This has probably been done done before but here goes my top five 1 The Allman Brothers Band Fillmore East 2 Derek and the Dominos Live at The Filmore East 3 Humble Pie Live at The Fillmore East 4 The Who Live At Leeds 5 The Rolling Stones Get Your Ya Ya's Out
If you liked that Queen live show you need to watch the Queen set from Live Aid July 1985. They were in Wembley and the US watched them at about noon on Sunday. Best half hour I have ever seen. Freddie was on his game.
Queen l"Lve at the Odeon"( Hammersmith) - Christmas Eve 1975 - on DVD
I just got this the other day and as far as I'm concerned this is one of the best live performances I have ever seen!😎 The sound is pretty decent for a concert that old. The video of course is not the greatest, butt the performance by Freddie Mercury and the band is awesome!
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars soundtrack Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show Average White Band - Person to Person The Doors - Absolutely Live! The Jeff Healy Band - Live in Switzerland Carole King - Live at Carnegie Hall Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall With the exception of Person to Person, all these were recently available with great sonics.
Since this thread has evolved from favourite live rock concerts to favourite live concert recordings, here's my $0.02 (in no particular order):
1. The Who - Live at Leeds My favourite live rock album of all time! I wore out 2 copies of this album in the 70's. Also had it on 8-track (for the car).
2. Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus The Tower of Power horns do not disappoint. The quality of the sonics on my copy still blows me away. When I've played this for friends, they are astonished to learn they've been listening to an LP.
3. Deep Purple - Made in Japan Another classic from my misspent youth. I've lost track of the number of hours I spent skipping school listening to this album! Oh, and discovering girls... ;^)
4. Harry Belafonte - At Carnegie Hall Recorded April 19 & 20, 1959. This album marked the first time RCA recorded a live concert (comedy concerts excepted) in stereo. They ran the microphone cables from the stage to a recording truck parked in Carnegie's back lot. No live album has ever matched the quality of this recording (you might not like the music, but that's another matter entirely).
5. Sarah Vaughn - After Hours at the London House Recorded March 7, 1958 in a live after hours session at the Chicago club. There was a screw up and the sheet music didn't arrive, so the band simply jammed the entire set! You wouldn't know it however by just listening to them. Half of the musicians were from Count Basie's band.The session started around 2:00 AM and went to 5:00 AM! At one point, Sarah forgets the words to a song and they have to restart twice.
David Gilmore - Remember that Night. Live at the Royal Albert Hall. On DVD video. Spectacular especially Echos and Fat Old Sun, and Comfortably Numb and Time and...
1)REO Speedwagon: Live: You get what you play for. 2) Frampton Comes Alive. 3) Live Bullet(Bob Seger) 4)Boom Boom Out go the lights Pat Travers. 5) Jimi Hendrix: Monterey. Like the crowd interaction; the artist talking to the audience, things like that that make these albums fun...but still great to me.
Let's not forget....... J Geils - Full House Wishbone Ash - Live Dates Bob Dylan & The Band - Before The Flood Luna - Live Guided by Voices - Crying Your Knife Away
Too many to pick my favorite, but Woodstock, and CSNY 4 Way Street have to rank right up there. Lately though Joe Bonamassa An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna Opera House has been in heavy rotation.
A lot of great choices, but no-one’s mentioned this one yet: Eric Clapton "Just One Night" Recorded in Tokyo at the Budokan in 1980 or ’81 I think. Albert Lee played with him and sounds great too.
Phil9624, I have a 45rpm EP of "Running On Empty" that BLOWS away the original lp!
Lucinda Williiams "Live at Filmore West" Neil Diamond "Hot August Nights" Aretha Franklin "Live at Filmore West" Frank Black & the Catholics "Live at Melkwg" Nirvana "MYV/Unplugged" Eric Clapton "Unplugged" Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration Neil Young "Massey Hall 1971"
My favorites - 1. Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East (ABB at their finest) 2. Ten Years After - Recorded Live (tied with the next two for best performance) 3. Humble Pie Live at the Fillmore East 4. The Who - Live at Leeds 5. Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (best recording of the lot...)
Lots of great picks folks and I would only add: Supertramp’s “Paris” and with honorable mention going to Porcupine Tree’s DVD “Anesthetize, Live In Tilburg”
1 more even though not ROCK Keith Jarrett Koln Concert. Incredible stuff. Part 2a most beautiful music I have ever heard, in 54 years of life, PERIOD.
Gotta give mention to a few who selected Yes Yessongs, solid pick. Les McCann and Eddie Harris-- that album is incredible! If you haven't heard this go get it!! Its one of a kind.
Gotta go listen to that Tull album mentioned.
Oh 1 more should have been my top 5 Emerson Lake and Palmer Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
So Skynyrd One more for the Road Santana Lotus Emerson Lake and Palmer welcome back my friends to the show that never ends Yes Yessongs Allman Bros Live at Filmore
honerable mention Keith Jarret Koln Concert Les McCann Eddie Harris Live at Montreaux
Depending on the rules, The Allman Brothers "The Fillmore Concerts", if that doesn't count then Live at Fillmore East, followed by Eat a Peach which is 3/4's live and has the sensational Mountain Jam, the Who's Live at Leeds, Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus, and the Live side of Cream's Wheels of Fire. The only guitar player that has gotten in the vicinity of Duane Allmans performance at the Fillmore East is Stevie Ray Vaughn, but that's just my humble opinion. Long live the spirit of Brother Duane Allman!
So many good ones above + Disc 2 of Wheels of Fire Spoonful one of the best live performances ever Jimi Band of G Les McCann & Eddie Harris Live @ Montreaux Janis& BBHC Cheap Thrills Ten Years After Live
As I opened this thread I was listening to Little Feat so I will go with: Greatful Dead- Reckoning Little Feat- Waiting for Columbus Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Live Jason Isbell- Live From Alabama Neil Young- Live Rust
(1) Derek Trucks Band, Live at Georgia Theatre (2) Gary Clark Jr., Live (3) Widespread Panic, Live in the Classic City (4) Crossroads (Eric Clapton Guitar Festival) (5) John Prine, Live on Tour
grateful dead live derek & dominoes live at fillmore e zappa roxy & elsewhere led zep how the west was won sting bring on the night (yes, great freaking live album) who live @ leeds (yes, thats 6, but they're equally great)
Here`s my cuts: Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus Live Joe Bonemassa: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Dire Straits: Alchemy Deep Purple: Made In Japan Pink Floyd: Pulse
Hot Tuna (first LP) The Band--Rock of Ages Genesis Live King Crimson--USA Ry Cooder-- Chicken Skin Music Live Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen--Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas
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