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And let’s not forget Drive-By Truckers! I’ve got their Live at the 40 Watt Club on DVD; this is a film of their The Dirty South Live at the same venue:
EDIT: Well I’ll be damned: this is the same concert as released on the Live at the 40 Watt Club DVD.
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Great Concerts of special significance
Johnny Cash - Live From Folsom Prison
Woodstock
Allman Brothers Band - Live at the Fillmore East - backstory: This almost did not happen. The Allman Brothers were a favorite band of Bill Graham and they were booked for 2 or 3 days (4 or 5 sessions) but Bill was in Europe. The person in charge put a brass section in with the band. Not so good. When Bill heard that he took an overnight flight back to NYC and let the Allman Brothers Band be the Allman Brothers Band. All of those sessions are available in a box set.
Janis Joplin - her breakthrough performance at the Monterey Pop Festival
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert - backstory in another thread, thank you so much
Great Concerts
Beth Hart with Joe Bonamassa - Live in Amsterdam
Friday Night in San Francisco
Joe Cocker - Live
Tedeshi Trucks Band - Everybodys Talkin' - starts not great but gets really great
Beru Revue - Alive and Well, Live at the Empire Rock Room - they put fun in music like no other and are talented musicians. One of my favorite bands.
Really Darn Good
Paul Simon - Central Park Concert, Hyde Park Concert
Il Volo - Takes Flight
so many others, like George Thorogood, Rolling Stones, more Keith Jarrett, ......
Johnny Cash - Live From Folsom Prison
Woodstock
Allman Brothers Band - Live at the Fillmore East - backstory: This almost did not happen. The Allman Brothers were a favorite band of Bill Graham and they were booked for 2 or 3 days (4 or 5 sessions) but Bill was in Europe. The person in charge put a brass section in with the band. Not so good. When Bill heard that he took an overnight flight back to NYC and let the Allman Brothers Band be the Allman Brothers Band. All of those sessions are available in a box set.
Janis Joplin - her breakthrough performance at the Monterey Pop Festival
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert - backstory in another thread, thank you so much
Great Concerts
Beth Hart with Joe Bonamassa - Live in Amsterdam
Friday Night in San Francisco
Joe Cocker - Live
Tedeshi Trucks Band - Everybodys Talkin' - starts not great but gets really great
Beru Revue - Alive and Well, Live at the Empire Rock Room - they put fun in music like no other and are talented musicians. One of my favorite bands.
Really Darn Good
Paul Simon - Central Park Concert, Hyde Park Concert
Il Volo - Takes Flight
so many others, like George Thorogood, Rolling Stones, more Keith Jarrett, ......
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Scrolling through this thread I was surprised at the lack of live jazz or vocals relative to the amount of rock performances. So..............
The Ray Brown Trio - Live at the Loa
Arne Domnerus - Jazz at the Pawnshop
Bucky Pizzarelli - Swing Live
Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley
Diana Krall - Live in Paris
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live at Yoshi's
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
The Ray Brown Trio - Live at the Loa
Arne Domnerus - Jazz at the Pawnshop
Bucky Pizzarelli - Swing Live
Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley
Diana Krall - Live in Paris
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live at Yoshi's
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Hipper
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Rick Nelson - In Concert The Troubadour, 1969
Be sure to get the 2011 2CD pack. This is much superior to the earlier single CD with the same title and cover.
Here's film which includes some of the concert, taken by his brother David.
Of course the sonic qualities of the CD is a bit better!
Be sure to get the 2011 2CD pack. This is much superior to the earlier single CD with the same title and cover.
Here's film which includes some of the concert, taken by his brother David.
Of course the sonic qualities of the CD is a bit better!
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Just found this thread- first thought on reading the title was this!There are a lot of live albums I love, many of which are far from "audiophile." But when someone asks for favorites, I always seem to come back to this one:
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The Trinity revisited is pretty damn good too.
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My two favorites:
1) Waiting for Columbus - already mentioned, twice
and IMO the single best live rock & roll album, full stop (Live at Leeds notwithstanding).
2) This one: not rock & roll, but absolutely superb.
coupla examples.
1) Waiting for Columbus - already mentioned, twice
and IMO the single best live rock & roll album, full stop (Live at Leeds notwithstanding).2) This one: not rock & roll, but absolutely superb.
coupla examples.
Some of my favorite live albums:
+1 to Allman Brothers Live at Filmore East.
