# Favorite live albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427 "2007-05-02T06:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/41 "2007-05-03T00:29:44Z")
The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East, as already mentioned _It’s just THE live album, really_ The Derek Trucks Band - Live at Georgia Theatre _It’s absolutely criminal that Sony fucked around and only released this as a download instead of putting it in stores_ Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live at the Roxy _This one has been around for a long time, but was re-released recently with an encore including Get Up Stand Up\>No More Trouble\>War\>No More Trouble\>Get Up Stand Up that’s really the core of the show, and it’s one of the most amazing 20 minute passages of music I’ve heard anywhere_ ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/42 "2007-05-03T04:30:05Z")
_Live/Dead_ by the Grateful Dead (not from one show… but nice transitions between songs…) It’s nice to see all the love for _Live at Leeds_ around here! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/43 "2007-05-03T04:44:26Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] [ **The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert** - Bob Dylan [/QUOTE] This one indeed, but also Vol 5., the 1964 Carnegie Hall Dylan concert. Plus, side 2 of Cream, **Wheels of Fire** , Live at the Fillmore (actually recorded in Oakland.) ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/44 "2007-05-03T06:47:59Z")
“Dionne Warwick in Paris” 1966 Her voice was never better!! ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/45 "2007-05-03T10:26:18Z")
Frank Zappa - **Roxy & Elsewhere** MC5 - **Kick Out The Jams** Dictators - **Fuck 'Em If They Can’t Take A Joke** ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/46 "2007-05-03T12:11:29Z")
Pink Floyd’s _Pulse_ Another vote for \*Live at Castle Donington \* and _Stop Making Sense_ Masayoshi Takanaka’ _Live at Budokan: The Rainbow Goblin Story_ And for individual song, Sublime’s _By the Rivers of Babylon_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/47 "2007-05-03T15:41:30Z")
The Stones’ _Love You Live_ is worth owning for it’s rendition of Sympathy For The Devil alone, probably the most dynamic version I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/48 "2007-05-03T20:57:10Z")
As the only Cheap Trick fan here, I’d like to add Live at Budokan. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/49 "2007-05-03T23:03:28Z")
I also wanted to add **Rockin’ Down the Highway - The Wildlife Concert** by the **Doobie Brothers**. It featured all three lead singers, Patrick Simmons, Tom Johnston, and Michael MacDonald. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/50 "2007-05-04T01:49:50Z")
Another vote for Zappa’s **Roxy & Elsewhere** Zappa, **The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life** Genesis **Live** , although it’s criminal that there’s no _Supper’s Ready_ on it King Crimson, **The Nightwatch** , much of which became Starless & Bible Black King Crimson, **Absent Lovers** , which was the swansong for the 81-84 version of the group ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/51 "2007-05-04T11:40:50Z")
I’ll cast a vote for **Kiss Alive**. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/52 "2007-05-04T19:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] growing up, I loved _Second’s Out_ by Genesis… actually, I still love it now and again. _Louder than Bombs_ by The Smiths = also a good one. [/QUOTE] Louder than Bombs isn’t a live album, it’s a b-sides/miscellaneous stuff album. But it is good. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/53 "2007-05-04T20:38:51Z")
I’ve always liked Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ _Pack Up the Plantation_ – some don’t like all the covers that are on it and that a lot of the original songs come from _Southern Accents_, but I like the album all the more for those reasons. Stevie Nicks shows up as well. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/54 "2007-05-04T20:59:01Z")
While ultimately I have to agree with the folks who assert that the \*\*Allman’s Live at Fillmore East \*\* is pretty much the gold standard, I must admit to being pleased that **UFO’s Strangers in the Night \*\* got a couple of shout-outs. Rock Bottom just f** kin’ _delivers_ on that album and it is pretty damn solid from end to end. Schenker’s guitar tone and Phil Mogg’s limited-range-but-wonderful-sounding voice really work… Surprised no one has mentioned \*\*AC/DC’s If You Want Blood \*\*- I prefer the studio recordings of most of these, but they are fun regardless… Lots of other great mentions so far - too numerous to mention. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/55 "2007-05-05T01:29:22Z")
“_Perfomance: Rockin’ The Fillmore_”: Humble Pie “_Just Another Band From LA_”: The Mothers _“801 Live”_: 801 _“Live Dates”_: Wishbone Ash ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/56 "2007-05-05T01:33:42Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] _The Concert in Central Park_ - **Simon and Garfunkel** [/QUOTE] First thing I thought of when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/57 "2007-05-05T05:59:21Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] Louder than Bombs isn’t a live album, it’s a b-sides/miscellaneous stuff album. But it is good. [/QUOTE] Maybe **phungi** is thinking of “Rank” - which was The Smith’s pretty decent live album. On that note, Morrissey’s “Beethoven Was Deaf” was excellent too. My favorite is a semi-recent one - **Aimee Mann’s** Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse. She and the band sound awesome, and the music really benifits from the live tough. Other favorites: **Sloan** - 4 Nights At The Palais Royale **Sloan** - Recorded Live At A Sloan Party **Nirvana** - MTV Unplugged **10,000 Maniacs** - MTV Unplugged ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/58 "2007-05-05T07:08:19Z")
I’d like to post the oldest one here - Benny Goodman’s famous Carnegie Hall concert from 1938. Reproduced, kind of, at the end of the Benny Goodman story, with the real Harry James and Gene Krupa, at least. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427/59 "2007-05-05T12:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] I’d like to post the oldest one here - Benny Goodman’s famous Carnegie Hall concert from 1938. Reproduced, kind of, at the end of the Benny Goodman story, with the real Harry James and Gene Krupa, at least. Good stuff. [/QUOTE] I have that (on vinyl, duh)–it was my dad’s and he handed it down to me. I have several bootlegs but the sound quality is questionable on all but two. On one of them, Springsteen exhorts the bootleggers in the crowd to roll their tapes; he and the E Street Band then proceed to rip into a blistering instrumental featuring Clarence Clemons on saxophone. On the other, Neil Young offers up some new and irreverent lyrics for Sugar Mountain, and gets the audience to sing along. “Just pretend you’re in the shower.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-live-albums/402427.md?page=2)