Greatest live album/CD of all time

[Hogan11]

Not one music thread in The Underground?!?!?...well now, Ize got to do sumthin bout that!

Gimmie your opinion of what you feel is the greatest live album/CD you've ever heard in your life....as an aging music crank myself, I've always enjoyed live recordings much more than studio ones (barring those seriously overdubbed to hell)..so , go on and tell me...any genre will do..

I own a lot of great ones..but my fave of all time is "Full House" by the J. Geils Band...the crowd is barely under control, the music is wild blues covers (this was recorded in 1971, I believe) that absolutely smoke, Peter Wolf has his radio DJ Jive rap thing down to an artform ("Take out your false teeth Mama....I wanna suck on your gums!)...the overall power of it continues to amaze me with each listening. It's as close to a riot as I ever heard recorded for a live issue by anyone.

So c'mon...tell me yours.

[alkemical]

I really enjoy pantera's 101 proof live CD, C.O.C's live CD, INXS's live taped show - for starters

[twotimes3233]

There is only one "Live" album that matters.
It's the best live album ever recorded.

I have owned it probably 25 times in different forms...vinyl, cassette and now CD. When I wear it out or some low down dog steals it, I buy another.

Check it out...

Distinguished as one of the best live albums ever, Live At The Fillmore East captures the Allman Brothers Band in their prime as one of the tightest musical ensembles to ever emerge from the south, much less anywhere else in the world. A tour de force of the richest kind, the Allman’s third album documents a series of shows the band played in March of 1971 at the famed Fillmore East in New York City. Issued the following summer as a double record, Live At The Fillmore East effectively encapsulates the six-piece unit, becoming an underground classic and setting a standard for free-for-all blues/jam rock that remains unrivaled to this day. Sadly, it would be the last ABB album guitarist Duane Allman would live to see before his untimely death in a tragic motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971.

Re-released in a number of forms and configurations, Live At The Fillmore East is held together by a rigid cohesiveness that certainly jerks and jells amidst an onslaught of spontaneity and experimentation. The way the frontline of Duane and Gregg Allman and Dickie Betts locks in during the opening notes of "Statsboro Blues" is enough to confirm that this particular entity of inspired musicians was nothing short of brilliant. Duane Allman’s sizzling slide work weaves in and out of the tune while the rest of the band faithfully follows. Produced by famed Cream engineer Tom Dowd, the Allmans' assault is swiftly straddled down by bassist Berry Oakley – another early casualty whose fatal end occurred nearly a year after Allman, a few short miles from the same locale, in the same manner – and the drumming duo of Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanny Johanson.

But there was something beyond the intricate guitar work and tight rhythm section. Unlike many of their contemporaries, the Allman Brothers Band evoked a unique brand of modern soul and old-school righteousness. The instrumental magna opus "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" is just a slice of the pie when comes to the jazz-like emotion and sway that easily oozes and flows like a slimy serpent. "Stormy Monday" and "Whipping Post" exhibit the raw, yet commanding voice of Gregg Allman, whose cool spirit and sure-footed toughness held a fire of its own in the midst of intense improvisation and straight shootin’ jamming. While the ABB continue to this day, occasionally sounding as stimulated as they did in 1971, Live At The Fillmore East will always be immortalized as a live record that truly lives up to its name.

Review from Shawn Perry

Check it out guys...They don't make music like this anymore. Every time I hear some asswipe mention Justin Timberlake or Fitty Cent...I want to puke.

[Rock Chalk]

I dont know if I have ever listened to a CD that was completely live. I have compiled some "live" CDs and the best one I ever compiled was of Stevie Ray Vaughn playing live at several clubs in Austin and Houston.

He fookin rocked.

[Crow]

Pantera's 101 Proof was excellent, but I like Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads Tribute as my #1 live release. Rhoads absolutely explodes on this album.

[Meck77]

You guys have obviously never heard "Meck Live" recorded in Denver, Colorado 2003 on this baby. :alky:

I'll ship anyone a copy for 50 cents.

[Hogan11]

I would rank that Allman Bros. Fillmore as one of the top ones...that is a great live recording whether one is into the whole southern rock thing or not.

Some others of note that I'm very fond of (All off the top of my head):
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
The Who - Live At Leeds
The Who - The Kids Are Alright
The Who - Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival
B.B. King - Live At The Regal
B.B. King - Live At The Cooke County Jail
B.B. King - Blues Is King
Cream - Live Volumes 1 & 2
The Pietasters - Strapped Live
The Tubes - What Do You Want From Live?
Rolling Stones - Get Your Ya- Ya's Out
The Doors - In Concert
AC/DC - If You Want Blood...You've Got It
Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan
Hawkwind - Space Ritual Live
Jimi Hendrix - Stages 1967-1970
Jimi Hendrix - Live At Berkeley
The Jam - Dig The New Breed
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live Alive

[Pezman]

Gotta throw in "24 nights" by Clapton... although its overproduced it still rocks.

"The Wall live in Berlin" did not suck

Metallica "Live Sh*t B&P" was something special...

Can't forget about the greatest selling album of all time in "Frampton Comes Alive"

"Secret World Live" by Peter Gabriel was outstanding

"Different Stages" by Rush was epic albeit late...

AC/DC Live (can't remember the album name) was kickin!

Santana's "Moonflower" was the cream of the crop in the 70's

Always gotta give the love for Satriani - "G3 Live" rules...

I'm sure I'm forgetting more...

[Hogan11]

You know, I've heard a lot of positive things about that "Rush In Rio" Rush release, but have been leery of checking it out.....some say it's better that all the previous live releases by the band....does anyone know for sure?

Pez, "The Wall Live In Berlin"....all those guest musicians doing that material didn't bother you any? It did me...like the movie soundtrack when Geldof tried his hand at some of the tunes...it just doesn't sound right without Waters doing the vocal to me (and I actually liked the Boomtown Rats..so it wasn't Geldof I had the overall problem with per se)

[Pezman]

As a whole, I'm able to overlook a few bad tracks RH. The live crowd is what made that album great. I agree with the Geldof rubbish, not to mention the Scorpions choice (oh the Irony of them playing) but the album stands up very well.

