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Favourite live album?

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Stereophonics might not be very "audiophile" but I do like Kelly Jones' voice. Listening to his live solo album Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day this evening, love it. His voice is the sound of Sunday roast dinners growing up.

What are some of your favourite live albums?
 
Recently, The Who: Live at Hull or the old favourite, the first live album I ever bought, Status Quo Live!
 
JUst listened to the 1993 Neil Young Unplugged LP the other day, I thought it was very well done and musical for a live album and I quite enjoyed it..
 
The Beths, Auckland 2020, just loved that while we were all locked down with gigs a no-no that they were able to mash out a live set in their homeland. Not the greatest ever live album but a real lift to life in those difficult times. Must be a nomination in best live album for 2020 even if by virtue of being one of the few!
 
Nine Below Zero - Live at the Marquee
Dr Feelgood - Stupidity
Colin Meloy - Colin Meloy Sings Live!
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live!
John Martyn - Live at Leeds
Underworld - Everything, Everything
The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
 
The only live album you'll ever need is Ramones "It's Alive"

Else:

+1 for Butthole Surfers - Double Live Bootleg
+1 for Slade - Slade Alive (the version of "Get Down & Get With It" is teh awesome)
The Who - Live at Hull is worth it for the run through of Tommy, but what lets it down is the bass 'borrowed' from "Live at Leeds" for the first few tracks with the accompanying 'ghost' vocals which are a distratction.

Tangerine Dream - Live Montreal '77
Klaus Schulze - ...Live...
Kraftwerk - Minimum / Maximum
The Cure - Concert
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
Hawkwind - Space Ritual Live
Amon Duul II - Live in London
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (live sides)
New Model Army - Raw Melody Men
Free System Projekt - Atmospheric Conditions
Redshift - Siren
 
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1969 - The Velvet Underground Live

Metallic KO - The Stooges

Free - Live

Rory Gallagher- Live in Europe.

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus

Paris - Supertramp.
 
Sides 3 and 4 of Still by Joy Division
A rather nice Sisters bootleg I have from Gothenburg
Always liked Dylan's Budokan, in spite of or maybe because of so many songs that are unrecognizable from the recorded versions
 
Tough to choose one absolute favourite, but if I had to it would be

Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall

Very close runners up

Cream Live
Cream Live vol. 2
Ten Years After Recorded Live
Dr Feelgood Stupidity
Eddie and The Hot Rods Live at The Marquee (EP)
Traffic On the Road
Paice Ashton Lord BBC Sight and Sound
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same
Deep Purple Live in Japan
 
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby. In fact it’s probably my favourite jazz album.

Sinatra at the Sands

Ray Charles at Newport

Nina Simone at Town Hall

If it counts, Nirvana MTV Unplugged & Led Zep’s BBC Sessions.
 
Great suggestions.
I would add: -
Frampton comes Alive.
UFO Strangers in the night.
Deep Purple MK1 & 2. Recorded in Japan, my early copy has sleeve notes that say you can hear the screaming Japanese's. As they say, lost in translation!
Finally, Level 42, A physical presence. Don't see much talk of this band on here, but imo, a great album.
 
Jazz:
Electric Masada - At The Mountains of Madness
Miles Davis - Cellar Door Box
Art Pepper Live in Copenhagen (1981)
Bill Evans complete Village Vanguard

Rock:
Ian Hunter - Welcome to the Club
Led Zeppelin live at Southampton University January 22nd 1973
Black Sabbath live in Asbury Park August 5th 1975 (Bonus disc in the recent Sabotage box, I think)
Bob Dylan Free Trade Hall 1966
15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) - Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
King Crimson - The Great Deceiver (although I now have about 40-odd complete concerts by this lineup that I would listen to in preference to this 'sampler')
Got to have one by Neil Young - either Rust Bucket or Massey Hall. Probably.
 
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