Best Live Album
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Topic: Best Live Album
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: Best Live Album
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:33
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Who's got the best live album? I'm going for Jimi's Band Of Gypsys. He pulled off a miracle with this album. He released a live album of all new material with a new band and it became one of his best. Almost nobody else has done that. He only did it as a throwaway to Capital for contractual commitments.
Before you vote, please note that there's an error on the KC selction which was supposed to be "USA" and not "Islands" |
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:34
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Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool
Truly one of the best recorded live performances ever. 
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Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:38
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Simply the best. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:38
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I went for ELP, and as far as I know King Crimson do not have a live album called Islands ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:41
| All Night Wrong by Allan Holdsworth is an incredible recording, but of those listed I'll take Yes - Yessongs. |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:43
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snow dog is right ! Islands is not a live album ! however I voted for ELP ! ------------- omri |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:45
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Genesis Live. They were a unique live band in those days. Could have been the ELP album as well. Yes (the band): I think the 1st Keys To Ascension Album is a better live album than Yessongs. But Yessongs has a lot of good material and has most of the early classics. |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:45
Did I screw up here?! I could of sworn that album was live. I had it for a while but didn't really care for it so I got rid of it. If I pulled a boner here, tell me how to delete it please. |
Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:47
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Yessongs is excellent,All The World's A Stage is very good-but not really a prog album (although a sublime version of By-Tor& The Snow Dawg). Genesis Live is ok but much prefer Seconds Out. so for me: 1.Different Stages - Rush (includes a third disc from the 1977 Kings tour) ------------- 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 17:53
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Agree with Holdsworth's All Night Wrong, I've been listening it the past couple of months and it is a great album The Best IMO, are Yes - Symhonic, featuring a symphonic orchestra and most of their best songs (CTTE, Gates, Starship etc.) Rush - Rush in Rio, fabulous. I have both on DVD, but I believe there are CD versions available also. Also like La Gazza Ladra and Real To Reel Marillion and Live & Life Arena and then some more I like live ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 19:29
Also agree with Reed in that All the World's a Stage is excellent but not prog. I will vote for Yessongs since Different Stages is absent. ------------- 
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Fabulous indeed, although I think that Different Stages is better.Posted By: maani
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 19:31
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I'm with Ben - Gentle Giant's "Playing the Fool." Then ELP's "Welcome Back," Genesis' "Seconds Out," and Allman Bros. "Fillmore East." Peace. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 19:35
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Well lets all pretend that you wrote USA instead (or is it Earthbound?) Which one is it marky sharky? Decide! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 19:37
| So torn between YESSONGS as WELCOME BACK!!!!! |
Posted By: gleam
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 19:41
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The Allman Brothers is an excellent mix of southern rock, jazz and blues. Songs like "In memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Whipping post" are excellent. The interplay that the band members had with each other ws amazing.
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Posted By: Johnik(Genesis)
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 20:05
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The Best Live album- GENESIS Lamb Lies Down On Brodway-Live (Archive #1 disc 1 & 2) ------------- I know only Russian. Apologies for bad English. I translate by means of the computer program |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 20:11
Ok. I must've been thinking of Earthbound when I picked Islands. But since Earthbound is the lesser of the two, I'd go with USA which IS a better live album. I hadn't heard either of these albums in ages. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 20:16
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ELP 'Welcome back' Best everlive version of ''Tarkus''
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 20:30
I'll go along with that. Especially the Aquatarkus segment towards the end. When I saw them do this in Quad, it just blew me away. Gotta be one of Keith's best performances. Unfortunately as a live album, I thought the recording quality wasn't up to snuff. Carl's drums sound like they were recorded from way up in the bleachers. |
Posted By: Entropia
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 20:56
| Pain of Salvation-12:05 |
Posted By: Deadwing12
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 21:02
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! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Deadwing008/?chartstyle=Basquiat"> 
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Posted By: JMCecil
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 21:37
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Camel - A Live Record ELP - Welcome Back
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Posted By: Yams
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 21:41
| What about King Crimson's The Night Watch? |
Posted By: Yanns
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 22:52
| My vote goes to Yessongs. One of the true live masterpieces. My second place is Welcome Back My Friends... |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 03:41
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Yes: Yessongs. Not as good as Dream Theater's "Live At Budokan" in my opinion though. |
Posted By: TBWART
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 03:58
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YES-yesshows rush-exit stage left genesis-second's out gabriel-plays live wakeman-king biscuit I mis all these in the list above!! ------------- ''progression is trying to eliminate boundries'' |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 07:23
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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 ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date 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. ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 08:08
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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. |
Posted By: nick63
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 08:24
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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. 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?