I've never heard the Rush in Rio shows. One problem I had with "Different stages" is that they butchered Neal Peart's drum solo's grrrr, so that is always a negative. If R.I.R. has a less slick and better mixed sound then I can see why people like it more. I guess I'll have to check it out.

[Crow]

Speaking of Waters, his old running buddies Pink Floyd put out a killer live album or two. Pulse being the main one that comes to mind, although the home video version was much better, IMO.

The home vid of Roger Waters & co doing The Wall was most entertaining. I agree that w/o Roger, the songs are lacking. But overall I enjoyed it. Maybe I'm just biased, as The Wall is one of my all time favorite musical offerings.

And a rep point for the man who mentioned G3. If you've never experienced Satch or Vai live, it's a must see. I saw Joe at the House of Blues, and I swear I can still hear "Ceremony" ringing in my ears.

[Evenrude]

Some very good ones have already been mentioned, but two of my all time favorites...

Live Rust - Neil Young
http://www.inkblotmagazine.com/rev-archive/images/ca_Neil_Young_Live_Rust.jpg

and of course Tuesday, Thursdays & Saturdays by the man...
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:captain:

[Rock Chalk]

Who is that second one? I see Puff on the album cover, is that Puff Daddy? Ha!

[alkemical]

buffet

[Rock Chalk]

I know Josh. It looks like Puff there from the small pic so I was making a joke.

[Evenrude]

Who is that second one? I see Puff on the album cover, is that Puff Daddy? Ha!

I never noticed that.... :puff: :alky:

[alkemical]

You know what's another good live album - the last megadeth CD/DVD - it wasn't them in their heyday - but it is damn good -

[Hogan11]

As a whole, I'm able to overlook a few bad tracks RH. The live crowd is what made that album great. I agree with the Geldof rubbish, not to mention the Scorpions choice (oh the Irony of them playing) but the album stands up very well.

I've never heard the Rush in Rio shows. One problem I had with "Different stages" is that they butchered Neal Peart's drum solo's grrrr, so that is always a negative. If R.I.R. has a less slick and better mixed sound then I can see why people like it more. I guess I'll have to check it out.

"Exit..Stage Left" was my fave live work from them...even if it was a quickie package to capitalize on the "Moving Pictures" popularity..."Rio" has been getting raves...maybe I will check it out.

You brought up The Scorpions....actually "The Tokyo Tapes" from them isn't bad (1978)...I like a lot of early Scorpions stuff, but it's not for everyone...that Uriah Heep-like sound has aged very badly and is now very hard to listen to....but it does have great Hendrix-like guitar work from some guy called Ulrich Roth....

Just my thoughts on them.

[Rock Chalk]

FINALLY! Rhogan and I agree on some music.

Love the scorpions bud. Couldnt name a song but I remember growin up with it from my pops and loved their music.

[Bronco Yoda]

Scorpion concerts were the best for their throngs of female fans in tight leather. They were very good live....

....so was the band ;D

[alkemical]

I went to the linkin park concert last night - i got a free ticket -

now i'm not a fan of them - but i must say - they are good to their fans and they do entertain.... but they just cannot win me over - other than the one guy can sing pretty good -

[Rock Chalk]

linkin park is decent enough. better than lim bizkit but of the same mold if you ask me. that song "my december" is really a great song in my book. very mellow, very good singing, kinda somber but I could put it on repeat and not be bothered.

[alkemical]

yeah they are ok - nothing that's just a big time thing for me - i mean i saw down, and they rocked the hut

[Hogan11]

God I hate Linkin Park...the last big ugly hangover of that whole lame rap/metal genre.
Ames, you dig that whiny voice? My God, add in the self-pity lyrics and it's like..close to unbearable for me.

Not as unbearable as Good Charlotte or Nickelback....but damn close enough.

[alkemical]

hogan,

did i say i liked them? I think chester has a good voice - i said they treat their fans good - and they have good energy - which was sad, because they were far better than hoobastank and the other bands on the list...

[Hogan11]

hogan,

did i say i liked them? I think chester has a good voice - i said they treat their fans good - and they have good energy - which was sad, because they were far better than hoobastank and the other bands on the list...

Sorry Man...it's just seeing praise of any kind for the three bands I mentioned sends me into a fit of retching....I'm soooo very tired of "social worker" rock I could puke...I keep thinking that if only Henry Rollins were to get them into a room and beat the snot out of them all, then maybe they'd stop the whining, get some spine and "Rise Above" the bad homelife bullshat.

[Rock Chalk]

System of a down, eh, take em or leave em. They are OK and I wouldnt be overly upset if it was on the radio but Im not going out of my way to get a CD of theirs.

[Evenrude]

I'm just getting ready for Comstock Rock (http://www.comstockrock.com/rockfestival/comstockrock.htm)

Nothing like sex, drugs, rock & roll and cow tipping..... :thumbs:

[alkemical]

System of a down is bad ass - they are far better than linkin park -

I went to see them and slipknot - i went to see SOAD - and they just rocked the hut -

as for a good live CD -

AIC's live disc is great - They've influenced my music style a lot - probably the best musicianship band out of the major bands out of seattle - Sean Kinney is a great drummer - and jerry cantrell is a very underrated guitar player - and layne - well i hope his head creeps aren't still going -

[Hogan11]

I'm just getting ready for Comstock Rock (http://www.comstockrock.com/rockfestival/comstockrock.htm)

Nothing like sex, drugs, rock & roll and cow tipping..... :thumbs:

Now that's a line up Rudy! Ha!

The compost rock festival....Ha!....that's cool.

FINALLY! Rhogan and I agree on some music.

Love the scorpions bud. Couldnt name a song but I remember growin up with it from my pops and loved their music.

"In Trance" will seperate the men from the boys rather quickly...

only a true headbanger could put up with those neo-operetic vocals for very long...gotta love that cover as well!