Queen - A night at the Hammersmith Odeon
Queen Live at Wembley Stadium
ACDC Live (Donnington '91 concert)
Buena Vista Social Club Live at Carnegie Hall
+1 to Allman Brothers Live at Filmore East.
Queen - A night at the Hammersmith Odeon
Queen Live at Wembley Stadium
ACDC Live (Donnington '91 concert)
Buena Vista Social Club Live at Carnegie Hall
Live at Carnegie Hall is the first live album I ever bought:
This is one of the best selling live albums and was all the rage in the mid-1970's:
And finally my absolute favorite live album:
Martin
This is one of the best selling live albums and was all the rage in the mid-1970's:
And finally my absolute favorite live album:
Martin
Mark Werlin's Review of her last album actually fits the ''sings the blues'' album better.
Carmen Gomes: Don't You Cry (Sound Liaison) Don't You Cry - BEST VOCAL ALBUM 2019
Many musicians can play jazz and blues, but few can sing the blues with total conviction and emotional authenticity.
Dutch singer-songwriter Carmen Gomes is one of those few.
A father from the Mediterranean region endowed Carmen Gomes not only with a Spanish-sounding name, but by her own description, with a Mediterranean temperament. At the margins of the culture, the world's differences meet; for Carmen Gomes, the language that gave her freedom of expression was not her native Dutch, but English; and the mode that encouraged her creativity was American jazz and blues. With a dozen previous albums in her catalogue, this accomplished singer, songwriter, teacher and vocal coach distills more than two decades of live performance and recording experience into "Don't You Cry", an hour of compelling jazz vocal music.
The selection and sequencing of the songs tells the story of a woman’s growing recognition that she must throw off the chains of love—false illusions, fears and insecurities—before she can find a more honest way of loving. From the opening "Unchain My Heart", a 1963 hit for Ray Charles, through two songs associated with the great Nina Simone, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and Simone's own assertion of female sensuality "Do I Move You", with stops along the way in the Deep South of the songwriter's imagination (Ira and George Gershwin's "Summertime") and the historical reality ("How Long", credited to Leroy Carr, originally written by blueswoman Ida Cox), the listener finally arrives at Gomes' original "As I Do." It's a one-hour trip from the depths of love's oppression to the renewed hope for a relationship between equal partners, cast in the languorous mode of sultry jazz singing and subtle instrumental accompaniment.
Gomes’ stylistic technique extends past the conventions of behind-the-beat phrasing. Listen to how she teases out the syllables, as if the lyrics themselves were musical notes, not just words on a page. On "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", she prolongs the vowel sounds through several shades of inflection. With her flawless pitch, the effect is entrancing. You might hear echoes of Billie Holliday, but her vocal sound has developed well beyond imitation to distinctive individuality.
The ensemble Carmen Gomes, Inc. is more than a singer and a backing group. Bassist Peter Bjørnild, whose session notes are posted on the Sound Liaison website, produced the record and arranged the songs in collaboration with Gomes, guitarist Folker Tettero and drummer Bert Kamsteeg. Tettero plays an archtop semi-hollow body guitar that has a warm timbre; his stylistic ears are well-tuned to blues idiom, especially the minor-key blues of the mid-1960s. Kamsteeg uses brushes throughout, and keeps superb time without ever overpowering the singer or other players. In bassist Peter Bjørnild, Gomes has found the deep instrumental 'voice' that complements her vocals, the glove that perfectly fits the hand. Their musical partnership is longstanding, and the trust that only years can bring is clearly in evidence.
The decision to record with a single-point stereo microphone came about after the group had already finished a recording session done with conventional multi-mic technique. The late delivery of a Josephson C700S stereo microphone prompted a test recording of a single tune; an afterwards, engineer and label co-owner Frans Rond was so convinced that the sound qualities of that track should be heard on a full recording, he reconvened two more sessions that consisted of the group's working repertoire, done almost entirely in single takes. Those sessions were recorded at MCO Studio 2, Hilversum, The Netherlands, on 26 October and 15 December 2018, in DXD 352.8 kHz. As Bjørnild explains:
"With only one mic… mixing was no longer possible. We would have to make the complete sound stage right there by carefully moving each instrument closer or further away, as well as left and right, in relationship to the microphone."
With an engineer of the capabilities of Frans Rond, mixing is no longer needed. The careful placement of the musicians and the control of group balance makes "Don't You Cry" one of the best-sounding "live in the room" audiophile recordings I've heard.
