Greatest LIVE albums ever ?

[Breweski15]

There's quite a few out there. The ones that I've listened to most are:

Frampton Comes Alive
Bob Seger's Live Bullet and Nine Tonight
Black Sabbath: Reunion
Led Zeppelin: How the West was won
Pink Floyd: Pulse

 

[jmulligan]

+1 to Nirvana Unplugged, one of my favorites.

Ani Difranco - Living in Clip - 2-disc set, awesome

 

[the bunnay]

+1 to Nirvana Unplugged & Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

The Clash-- From Here to Eternity
Tom Waits-- Big Time
Mighty Mighty Bosstones-- Live from the Middle East (I was at this recording)
Flogging Molly-- Alive Behind the Green Door
Social Distortion-- Live at the Roxy

 

[Anthony_Lopez]

"The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" by Phish. Never Officially released but one of the best things I have ever heard.

There are a number of famous Phish shows where they played the entire "Gamehenge" setlist...

 

[GregR]

NOFX - I heard they suck live.

 

[adx]

Alice in Chains- Unplugged

You stole my answer.

 

[deepsouth]

"The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" by Phish. Never Officially released but one of the best things I have ever heard.

true that.


are you talking about trey's senior thesis version or played in concert (i guess that would be gamehendge)?

 

[homebrewer_99]

I went to Frampton's Comes Alive tour in 1976...so I am biased as saying I was there, but I really like Floyd's PULSE, but went to their Animals tour...:rockin:

Both Kiss LPs were great, but I had already seen them in concert by 1974...

 

[Boston]

Any of the dozens of live Dead shows floating around.

+1 on the Dead

Favorite live stuff from my youth:

Bob Seger- Live Bullet
Deep Purple- Made in Japan
J. Geils Band- Full House
David Bowie- David Live
+1 Peter Frampton

 

[KatoKiyo]

Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

Can't believe noone has mentioned this one. Thin Lizzy was on fire!

 

[chippy]

Between The Buried And Me- Colors Live

 

[Edcculus]

"The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" by Phish. Never Officially released but one of the best things I have ever heard.

Technically, thats not live. Its Trey's thesis from college. They performed the entire suite a few times in the early 90's, but all the renditions were a little different from the original.

I'm a pretty big fan of Hampton Comes Alive though.

 

[chiefcheese]

+ 1 Fulsom Prison
Band of Gypsys-Live at the Filmore East
Grateful Dead-Fairgrounds Arena Oklahoma City 10/19/73 (Dick's Picks 19)
favorite has to be Jerry Garcia and Jon Kahn Oregon State Prison (bootleg)
another cool bootleg is Phish doing the Beatles White Album and doing Dark Side of the Moon
+1 Live at Pompeii

 

[Homercidal]

Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
Frampton Comes Alive
Bob Seger - Live Bullets
Joe Satriani - Dreaming 11 (Although it technically has a studio song on it)

And now Pink Floyd, PULSE. Man, that is a freaking fantastic album! I always sort of enjoyed PF, but after listening to this, I am a new FAN! I'm not usually one for live albums, but PULSE sounds so good, you forget it's live.

 

[ODP]

+1 for NOFX's live album

I'd like to throw in The Pietaster's "Strapped Live!" album- also can't forget about the Root's live recordings

 

[JohnnyO]

+1 to Nirvana Unplugged & Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

The Clash-- From Here to Eternity
Tom Waits-- Big Time
Mighty Mighty Bosstones-- Live from the Middle East (I was at this recording)
Flogging Molly-- Alive Behind the Green Door
Social Distortion-- Live at the Roxy

I was going to add the Social D Live at the Roxy, but I thought that it didn't have such a "Live" feel to it. Almost feel they added too much production.

And, I hate to say it, but I have never listened to From Here to Eternity. I'll need to give it a listen.

 

[HorribleCatfish]

Cheap Trick - Budakon
Rush - Different Stages
Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music

 

[Ryan_PA]

How did no one mention Hendrix yet? Either Band of Gypsys or Live at Woodstock?

 

[Arkador]

Metallica S&M

 

[babalu87]

Metallica S&M

Live **** Binge and Purge

 

[elkdog]

Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense
John Coltrane- One Up, One Down
Grateful Dead- Live/Dead, or the Winterland '73 Box Set (which was a dream come true for me)
Keith Jarrett- any of them. I'll go with the Koln Concert.
Medeski, Martin, and Wood- Tonic

 

[bsruther]

Frampton Comes Alive.
Jackson Browne-Running on Empty...Not entirely live, but what is live is great.

 

[danorocks17]

AC/DC-Live, ridiculous energy, even though it is a compilation of various concerts on one tour

Rage Against the Machine Battle for Mexico City is a Live dvd, so I dont know if it qualifies, but it's pretty badass too

 

[Evets]

If you like fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo then I strongly recommend Mountain Hearts' "Road That Never Ends"

 

[Short Drive]

How about The Concert for Bangladesh. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, and Bad Finger.