[twotimes3233]

Humble Pie "Performance Rockin' the Fillmore"
Robin Trower Live King Buscuit Flower Hour
The Beat Farmers Live at the Spring Valley Inn
The J. Geils Band Blow your face out
UFO Strangers in the Night


I saw the Beat Farmers six times and they were one of the best live bar bands ever. Where else can you throw beer at the band and have them revel in it? Too bad they are done...the heart and soul of the band Country Dick Montana died on stage flailing away at the drum kit on stage in Canada.

I saw J.Geils on New Years Eve at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver. They did 9 encores and almost blew the roof off the building.

UFO Again I saw them at the Rainbow in the late 70's and they were the loudest band I have ever seen in concert. Micheal Schenker was on lead and I thought his guitar was going to catch fire during the last three songs.

Humble Pie Performance Live at the Fillmore - Must be something about the Fillmore East and West some of the best recorded live music came out of those 2 venues.

Robin Trower - Guitar god from Procol Harum - Bridge of Sighs check it out!

[Hogan11]

Humble Pie "Performance Rockin' the Fillmore"
Robin Trower Live King Buscuit Flower Hour
The Beat Farmers Live at the Spring Valley Inn
The J. Geils Band Blow your face out
UFO Strangers in the Night


I saw the Beat Farmers six times and they were one of the best live bar bands ever. Where else can you throw beer at the band and have them revel in it? Too bad they are done...the heart and soul of the band Country Dick Montana died on stage flailing away at the drum kit on stage in Canada.

I saw J.Geils on New Years Eve at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver. They did 9 encores and almost blew the roof off the building.

UFO Again I saw them at the Rainbow in the late 70's and they were the loudest band I have ever seen in concert. Micheal Schenker was on lead and I thought his guitar was going to catch fire during the last three songs.

Humble Pie Performance Live at the Fillmore - Must be something about the Fillmore East and West some of the best recorded live music came out of those 2 venues.

Robin Trower - Guitar god from Procol Harum - Bridge of Sighs check it out!

The Humble Pie disc is very highly reguarded...I was just never into them very much.

Is "Spring Valley Inn" better than "Live Loud And Plowed"? I've never heard it.

UFO's "Strangers In The Night" brings back some memories for me...why they never caught on in the States is a mystery.

"Blow Your Face Out" is a good live recording , no doubt about it, but do you think it's better than "Full House"? IMO, the energy just doesn't match up nor the crowd isn't as frenzied as on "House"...I really like that barely under control live setting and so few live offerings have that...The MC5's "Kick Out The Jams" is the only other one I think of this early in the morning where it sounds as if a riot is gonna break out at any second...it's that type of air that "Full House" has that goes a long way towards me taking it over 'Blow Your Face Out" or "Showtime" for that matter.

I really wish I could've seen the J. Geils Band in it's prime...you're very lucky 2Times.

[alkemical]

Pantera Live 101 Proof-

Primus: Suck on this

Cream: Wheels of Fire

I have a doors live concert - it's bad ass - it was done not too long ago either (like a year or two) -

this is for live CD's - but

Pretty Girls Make Graves is a great band - i'm going to give them a plug here - as well as 'my morning jacket' - kings of leon are pretty cool too -

[alkemical]

hogan,

You are a little older than me so i was wondering if you can help me out...

i've never had a beatles epiphany - as in i never listened to the beatles and see how they royally influenced rock, or music in general.

I've heard a bit of influence by them in early pink floyd -

and i can see the doors influence on Tool (i don't know your stance on tool, but for me i think their influence will come down the line) -

But in your opinion how has the beatles influenced rock/pop culture (open to anyone) - In a sort of way i see the beatles as rip off artists in their early days from ripping off the style sound of buddy holly, etc.

Pretty much how clapton kinda re-did all of the old blues masters riffs, with more of a 'rock' approach....

as for the doors, i see their influence in not only tool, but how performance's live, would be used to push boundries of taboo subjects, as well as opening doors (intended) - for off the wall things - like spoken word type commentary - to not just beatniks but to a mainstream audience.

I'm a huge fan of the doors, pink floyd, zepplin (who IMO had as much an influence as Black sabbath) - but also current bands, early REM, early U2 - and being a metalhead - love moterhead, king diamond - and punk (the stooges, ramones, the clash) - but for the beatles, i don't see the same linkage, maybe as obvious would be a better term.

Even in metal, i can trace back things to black sabbath and zepplin (Soundgarden, Pantera, Metallica) -

With alice in chains, maybe i can see the beatles in terms of the melody that layne & jerry had - but i also see a sabbathish dark sound in their overall music.

Do i actually see it? Is the media just blowing it out of proportion?

[Hogan11]

hogan,

You are a little older than me so i was wondering if you can help me out...
Sure thing...

i've never had a beatles epiphany - as in i never listened to the beatles and see how they royally influenced rock, or music in general.

I've heard a bit of influence by them in early pink floyd -

But in your opinion how has the beatles influenced rock/pop culture (open to anyone) - In a sort of way i see the beatles as rip off artists in their early days from ripping off the style sound of buddy holly, etc.

Pretty much how clapton kinda re-did all of the old blues masters riffs, with more of a 'rock' approach....

No offense Ames...but are you kidding me with this?

While I'm no Beatles whorshipper or anything like that, they do deserve their status in rock history...In short and off the cuff, they were catalysts, great songwriters, excellent vocalists, trendsetters..they issued high quality works in succession for years...a feat that few have been able to duplicate. Such albums as Revolver and Sgt. Pepper really were revolutionary at the time..and while they surely were influenced by 50's rock-n-roll artists, as well as Dylan, they transcended those influences...you couple all that with the effect they had upon society unseen since the heady days of Elvis Presley (with the Sex Pistols & Nirvana being the only other ones I can think of in Rock history coming close to equalling the social impact they had) and yes, they were something special.

As far as influence in today's sounds, you'd be hard pressed to find it. Most bands with a Beatles influence (Like say Teenage Fanclub for example) get buried because it's not "cool" to have that power pop type sound now...you can say that anyone who puts out a concept album was influenced by Sgt. Pepper or Abby Road (both of which are better than Tommy, The Who Sell Out, SF Sorrow, Their Satanic Majesties Request or any other concept records of the time IMO). But, in short, you could say they are responsible for power pop from Badfinger to The Knack to The Romantics to Utopia to The Flaming Groovies to Teenage Fanclub and so on and so on.
In all honesty, it only pops up occasionally now..like the Byrds influence does with jangle rock like early R.E.M., the whole Athens sound, The Smiths or the lone practioners I know of still going in that direction currently, The Rhinos.

