Favorite Live Albums?

[greghead]

I've been listening to live albums all day, so I began compiling a short list of my favorites.

In no particular order:
James Brown--Live at the Apollo
The Band--The Last Waltz
Portishead--Roseland
Allman Brothers Band--At Filmore East
Nirvana--Unplugged
Johnny Cash--At Folsom Prison
Thelonius Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Joe Cocker--Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Talking Heads--Stop Making Sense
NOFX--I Heard They Suck Live (and they do, but it's great anyway)
Bob Marley--Live!
the Grateful Dead--Europe '72
Tool--Salival (though far too short)

Thoughts? Favorites? Shit-talking?
Let's have at it

[Cheddar's Cousin]

Kiss Alive II
Frampton Comes Alive
Neil Young Unplugged

[frozen pilgrim]

for those of you who dislike the red hot chili peppers, and/or doubt the talent/live ability of any of the musicians, I implore you to watch/listen to live at slane castle.

[menikmati]

Nirvana Unplugged, and Muddy Banks of Wishka.

[vinylmartyr]

James Brown Live at the Apollo vol 2 is probably the greatest live album ever.

[bmack86]

Live at Birdland-Coltrane

[jigsaw]

stand by your van - sublime
acoustic roots - slightly

[bmack86]

I love the bootleg I have of Joanna Newsom at Paraiso in Amsterdam. Stellar sound quality and perfect performance.

[jigsaw]

i love the red hot chili peppers. i'll have to check that out. i hope it has soul to squeeze, can't stop, breaking the girl, and everything else i like. and the old school/new cat ripping the gutair.

[jigsaw]

the cat power song entitled hate is a sick ass song and its live.

[JSam67]

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Portishead - Roseland
The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks (w/the Colorado Symphony Orchestra)

[jigsaw]

I've been listening to live albums all day, so I began compiling a short list of my favorites.

In no particular order:
James Brown--Live at the Apollo
The Band--The Last Waltz
Portishead--Roseland
Allman Brothers Band--At Filmore East
Nirvana--Unplugged
Johnny Cash--At Folsom Prison
Thelonius Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Joe Cocker--Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Talking Heads--Stop Making Sense
NOFX--I Heard They Suck Live (and they do, but it's great anyway)
Bob Marley--Live!
the Grateful Dead--Europe '72
Tool--Salival (though far too short)

Thoughts? Favorites? Shit-talking?
Let's have at it

i remeber seeing nirvana unplugged for the first time on mtv back in 94-95? that is the best shit mtv ever did. i would say it was pretty fuckin beautiful if nothing else.

[JSam67]

Yeah, MTV had some really good unplugged shows in that era. 10,000 Maniacs Unplugged is pretty brilliant.

[jigsaw]

hole was dope...i think kurt had just died or wutever. she was a total mess.

[kreutz2112]

Pearl Jam - Mansfield Massachusetts 07/02, 07/03, 07/11 2003

3 nights. Almost 100 songs!!!! Like 4 repeats, if that.

Greatest live band of all time

Setlists:

07/02
Set 1 Oceans, Go, Hail Hail, Save You, Deep, Get Right, Dissident, I Am Mine, Even Flow, Help Help, Immortality, In My Tree, Light Years, Evacuation, Whipping, Grievance, Present Tense, Porch
Encore 1 Thumbing My Way, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Smile, State Of Love And Trust, Leaving Here
Encore 2 Soon Forget, Bu$hleaguer, Fuckin' Up

07/03
Set 1 Release, Animal, Gods' Dice, Do The Evolution, Insignificance, Love Boat Captain, I Got Id, Low Light, Rival, Lukin, Not For You, Daughter, You Are, In Hiding, I Am A Patriot, Once, Rearviewmirror
Encore 1 Driven To Tears, Corduroy, Soldier Of Love, Crazy Mary, Alive
Encore 2 Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

07/11
Set 1 Long Road, Of The Girl, Sometimes, Off He Goes, All Those Yesterdays, Driftin', Thin Air, Sleight Of Hand, Footsteps, All Or None, Parting Ways, Indifference
Set 2 Can't Keep, Breakerfall, Brain Of J., Spin The Black Circle, Ghost, Green Disease, Tremor Christ, Given To Fly, Nothing As it Seems, Cropduster, Faithful, Why Go, Wishlist/(Why Can't I Touch It?), Leatherman, Nothingman, Better Man, 1/2 Full, Untitled, MFC, Blood
Encore 1 Breath, Habit, Down, Mankind, U, Black, Jeremy
Encore 2 Arc, I Believe In Miracles, Know Your Rights, Fortunate Son, Rockin' In The Free World
Encore 3 Yellow Ledbetter

[jigsaw]

so where is everyone gettin these l i v e sets. i suppose i can check back when i go looking for them.

[jigsaw]

Yeah, MTV had some really good unplugged shows in that era. 10,000 Maniacs Unplugged is pretty brilliant.

yeah, that has to be one of the best.

[jigsaw]

And seriously who ever knew that portishead was a live act?

OMGAMZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kreutz2112]

Also.

Pearl Jam. New York, New York. Madison Square Garden. 07/08 and 07/09 2003.

Best live show I have ever been to. They made a DVD of the first night. It's awesome.

[miscorrections]

Spiritualized at Royal Albert Hall. Primal Scream, Live in Japan.

[frozen pilgrim]

oh man. how many of you have seen david gilmour live at royal albert 'remember that night'?

[jigsaw]

pink floyd > pearl jam

i love pearl jam though.

[JSam67]

I think I had to see Pearl Jam 13 years ago to buy into the greatness of their live act. They were just okay at Lolla last year, imo.

[kreutz2112]

I think pearl jams prime was in between 1998 and 2001. 2000 was the first year they started releasing all their shows on cd. 1998 was the year Live on Two Legs was recorded. Another great live album.

[GnarVee]

Top 2:

dredg - Live At The Filmore

and

Daft Punk - Alive 2007

both MUST owns.

[jigsaw]

Well, I have only seen pearl jam a hand full of times. Definantly not until they were huge. Never been too into them but I do reconise their greatness. And I would say you are right on about them being amazing and for sure the best of their generation. (I'm counting Tool as a little newer school. : ) But, what about pink flyod? You are really putting them above muthafuckin pink flyod? 13 years ago, what is that 95'? I can respect that. What size venue Jsam67?

And kreutz2112 that is amazing they filmed/taped your new york show. i wish i was there.


i was actually at slightly's "live in san deigo" shows. they made the dvd and double disc cd from the show.

[dontfeedthebird]

depeche mode - 101

[JSam67]

13 years ago, what is that 95'? I can respect that. What size venue Jsam67?

Last year outdoors at Grant Park in Chicago, I'm sure it was about 70,000-75,000 people. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, but I wasn't moved or anything (except during Betterman with the crowd singing the entire first verse and Eddie remarking "fucking beautiful"). It just wasn't the same to me as I envision seeing them in their prime would've been. I often wish I had been old enough to see awesome live acts in the early to mid-90s (PJ, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, STP, AIC, etc.).

Also, Pink Floyd > pretty much everything.

[apostle2]

Neil Young - Live Rust
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series
Joy Division - Disc 4 of Heart and Soul
Radiohead - Bonnaroo Bootleg
Minutemen - Ballot Result
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
Wilco - Kicking Television (Live in Chicago)
Nirvana - Unplugged in NYC

[Backwater]

Roseland Ballroom, Portishead

Just look at those two guys tripping out during Glory Box, intense.