Best LIVE album - ever

[London Pompous]

Nirvana at MTV

Pearl Jam at the Benaroya Hall

 

[We're the Stripes]

Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum

Agreed.

 

[Don Tmatter]

'Pissed & Proud' - Debut lp from Peter & Test Tube Babies

 

[Superphil]

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Is the second best ever, the best is;

*****Thread closed*********

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I know it's a compilation of live performances, but an album nevertheless ...

Janis Joplin In Concert.

 

[Arthur]

 

[Superphil]

I know it's a compilation of live performances, but an album nevertheless ...

Janis Joplin In Concert.

Do you remember the TV series "When the music's over"? Fantastic Janis Joplin footage

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

pink floyd-pulse.

enough said

 

[jakarta]

Many to choose from but my personal favourite:

Hawkwind: Space Ritual

It frightened me to death when I heard it as a spotty 15 year old over 30 years ago - a dystopian future landscape described via pre-Ramones 3 chord thrashes at maximum volume, combined with the whooshes and howls of tortured primitive synthesisers and, erm, poetry......

A Sonic Attack indeed, although I believe chemical substances need to be ingested to get the full-on 1972 vibe.....

 

[blue'n'white]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One more from the road
Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore
Lizzy -Live & dangerous
Bob Seger - Live Bullet
Springsteen - Live 75-85 and Hammersmith Odeon Live

 

[Gully]

I don't have that many albums that were recorded anywhere near a live audience, but The Who - Live at Leeds ranks inside my top ten of all time, closely followed by Hendrix at the Isle of Wight...love the bit right at the beginning where he plays a few chords of the National Anthem.

 

[Eggmundo]

Keith Jarrett- The Koln Concert.

 

[METALMICKY]

Live & Dangerous- Thin Lizzy at their finest!

Others worth a mention:

Iron Maiden- Live After Death & Rock in Rio
AC/DC- If you want Blood
Metallica- S&M Live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
U2- Under A Blood Red Sky
G3 - Satriani, Vai & Johnson

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Don't forget...Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy...caught the band at their zenith

Yep - gets my vote as well.

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[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Never heard a decent live album yet. In my life. Ever.

(At least nobody's yet been crap enough to suggest 'Frampton Comes Alive')

Seen a couple of cracking live Oasis DVDs tho. Does that count?

 

[m20gull]

Lots of good suggestions in this thread but I'm there with a vote for Space Ritual. One of only a couple of albums that I still listen to as often as I ever did over 30 year after hearing them for the first time.

But can I put in a good word for UFO - Strangers in the Night

and give another mention to No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, worth it for Overkill alone

 

[Marc]

cor I love Live Albums, got Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Pennywise, NOFX (x2), Strung out....list goes on. Recently just got Good Riddances' final ever show, bloody brilliant!

 

[who me?]

fools.....................poor deluded fools...........................


before the flood ....bob dylan and the band

probably the most complete live album ever

 

[pasty]

Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Seconds Out - Genesis
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Pulse - Pink Floyd
Live at Wembley - Queen

 

[Dave the OAP]

Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Seconds Out - Genesis
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Pulse - Pink Floyd
Live at Wembley - Queen

are you perfectly sure you are not me!