------------- Nick from the lovely South of the Netherlands |
Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date 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. |
Posted By: TBWART
Date 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!! ------------- ''progression is trying to eliminate boundries'' |
Posted By: Entropia
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 12:27
| Metallica-S&M |
Posted By: Gloryscene
Date 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!!  ------------- "The Beautiful Ally Of Your Own Gravediggers" www.gloryscene.co.uk |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 12:39
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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. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 19:03
| I voted for Yes-Yessongs, but DT's live arsenal is pretty sweet too. |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date 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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Posted By: Jimbo
Date 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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Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 02:46
I vote for Grateful Dead Live-Dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 03:20
| 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. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 07:32
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 10:32
| I agree about Genesis - The lamb; don't know if is the best, but at least better than the studio album |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 10:48
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BTW : KC: islands is not a live record |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 11:02
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How about Counting Crows... Across The Wire? Most rockers put Thin Lizzy 'Alive & Dangerous' near the top of any rock poll, along with 'Frampton Comes Alive' and Kiss 'Alive'. I'll be a little more contemporary and suggest Symphony X: 'Live On The Edge Of Forever', (which has phenomenal energy) Threshold 'Critical Energy', (the track listing is nigh on perfect) Enchant 'Live At Last' (its about bloody time... and those boys do give a good concert) and PoS 12:5... awesome. Ironically, although I am a DT fan, I couldn't put either of their 3CD Live efforts from the last few years into this category, because frankly, dispite the strenth of the material, they just don't hold up in my eyes (I will now have rude messages galore in my inbox). ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Entropia
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 11:04
| Pain of Salvation-12:05 |
Posted By: starcastle38
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 23:18
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#1 Yes "keys to ascension" vol. 1 #2 Genesis - " seconds out" #3 Camel - "A Live Record" #4 Todd Rundgren - "Another Live" #5 Renaissance "live at Carnegie Hall"
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 23:40
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GG- Playing The Fool Yes- Yessongs Genesis- Live Frampton- Comes Alive Zappa Live albums, whatever ones. ------------- 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: marktheshark
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 23:51
| I have to admit. It's good to see the Allman Bros. Fillmore East get a 3rd place here on this poll, being such a non-prog album it is. You gotta admit, it is one helluva live album. I intentionally made this poll open to prog and non-prog alike just to see how open-minded you all are. And so far, not bad. I didn't expect anybody to vote on Frampton, The Band or Jackson Browne or whatever. You see, I like just about all genres of rock, with a few exceptions like hip-hop (unless the words are very funny and interesting) and heavy metal or any kind of mindless music, but prog has been one of my favs (2nd only to fusion). It is good to see new groups like Spock's Beard and others keeping the prog sound going and up-to-date (although that is without a doubt the dumbest name for a group I've ever heard, no doubt what their favorite TV show is). |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 15:14
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I'll have to go with Yessongs.
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 04:00
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Voted Genesis - Live, Pink Floyd's Ummagumma and Yes' Yessongs would be my runners-up ... non-prog it'll have to be Deep Purple's Made In Japan, Iron Maiden's Live After Death and Wishbone Ash's Live Dates ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 21:36
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Dude, you put Jackson Browne - Running On Empty but not Seconds Out from Genesis. What were you thinking? ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: margaret
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 22:08
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well have to step out of the land of prog here.
The Allman Brothers- Fillmore East have been listening to 'The Word is Live' all evening though, the Crystal Palace songs are out of this world! |
Posted By: margaret
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 22:09
| intersting choices though.... |
Posted By: fender101
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 22:21
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Live shows are always great as they give totall freedom. I like it most when the songs are changed extended or whatever, thats what makes a great live show. In noting this I have to say that the Floyd really dont have a good live album. However I'd say that the quality of some of the Floyd bootlegs out there is incredable and there is nothing like a performance of shine on 6-12 that goes for 25 minutes. If anyone is interested Id be happy to send them one if they send me the discs first, just private me. Cheers Oh by the way i voted for ELP ------------- Well McGarnical Billy is dead! They slit his throat from ear to ear! |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 05:15
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Islands is not live album KC live albums are: Earthbound, USA, Circus |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 02 2005 at 11:28
| I'm a big Yes fan but Yessongs is a disapointment for me, Got to vote for ELP's "Welcome Back..." |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 02 2005 at 16:14
yep...as much as I'd like to be 'cute' and go for something less conventional, 'Yessongs' it has to be... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 02 2005 at 19:39
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Tie between Genesis Live and Yessongs ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 00:21
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I started this poll 4 months ago, it got critically panned and went dead for about 3 mos. Now all of a sudden it's coming back at me (KC's Islands mistake and all). Must've pushed a few buttons here.
