# Songs from or whole concerts you attended on official live recordings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527 "2018-07-24T22:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/21 "2018-07-25T04:24:29Z")
I was in the front row at the recording of the Drive By Truckers Live at Austin City Limits DVD/CD ([sample](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM8zRjl2uLU)) ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/22 "2018-07-25T05:20:46Z")
I was in the audience at MIT for the Moxy Fruvous recording of Lowest Highest Point that appears on [Live Noise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAy2yBEwbV8). ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/23 "2018-07-25T11:17:41Z")
I was in the audience for Van Der Graaf Generator’s reunion gig at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 2005 (released in full in 2007 titled [Real Time](http://sofasound.com/vdgcds/realtimecd.htm)). I was also at the [Union Chapel gig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Union_Chapel_Concert) in 1997 which was officially Guy Evans & Peter Hammill but Hugh Banton & Dave Jackson both had solo spots and then all 4 played 3 songs together, effectively the first VdGG gig since their split in 1978. As I recall, at least one track on Hammil’s K Group live album [The Margin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Margin) was recorded at the Edinburgh gig on that tour (1985, iirc), and I’ve been at other Hammill gigs where odd tracks have popped up later on live releases… I’m fairly sure I’ve been at other gigs which resulted in live albums but the only one that comes to mind right now was the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh in 2004 for a gig consisting of crime writer Ian Rankin and the late Jackie Leven reading/performing an Inspector Rebus story called [Jackie Leven Said.](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1266025.Jackie_Leven_Said) Sadly, I don’t actually own a copy. The support group was The Willard Grant Conspiracy who I had never heard at the time but who were excellent… ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/24 "2018-07-25T11:53:57Z")
I was at the Jackson Browne show at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on 8/27/1977. Running On Empty, The Loadout, and Stay were recorded that night and appeared on the [Running On Empty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_on_Empty_(album)#Track_listing) album. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/25 "2018-07-25T12:26:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I haven’t had the opportunity, but I’ve often wondered about the persons that add stuff like the whistle in the live Stairway to Heaven, and similar recognizable fan contributions to live recordings. Do they tell everyone “that’s ME!”? I probably would. Years after the fact, someone claimed to be the “Paint ot Black, you devils!” girl on _Ya Yas!_, but apparently her claim is suspect. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/26 "2018-07-25T14:02:52Z")
I attended one of the shows Pink Floyd recorded for “Delicate Sound of Thunder” at the Nassau Coliseum. Unfortunately it was the day with the least representation (only 1 track). I attended the Genesis concert at Nassau Coliseum that is a major source of Three Sides Live. Al DiMeola released an Anthology on Columbia that included live tracks recorded at the Calderone Concert Hall in Hempstead, NY. The liner notes have the wrong date; the date they list is the air date as it was recorded for radio, the concert was in July 1978. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/27 "2018-07-25T16:29:18Z")
I was at the U2 Paradise Club show in Boston that they took an early B side from and more recently issued the whole set on CD. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/28 "2018-07-25T16:33:26Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I was at the Jackson Browne show at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on 8/27/1977. Running On Empty, The Loadout, and Stay were recorded that night and appeared on the [Running On Empty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_on_Empty_(album)#Track_listing) album. Cool! I love that album. My own claim to nonexistent glory is that I attended the U2 concert at the old McNichols Arena in Denver on November 8, 1987, and three songs from that performance wound up on the album _Rattle & Hum_. Honestly though, I’m not positive my presence really added much to the final recording. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/29 "2018-07-25T16:44:19Z")
The first concert I ever attended was the Simon and Garfunkel reunion in Central Park (1981), which became an album (and a documentary film). As Rough Draft said, I doubt I added much to the album! BTW, at that same age (eleven), I invented an imaginary rock band I called “Rough Draft.” Just today, I finally got around to adding it to the “Invented Band Names A-Z” thread game! (Almost the only time I’ve ever participated in that forum). How coincidental that, an hour later, I encounter a relatively new poster named Rough Draft, in a thread about rock music… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/30 "2018-07-25T17:49:38Z")
I was going through the CDs at one of the Boston area Newbury Comics stores (which actually sell more DVDs and CDs and character-emblazoned merchandise than comics) when I stumbled across a recording of Rick Wakeman’s _Journey to the Center of the Earth_ recorded live at the Boston Music Hall (Later the Wang Center) – one of the very few rock concerts that I had attended. I had no idea this set of discs ever existed – I never saw it when browsing online. Naturally, I had to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/31 "2018-07-25T17:55:17Z")
