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Greatest live album of all time


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Simon and Garfunkel's Central Park album is a masterpiece.

 

Rush's Exit Stage Left was a cornerstone of my musical education.

 

The Vienna Philharmonic's live Maher 9 with Karajan is insanely good.

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"Live" albums are kinda overrated - in many/most cases, it's looser versions of songs that have already been done well in the studio.* I think these days it's better to go for a "concert film," of which there are many. Then you get the visual component to compensate for the other stuff.

 

 

 

* - jazz** excepted; I think Az is on to something here

 

 

** - and maybe the Allmans and the Dead, and/or other bands that are willing to depart from the expected

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I always thought Rush All The World's a Stage was better than Exit Stage Left but in a way that is nit picky.

 

For the Grateful Dead I'd say it is one of the Dick's Picks releases, but there are several that are just incredible, I can't say just one.

 

Yessongs should have been mentioned.

 

Jethro Tull Bursting Out is as good as anything mentioned so far.

 

Zappa Live at the Filmore East should be on this list just because of the Mud Shark. :wacko:

 

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison is most certainly in any top ten.

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Most of these are in the jamband genre but I figured I would throw them out there as they are all stellar listens and have also been staples in my music collection for a LONG time:

Phish: A Live One

Gov't Mule: Live with a little help from our friends

Allman Brothers Band: Fillmore East and Peakin' At the Beacon

Grateful Dead: Dicks Picks Volume 3 5/22/77 (during the fabled Cornell run)

My Morning Jacket: Okonokos (if you haven't heard these guys yet, do yourself a favor)

Eric Clapton: Unplugged

North Mississippi Allstars: Bonnaroo 2004 Hill Country Revue

Ozzy Osbourne: Randy Rhoads Tribute

Pink Floyd: Pulse

The Rolling Stones: Stripped

String Cheese Incident: Carnival 99

Leftover Salmon: Ask the Fish

Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous

U2: Rattle and Hum

Chris and Rich Robinson: Brothers of a Feather Live at the Roxy

Derek and the Dominoes: Live at the Fillmore West

 

Okay you get the point! I just realized how big of a live music buff I am. Maybe it's because I am a performing musician? Dunno.

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