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 

bassbuyer

@relayer101 , Thanks for mentioning the Graham Nash live CD. I didn't know about that one and I've already ordered myself a copy of it.;

My problem is, since I listen to 3 main genres (prog, jazz and classical, and subgenres within each), I have more than 10 favorite live albums in my top 10.

Here my favorite prog live recordings:

Yes - Yessongs

Genesis - Seconds Out

Univers Zero - Relaps 2009

Jethro Tull - Bursting Out

Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool

Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall

King Crimson - The Great Deceiver: Live 1973-1974

Magma - Live/Hhaï (Köhntark)

Änglagård - Prog På Svenska - Live In Japan 2014

 

Jazz:

John Coltrane - Live in Seattle

Return to Forever - The Mothership Returns 2012

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity

Oregon - In Performance

Pharaoh Sanders - Live!

Arti e Mestieri - Live 1974/2000

Steve Coleman and the 5 Elements - Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets) 2018

Brand X - Timeline

Allan Holdsworth I.O.U. - Live in Japan

 

 

@simonmoon

You might enjoy Oregon’s live "1974".

@relayer101 

I'd forgotten about "Rock n' Roll Animal" -- some great guitar playing on that one! 

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From/For The Road

MTV Unplugged - 10,000 Maniacs, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Florence & The Machine

Bob Seger - Live Bullett

Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon (Get the DVD version)

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live

Supertramp - Live Paris

Atlanta Rhythm Section - Are You Ready?