Greatest Live Albums from the '60s & '70s
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Greatest Live Albums from the '60s & '70s
Quit crying about what's not included and vote for what is!
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The Who - Live At Leeds had a punchy sound that really made the recording stand out as did Bless Its Pointed Little Head.
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Since there's no Curtis Live I just voted for JB @ The Apollo ten times
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Matt Wilson wrote:Quit crying about what's not included and vote for what is!
It is really hard to choose just 10. I made 10 picks at first glance and decided to click Submit, and regretted immediately.
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Just one pick it would have been much easier. Allmans at Fillmore East stands some miles above the rest.
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Jimbo wrote:The Who - Live At Leeds had a punchy sound that really made the recording stand out as did Bless Its Pointed Little Head.
That's a good one, yeah. I voted for that.
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Dylan at the Manchester Hall is hard to beat for me, tho the Van the Man comes close.
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No Performance Rockin at the Fillmore?
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Fillmore East
Regal
Leeds
Live Rust - Rust is not a live album to me, even though it is - mostly - in a technical sense
Live at the Apollo
Live at Newport
San Quentin - Better than Folsom - Folsom had the hits, but I love the edginess of SQ, which Cash seems to go out of his way to NOT defuse.
Manchester Hall - Love the whole Dylan Bootleg Series unconditionally, but if you had to pick one...)
1969 Live Better heard on the Quine Tapes or complete Matrix, but since it was all we had for a while...
Didn't vote for:
Live Dead - Though I considered it. Anthem of the Sun is mostly live, isn't it? I'd take that first, particularly 'cause I like Constanten's editing.
Ya Yas Closest the Stones have to a good live album. They're just not a great live band, never were.
Beach Party Must sheepishly admit I don't know it. Will rectify shortly, as I'm sure it's great.
Jerry Lee at the Star Club I own it and admit that it's great, but I never play it. Must be a reason...
Song Remains The BBC and West comps show they were a great live band - this really doesn't. All the excesses without any of the swagger. It being that much of a failure is actually a rare accomplishment. Never owned it, never wanted to.
Airplane OR Quicksilver Some great moments, undeniably, but also points out why LA bands are so much better than SF ones, by-and-large - they knew when to stop jamming.
Any of the Jimi ones - I wish he had one definitive live album, but I don't think he cared that much. Any of us could put together a live comp from released tracks (let alone ones that've been bootlegged extensively) that would kick butt on any of these
Cream - 'Cause they sucked live. Probably pretty exciting if you were there, but they didn't bother much with song structure once they stretched 'em out.
CSNY - The Neil stuff (and some of the rest of it) is great, but too inconsistent.
Regal
Leeds
Live Rust - Rust is not a live album to me, even though it is - mostly - in a technical sense
Live at the Apollo
Live at Newport
San Quentin - Better than Folsom - Folsom had the hits, but I love the edginess of SQ, which Cash seems to go out of his way to NOT defuse.
Manchester Hall - Love the whole Dylan Bootleg Series unconditionally, but if you had to pick one...)
1969 Live Better heard on the Quine Tapes or complete Matrix, but since it was all we had for a while...
Didn't vote for:
Live Dead - Though I considered it. Anthem of the Sun is mostly live, isn't it? I'd take that first, particularly 'cause I like Constanten's editing.
Ya Yas Closest the Stones have to a good live album. They're just not a great live band, never were.
Beach Party Must sheepishly admit I don't know it. Will rectify shortly, as I'm sure it's great.
Jerry Lee at the Star Club I own it and admit that it's great, but I never play it. Must be a reason...
Song Remains The BBC and West comps show they were a great live band - this really doesn't. All the excesses without any of the swagger. It being that much of a failure is actually a rare accomplishment. Never owned it, never wanted to.
Airplane OR Quicksilver Some great moments, undeniably, but also points out why LA bands are so much better than SF ones, by-and-large - they knew when to stop jamming.
Any of the Jimi ones - I wish he had one definitive live album, but I don't think he cared that much. Any of us could put together a live comp from released tracks (let alone ones that've been bootlegged extensively) that would kick butt on any of these
Cream - 'Cause they sucked live. Probably pretty exciting if you were there, but they didn't bother much with song structure once they stretched 'em out.
CSNY - The Neil stuff (and some of the rest of it) is great, but too inconsistent.
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K wrote:
Just for Bewildered
Nice! But I like this one even better:
(not a contemporaneous release, I guess, so maybe that's why Matt Wilson left such an obviously killer record off the poll)
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Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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yomptepi wrote:No Performance Rockin at the Fillmore?
You are joking.
AGREED BUT:
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No Aretha Live at Fillmore West either. Great album.
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I know, I know, but this is a major omission:
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I love live albums, so it was hard to settle on only ten choices here. For the double albums poll, it was difficult for me to even think of ten I liked enough to vote for.
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That was not easy.
I've always wanted to be on a live album, part of the roar. Silly, but there you go.
I've always wanted to be on a live album, part of the roar. Silly, but there you go.
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Geoff wrote:I've always wanted to be on a live album, part of the roar. Silly, but there you go.
I'm on the Seger one.
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Re: Greatest Live Albums from the '60s & '70s
Fillmore East
Leeds
Live Rust
Apollo
Jimi & Otis
Too Late
Before the Flood
Four Way Street
Running on Empty
Rock and Roll Animal
Some tough choices and I had to leave a couple out, but these all (to me) accomplish what a live album is supposed to, and are enjoyable to listen to.
Leeds
Live Rust
Apollo
Jimi & Otis
Too Late
Before the Flood
Four Way Street
Running on Empty
Rock and Roll Animal
Some tough choices and I had to leave a couple out, but these all (to me) accomplish what a live album is supposed to, and are enjoyable to listen to.
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Loki wrote:Geoff wrote:I've always wanted to be on a live album, part of the roar. Silly, but there you go.
I'm on the Seger one.
I've been "on" about five (well at the gigs where some or all of them were recorded, but sadly none on the list)
For me, has to be Too Late To Stop Now.
Why is Rust-era Neil Young on the list twice for both Live Rust (LR) and Rust Never Sleeps (RNS). Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but was always my understanding that the live songs from RNS on LR are the same recordings. Anyone know for sure? Either way, seems a bit odd in that RNS could easily have given way to Time Fades Away
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I t should be borne in mind that many of the cited albums are compilations from various performances:Whilst in no way detracting from the enjoyment afforded,it is a different kettle of fish from a true "live" album,which are few and far between.Not many of those cited are recordings from a single event,fewer are as recorded,minus overdubs.
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fueryhk(redux) wrote: Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but was always my understanding that the live songs from RNS on LR are the same recordings. Anyone know for sure?
If I recall correctly both My. My, Hey, Hey, and Hey, Hey My, My are different recordings between RNS and LR. That said, I agree with you that the inclusion of Rust Never Sleeps is a bit odd, considering that there are two tracks recorded in the studio. And yes, Time Fades Away would have been a more appropriate choice.
But then, RNS is the only place where you can find Thrasher, a fact that can justify almost anything.
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