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Posted: August 26 2014 at 23:48

YES in the round in the late seventies.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 00:49

JD wrote:

I'd actually liked to have seen ELP during the BSS tour. I saw the Works tour with the orchestra, but the Welcome Back My Friends tour must have surely rocked. I have no idea what venue would have been best but which ever had the best acoustic...then that one.

I would tag my own choice onto this and that would be the Springfield gig (1974) on the official bootlegs. The version of Pictures is the best I've heard by them.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 01:32

THIS

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 02:15

Svetonio wrote:

THIS

That was fun, thanks.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 02:33

Billy Pilgrim wrote:

Svetonio wrote:

THIS

That was fun, thanks.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 02:52

I would go to see Yes in the Fall of 1977 for the "Going for the One" tour. Oh, yeah - I DID see them then! (Sometimes, it is great to be an older guy!) But, if I could time-travel, I would go see them at that point again...

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 05:41

Saw, Rush at Wembley in 81 and 83 and elsewhere since but would have loved to see them at Hammersmith Odeon. Of gigs not seen, gotta be Yes anytime prior to and including Going for the One, Genesis prior to Then there were Three and Pink Floyd on the Animals tour. Just that bit too young!

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 05:56

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Xonty wrote:

First one that comes to mind (that I know of) is Genesis at the Shepperton Studios in '73. Love it, and watched it on YouTube so many times that I haven't really been bothered to find many more of their shows Smile

That one definitely springs to mind but I think Rush in 81. I'd love to see the boys in their prime (not to say their shows aren't great now).

I'd go back a little farther. Maybe the Tour of the Hemispheres.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 06:00

richardh wrote:

JD wrote:

I would tag my own choice onto this and that would be the Springfield gig (1974) on the official bootlegs. The version of Pictures is the best I've heard by them.

Do you have more info on this? The full date or venue? I've got tons of ELP boots, in fact I thought I had them all but I don't see any 1974 Springfield gigs on my list. Is that Springfield MA?

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 06:04

Kate Bush at Hammersmith Odeon, next Friday.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 06:05

Pink Floyd - Pulse

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 06:06

I can't remember exactly when and where it was, but I'd love to go back in time and see the Amon Düül ll gig where they were dressed in lion costumes Big smile

Also kinda cool to have been sitting in the ruins of Pompeii, back when Floyd paid them a visit.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 07:08

Bath festival 1969 The Nice, Led Zep, Taste. Ten Years After, Colosseum, Edgar Broughton Band

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 07:16

Or Zappa in Montreux, when some stupid with a flare gun burnt the place to the ground, and Frank was reported to shout don't panic then jumped out of a window.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 07:55

Frank Zappa - that Halloween show in the Baby Snakes film.
Rush - Moving Pictures Tour
Genesis - any gig from any tour between 1972 and 1980!!
Yes - on the GFTO tour
Rennaisance - Carnegie Hall
Motorhead - Hammersmith 1981
Hawkwind - any tour with Rob Calvert

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 08:11

Xonty wrote:

...what would it be and why?

First one that comes to mind (that I know of) is Genesis at the Shepperton Studios in '73. Love it, and watched it on YouTube so many times that I haven't really been bothered to find many more of their shows Smile

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBcz3tBH74

As far as all music goes, I'd choose Led Zeppelin at The Royal Albert Hall without a doubt - must have seen that at least 20 times by now... Anyway, thanks for any feedback!!

Your link doesn't work. This appears to be the correct one.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 08:12

Jethro Tull at the Madison Square Garden, 1978.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 09:36

Camel's first comeback gig at The Royal Hall, Harrogate on Sat 19th Oct 2013.

Hang on - of course I was there!! But it was so great I'd love to experience it again. At least I've got the DVD, but nothing will replace that feeling when they came on stage.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 10:38

My God, that would have to be King Crimson '73/'74. That was the Holy Grail, and I missed it.

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 10:43

Another one is Tangerine Dream just around Alpha Centauri with Steve Schroyder on the farfisa organ. Yowza! I'd give away my baby sister for that. They were nothing short of awesome live at the time - at least from what I've heard of legboots and jootoobs.

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