# What is your favorite live music recording **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469 "2017-09-27T21:48:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/1 "2017-09-27T21:48:47Z")
I was making some artist specific playlists for myself on Spotify this morning and realized 2 things: 1. live recordings are great. I knew this already, but I am occasionally reminded of how much fun it is to hear something recorded live instead of in a studio. 2. live recordings when they come up mixed in with studio recordings, suck. They are too much their own thing. They don’t work together. But they do work with other live recordings of almost any genre. So, I decided that I was going to make a playlist of just live music, and I would like to take suggestions. It’s always more fun to get outside input. Rules. 1)No albums. Pick a track. 2)No genre restrictions. Classical, jazz, punk, classic rock. Let’s try to mix it up. 3) try to suggest something that hasn’t already been suggested. I am going to turn this into a playlist. It will be dull if it’s all the same artist or variations on the same song. Don’t worry if it’s specifically on Spotify, but bonus points to you if you know it is. If we get a good mix I’ll post the playlist here and we can all share it if this works. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/2 "2017-09-27T21:52:09Z")
Led Zeppelin, Live at Earl’s Court is pretty awesome. No idea if it’s on Spotify. Not even sure what Spotify is. ETA; for a specific track, Trampled Under Foot /Gallows Pole. A two-for-one deal ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/3 "2017-09-27T21:58:36Z")
Dire Straits - _Once Upon a Time in the West_ from Alchemy Frank Zappa - _Five-Five-Five_ from Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Gong - _Zero the Hero & The Witch’s Spell_ from Live Etc. I know that was 3 and not just one, but I couldn’t resist. I’ll check back in a day or so and if no one has posted them I’ll offer some suggestions in a genre other than rock. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/4 "2017-09-27T21:59:47Z")
Rush - Xanadu (from Exit… Stage Left) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/5 "2017-09-27T22:07:51Z")
**Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold** by Townes Van Zandt from his Live at the Old Quarter album. Bonus: It begins with Townes telling a pretty funny joke. Available on Spotify. mmm (resisting the temptation to shout “Free Bird!”) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/6 "2017-09-27T22:09:15Z")
Electric Light Orchestra - Medley: In the Hall of the Mountain King/Great Balls of Fire; from, “The Night the Light Went on in Long Beach” (CD remix; forget the vinyl LP). ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/7 "2017-09-27T22:09:23Z")
Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/8 "2017-09-27T22:10:09Z")
“Whammer Jammer” by the J. Geils Band from _Full House_ ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/9 "2017-09-27T22:10:23Z")
**Metallica** - From the Live Shit Binge & Purge box - Live in Seattle 1989 VHS/DVD - Either _ **Battery** _ or _ **Creeping Death** _ **Guns 'n Roses** - not sure if its on an album, but it’s on Youtube Live at the Ritz 1989 - _ **Nightrain** _ **Coheed & Cambria** - Live at the Starland Ballroom - _ **A Favor House Atlantic** _ **Barenaked Ladies** - Rock Spectacle - _ **Brian Wilson** _ ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/10 "2017-09-27T22:20:33Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > Led Zeppelin, Live at Earl’s Court is pretty awesome. No idea if it’s on Spotify. Not even sure what Spotify is. > > ETA; for a specific track, Trampled Under Foot /Gallows Pole. A two-for-one deal Don’t worry about Spotify. I only mentioned it in case people care. If you don’t, don’t worry. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I know that was 3 and not just one, but I couldn’t resist. I’ll check back in a day or so and if no one has posted them I’ll offer some suggestions in a genre other than rock. Go nuts just keep it mixed. My selection is going to be Elvis Costello- Lipstick Vogue from Live at Hollywood High School. One of my favorite songs anyway but the this performance is blistering. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/11 "2017-09-27T22:37:28Z")
**Todd Rundgren** The Last Ride from _Back to the Bars_ \*\*Paul McCartney \*\*Maybe I’m Amazed from _Wings over America_ **Genesis** Supper’s Ready from _Seconds Out_ coming in a 24 minutes 33 seconds and actually does a live fade-out…spectacular ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/12 "2017-09-27T22:54:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Whammer Jammer” by the J. Geils Band from _Full House_ This is a fantastic thread idea. I hope some folks start throwing up youtube links as well. There are gonna be some fantastic performances here, but how many inspired people to pick up an instrument the way, “Whammer Jammer” did? [“I’m So Afraid” - Fleetwood Mac, “The Dance”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrtLxsqSic) “Low Spark of High-heeled Boys” - Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi, “40,000 Headmen” (not on Youtube ☹ ) [“Incident On 57th Street” - Bruce Springsteen, “Live at Main Point”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q3FYajY3sM) ["Chant from the Heart - Kitaro, “An Enchanted Evening” (odd choice, I know, but I’ve long loved this CD)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB9sRbiRzVI) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/13 "2017-09-27T23:10:37Z")
Otis Rush, “So Many Roads” from\* So Many Roads- Live In Concert- Tokyo, Japan 1975\* Roy Buchanan, “Roy’s Bluz” from _Livestock_ Ten Years After, “I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes” from _Recorded Live_ ---
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I generally don’t like live recordings, but I would pick ELP’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” since there isn’t a studio version. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/15 "2017-09-27T23:24:58Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > **Todd Rundgren** The Last Ride from _Back to the Bars_ > \*\*Paul McCartney \*\*Maybe I’m Amazed from _Wings over America_ > **Genesis** Supper’s Ready from _Seconds Out_ coming in a 24 minutes 33 seconds and actually does a live fade-out…spectacular I was going to suggest “Firth of Fifth” from _Seconds Out_. It’s shorter than “Supper’s Ready”, and has an absolutely gorgeous and haunting guitar solo. The live version of “Barrier Reef” from _Hit By A Train: Best of the Old 97s_ is far superior to the studio version. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/16 "2017-09-27T23:28:56Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Otis Rush, “So Many Roads” from\* So Many Roads- Live In Concert- Tokyo, Japan 1975\* > > Roy Buchanan, “Roy’s Bluz” from _Livestock_ > > Ten Years After, “I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes” from _Recorded Live_ Oh man, how’d I forget Live Stock? Great choice. [Can I Change My Mind? - Roy Buchanan and Billy Price, “Live Stock”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlRW2TV3u9o) Kind of restrained for Roy. Always felt like he wasn’t one to let a song get in the way of a guitar solo, but he serves the song well here. Saw him live once, saw Billy live several times. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/17 "2017-09-27T23:37:33Z")
Johnny Cash “At Folsom Prison” ---
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“The Clap”, a live track on a studio album, _The Yes Album_. “Still In Love With You”, from **Thin Lizzy** ’s _Live and Dangerous._ ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469/19 "2017-09-27T23:51:27Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Johnny Cash “At Folsom Prison” This is not a song, pick a track. I love Johnny but he doesn’t get to have the whole folsom prison concert live on the Playlist. Maybe someone can talk me into the San Quentin concert, but not folsom. ---
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**Bruce Springsteen** - “Light of Day” From the \*Live In New York City \*DVD. **Bob Dylan** - “My Back Pages” From the _30th Anniversary Boxed Set_ (Bobfest), featuring Neil Young, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger McGuinn and Bob Dylan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-live-music-recording/797469.md?page=2)