JKellyMap (if that’s even your real name): I regret to inform you that my team of attorneys will be contacting you regarding my upcoming trademark and intellectual property infringement lawsuit. Because that’s the name of _MY_ new band, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/32 "2018-07-25T19:31:06Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I was at the Jackson Browne show at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on 8/27/1977. Running On Empty, The Loadout, and Stay were recorded that night and appeared on the [Running On Empty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_on_Empty_(album)#Track_listing) album. > [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > Cool! I love that album. Me too! I absolutely love this album with its special on-the-road theme and atmosphere. I would’ve killed to have been part of the audience for this, but I was only 9 then and on the other side of the pond ;). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/33 "2018-07-25T21:10:49Z")
I was there when **Kiss Alive!** was recorded, in part, at Detroit’s Cobo Hall in 1975. The [back cover photo](https://www.google.com/search?q=kiss+alive+back+cover+photo&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=_xB4g1R191QlsM%253A%252CUlpK-GNE3Qmn7M%252C_&usg=__FBBZNqbtNKpaJpUTGd2dJbh3tgc%3D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4mquylLvcAhULPa0KHUsJBY0Q9QEwAHoECAIQBA#imgdii=iFdkO3WVZWj9kM:&imgrc=p9zWif4UAYqPyM:) of the album was taken at the Cobo show. mmm ---
**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:** [July 25, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/34 "2018-07-25T21:42:26Z")
Kiss Alive!–all right! A great live album, even with the overdubs(not that there’s anything wrong with that :D) . I caught them on the next tour, 12th row center in Oakland. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/35 "2018-07-25T22:19:40Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I saw Aerosmith in Indy back in October '78. They were taping for a new album- they said so, plus from my nosebleed seat, I could clearly see the tape machines running. It turned out to be the worst show I ever saw by a major act and the only one that got booed when the lights came on. I’m sure none of that concert ended up on a record! Was this when they were trying to record “Live Bootleg”? Do videos count? I was at the show where the live footage was shot. It’s “Tilted” by Sugar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrLcNWi94Wk/hqdefault.jpg "SUGAR - Tilted") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLcNWi94Wk) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/36 "2018-07-25T22:41:56Z")
[quote=“nearwildheaven, post:35, topic:818527”] Was this when they were trying to record “Live Bootleg”? Do videos count? I was at the show where the live footage was shot. It’s “Tilted” by Sugar. [/QUOTE] Of course that counts, and having been in a Sugar video is a cool thing! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/37 "2018-07-25T23:04:17Z")
Does it count with limited live release, by the band (not sure if a label was involved), sold straight after the concert? If so, I was attending a concert with Einstürzende Neubauten in Oslo in… 2008? 9? Alles wieder offen tour, I think. It was crazy too, two extra shows, one semi-improvised by method of each of them pulling individual themes out of a hat. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/38 "2018-07-25T23:12:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I was going through the CDs at one of the Boston area Newbury Comics stores (which actually sell more DVDs and CDs and character-emblazoned merchandise than comics) when I stumbled across a recording of Rick Wakeman’s _Journey to the Center of the Earth_ recorded live at the Boston Music Hall (Later the Wang Center) – one of the very few rock concerts that I had attended. I had no idea this set of discs ever existed – I never saw it when browsing online. Naturally, I had to buy it. It looks like, from being in there last month, that they sell more merch than music. It’s funny because I remember when they opened. They sold buttons and records and comics. So I went in to see if I could trade some 50s comics for new wave and punk. They weren’t interested. The comics were just a lure! ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/39 "2018-07-26T01:00:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Yep. **Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Live 1975-1985**. If you listen to the tracks recorded at the LA Coliseum, you can hear me. I’m the guy yelling “BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!” Danm… you were a jerk back then too?? Just kidding; We are aloud to kid here aren’t we? tsfr ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527/40 "2018-07-26T01:08:30Z")
I was present and credited on the album “Ken Carlisle and the Cadillac Cowboys” self titled first album. as Key Grip and photographer. In reality I was an amateur Photog that lived next to the drummer, Rich from Minnesota , or as I knew him, “Minnesota Slim”. Anybody in Central/Western/Southern Illinois ever see or hear of them? tsfr [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-or-whole-concerts-you-attended-on-official-live-recordings/818527.md?page=3)