelin, Live in Denmark, 1969. So young and raw. I'd give anything to transport back in time to that show. Bon Scott AC/DC. Pick you live video. |
Screamin‘ Jay - what can you say https://youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc https://youtu.be/orNpH6iyokI Sly & the Family Stone https://youtu.be/nczKHDCyhNo And the one and only James Brown https://youtu.be/BMELadyJK-8 |
Man, y'all are giving me a lot of work to do! Had to send my laptop in for repair yesterday, so giving credit and getting artists into the channel list is a bit of a slog on the phone. Love the suggestions though. Having this many people contribute really helps keep the playlist variability up. Thanks so much. And I'll note that I've only posted one of the 80ish performances in the list to this thread, so there's a lot to browse that's not here for interested parties. |
Miles Davis https://youtu.be/eE_D6Kve1SM And the sadly under appreciated Johnny Guiitar Watson https://youtu.be/evCRjtA9iOs my apostrophe key has gone AWOL |
My favourite blues artist of all time https://youtu.be/V1xvx0UHa0A https://youtu.be/pFqK6PBq-hA https://youtu.be/VRL2fFlKXVg https://youtu.be/oGk72L652K4 And BB with the guy he learned most of it from https://youtu.be/8deLBVP9L6M |
The late great Luther Allison. Under appreciated in his native country, but adored in France, where he resided, and Europe, where he toured extensively. This is is last recorded concert, performed in Madrid. Stellar. https://youtu.be/f-sWJZ0hrjI |
In the end it‘s all about discovering great music. I would much rather listen to that youtube clip of in a gadda da vda on my ipad than my vinyl copy of the original on any megabubuck audio system Agreed. So many people in this hobby lose sight of the most important part. It all should be in service of the music. If you can't enjoy these performances, you're lost. Hopefully a few people have the ability to pipe them into the big system. They may not be master pressings, but a lot of these are spectacularly recorded. Thanks again for all the recommendations. They're just great. Still adding to the list as I listen to them... Keep them coming. https://youtube.com/user/cal3713 |
Grandparents that still kick ass https://youtu.be/foepOwQlXpI You can never get enough BJM, this is is one of the very best https://youtu.be/UWLcuCy5xqM |