Highest Ranked 70's Live Prog Album
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Topic: Highest Ranked 70's Live Prog Album
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Subject: Highest Ranked 70's Live Prog Album
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 01:08
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The big 70's prog bands were almost required to release at least one live album to show the world that they really could duplicate their complex studio creations in front of a live audience. This is your chance to let us know what you think of their finest efforts. Here are the top 25 PA ranked live albums from the 70's (listed in order of their ranking, high to low). Each album was required to have a minimum of 100 ratings to qualify. Vote for your favourite PA ranked 70's live album. Also, be sure to tell us if any of these albums were recorded on tours that you actually attended! ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 01:39
| Solar Music is fantastic live record...my vote goes to Grobschnitt |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 01:48
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ELP - Welcome Back My Friends they play all of Brain Salad Surgery live except Benny The Bouncer You get an extended Tarkus with some amazing synths and drumming that was never bettered imo and then there's the acoustic section book ended by Take A Pebble demonstrating some great jazz skills by Emerson on the piano Its my first pick Desert Island disc as well as my favourite live album
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 02:10
| Bursting Out - Jethro Tull '78 |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 03:13
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Seconds Out followed by Yessongs ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 03:18
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Bursting Out - Jethro Tull '78
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 03:26
| Pictures at an Exhibition (followed by Journey to the Centre of the Earth) |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 03:28
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Yessongs. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 03:35
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King Crimson USA over Genesis Seconds Out. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 04:01
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My top 5 from this list: 1. Yessongs - Yes 2. Playing the Fool - Gentle Giant 3. Ricochet - Tangerine Dream 4. Genesis Live 5. Two for the Show - Kansas ------------- 
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 06:54
^ Ah Ricochet ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 07:00
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Kansas - Two For The Show no 'fixes' or overdubs on that one
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 07:00
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I'm not generally wild about live albums, but this is still a pretty stunningly good list. My vote goes to Magma - it was my introduction to them and remains the benchmark of excellence for them.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 07:22
| Easy, Genesis Live, the first prog album I bought. Surprised that I'm the first to vote for it. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 07:47
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Lots of great selections here, but Seconds Out stands as my favorite.
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 07:59
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touch choice! went with Pictures at an Exhibition ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 09:42
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Playing the Fool, Live at Carnegie Hall and Seconds out are all amazing, but A Live Record is simply the best live album ever made. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 10:18
| SBB Karlstad Live |
Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 10:31
Yessongs without question, followed by Tangerine Dream's 'Encore.' 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 10:55
Hah, I was going to mention that one. Seems to be somewhat under the radar here. I really hope people will pick it up at some point though. I would've voted for it in a heartbeat, hands down. In the absence of SBB I'm voting for Margarine Fiend's Ricochet. I listened to it here the other night, and it is such a trip! Could've gone for Solar Music Live too. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
timothy leary wrote:Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 11:01
| Kraan Live 75 is also missing, a very good album. Also Agitation Free......At the Cliffs of the River Rhine. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 11:05
Arghh snap! I keep forgetting about that one I've heard it a couple of times online, and I really need to go get a hard copy of it asap. Some things deserve the full stereo whack. Now I just need to go dig up some gold. Zero dineros at the moment. Edit:
 You've got excellent taste Tim. Damn....First that SBB record and now with ze Germans (Incidentally also two albums I just reviewed)! I love that Agitation Free album. People into the late 60s American westcoast psych should definitely go look for it. I can listen to it for days on end. The word fluid is a monumental understatement, when we're talking about this release. Yummy!------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 11:07
| Can't go wrong with those two albums. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 11:33
USA for me. This live recording of Exiles is my single fave prog track of all time. For the 2nd part of the question...I attended a show on the tour that the following were recorded: Playing the Fool - Gentle Giant '76 (GG opened for Yes - Cow Palace in SF) Bursting Out - Jethro Tull '78 (Uriah Heep opened for JT - Oakland Arena) Seconds Out - Genesis '77 (no support act - Winterland Ballroom in SF) Two for the Show - Kansas '78 (The Cars, Thin Lizzy, & Kansas was the headliner - Cow Palace in SF)
------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 11:37
That's what I love about this forum. On PA it's actually preferable to be old Man I'd give my right ankle to go back and see Floyd/Genesis/TD/Amon Düül ll/Insert drool item here.... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 12:00
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Haven't heard all of these, but I'm throwing in a vote nonetheless. Hmm...I think I'll give my vote to Vital. The sound's not great, but the energetic performance more than makes up for that, IMO. Bursting Out follows closely in second place. -------------  
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Posted By: the lighthouse keepe
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 12:30
Another for Tull.
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 12:37
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USA |
Posted By: Floyd Steely
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 12:42
| I just bought "Yessongs" yesterday, so I'll vote for that. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 12:56
Not quite old enough though, if I was about 3 years older I probably would have added The Lamb, Topographic Oceans, Passion Play, & Larks Tongues tours to my list  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 14:27
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Seconds Out followed by Bursting Out and Yessongs. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 14:35
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I think we should stop having 70's polls. It's the same titles over and over again by the same bands over and over and over again. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 14:41
| Yessongs by far the quintessential prog rock live album |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 15:02
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Playing The Fool, Hhai, Roxy & Elsewhere. I'll toss a vote to Hhai. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 15:16
| "Hhai." I usually use that to greet people, hoping that they'll ask about it, be interested, and listen to a euphoric 86 minutes and 11 seconds of the wonderful Magma. Curiously, no one has. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 15:54
however, Rush's "All the World's a Stage" is definitely close and should be put into the collection (following Exit...Stage Left of course lol)
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 18:22
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I would have gone for Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii... though it was not an album, but a video, and it was live, but without an audience, so... Or else, I would have gone with Ummagummas live disc, but the album is one live disc and one studio. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 18:31
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Playing the Fool/A Live Record/Bursting Out ------------- |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 19:17
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Space Ritual Ricochet Hhai A Live Record Fairfield '74 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 21:13
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Seconds Out, followed by Bursting Out. If we were talking about newer releases from the 70s, I'd say Jethro Tull's Nothing Is Easy:Live at the Isle of Wight. Phenomenal Live recording. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 21:35
This.
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 22:14
| I'd put my vote in for ricochet! After that playing the fool |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 06 2013 at 13:53
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Renaissance ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 06 2013 at 14:17
Hhaï-dey ho
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: September 06 2013 at 18:23
| What's missing is KRAAN's Live album from '75. A real rip-snorter..... |
Posted By: JesusisLord
Date Posted: September 07 2013 at 01:15
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Howe is a monster on Yessongs !!! ------------- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11 |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: September 08 2013 at 05:05
| Yessongs, followed by Second's Out |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 12 2013 at 00:25
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TD's Ricochet. What a classic. Some great choices here, but Ricochet I've loved for years. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: DanthraX
Date Posted: September 22 2013 at 12:14
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So little love for A Live Record, I think that's the best! ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: September 23 2013 at 17:31
| Hhai |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: September 25 2013 at 07:20
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Wow, even though a few of my faves are missing this is a mouthwatering choice . Honourable mentions for Genesis, Kansas and ELP's WBMF but I have to go with Space Ritual. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: September 25 2013 at 07:38
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Bursting out and A live record are the best 2 live albums of all time ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: September 25 2013 at 08:47
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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: September 25 2013 at 09:06
| Hey, where is Grobschnitt's "solar music live?" |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: September 29 2013 at 09:45
| What about Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall........a quadruple live album from 1971?? |