Top 10 Live Albums


What are your top 10 live albums?

Mine in no particular order are:

1.  Live at the Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers

2. Band of Gypsies - Jimi Hendrix 

3.  Live at Leeds - The Who

4.  Welcome Back my Friends to the Show that Never Ends - Emerson, Lake and Palmer 

5.  Skull and Roses - the Grateful Dead 

6. Live Rust - Neil Young

7. Listener Supported - Dave Matthews Band

8. Live in Japan - Deep Purple

9.  Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live - Jeff Beck

10.  The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin 

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Showing 3 responses by moto_man

So many excellent choices, that I will try to add something new.  

For rock, LITTLE FEAT - Waiting For Columbus.  This is a truly excellent recording and very nicely recorded.  Its one of my go-to test albums 

Here's  one not mentioned:  JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND SHAKTI - their first album.  It is a tour de force of musicianship, coupled with outrageously good recording technique.  This is a masterpiece. eerie and enlighlening interactions with Zakir Hussain (RIP), L Shankar on violin and McLaughlin with his customized acoustic 

PATRICIA BARBER - COMPANION:  This is one of the regular test albums.  A wonderfully recorded live gig, with great frequency range, soundstage, and on good equipment, the ability to put you right there in the club.

Last one - HOT TUNA - Live At The New Orleans House, Berkeley - fine recording in a club atmosphere, 

@stuartk , I have seen the YouTube videos of Shakti performing, and they are excellent. However, I have seen shakti both at Berkeley performance center in Boston and at the Orpheum in Boston for their first and second tours. Truly mind blowing experience that I will never forget!

@stuartk , send me a message you would like high quality boots of those two shake concerts.  The Berkeley Performance Center one is a soundboard, I believe!