Best live recordings

gvibes · Apr 12, 2008

By favorite live albums are:
Santana live at the Fillmore (I don't even really like Santana)
Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore

Baron · Apr 12, 2008

Sinatra at the Sands - Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra recorded live at The Sands in Vegas in 1966. Both Sinatra and the band are at the absolute height of their powers. Sinatra's off color stage banter is classic.

Brad · Apr 12, 2008

Originally Posted by borderline

Re: the Dead:

Specifically, Live Dead 1969 is excellent. Europe '72 is great but they re-recorded a lot of the vocals in the studio, and dubbed them over the live tunes. Without a Net is their 1990 live collection, and there is the great Branford Marsalis guesting on a couple of tunes.

More realistic is the Dick's Picks series which are actual shows. All of the other official live releases are compilations from several shows edited to appear as if it is one show (particularly Live Dead).

Some of the best live Dead was never officially released. A lot of great shows float around in the form of bootlegs, which is what I'm guessing Matt was talking about. A couple of shows stand out in particular in my mind: San Bernadino's Swing Auditorium from 1977 and Eugene, OR from early 1978. The Eugene show was pretty hip in that Jerry tried to replicate the communication scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind with his guitar and played it directly into one of the last St. Stephens. Cool ****.

aportnoy · Apr 12, 2008

Who-- Live at Leeds

LZ- Live at the Heartbreak Hotel

Stones-- Get Yer YaYa's Out

Little Feat-- Waiting for Columbus

Brad · Apr 12, 2008

Originally Posted by aportnoy

...Little Feat-- Waiting for Columbus

Almost forgot about that classic.

aportnoy · Apr 12, 2008

Originally Posted by Brad

Eugene, OR from early 1978. The Eugene show was pretty hip in that Jerry tried to replicate the communication scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind with his guitar and played it directly into one of the last St. Stephens. Cool ****.

I've got that show!

Brian278 · Apr 12, 2008

Obviously---Nirvana Unplugged. Also Live at the Filmore East is a no brainer. I think there is a corresponding CD, but Bjork's Live at the Royal Opera house DVD is the best concert DVD I've ever seen. For jazz, Pat Metheny's Trio Live, and Weather Report's 8:30.

Brad · Apr 12, 2008

Originally Posted by aportnoy

I've got that show!

It's a good one. I'm fortunate enough to have it on CD from the motherboard.

gamelan · Apr 12, 2008

John Coltrane and Co. - Live at the Village Vanguard. the whole band is just freakin' stunning on these sessions.

The Knife - An A/V Experience (note to self...must must must see the Knife live)

-Jeff

juniper · Apr 12, 2008

Johnny Cash at Fulsom Prison

lithium180 · Apr 12, 2008

Radiohead - Berlin 7/4/00

Im sure this is floating around on the internet somewhere. It's a soundboard recording from a show where they debuted a number of songs from Amnesiac/Kid A for the first time. Their playing is so solid and you really get a sense of how new and urgent those songs sounded. They also throw in some rarely played older songs - Bishop's Robes and Talk Show Host. The band must have been in a great mood last night.

I also hear that their Bonnaroo gig last year was one of their best live shows ever and that it might be coming out in an official release format sometime soon.

Other good live albums/shows:

Donny Hathaway - Live (1972)
Miles Davis - Live at Newport
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East
Songs Ohia - Mi sei apparso come un fantasma
Nirvana - Halloween 1991

Originally Posted by gamelan

The Knife - An A/V Experience (note to self...must must must see the Knife live)

-Jeff

I need to check this out!!

Connemara · Apr 12, 2008

Originally Posted by gamelan

John Coltrane and Co. - Live at the Village Vanguard. the whole band is just freakin' stunning on these sessions.
Absolutely. That was probably the most important live performance in the history of jazz. Critics were freaking out, calling the music "anti-jazz" and whatnot. Turns out that Trane was simply way ahead of the competition.

Guy Burgess · Apr 12, 2008

Neil Young - Live in London 1971

Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band - the live lp.
I cant remember it's real name. So full of energy and amazing showmanship. You can hear the crowd getting so into it. I wouldnt have stopped dancing all night if i was there.

aportnoy · Apr 12, 2008

B.B. King-- Live at the Regal

EL72 · Apr 12, 2008

+1 on Band of Gypsies, Frampton Comes Alive, The Stones and The Who - Live at Leeds

I would also add;

The Doors - Alive she cried

ELP - Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends

Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Lyceum

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