Not surprisingly, site listeners awarded "Don't You Cry" NativeDSD Vocal Album of the Year for 2019. I eagerly await the next release from Carmen Gomes Inc.
Mark Werlin, HRAudio.
Carmen Gomes: Don't You Cry (Sound Liaison) Don't You Cry - BEST VOCAL ALBUM 2019
Many musicians can play jazz and blues, but few can sing the blues with total conviction and emotional authenticity.
Dutch singer-songwriter Carmen Gomes is one of those few.
A father from the Mediterranean region endowed Carmen Gomes not only with a Spanish-sounding name, but by her own description, with a Mediterranean temperament. At the margins of the culture, the world's differences meet; for Carmen Gomes, the language that gave her freedom of expression was not her native Dutch, but English; and the mode that encouraged her creativity was American jazz and blues. With a dozen previous albums in her catalogue, this accomplished singer, songwriter, teacher and vocal coach distills more than two decades of live performance and recording experience into "Don't You Cry", an hour of compelling jazz vocal music.
The selection and sequencing of the songs tells the story of a woman’s growing recognition that she must throw off the chains of love—false illusions, fears and insecurities—before she can find a more honest way of loving. From the opening "Unchain My Heart", a 1963 hit for Ray Charles, through two songs associated with the great Nina Simone, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and Simone's own assertion of female sensuality "Do I Move You", with stops along the way in the Deep South of the songwriter's imagination (Ira and George Gershwin's "Summertime") and the historical reality ("How Long", credited to Leroy Carr, originally written by blueswoman Ida Cox), the listener finally arrives at Gomes' original "As I Do." It's a one-hour trip from the depths of love's oppression to the renewed hope for a relationship between equal partners, cast in the languorous mode of sultry jazz singing and subtle instrumental accompaniment.
Gomes’ stylistic technique extends past the conventions of behind-the-beat phrasing. Listen to how she teases out the syllables, as if the lyrics themselves were musical notes, not just words on a page. On "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", she prolongs the vowel sounds through several shades of inflection. With her flawless pitch, the effect is entrancing. You might hear echoes of Billie Holliday, but her vocal sound has developed well beyond imitation to distinctive individuality.
The ensemble Carmen Gomes, Inc. is more than a singer and a backing group. Bassist Peter Bjørnild, whose session notes are posted on the Sound Liaison website, produced the record and arranged the songs in collaboration with Gomes, guitarist Folker Tettero and drummer Bert Kamsteeg. Tettero plays an archtop semi-hollow body guitar that has a warm timbre; his stylistic ears are well-tuned to blues idiom, especially the minor-key blues of the mid-1960s. Kamsteeg uses brushes throughout, and keeps superb time without ever overpowering the singer or other players. In bassist Peter Bjørnild, Gomes has found the deep instrumental 'voice' that complements her vocals, the glove that perfectly fits the hand. Their musical partnership is longstanding, and the trust that only years can bring is clearly in evidence.
The decision to record with a single-point stereo microphone came about after the group had already finished a recording session done with conventional multi-mic technique. The late delivery of a Josephson C700S stereo microphone prompted a test recording of a single tune; an afterwards, engineer and label co-owner Frans Rond was so convinced that the sound qualities of that track should be heard on a full recording, he reconvened two more sessions that consisted of the group's working repertoire, done almost entirely in single takes. Those sessions were recorded at MCO Studio 2, Hilversum, The Netherlands, on 26 October and 15 December 2018, in DXD 352.8 kHz. As Bjørnild explains:
"With only one mic… mixing was no longer possible. We would have to make the complete sound stage right there by carefully moving each instrument closer or further away, as well as left and right, in relationship to the microphone."
With an engineer of the capabilities of Frans Rond, mixing is no longer needed. The careful placement of the musicians and the control of group balance makes "Don't You Cry" one of the best-sounding "live in the room" audiophile recordings I've heard.
Not surprisingly, site listeners awarded "Don't You Cry" NativeDSD Vocal Album of the Year for 2019. I eagerly await the next release from Carmen Gomes Inc.
Mark Werlin, HRAudio.
Some nice live recordings are available for free on archive.org courtesy of the bands themselves, like this one
https://archive.org/details/ryanadams2006-10-17.sbd.flac16
Many from Drive-By Truckers as well
https://archive.org/details/ryanadams2006-10-17.sbd.flac16
Many from Drive-By Truckers as well
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