Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording

Grateful Dead - Dozin' At The Knick
Grateful Dead - Nightfall of Diamonds
Dave Matthews Band - Live At Red Rocks
Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College
Allison Krauss + Union Station - Live
Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore recordings

Jeffmazen,
good call on One From The Vault. Best of the 3 Vault releases so far, both in sonics and visuals. IMHO

I love good live performances. Here are some of my favorites:

Patricia Barber-Companion
I have not liked any other PB records that I've heard, but Companion is one of my ABSOLUTE favorite records. This is an inspired performance and a very good recording.

Eva Cassidy-Live at Blues Alley
Already mentioned above

BoDeans-Joe Dirt Car
A very good live rock show by a hard working touring band

Indigo Girls-1200 Curfews
Nice Doulbe Album. A compilation from many different live sources. Most of it is well recorded and Amy and Emily are really great performers. This was recorded several years ago before "the Girls" became political. I haven't heard a good Indigo Girls record since 1200 Curfews.

Little Feat-Waiting for Columbus
Mentioned above

Enjoy,

TIC

Dire Straits "on the night" and Sarah McLachlan "mirrorball" are both performed and recorded very well and will satisfy.

Grand Funk Railroad - Bosnia. The sound is great on this CD. Also, you can tell the musicianship of the players has matured over the past 30 years. Compare it to the Live album released in 71 and you can see a day and night difference.

Hot Tuna - "And Furthurmore"
The Other Ones - "Only the Strange Remain"

These are both done in HDCD and sound incredible - staging, bass extension, vocal clarity are all *excellent*. As a bonus, you can find them pretty cheap (< $10) on the internet if you don't mind used media. If you haven't heard an HDCD-encoded disk, you oughta...