Live Albums

[Ken1951]

I'm sittin' here tonight listening to studio recordings by Carole King -- and, for whatever reason, it reminded me of a pretty darned good live album by someone else entirely.

Ms Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell's Miles of Aisles.

Great, great album. I saw her twice on this tour. Joni has always had a very special place in my heart.

 

[Staki]

The best live album of all time in my opinion.

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Checkout also The Brussels Affair from their 1973 European tour. This is the essence of the Stones from that era for me. And despite being a semi-bootleg, the sound quality is quite good.

 

[GoDawgs]

I didn't see any J. Geils, but there quite a few broken jpg links.

 

[KenwoodKW60]

Some of my favorite live albums;

 

[Theta]

Let this thread include recommendations for your favorite live albums. First up for me, an album from the classic rock genre, Bad Company, in concert in 2002 at 2 venues, Denver and Anaheim:

I am the chief prog head

 

[Soandso]

Trumpeter and flugelhorn veteran Clark Terry's 16 member good fun jazz band is superbly captured in his Holland (1979) concert. Possibly Clark Terry (born 1920) is little known to you; but was not to those he influenced like jazz trumpeters Miles Davis, Art Farmer and Wynton Marsalis. He swung his horn in Count Basie's, Duke Ellington's, Quincey Jones' and much earlier Charlie Barnet's bands.

 

[August West]

My friend and I decided to curate all the official Grateful Dead live recordings. There are 349 separate sub folders which are in performance date order. Choosing just one would be difficult. I'll try to. Europe 72 the Complete Recordings comes to mind. My favorite show I saw in 1979 came out as part of the Road Trips series. I've been a deadhead since 1971 (I recorded it!).

 

[Soandso]

... all the official Grateful Dead live recordings....

archive.org has a massive compendium of live grateful dead performances in their "live music archive" which are not record releases. 1st screen shot below's left hand menu says more under a vertical list of years and 2nd screen shot is what clicking on more brings up going back additionally listing years to 1965.

 

[Soandso]

archive.org has a massive compendium ...

And the free app "RELISTEN" has the grateful dead (among other artists') live performances archived . Screen shots below 1st one is how app's heading looks on Apple's app store and 2nd is how once open in app the options for deadheads to select appear. Then selecting a specific performance from within the Relisten app will play it for you and often provide a choice among recordings made for that very same live performance.

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[Rja4000]

Some of my favorite live albums;

Yeah Gonzo

But this one is much more fun with vynil:
You may actually see, by just looking at the groove, when he's screaming.

 

[August West]

And the free app "RELISTEN" has the grateful dead (among other artists') live performances archived . Screen shots below 1st one is how app's heading looks on Apple's app store and 2nd is how once open in app the options for deadheads to select appear. Then selecting a specific performance from within the Relisten app will play it for you and often provide a choice among recordings made for that very same live performance.

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And the free app "RELISTEN" has the grateful dead (among other artists') live performances archived . Screen shots below 1st one is how app's heading looks on Apple's app store and 2nd is how once open in app the options for deadheads to select appear. Then selecting a specific performance from within the Relisten app will play it for you and often provide a choice among recordings made for that very same live performance.

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I have another drive that has every show that has circulated from every year and picked out the best sounding ones. It was a massive task. I believe its a hard drive that many a deadhead would love to have.

 

[Neekomax]

I have another drive that has every show that has circulated from every year and picked out the best sounding ones. It was a massive task. I believe its a hard drive that many a deadhead would love to have.

Hook a brother up!

 

[August West]

Hook a brother up!

Do you have any favorite shows you'd like to hear again?

 

[Martin]

I neglected to mention this album in my earlier post. I didn't know much about this band until I saw them as the opening act for Blue Öyster Cult in August of 1978. I bought this album on vinyl as soon as it was released and still own it today.

Martin

 

[Neekomax]

Do you have any favorite shows you'd like to hear again?

Winterland 10/18/74... RFK 6/10/73.

 

[LTig]

I neglected to mention this album in my earlier post. I didn't know much about this band until I saw them as the opening act for Blue Öyster Cult in August of 1978. I bought this album on vinyl as soon as it was released and still own it today.

Martin

One of my favorites of my youth, also own the vinyl (German pressing). Haven't listened to it for years, thanks for reminding me.

 

[August West]

Winterland 10/18/74... RFK 6/10/73.

the RFK show is an official release as well part of box set. 10-18-74 is part of the GD Movie cd set. Both box sets are very well done and worth the price.

 

[mmuetst]

Yesterday I witnessed one of the 6 recordings of the new album of Snarky Puppy and the Metropol Orchestra. Valid experience to be there. Album will be released in September and will be called Somni Dream in Latin). This is another masterpiece, and I'm looking forward to reliving this experience once the album is out.
Here is a photo's during the recording:

 

[Shorty]

Yesterday I witnessed one of the 6 recordings of the new album of Snarky Puppy and the Metropol Orchestra. Valid experience to be there. Album will be released in September and will be called Somnium (Dream in Latin). This is another masterpiece, and I'm looking forward to reliving this experience once the album is out.
Here is a photo's during the recording:

Yes, I saw it on Dutch TV at the time, it was great - as was their concert with Todd Rundgren at Paradiso Amsterdam.
The Metropole Orchestra is a Dutch treasure! I have a CD of their fabulous concert at North Sea Jazz with singer Gino Vannelli.
They also worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny, Quincy Jones (BBC Proms 2016, with Jacob Collier and Cory Henry), Steve Vai… There’s some of it on YouTube as well.

Edit: I was referring to the Snarky Puppet / M.O. concert of a few years ago. Didn’t realise there was something new going on! Great!

 

[mmuetst]

Edit: I was referring to the Snarky Puppet / M.O. concert of a few years ago. Didn’t realise there was something new going on! Great!

That was the album Sylva also very nice album. The drummer Jamison Ross (also band member of Snarky Puppy) also did a project with the young Metropol orchestra. That would take place in Tivoli Utrecht 2020 but because of Covid that all went down the drain. Fortunately the performance could be recorded in the Hilversum studio.

Unfortunately, no album was released of that recording (as far as I know).