# Best live albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102 "2013-09-17T22:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/21 "2013-09-18T12:30:44Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > [Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3e8UOQbH3E) - The Stones - everything (and more) you could ever hope for in a live album. It has no serious contenders for the title. > > [Live at the Filmore East](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtChV2XE6I8)\* - The Allman Brothers. Just as Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out has no rivals for the top spot, neither does Live at the Filmore have any competitors for number two. (\*the YouTube link is not the original album but, instead, includes a LOT of additional material). > > Neil Young’s [Live at Massey Hall](http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Massey-Hall-1971/dp/B000MTPANG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1379452001&sr=1-1&keywords=live+at+massey+hall&tag=donations09-20) was released WAY too long after the fact to become the classic it deserved to be. A pheonomenal performance, with many of what would later become classics played and heard here (publicly) for the first time. Outstanding sound and a nice feel throughout as Neil performs for an (appreciative) hometown audience. **Karl** , you’ve already nailed it for me. I came in to mention Ya-Yas and the Allman’s Filmore. Then you go and include Young’s Massey, which I only discovered in the last couple of years because of Pandora and am inexorably smitten with. A huge Young fan already, this recording stops me dead in my tracks every time a cut is played. Nice, I’m completely on board with ya here. **WordMan** , I’ll hunt Brussels down asap. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/22 "2013-09-18T12:51:03Z")
Thanks, mmm, WordMan, and merickson. I’m purchasing the Lou Reed one and the Pete Seeger one as we speak, and then I’ll look for the '73 Stones thing. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/23 "2013-09-18T12:57:10Z")
Joe Cocker: _Mad Dogs and Englishmen_ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/24 "2013-09-18T13:01:16Z")
Hmmm… re: Brussels – Shell out 180 bucks for the real thing, or 5 bucks for an “Amazon bootleg”? Advice, please! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/25 "2013-09-18T13:05:45Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Thanks, mmm, WordMan, and merickson. I’m purchasing the Lou Reed one… Another vote for Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal, one of the best cuts of Rock ‘n’ Roll you’ll ever hear. Prakash John is smokin’ on bass. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/26 "2013-09-18T13:36:29Z")
_At Carnegie Hall_ by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. My favorite cut is _Castillian Drums_ which has Joe Morello performing (arguably) the best jazz drum solo ever revorded. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/27 "2013-09-18T13:42:16Z")
Sadness is coming upon a thread and seeing that all the good answers have already been given. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/28 "2013-09-18T14:15:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sadness is coming upon a thread and seeing that all the good answers have already been given. ☹ There are still plenty of crappy answers left! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/29 "2013-09-18T14:50:12Z")
Two of my favorites: Judas Priest - “Priest…Live!” AC/DC - “AC/DC Live” (at Castle Donnington) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/30 "2013-09-18T15:12:24Z")
[Sam Cooke, _Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Harlem_Square_Club,_1963). Fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/31 "2013-09-18T15:20:28Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Hmmm… re: Brussels – Shell out 180 bucks for the real thing, or 5 bucks for an “Amazon bootleg”? Advice, please! Wow - I don’t know. It was streamed on the website Wolfgang’s Vault a few years ago and a friend saw it and burned a copy for himself and for me. I guess that would suggest it was the bootleg since it was prior to the official release. It sounds really great. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/32 "2013-09-18T17:05:34Z")
Wishbone Ash “Live Dates” [the first one]. After 40 years I’m still listening to it. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/33 "2013-09-18T17:05:34Z")
I’ll have to add my voice to the chorus of _Rock 'n Roll Animal_ and _At Budokan_. On top of that, I’ll add two: Jane’s Addiction - _Jane’s Addiction_ - Their first record on Triple X was their best. I’ve got drinks and hours of arguing for anyone who disagrees. NOMEANSNO - _Live and Cuddly_ - Good God, they’re so tight, you’d think the Wright brothers were siamese twins that had abducted a third guy and grafted him on to them and forced him to play guitar. [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gtK_4gyf0M) of the first two songs is available here (warning: anti-solo). Watch Rob Wright work that P bass, it doesn’t stand a chance. He’s claimed to be a great-grandad, and living proof that if you’re too old to rock, you might be dead. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/34 "2013-09-18T17:10:39Z")
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison Misfits - Evillive ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/35 "2013-09-18T17:14:06Z")
I vote for Cheap Trick’s “Live at Budokan” and one I haven’t seen here yet: Rush’s “All The World’s A Stage.” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/36 "2013-09-18T17:21:06Z")
“Waiting for Columbus” - Little Feat “Live at the Armadillo World Headquarters” - Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/37 "2013-09-18T17:25:24Z")
Jimmy Buffett’s Feeding Frenzy has to be on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/38 "2013-09-18T18:08:40Z")
And another: [The Bootleg Series, Vol 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bootleg_Series_Vol._4:_Bob_Dylan_Live_1966,_The_%22Royal_Albert_Hall%22_Concert) ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/39 "2013-09-18T18:15:08Z")
_Doc Watson On Stage (With Merle Watson)_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102/40 "2013-09-18T18:24:48Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Really any of the Unplugged albums is quite enjoyable. Yes, Nirvana’s was extraordinary. And I must say I’ve never heard a live version of _Sympathy for the Devil_ that’ll rival that from [Love You Live](https://www.google.com/#q=stone+love+you+live). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-live-albums/669102.md?page=3)