I still go with Jimi's Band Of Gypsys though! Most original live album ever! Give me Yessongs, ELP's Welcome Back or whatever. But nobody ever did a live album of all original material back then. And good material too. Jimi went through a change here with a different band and sound. Hands down, a monumental feat! Anybody care to debate me with this one? |
Posted By: Gomah
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 17:00
| Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live should be among top 10 for sure. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 20:41
| Live at Leeds is almost universally considered the greatest live album of all time. As far as progressive rock goes, I love welcome back my friends by E.L.P. |
Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 12:29
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity, very fine solid album with loads of creativity made by real musicians! ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |
Posted By: annt
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 12:31
| I'd say Pain of Salvation's 12:5 but since it's not listed, I choose Yessongs. |
Posted By: An old fart
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 19:43
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I'll cheat here, because none of my favourites are included in the list (from the given options I chose Genesis: Live). Also I'll mention some live DVDs. Here's my top 10 of live concerts by prog bands:
1 Roger Waters: In the Flesh (the set list is excellent, although otherwise I prefer Floyd, for Gilmour's and Wright's contibution) 2 Marillion: The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) 2CD (for complete perfomance of Misplaced Childhood plus some other favourites of mine: Fugazi, A Script, Jigsaw, Chelsea Monday) 3 Pink Floyd: Pulse 2CD/DVD (mainly for including Dark Side in its entirety) 4 Genesis: Seconds Out 2CD (even Collins couldn't spoil this one, includes Firth of Fifth, Cinema Show, Supper's Ready and some of the best tracks from Trick...) 5 Genesis: Live - The Way We Walk: Volume Two - The Longs (proves that even the most commercial 3 albums, Genesis, Invisible and Dance, had some good prog songs on them) 6 Marillion: Marbles on the Road, 2DVD version from Racket Records (a good selection of Marbles' songs and some other Hogarth-era favourites) 7 Jethro Tull: A Little Light Music CD (the acoustic side of Tull, but probably I'll like Anderson's upcoming live CD/DVD even more) 8 Pink Floyd: Is There Anybody Out There? - The Wall Live 2CD (slightly improved from the studio version, not my favourite PF album either, but, like Gilmour says it, "when it's good, it's very, very good") 9 Rush: Different Stages 3CD (a better choice than Exit... Stage Left, because most of the songs from that are here as well, plus the song 2112 in its entirety and so many other old and new Rush favourites) 10 Yes: Keys to Ascension DVD (2½ hours of the 70's classics, slightly spoiled by the silly animations, though; however, I might prefer Symphonic, if only I had heard/seen it) ------------- "Make tea, not love" |
Posted By: gok22us
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 20:31
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Yes - Yessongs |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 06:29
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of those listed I'll go with Hendrix even if it's just for Machine gun ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 06:46
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Just one thing. Jimi Hendrix made much better live albums than "Band of Gypsyes"; Live at Monterey, Woodstock, many others, above all some compilations... ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:43
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Other great live albums: Hawkwind: "Space Ritual", "Live 79", "Live Chronicles", "The Business Trip", "Lost in Space" Gong: "Live Etc.", "Gong Est Mort - Vive Gong", "Live In Sheffield", "Live au Bataclan" Kraan: "Live" and "Live 88" Guru Guru: "Live" and "30 Jahre Live" Atlantis (the German band of this name): "Live" Frumpy: "Live" Wishbone Ash: "Live" Deep Purple: "Made In Japan" Curved Air: "Live" Hoelderlin: "Traumstadt - Live" Frank Zappa: "Roxy and Elsewhere", "Live at Fillmore East", "Live in New York" Grobschnitt: "Solar Music Live" Embryo : "Live", "Live with the Karnataka College of Percussion" Planet Gong: "Live Floating Anarchy" 801: "Live" Grateful Dead: "Live Dead", "Live in Europe" To name a few. I definitely love live albums. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:46
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as a huge fan of Tull, i go with Bursting Out. ------------- Please forgive me for my crappy english! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:52
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Agitation free: Last (1974)
Fragments (1974) At the cliffs… (1974) Sweet smoke/Live ‘74 Mahavisnu/From nothinghness... And if you extend to us psyche: Allman brothers: Filmore east and Eat a peach (half live) Quicksilver/Happy trails Joplin/In concert Grateful dead/Live from the vaults (1968) |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:56
| Also Santana/ Lotus (74) and Moonflower (76) |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:57
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Yessongs.Genesis Live 1973 is a great live album too,most of those songs sounded better live than the studio version,especially Return of the Giant Hogweed. Rush's All the World's a Stage and Exit Stage Left are also pretty good. Dream Theater's live albums and Pain of Salvation's 12:5 are worth a mention too. -------------  |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 09:01
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Out of that list, Yessongs is the most impressive, but my favorite
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Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 12:59
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Some key live albums were left out, like Genesis' "Seconds Out", Gentle Giant's "Playing the Fool", and Rainbow's "On Stage". So the poll is kind of worthless. Really now, the Allman Brothers? The Band? The lame Jackson Browne?!? You've got to be kidding me?!!?!
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 19:51
| Went with "Welcome back...." classic ELP at their best. KC live lp is USA not Islands. Yessongs would be my second choice. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 20:11
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I feel silly today and since we included non -prog I voted for the Moms of Invention and the Mud Shark, Here comes my Bullet and assorted other idiocies , weird , lewd fun. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 23:40
Three of my favorite live albums aren't on the list. 
Genesis "Seconds Out" Yes "YesShows" Gentle Giant "Playing The Fool" ------------- Prog fan since 1974. |