Hey, it's all I can come up with in 5 minutes guys...cut me some slack ;D

[Arkie]

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies - recorded live on New Year's Eve 1969/70

It's funkier than the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
"Machine Gun" is really intense. It was inspired by Vietnam, and Hendrix made his guitar screech like a battlefield.
Wicked, inventive guitar-playing....Guitargasm!

[Paulie Emm]

Not in the same category as most of the music mentioned here, but Sarah McLachlan's Mirrorball is one of the best live albums I've ever heard. The crowd is so totally in sync with her and the songs. I'm not a huge fan, but this is a really good live album.

There are some rare live recordings on the Bob Marley box set that are amazing as well.

The new Green Day live album sounds decent too.

[Hogan11]

Not in the same category as most of the music mentioned here, but Sarah McLachlan's Mirrorball is one of the best live albums I've ever heard. The crowd is so totally in sync with her and the songs. I'm not a huge fan, but this is a really good live album.

I'm in love with that woman's voice....and I'm unafraid to admit that it melts my heart like butter.

[alkemical]

Thanks hogan,

I can understand the power pop, but when i have people tell me that radiohead is like the beatles, or guns n roses are like the beatles, it's tough for me to follow -

Sarah is great, she's totally cool in my book - but i also went to see tori amos live a few times too

[Hogan11]

Thanks hogan,

I can understand the power pop, but when i have people tell me that radiohead is like the beatles, or guns n roses are like the beatles, it's tough for me to follow -

Sarah is great, she's totally cool in my book - but i also went to see tori amos live a few times too


Brit Pop (bands like Oasis, for example) is another genre where the Beatles influence still looms large as well. They are a touchstone...kinda like in the early 70's when every rag under the sun was looking for the "new" Dylan...everyone from Graham Parker to Bruce Springsteen to such nonenties as Steve Forbert was hailed as such at one time or another....

I really don't like Tori Amos...but Sarah McLachlan's voice is amazing...there are certain female pop stars whose voices I really like....mainly Lisa Loeb and Michelle Branch...not to mention my total infatuation with Liz Phair...consider them all my guilty pleasures Ha!

[TheNextStep]

I think the only live albums I tend to like are basic rock and rollers. Rap acts, heavy metal bands... they seem to pretty much suck on live albums. Country acts are typically good live but I don't think live albums sell too well so I can't recall seeing to many released in that genre.

Off the top of my head:

Bob Seger - Live Bullet. Nine Tonight was the other Live album Seger released and it completely sucked. He sounded like absolute sh**. Live Bullet rocked.

Cheap Trick - Live at Budakon. This was literally the first album I've ever owned so it has a nostalgic thing going for it. Beyond that, they were really on that night. Great record.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road. Great f***ing album.

Speaking of the J. Geils Band, however, let me ask you this:
Years ago, I had a J. Geils record (and it really was on vinyl) that had a great song on it called "I Do". The lyrics were pretty simple:
"Do I love you
With all my heart?
Well I do
I do now
Yes, I do
And Do I want you
To be all mine?
Well I do
I do now
Yes, I do
And I love you my baby
Yes I do
And I want you my baby
Yeah, yeah... I do now"

I think it was a live album. Which one was it and has it been re-released on CD?

[Hogan11]

I think the only live albums I tend to like are basic rock and rollers. Rap acts, heavy metal bands... they seem to pretty much suck on live albums. Country acts are typically good live but I don't think live albums sell too well so I can't recall seeing to many released in that genre.

Off the top of my head:

Bob Seger - Live Bullet. Nine Tonight was the other Live album Seger released and it completely sucked. He sounded like absolute sh**. Live Bullet rocked.

Cheap Trick - Live at Budakon. This was literally the first album I've ever owned so it has a nostalgic thing going for it. Beyond that, they were really on that night. Great record.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road. Great f***ing album.

Speaking of the J. Geils Band, however, let me ask you this:
Years ago, I had a J. Geils record (and it really was on vinyl) that had a great song on it called "I Do". The lyrics were pretty simple:
"Do I love you
With all my heart?
Well I do
I do now
Yes, I do
And Do I want you
To be all mine?
Well I do
I do now
Yes, I do
And I love you my baby
Yes I do
And I want you my baby
Yeah, yeah... I do now"

I think it was a live album. Which one was it and has it been re-released on CD?

I love Cheap Trick...one of the all time great power pop bands..saw them for the first time back in 1983 and have seen a few times since...always a great show....you might wanna check out Budokan II if you really like the first one, it's the rest of the show that never made it onto the first record...I highly recommend it.

As for the J. Geils question...that song was their last hit and appeared on the live album from 1982/3 called Showtime!..it should be available by itself but if it isn't, then go with the Houseparty! anthology which is a great retrospective....I know it's on that one.

Hope this helps.

[alkemical]

Hogan,

Thanks for your opinions on the beatles - It's given me something to look at under a diffrerent light.

[SimonFletcher73]

Marley - Live
the Peter Tosh live disk for the Honorary Citizen box set
Blur - live in Japan (not sure if it's the full name) - like Oasis, but better
any clean Ween show
a For Squirrels show from 94 - FL band that had two albums, hell of a band



those are my favorites, the last 2 being just bootlegs, if you've ever seen Ween, they'll play for 2 1/2 hours straight, crazy band that can play ANY genre

[TheNextStep]

I'm not the biggest fan of Blur that you ever saw, but "Country House" is one of those songs that I just can't help but tap my feet to.

RHogan - Gracias!

[Hogan11]

Ames & Step....Glad I could be of service ;D

Ween is pretty odd IMO....is Andrew Weiss still playing bass for them? He's a great player and IMO, the Rollins Band hasn't been the same since he left....the local college station used to play "Spinal Meningitis Has Got Me Down" a lot....easily one of the creepiest songs you'll ever hear. I haven't heard their latest efforts...I should check into them (memo to self).

