Who likes to listen to Live albums in here?

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Hello,
There's are audiophile classics: "Weavers at Carnegie Hall" and "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" and "B.B. King at Folsom" ("let's hear it for the warden!"). For a real you-are-there experience these are hard to beat.
Ken

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Hello,
I forgot to mention the classic Proprius label, "Jazz at the Pawnshop". You'll hear conversations at tables beside you, money being dropped into the till and beer glasses clinking together and some terrific trad-style jazz.
Ken

TroyD

I've got the Belafonte at Carnegie Hall on vinyl, one of my favorite to spin.

Come mister tally man and tally me bananas.....

BDT

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daylight come and me want go home!

AsSiMiLaTeD

I've got lots of favorite live albums, but my favorite overall is probably The Dave Matthews Band - Live at Red Rocks. That version of 'All Along the Watchtower" is my favorite version of that song recorded to date.

Other Favorites that I haven't seen mentioned:

Diana Krall - Live in paris
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater - Metropolis 2000 Scenes From New York
Rush - Exit Stage Left...
Sting - All This Time

AsSiMiLaTeD

Oh, and as far as Live albums, Secret Samadhi is probably my favorite.

heiney9

Replying a bit late....I prefer live recordings to studio recordings. There is something about the liveliness, ambience and openess of a well recorded live performance. They tend to be (if mastered properly) more dynamic as well. There are still many live recordings which have been ruined by the mastering process.

Ken, B.B., Live at Folsom is one of the best.

Noel, I am a big Rush fan (old school b4 Subdivisions) and one of my big disappointments w/the live material is it's to perfectly mastered which takes out many of the elements I like about live music. I have 2 Rush bootlegs which are incredible. "Fifth Order of Angels" from a 1974 Canadian radio broadcast right after Peart joined. This is a smoking live performance and recording. The other is "St. Louis 1980" again a radio broadcast with minimal mastering.

I agree and own many of the others mentioned here. The only DVD's I own are live concert performances.

Some of my faves:

Jewel-DVD-Live @ Humphrey's by the Bay
Norah Jones-DVD-Live in New Orleans
Big Blues Extravaganza-CD- Best of Live at Austin City Limits.
Stevie Ray Vaughn-DVD-El Macambo
various Jimi Hendrix
GRP-CD-Live In Session
Diana Krall-CD
Deep Purple-CD-Live in Japan
Cheap Trick-DVD-Music for Hangovers
various Jewel-Live Bootlegs
The Who-CD-Live at Leeds
Led Zep-DVD & HTWWW
Luther Allison-CD-Live in Chicago
Buddy Guy-CD-Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
Jeff Beck & C. Santana-Reunited
Jeff Beck-Live at B.B. Kings Blues Club
Buddy Rich-live tracks off Big Swing Face
Elvis-'68 Comeback Special
Joni Mitchell-Miles of Aisles
DiMeola/McLaughlin/DeLucia-Friday Night in SanFran
10,000 Maniacs-UnPlugged
Clapton-UnPlugged
Junior Wells-Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Otis Rush-CD (name escapes me right now)

Ok Ok.......there are so many, I've got to stop or I'll be going on forever! :eek:

H9

EDIT: See corrected date for Rush (1974 not 1976).

marker

OK, I know you Ozzy freaks out there might flame me for this, but Black Sabbath's Live Evil with Ronnie James Dio was incredible. RJD's voice has MUCH more range than Ozzy's whining monotone.

heiney9

Originally posted by marker
OK, I know you Ozzy freaks out there might flame me for this, but Black Sabbath's Live Evil with Ronnie James Dio was incredible. RJD's voice has MUCH more range than Ozzy's whining monotone.

I won't flame you, but I disagree. I like RJD's voice but not singing classic Sabbath. That's will always be Ozzy's territory, IMO.;)

H9

marker

Point taken. It was interesting though with RJD.

Skynut

I have never really been into live recordings but after I picked up the dvd AC/DC live at Donington I have a different opnion.

It is however the only live preformance I have seen and liked.

