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Poll Question: Which of these do you prefer?
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8 [11.59%]
9 [13.04%]
7 [10.14%]
16 [23.19%]
6 [8.70%]
1 [1.45%]
1 [1.45%]
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    Posted: March 26 2013 at 05:44
Each of these albums is currently PA's toprated live album for the year given.
Which do you think is best?
 
 
(There seems to be no live albums released in 1969, so for that year I have substituted the live half of Ummagumma, which is a favourite of several of us)
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ELP for it's awesomness...Gentle Giant a close seciond.
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Renaissance- Live at Carnagie Hall.
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Yessongs, but there are more: Playing the Fool, Live/Hhaï, Ummagumma, ...
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Yessongs, but there are more: Playing the Fool, Live/Hhaï, Ummagumma, ...
 
Indeed, tis a tough choice.
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Supporting Pink Floyd here
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Gentle Giants live album is just about as good as they get
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Yessongs.


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Playing the Fool just barely ahead of Yessongs. I love both of these.
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A lot of 5 stars in this list, but the one I've listened to much often during the years is the Renaissance's.
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(1976) Renaissance - Live At Carnegie Hall
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During the 70s & 80s I would've answered Live at Carnegie Hall but in the last ten I listen to and favor Playing the Fool. Never liked Yessongs much.
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I'm surprised Live/Hhai doesn't have more votes, oh well it get's mine. Smile
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Renaissance is my fave live album of all-time, the versions here are 10 times better than the studio tracks. But it was still tough because Gentle Giant, ELP and Zappa are all 5 stars too. Yessongs is right up there but the sound quality is lacking so that knocks it down a bit.
Two live albums that definitely should have been on one of these lists: ELP "Welcome Back My Friends..." and Caravan "Caravan and the New Symphonia". Both are awesome. Marillion's "The Thieving Magpie" is great too. And let's not forget Sinkadus' "Live at Progfest '97" 
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Yeah - quite a few surprise absentees when I made these polls.  In 1995, for example, "Pulse" is only the fifth best live album.  I only chose one album from each year, and I chose whichever happened to be top of the list at the moment.
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GG or Renaissance?
 
Or Strawbs, an unappreciated gem?
 
Or Colosseum Live, a superb album?
 
Or the best live prog album ever, Camel, A Live Record (but it's not there!!!!!!!)?
 
I'll go for Renaissance this time.
 
 
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I love a lot of these albums.  Carnegie Hall, Yessongs, Umma, but my vote had to go to Playing the Fool.
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Tough choices, but Renaissance gets my vote for this round.
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Points: 2689 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2013 at 13:37
Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

 
Or the best live prog album ever, Camel, A Live Record (but it's not there!!!!!!!)?
 
 
 
 
 
1978 is in part 4 of the poll - but Grobschnitt are top for that year, so no Camel until 1993 (& they're leading the part 3 poll at the moment)


Edited by Stool Man - March 26 2013 at 13:38
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Yessongs!
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