[SimonFletcher73]

Weiss is still with them

they have 9 releases, 5 of them since the Chocolate and Cheese album (the one spinal meningitis was on), their new album Quebec was released a short time ago, haven't had a chance to listen to it yet

they have an internet radio station that's mostly requests from their live shows

The Mollusk (1997) is one of my favorite albums

a band that's very difficult to describe, not for the easily offended

[Rohirrim]

Get Your Ya Yas Out (I was at the concert at the L.A. Forum when the Midnight Rambler cut was taped).

The Who - Live at Leeds (esp. Summertime Blues and My Generation)

Cream - Wheels of Fire (especially "Crossroads")

Father's & Sons (Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, etc.)

[Hogan11]

Get Your Ya Yas Out (I was at the concert at the L.A. Forum when the Midnight Rambler cut was taped).

The Who - Live at Leeds (esp. Summertime Blues and My Generation)

Cream - Wheels of Fire (especially "Crossroads")

Father's & Sons (Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, etc.)

Any live Who from the Moon era is a must hear...they were simply unstoppable in their prime.

What's weird to me is that "Ya - Ya's" is the only decent live Stones work in their entire catalog...it's a great disc and the version of "Stray Cat Blues" is just nasty on that...sums up the entire Stones aura and myth in one moment for me...it seeths pure evil...the embodiment of late 60's/early 70's Stones IMO.

[FADERPROOF]

hmm...wonder what band I'll say?

It's a compilation live CD, but "Salival" by TOOL is the most played live CD by me. They have a great opening song with "3rd eye", and just an awesome new "Pu****" that Maynard does just a great job with, and my personal favorite...a live cover of "No Quarter" originally done by one of the greatest bands ever, Led Zeppelin.

Don't really listen to much live stuff, "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah(or however it's spelled)" by Nirvana was a good one, especially it being after Kurts death and it's always good to look back on that.

[alkemical]

for the wheels of fire disc - toad is my fav :)

[Hogan11]

for the wheels of fire disc - toad is my fav :)

I'd have to go with "Spoonful" here on the live stuff...another example of how Bruce was the real force at work here...(remembering the Cream battles with Mock of the distant past)...of the studio stuff...the "Born Under A Bad Sign" cover is the high point of the record IMO.

"Toad" is cool though, no arguement there...I saved myself the trouble and got the "Those Were The Days" box set when it came out...I like those all in one packages ;D

[alkemical]

well hogan, for me (a drummer) hearing baker give a lesson is well worth it! :)

[Hogan11]

well hogan, for me (a drummer) hearing baker give a lesson is well worth it! :)

If you want a real lesson via Ginger...get your hands on the Cream Farewell Concert video...if I remember right, he gives a few tips and explains how he gets his sound in that (I believe he talks about lining up his cymbals so if you hit one, it smacks the others creating a non-stop sound...or something like that ...hey, it's been a few years since I've seen it, but it's well worth checking out...I notice they run it every once in awhile on TRIO, if you get that station).

[alkemical]

I've got it hogan! ;)

[Hogan11]

Just curious ames...do you keep the toms straight up and down like Baker did or do you angle them?

I angle mine...most players I see nowadays angle theirs as well...but you never see that "straight on" look anymore and wondered if you did it.

I tried it once, but since I'm not classically trained or anything, it's much easier to roll with the heads angled, know what I mean?

[alkemical]

I angle them, i sit low-rider low too - even though i'm sort of tall (5'11") -

And it's wierd since i'm a stomper too (i can keep my heel down, but i dunno i get more into the rythm of it by stomping) ) i have my toms angled back to face me - i still sit above my set - but it's not by that much - i also play different, i play with facing the HH almost - and then work the set by splitting it from right side/left side - so when i move through the toms i love with my right arm first - and my left arm stays towards the HH/Snare side (I've worked on keeping time with my left hand, so basically i'm "open", i don't do much crosses).

[Hogan11]

I angle them, i sit low-rider low too - even though i'm sort of tall (5'11") -

And it's wierd since i'm a stomper too (i can keep my heel down, but i dunno i get more into the rythm of it by stomping) ) i have my toms angled back to face me - i still sit above my set - but it's not by that much - i also play different, i play with facing the HH almost - and then work the set by splitting it from right side/left side - so when i move through the toms i love with my right arm first - and my left arm stays towards the HH/Snare side (I've worked on keeping time with my left hand, so basically i'm "open", i don't do much crosses).

I sit at the set conventually enough I guess, I'm about 5' 9" and I tend to hunch over the set some....I'm a stomper as well....I've "blown up" two bass drum foot pedals since getting the set. I finally got a cobra and it has withstood my heavy foot....thus far anyway.

[Bronco Yoda]

Nice to see some fellow drummers. Haven't been on the skins in a long time but still one at heart.

[alkemical]

i take it you annoy co-workers too? :)

[Bronco Yoda]

i take it you annoy co-workers too? :)

Is that supposed to be directed at me AimsJ?

[alkemical]

yeah.... you know do you get the "stop tapping" "stop banging out beats"

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[Hogan11]

Made In Japan....I remember it well...Gillian and Lord dueling at the beginning of "Lazy"..(guarenteed to clear a room)..it is a good live album.

Of the rest, I've never heard the Ten Years After one but all the footage I've ever seen of Alvin Lee tells me what kind of record it must be....I'd love to hear it sometime...whatever happened to Alvin Lee anyways? He was a great boogie style player.

[alkemical]

the Rage Against the Machine live CD is pretty good

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Made In Japan....I remember it well...Gillian and Lord dueling at the beginning of "Lazy"..(guarenteed to clear a room)..it is a good live album.

Yep.

I remember I was living in Denver when "Made in Japan" came out ('72?)

This was around the advent of FM rock stations and "album-oriented rock."

I remember when radio station KBPI in Denver would play the entire album from start to finish.

Those were the days...

