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Ramones?!
yep the ramones, It's Alive no 28 in Rollings Stones 50 greatest live albums and No 9 in the NME list, Hey ho
+1 @fingerbang and ‘sup @moe 😁
In respect of Thin Lizzy, Live and Dangerous is an awesome double album, for me stand out track is Emerald 😎
Loads on YouTube. A few that spring to mind
Portishead in Roseland NYC
Roni Size and Represent doing Brown Paper Bag on Jules Holland
The Verve doing Life's an Ocean again on Jules.
Radiohead The Numbers done on the last page
Yes you're right. Life's an ocean by verve on jools holland is for me the definitive version. The studio version sounds flat and the drums sound crap, whereas the live version is a tour de force. McCabe is making crazy sounds and it's one of Pete Salisbury's best ever drum grooves
First post from an extreme lurker here, but for anyone interested in live Verve stuff, check out the gig at Camden town hall in '92, on youtube, what a band! Oh yeah and the voyager 1 live recording, out of this world.
Just watched Jibber and Twitch. That is astonishing. A mate of mine sort of vaguely mentioned the Cardiacs to me some time ago and I watched a few things on Youtube and thought they were pretty good, but blimey! I must seek out some more.
I cannot think of any live albums that are better than the studio versions to be honest. I mean, if you were there man, maybe they'd mean something.. Usually though, nah. Hate live albums.
The exception though, and what I came to say was...
the Ramones, all of them, well all of them on it’s alive
Gabba gabba we accept you, we accept you one of us.
Storming. The whole thing.
King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Pt II live in Mexico City from the AzteKc THRAK 2 disc in the 12 disc Thrak box set.
Now that’s just showing off! 😉 Still, anything recorded recently by Crimson is a universe away from Earthbound, even the remastered version.
And that’s a marginal improvement, I have the original vinyl as well as the latest reissue - sucker for punishment, me!
Another vote for Thin Lizzy " Live And Dangerous " ..
Saw them on The Vagabonds of The Western World Tour ..and got a signed poster ..Eric Bell was on lead guitar then ..
God knows where that poster ended up ..
Saw them in diluted form again in 2006..supporting Deep Purple ..whose " Live in Japan " album is another good shout ..
Not really a song but the set changed my view of Frank Black, thought him to be a bit of a knob (still do) but you got to respect the delivery of some of the songs.
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder, just in case I’ve missed an earlier nomination. I’ve generally preferred their live versions over and above their studio recordings. To select one particular track would be too limiting for me.
Just watched Jibber and Twitch
There has been a few more of that session made available on youtube in recent years. 'As Cold As Can Be In An English Sea' is notably brilliant I think.
Cream Live at the Fillmore
Chime by Orbital is another one. Famously their tape deck was running fast when they recorded it, resulting in it being slow when it was played anywhere else. Whenever they play it live it is faster than the album version. The faster 'live' version appears in their Glastonbury live compilation album. It has the crowd dancing.
There has been a few more of that session made available on youtube in recent years. ‘As Cold As Can Be In An English Sea’ is notably brilliant I think.
Yes I stayed up late and watched a few more. I'm left wondering if they were genuinely in a "rotten shed". I had to take my phones off to check if it was raining there or here. Oh and where is that ****ing dog?
Live is always best . You can see the effort and skill that goes on and also there is no way to cover up mistakes or if you just aren't very good . This for me is as good as it gets .
The Specials - Too Much Too Young. Studio version is plodding by comparison.
One live album that amazes me is simple minds live in the city of light.
Old of course but, their studio sound is so flat and lifeless in comparison.
Depeche Mode 101 album is also great, although I like their studio stuff too.
Peter Frampton, Baby I Love Your Way - the live version is the only version you ever really hear. Don't think I've ever heard a studio version...
Obvious and I've posted it before but..............
Just to correct a slight mistake made earlier ..the Deep Purple album I was referring to was Made In Japan ..although I think there is a bootleg version called "Live In Japan "..thanks !
Don't know if this has been put forward yet .." Live Rust " Neil Young & Crazy Horse ..an open air gig playing through a thunder storm ..nuts !!
I’m sure Woppit won’t be too upset when I say that The Sound studio albums lacked something in production.
Live in the Hothouse though gives all the songs an extra dimension. So much more depth ,width and everything really. This song was played nonstop when I was younger , dumped and wallowing in a pit of self pity.
Anybody mentioned Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense?
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Another vote for Thin Lizzy ” Live And Dangerous ” ..
I love that album. I was very jealous of an Irish housemate years ago, when I found out that he had been in the audience.
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Just to correct a slight mistake made earlier ..the Deep Purple album I was referring to was Made In Japan ..although I think there is a bootleg version called “Live In Japan “..thanks !
I seem to remember buying a tape of Live in Japan which was from their 1984 reunion tour. (If you listen carefully you can hear them swearing at each other.) I may be wrong about the title though. I watched a Sky Arts thing about the tour where the interviewer asks the band if they are getting too old for touring. They were 40ish at the time! 😀
A perfect illustration of how good her voice was when she's wasn't spouting no filter nonsense. On form, she can communicate through song like no-one else. There's an energy and rawness to this that the album version can't get near. The rest of The Year Of The Horse live DVD is just as good.
stoked to see Thin Lizzy's L&D getting a shout several times. Absolutely stonking. Also of note is their '75 Live in Derby concert - For Those Who love to Live is on another planet.
Re Queen, Their Montreal 1981 show is peerless- yes, better than their post Live Aid Wembley 1986 reprise which frankly was too long (Big Spender and rock and roll medley ffs) and I say that as an enormous Queen Fan.. Tie Your Mother Down is always breathtaking.
Whole lot of Rosie on If You Want Blood You Got it...
Phil Collins has a million outstanding live efforts too that match or better his studio work. His live Aid set actually is particularly impressive and moving.
Another one ( at the risk of being ridiculed).. Commodores Live..around about 1977 I think..recorded in Atlanta
I've never been a fan of Lionel Ritchie's solo work ..but that band were terrific live and I was lucky enough to see them at Newcastle City Hall on that world tour ..one big party from start to finish ...
U2 - "Please" Live in Mexico City, spine tingling once Edge really gets going...
I’m happy 😃Lizzy fans 👍 Nightlife and Fighting were piss poor studio albums.
Live in Germany and Birmingham, makes them awesome, prior to jailbreak and fame.
Yep, knocks spots off Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.
CSNY's Southern Man from 4 Way Street
4 Way Street is a brilliant album.
Dare I say U2’s “Bullet the Blue Sky” when it was being perfomed during the ZooTV years?
And at risk of sounding like a U2 fanboy, almost everything on Under A Blood Red Sky was better than it sounded on the studio recordings. It was quite a good album.
The Allman Brothers: I can't listen to their studio stuff after hearing the Fillmore East Concerts.
Have you ever seen them live mikey?
@ cinnamon girl
No. That album was released before I was born and I'm not interested in seeing the various "... and friends" incarnations that have existed since Duane's passing.
Have you?
Fillmore East concert was excellent. Funnily enough last night on Youtube I'd watched The Byrds play "eight miles high" at Fillmore East, terrific performance. That venue had hosted quite an eclectic collection of musicians over the 4 years it was open and fully intend to trawl Youtube for some more performances.
Yes, I saw them in 1974 when they headlined a festival. What can I say, it was a very long set as they were prone to do but they really were unique. A few years ago a souvenir of the festival was released but the CDs are unfortunately quite poor quality.