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Deadwing12 
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 Posted: May 02 2005 at 21:02 |
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Pain of Salvation-12:05 |
Hell yeah! 12:5 is an AMAZING CD, which just happens to be live, and if
it weren't for oocasional cheering from the fans, you'd swear it was
studio-recorded. If you've ever doubted Pain of Salvation's talent and
just dismissed them as just another prog-metal band, well, this album
alone will change your mind IMMEDIATELY. Beautiful acoustic versions of
studio recordings, this CD makes for a sublime listen every time!
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JMCecil
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Posted: May 02 2005 at 21:37 |
Camel - A Live Record
ELP - Welcome Back
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Yams
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Posted: May 02 2005 at 21:41 |
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What about King Crimson's The Night Watch?
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Yanns
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Posted: May 02 2005 at 22:52 |
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My vote goes to Yessongs. One of the true live masterpieces. My second place is Welcome Back My Friends...
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Valarius
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 03:41 |
Yes: Yessongs.
Not as good as Dream Theater's "Live At Budokan" in my opinion though.
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TBWART
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 03:58 |
YES-yesshows
rush-exit stage left
genesis-second's out
gabriel-plays live
wakeman-king biscuit
I mis all these in the list above!!
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''progression is trying to eliminate boundries''
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 07:23 |
Exit Stage Left - Rush
Seconds Out - Genesis
They are my favourite live albums of all time
Out of the list I cant decide between Genesis live and Yessongs..both very good albums 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 07:42 |
I've always been a big fan of live albums, but it was still a bit of a shock realising I own all the above  .
How can I possibly choose between The Allman Brothers "Filmore East", Mahavuishnu's "From Nothingness To Eternity" and ELP's "WBMFTTSTNE"? On balance, taking only prog into account, and from the list shown, I'd have to go for ELP, if for no other reason than the incendiary version of Tarkus, which has one of my favorite ever climaxes to a live track.
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Dick Heath
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 08:08 |
Is Jackson Brownes' Running On Empty, strictly a live album - thought several tracks were recorded in hotel rooms sans audience?
And I would too go with Zappa's Helsinki Concert double as my favourite Zappa live.
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nick63
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 08:24 |
Not many new records in this list...
A band which just had two studio albums released had the guts to make a marvelous live recording is Magenta.
Another Time Another Place ('04) is a double live album what catches their sound very exctremely well. Splendid produced and live no overdubs etc.etc.. From a grotesque opus on keyboards, excellent guitar playing a fine rhythm section to that golden voice of Christina.
Surprisingly I see no Pink Floyd in this thread... Or do we think that their live records are not live enough? Or are we waiting on the official release of PULSE?
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Nick
from the lovely South of the Netherlands
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muffley_mirkin
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 08:45 |
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voted for Allman Bros but Traffic's One For The Road is my favourite live
album.
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TBWART
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 09:07 |
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strawbs-just a collection of antiques and curios...just AMAZING!!!!!, listen to wakeman's solo, dave's voice, the lovely music...it's so fantasticly great!!
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''progression is trying to eliminate boundries''
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Entropia
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 12:27 |
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Metallica-S&M
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Gloryscene
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 12:32 |
It has to be YESSONGS a masterpiece of tight live musicianship. Also a lot of the live versions on this album better the studio recordings, which for me is always the sign of a very good band!!
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"The Beautiful Ally Of Your Own Gravediggers"
www.gloryscene.co.uk
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bluetailfly
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 12:39 |
Okay, I know this is prog rock website, and so I understand why most of these albums are here to choose from (and I would vote for "Seconds Out" as my #1).
BUT if you're going to include Hendrix, The Who, and the freakin' Allman Bros., you absolutely must include Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same," which is a fantastic live album: it's versions of "Dazed & Confused," "No Quarter" and "Stairway" are live masterpieces. (BTW: The Page/Plant No Quarter Live Album (first release) is a very good rock live album as well, as I'm sure some of you know).
I can't believe this string is on it's second page and no one has brought this up! I feel very isolated in my Zep fanaticism. 
Oh, and I know some are going to say "How the West Was Won" is better, but I'm aware of the album and, no, it's not better.
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"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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King of Loss
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Posted: May 07 2005 at 19:03 |
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I voted for Yes-Yessongs, but DT's live arsenal is pretty sweet too.
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Guzzman
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Posted: May 08 2005 at 13:45 |
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As bluetailfly rightly said: It's a shame that Led Zep are not in the
list. But I would argue with bluetailfly about "The Song Remains The
Same" and "How The West Was Won": IMHO the latter is the better. TSRTS
has too many disappointing moments wheras HTWWW is am masterpiece of
hard rock (NOOOOOO, LED ZEP ARE NOT HEAVY METAL!!!) caught live. BTW:
Does anybody really need live albums??
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"We've got to get in to get out"
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Jimbo
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Posted: May 08 2005 at 14:33 |
My father actually attended that Zappa concert that RichardW and Dick Heath mentioned, "You can't do that on stage anymore vol.2". Must have been great .
Anyway from that list my fav is Yessongs.
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MorgothSunshine
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 02:46 |
I vote for Grateful Dead Live-Dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
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For every truth even the contrary is true...
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Matti
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 03:20 |
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I think my fave would be "Peter Gabriel Plays Live". Of the prog live albums the poll list could include also Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool, Kansas' Two For The Show and Renaissance at Carnegie Hall, and Seconds Out as mentioned. And why not also Rush's Exit... Stage Left. Kinda strange list to exist on a prog site, IMHO. Let's say Yesshows if I SHOULD pick one of them.
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