More great live albums:

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[Bronco Yoda]

yeah.... you know do you get the "stop tapping" "stop banging out beats"


LOL....I've been hearing that since I was 5 years old. My folks had to put me in lessons to quit beating up the furniture (damn them earkt years of only practice pads and snare drums). Never got out of the blood though.... had my latest Jeep 6 months and the steering wheel rattles worse than the spare change in the botttom of cup holders. :yep: years from now I see myself smashing out a killer wipeout with my cane and tin bedpan against the cruel cold floor of a nursing home... I won't go quiet!

[alkemical]

LMAO!

I hear ya man - i know how when it's in your blood - you just can't shake it - I learned some tabla drumming - so i got some 'wierd' beats for typical rock guys - and at work they are like "what they hell are you tapping, morse code" - i laugh and tell them to learn to count higher than 4 - :)

[Elway's #1]

RHogan what is your take on Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty? They are my two favorite artists of all-time and I'm 21 so that is kind of odd, no one else my age really likes them as much as I do. I have my opinions, but I am young and you definitely know more, so I would like to know what you think of them.

[Hogan11]

RHogan what is your take on Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty? They are my two favorite artists of all-time and I'm 21 so that is kind of odd, no one else my age really likes them as much as I do. I have my opinions, but I am young and you definitely know more, so I would like to know what you think of them.

Well Elway, you won't like my opinions on these two really....I'll be kind and say that one scene I never really appreciated was the NJ scene...most of the acts coming out of there (Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, Jack Mack & The Heart Attack and even Bon Jovi to some extent) I never really cared for to be honest....well, I did really like Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul "Men Without Women" cd...that was great stuff, but he got away from that Young Rascals type sound with subsequent releases so I lost interest. Overall though....not really my style.
Petty pretty much the same thing, they seemed kinda reactionary at the time to me...I really liked other artists travelling in this style much better...Like Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Early Joe Jackson et. all....maybe because they had more of an edge to their music than the NJ stuff had...the NJ stuff seemed pretty safe and traditional at the height of the scene there.

Hope I didn't offend with any of that, it's just my opinion and you know what they say about those...they're like Aholes..everybody has one and they all matter about the same...;D

[twotimes3233]

This thread has some serious legs.

Lately I have been listening to LOS LOBOS.
This band has consistently recorded some really great music.
The album "Just another band from East L.A." has a couple of great live cuts.
While it's not a complete "live" album, it's got some great music on it.

Check it out.

[Elway's #1]

I just wondered, because it seems that a lot of people in the midwest dislike Springsteen cause of his emphasis on singing about NJ or whatever. It's cool man, to each his own. If we all liked the same things we would not be able to argue, and sometimes I kind of enjoy that.

[Hogan11]

I just wondered, because it seems that a lot of people in the midwest dislike Springsteen cause of his emphasis on singing about NJ or whatever. It's cool man, to each his own. If we all liked the same things we would not be able to argue, and sometimes I kind of enjoy that.

That scene was really localized in that sense Elway...probably moreso than any other one that ever sprang up when it came to it's songwriting...the Athens GA. scene of the 80's is probably the only other one close to it in that "localized songwriting" sense and even then, that's a bit of a stretch...although that arguement certainly can be made.

[Hogan11]

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My God...Uriah Heep Yikes! .

This is some really Godawful stuff....truly harrowing...strident/horrible vocals, plodding sub-Deep Purple style instrumentation & Bad bullshat/fantasy lyrics.

of course, I own the first three records Ha!

I like them as kinda a goof....it goes beyond camp or guilty pleasure...I never play the stuff within earshot of anyone else out of common courtesy and embarrassment...kinda cool album covers though...I'll give them that.

[FADERPROOF]

the Rage Against the Machine live CD is pretty good

**** RATM, I really couldn't stand them. They had good music, but I just couldn't get past the whole "We hate corporations, yet we signed with a corporation" thing.

Darkskys will hit the scene shortly, the rock world will be happy we came.

Seriously though, how many ****ing drummers do we have on this board? I'm one, I know Ames drums, Mightsmurf drums(I'd wanna hear it to call him one first though), BroncoYoda is a dummer, and of course my VP is a drummer(wouldn't have it any other way), just weird to see a whole crapton here, when a band is always looking for one(and bassist.)

The one question I ask to all drummers is: Do you worpship either Danny Carey or Keith moon? Because if not then...you aren't a drummer :D.

[Hogan11]

RATM...you're right DenFan...it's hard to pass yourself off as a revolutionary when you're in the pocket of SONY. Tom Morello is an interesting player, but that's as far as I could go with them....they always seemed like a sham to me.

I'm a hack (self taught) drummer who does his best to emulate the style of full kit percussionists...of course I worship Keith Moon...my other faves are Max Roach (jazz drummer) Tony Williams (jazz drummer) Stewart Copland (Police) Rat Scabies (The Damned) John Densmore (Doors) Bill Buford (Yes/ King Crimson) Praire Prince (Tubes) and Bruce Gary (Knack). I'm decent enough at it to hold my own.

I have a basic set of REMOs that I beat the snot out of from time to time. I've only played drums in one band because bassists seem to be so hard to find. Nowadays, everything is pop country where I am..needless to say, I haven't played in a band in close to 8 years.

[alkemical]

Look at the backgrounds of the people in RATM dealing with their parents - To me they weren't shams, they carried the torch that you can politicize within music and make your voice count.

And brad wilk is a good drummer - to me if you don't like RATM and you listen to POD, Stinkin' Park, Story of the Year, or any other hack band - then RATM made your head hurt because it made you think critically -

[Hogan11]

Look at the backgrounds of the people in RATM dealing with their parents - To me they weren't shams, they carried the torch that you can politicize within music and make your voice count.

And brad wilk is a good drummer - to me if you don't like RATM and you listen to POD, Stinkin' Park, Story of the Year, or any other hack band - then RATM made your head hurt because it made you think critically -

Funny, I never thought of them as a "broken home" band ames...if you ask me (and I know you didn't but) that whole sub-genre is pretty weak IMO.

I guess after going thru political acts like the Dead Kennedys and MDC (both of whom did their thing independent of corporate America) watching RATM trying to pass themselves off on that level backed by SONY was kinda perverse and dishonest IMO. That's why I questioned the validity of the material...but hey, if it works for you, then that's cool...for me though, outside of Morello, I never had much use for them.

