Is Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison the best ever live album?

[Hornblower]

JC a good contender, also......

Duke Ellington, Newport 1956

Wilco, Kicking Television, Live

Benny Goodman, Carnegie Hall, 1938

Otis Redding, Live from The Apollo

Chris Potter, Follow The Red Line

and any Keith Jarret concert.

 

[Icy Gull]

JC a good contender, also......


Wilco, Kicking Television, Live

.

I shall have to have a listen to that

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Fulsom Prison and San Quention are both classics.

Nick Cave - Live Seeds

Ramones - It's Alive

Misty in Roots - Live at the Counter Eurovision

I'm not a big reggae fan but agree that Misty album is superb.
Stiff Little Fingers' "Hanx" is also an amazing.

 

[Trufflehound]

Oh, and The Velvet Underground - Live 1969.

If nothing else, for the 10-minute version of What Goes On that just, er, goes on...

 

[Garage_Doors]

Pistols Screen on the Green or Winterland for me.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Iron Maiden's "Live After Death" is another masterclass of a live album.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Deep Purple - Made in Japan, absolute classic album, it was recorded during their world tour for the Machine Head albums release, the same tour when I saw them play at the Dome (1972 I think).

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Both Cash 'prison' long players are quality. Ramones It's Alive is brilliant as well. As an aside it is a great album to run to......I'm like Billy Whizz when on the Ramones.

Cheap Trick Live at The Budokan is a great live album as well. Queen Live Killers.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

One of the joys of vinyl is the gate-fold sleeve double live album. Live double CDs are just not the same.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Thin Lizzy's live & Dangerous is a mighty fine opus

 

[element]

'Exit Stage Left' by Rush

'The Last Waltz' by The Band, as mentioned elsewhere

'If You Want Blood' by AC/DC

 

[1234andcounting]

Bob Marley and The Wailers Live at the London Lyceum is very good indeed, as is Before The Flood - Bob Dylan and The Band.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

'If You Want Blood' by AC/DC

How did I forget that one?

Totally Riff-Raff-Tastic!!

 

[GT49er]

The Who - Live at Leeds. I was at the gig immediately before that one, and it was even better!

 

[NMH]

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74, for me.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I'm a big fan of Nirvana unplugged in new york-a brilliant live performance. Also, whilst it's not an album (as far as I'm aware) the recording of Otis Reading at the Monteray festival is absolutely aweinspiring, IMHO.

 

[e77]

Queen - Live Killers

 

[herbicide]

UFO - Strangers in the Night

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Live at Leeds, Live & Dangerous and Made in Japan are all good calls.

My favourite though:

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74, for me.

Omigod: what a f***ing TOP shout Mr H! Totally forgot about this absolutely fantastic album. My fave of all time too - so sorry Mr Cash, I made a dreadful mistake.