[alkemical]

hogan,

pretty much all of their parents were involved in standing up for what is right, including being kicked out of a country, and under surveliance.

I think though hogan, once and a while - big labels do have good bands.

[Hogan11]

I think though hogan, once and a while - big labels do have good bands.

Of course they do, I'm not saying that at all ames....

Please see my previous two posts for clarification.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

My God...Uriah Heep .

This is some really Godawful stuff....truly harrowing...strident/horrible vocals, plodding sub-Deep Purple style instrumentation & Bad bullshat/fantasy lyrics.

I guess ya had to be there! ;)

You're right, though--the last time I actually listened to this album was c. 1976.

[Hogan11]

My God...Uriah Heep .

This is some really Godawful stuff....truly harrowing...strident/horrible vocals, plodding sub-Deep Purple style instrumentation & Bad bullshat/fantasy lyrics.

I guess ya had to be there! ;)

You're right, though--the last time I actually listened to this album was c. 1976.


Because of your post I was thinking about Uriah Heep the other day...I'm hard pressed to think of another band that was that bad and yet that successful....I honestly can't ...had to be there indeed.

So I put on the first album and "Look At Yourself" to see if I could find any redeeming qualities at all (with headphones on of course)....musically speaking, the stuff is your run of the mill early 70's plodding.. but man Byron's voice and those stupid lyrics... ugh!~ Why the hell do I own this stuff?? Morbid curios for me I guess.....Everytime I start to get into a track, something happens to totally sink it.... be it embarrassing falsetto vocals or actually paying attention to the lyrics.

If anyone wants to sample what I'm talking about go to Amazon.com and find a wave for "Bird Of Prey" off from "Salisbury"...picture placing your nuts in a vice, clamping them down hard and yelling things like "ooh ahh" and "la,la,la,la,la" and you'll get the picture. Frilly laced shirt metal the type that Spinal Tap made fun of long ago.....to me, it's like rubbernecking at a car wreck (I just can't help it) but no way would I ever recommend this stuff to anyone else.

LABF, don't take the above as busting on your tastes or anything..I'm just rambling here...I actually think you should be commended for actually admitting your a fan of them.....I imagine they are few and far between these days and it really seperates the true believers from the poseurs being able to dig the low points of a genre as well as the most celebrated IMO.

Rock on...."la,la,la,la,la,la,la...ohhh ahhh!!!!" ;D

[mblackwind]

Best live recordings?

It's hard to tell "best", cuz I'll bet a lot of the judgement of "best" gets caught up with which ones are our sentimental favorites. I know that's part of my choice, anyhow...

Kiss - Alive II - 1977
(The energy of a young hungry four-chord power rock band at their peak.)

Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio
(After the failure of Blaze Bayley as lead singer, Maiden had a lot to prove to their fans again when Bruce Dickinson returned. They proved it for all time.)

Alice Cooper - Trashes the World
(VHS, filmed in Birmingham, England. Captures the energy and spirit of his stage presence in ways that "audio-only" live recording could never do. Seeing Alice Cooper and The Scorpions together in a double-headline show still ranks as one of the best shows I've ever seen.)

Cruxshadows - Wishfire
(Goth band, classically themed songs rich with electric violin, synth effects and driving rock beat. I haven't seen that they've got live recordings out, but I saw them last fall at a small club in Portland. Maybe 50 people in the audience... Lead singer Rogue danced and jammed with every soul in the house during the show, while framing songs around a retelling of The Odyssey. One of the best shows I've ever seen.)

Regards,
Morgan

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

LABF, don't take the above as busting on your tastes or anything..I'm just rambling here...I actually think you should be commended for actually admitting your a fan of them.....I imagine they are few and far between these days and it really seperates the true believers from the poseurs being able to dig the low points of a genre as well as the most celebrated IMO.

No worries, amigo.

I guess I should have clarified that I was a "true fan" of Heep when I was about 15 years old. If you were a teenager in the 70s then there were a lot of bands that seemed like the shiznit at the time but probably sound goofy today.

Nowadays, as quiet as it's kept, about the only thing I listen to is jazz/fusion-oriented stuff* (although, when in a nostalgic mood, I'm known to pull out the occasional classic rock record.)

*Examples: Tribal Tech, Los Lobotomys, Karizma, Frank Gambale, Michael Landau, Larry Carlton, Scott Henderson, et al.

[Evenrude]

**** RATM, I really couldn't stand them. They had good music, but I just couldn't get past the whole "We hate corporations, yet we signed with a corporation" thing.

Darkskys will hit the scene shortly, the rock world will be happy we came.

Seriously though, how many ****ing drummers do we have on this board? I'm one, I know Ames drums, Mightsmurf drums(I'd wanna hear it to call him one first though), BroncoYoda is a dummer, and of course my VP is a drummer(wouldn't have it any other way), just weird to see a whole crapton here, when a band is always looking for one(and bassist.)

The one question I ask to all drummers is: Do you worpship either Danny Carey or Keith moon? Because if not then...you aren't a drummer :D.

Fellow drummer here..... or used to be I should say, I havn't picked up a stick in 10 years :'(

I dug Keith Moon, but I was always a bigger Neil Peart and John Bohnam fan.....

[FADERPROOF]

Yeah, I was a little tipsy and forgot to mention John Bonham, my second favorite drummer of all-time, next to Danny Carey. What made him so great is that he was that good without having to be on a double bass, or have 15 different cymbals surrounding him, he worked with more of a simpler drumset and just could rock out on that. I still remember my reaction to hearing him on the song "Moby Dick" lord that was a drum solo.

Speaking of LZ, anyone heard Robert Plant's latest CD? It's pretty good, but I'm biased cause I'll basically like anything that the members of Led does.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Speaking of LZ, anyone heard Robert Plant's latest CD?

Saw Plant on some Hard Rock Cafe Live thing on VH-1 not too long ago. Dude looked like he was about a hundred years old. Scared me! (Maybe because I still remember the first time I saw Led Zep in concert in '73.)

[Hogan11]

Speaking of LZ, anyone heard Robert Plant's latest CD?

Saw Plant on some Hard Rock Cafe Live thing on VH-1 not too long ago. Dude looked like he was about a hundred years old. Scared me! (Maybe because I still remember the first time I saw Led Zep in concert in '73.)

Many Rockers age gracelessly....just check out Keith Richards or Jagger these days Yikes!

[FADERPROOF]

Speaking of LZ, anyone heard Robert Plant's latest CD?

Saw Plant on some Hard Rock Cafe Live thing on VH-1 not too long ago. Dude looked like he was about a hundred years old. Scared me! (Maybe because I still remember the first time I saw Led Zep in concert in '73.)

Yep, he is probably only 55 or so, looks near 80 though. Had some hard drugs and alcohol back in the days that probably helped with that, but still looks pretty old.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

His voice has seen better days, too.

[Slade]

sublime-acoustic CD

[Hogan11]

New live Pietasters CD/DVD just taped a couple of weeks ago out later this year....can't wait for it.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

...my other faves are Max Roach (jazz drummer) Tony Williams (jazz drummer) Stewart Copland (Police) Rat Scabies (The Damned) John Densmore (Doors) Bill Buford (Yes/ King Crimson) Praire Prince (Tubes) and Bruce Gary (Knack).

My first-call drummers:

Simon Phillips
Vinnie Colaiuta
Greg Bissonette
Terry Bozzio
Dave Weckl
Ralph Humphrey
John Robinson
Toss Panos
Abraham Laboriel Jr.
Virgil Donatti
Dennis Chambers

These guys take ZERO prisoners.

[alkemical]

not bad...


new modest mouse album out is good.....

so is the new my morning jacket cd...

and the roots... yeah 215 y'all....

[Hogan11]

Man, I don't like that Modest Mouse stuff at all.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Lots of good ones. I see no one mentioned Woodstock, the real one.. uh.. the original one. Live at Leeds, Live Bullet, Cheap Trick At Budokan, Bob Marley & The Wailers – Live.

Seen a lot of live performances in the late 60s and early 70s, some should have been recorded! Doors, Mountain (many times), Who, Santana, Steve Miller, Spirit, Joe Cocker, Iron Butterfly, Johnny Winter, John Mayall, Van Morrison and more, can't remember them all, all at Mammoth Gardens (roller skating rink) in Denver. Hendrix, Tull, Ten Years After and many more at Red Rocks.

Seen a lot of live music at Tulagis and Ebbetts too. Man, I forgot how long ago that was!

[alkemical]

hogan,

modest mouse is different, but you must not like the slide for a guitar ;)

[Hogan11]

hogan,

modest mouse is different, but you must not like the slide for a guitar ;)

Vocals bother me some as well....just didn't care for it.

[alkemical]

hogan,

I dig the vocals, because they are different....

It's funny you know -

You like the strokes, i think they are over hyped - ala - the same with the white stripes (only reversed) -

We both agree on the velvet underground -

We sort of disagree on the beatles -

but yet we value some of the nuances in music... just interesting and entertaining really...

You know something too - I feel bad for the grunge movement at times too hogan, nirvana was the poster child, but mudhoney - might have been the best...

[Hogan11]

hogan,

I dig the vocals, because they are different....

It's funny you know -

You like the strokes, i think they are over hyped - ala - the same with the white stripes (only reversed) -

We both agree on the velvet underground -

We sort of disagree on the beatles -

but yet we value some of the nuances in music... just interesting and entertaining really...

You know something too - I feel bad for the grunge movement at times too hogan, nirvana was the poster child, but mudhoney - might have been the best...

We're just in different places within the same ballpark...if you will...and that's cool...nothing wrong with that at all.

Regarding Mudhoney, I thought they were really spotty material-wise. Good but sometimes a bit club footed and clumsey...more often than not actually...when it stuck however, then you had some pretty classic stuff. My fave Mudhoney song of all time is "Judgment, Rage, Retribution and Thyme"..now there's a guitar sound!

[alkemical]

I'd have to say mudhoney & AIC were the best.... AIC's versitility was maybe... maybe unmatched... they could play anystyle, and well..... Talented group too....

I really like nirvana, but they weren't the "Best" out of seattle.... but they made it (playing music, etc) seem accessable... and there is alot to be said about that...

PS - I still think C.Love Killed him.....

[alkemical]

also hogan 'my morning jacket' has some deep purple-y kinda stuff... they play with a bit of country here, some honky-tonk there, some horn arrangements, great song-writing.... they almost sound vintage actually....

[Mr]

I may be alone in my opinion here (as I am so often)
While I think pretty much everyones favs are pretty damn good in one way or another, if we are saying ALL TIME BEST...
I have to say mine would be "Johnny Cash At San Quentin"
He went in and played it for those who didnt really deserve it.... and he did it well.

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[Hogan11]

Every once in awhile, you gotta open up the lid of the casket just to see what's left inside......Ha!

[Ramblin' Bronco]

Death: Live and raw in L.A.

[Hogan11]

I'd have to say mudhoney & AIC were the best.... AIC's versitility was maybe... maybe unmatched... they could play anystyle, and well..... Talented group too....

I really like nirvana, but they weren't the "Best" out of seattle.... but they made it (playing music, etc) seem accessable... and there is alot to be said about that...

PS - I still think C.Love Killed him.....

I gave Mudhoney some due on this thread 4 years ago, but after seeing them this spring with The Cynics (who blew them offstage BTW) I gotta say they were very disappointing..to say the least.

[Hogan11]

It was actually that J. Geils Band Full House album that made me research this thread....great stuff, not much on you tube though.
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[ElwayMD]

The Who: Live at Leeds. Hands down!

[broncoblue]

just seen this will read it tho,
for the uk people who have heard these,ifnot google em they were kool
LIVE AT LEEDS...THE MACC LADS.
LET THERE BE ROCK AC/DC

[bombay]

I'd have to put The Allman Bros at the Fillmore East #1, but damn, I loved Full House, too.

[TDmvp]

Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live
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