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the suggestions, Heiney9. Have you heard Sam Cooke's, "Sam Cooke at the Copa"? I don't have any of his recordings, I'm embarrassed to admit. Maybe a call to Joe's Record Paradise is in order? God bless Joe's and all who work there!
Ken

Micah Cohen

LEON!



MC

[Deleted User]

Hey Micah,
I started going to Joe's when I lived in Silver Spring and they had a store in Kensington, I think. Then they moved to the Del Mercado shopping center in Wheaton. A strip shopping center with red tile roofs. Then, like an answered prayer, they opened a store within walking distance of where I live, in B-more. Wall-to-wall records, used audio gear and a red Harley. What more could you ask for? One day I was there and five or six Asian tourists were taking a video of themselves standing outside the store. I guess they wanted to show their friends, back home, that they'd made it to Paradise. "Elbis!" "No, Carl Perkin-san!"
By the way, you're dead wrong about Jimi! Just read the lyrics to "All Along the Watch Tower" and forget about how many times you've heard it on the radio. Like all great blues songs they can simultaneously deal with the simplest of themes and the most complex. Not every song reaches those depths (whose do?), but the majority have something to say and say it in a disguised way that makes you think about things differently.
Just the line: "Now, if 6 turned out to be 9. I don't mind, I don't mind" can be considered in dozens of different ways. Two numbers, one turned upside down looks like the other? Or, put the two numbers side-by-side and it means something else? Or, is there another universe where physics and math have different rules? Hendrix read allot of science fiction, maybe he thought about other planes of reality (I'm sure he tried to smoke his way there)?
Or, the lyrics to "Manic Depression", "feeling, sweet feeling, drops from my fingers. Manic depression's captured my soul". Name another song writer that can so succinctly describe that kind of condition? Dylan, maybe?
Look my friend, do what I do, turn the radio down when you hear a song that's being played too much. Don't let it batter you senseless. Life's too short! know what I mean, Vern?

heiney9

Originally posted by Kenneth Swauger
Thanks for the suggestions, Heiney9. Have you heard Sam Cooke's, "Sam Cooke at the Copa"? I don't have any of his recordings, I'm embarrassed to admit. Maybe a call to Joe's Record Paradise is in order? God bless Joe's and all who work there!
Ken

No problem....I am enjoying this thread. No I don't have any Sam Cooke either. Sometimes I get depressed thinking about all the great music out there which I don't own yet.

Here are some more that need mentioning

Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense (one of the best analog transfers I've heard)
Beck Bogert Appice-Live In Japan
Elton John-Here & Now
Paul McCartney-Unplugged (The official bootleg)
Billy Cobham & The George Duke Band-Live in Europe
Sheryl Crow-Trinity Church Sessions (awesome bootleg)
Neil Diamond-Hot August Night
Dave Brubeck Quartet-Live @ Carnigie Hall
James Brown-Say it Live & Loud
Muddy Waters Blues Band (feat. Dizzy Gillespie)-Various live
King Crimson-DVD-Eyes Wide Open
Dream Theater-Change of Seasons

Can't guarantee this is my final installment

H9

wodom1

John Coltrane -- Live at the Village Vanguard

Alice in Chains Unplugged

jrlouie

Originally posted by Kenneth Swauger
Hello,
There's are audiophile classics: "Weavers at Carnegie Hall" and "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" and "B.B. King at Folsom" ("let's hear it for the warden!"). For a real you-are-there experience these are hard to beat.
Ken

So where can I find B.B. King at Folsom? I didn't find it anywhere on a few sites at least.

marker

Sorry to hi-jack, but since this is my own thread, I can!:p
(BTW, I want to go officially on record right here and now that if anyone hi-jacks any thread I start, I don't care. It's cool with me.)

Jrlouie, I noticed in your sig that you have a set of NHT SB3 and a set of LSi7. Have you ever compared the two against each other in a "shootout", and if so, what were your thoughts?

jrlouie

I haven't done what you would call an "official" shootout, having them side-by-side, doing some A-B switching. But I did have the Lsi7's in the bedroom for a while and when I got the SB3's I switched and put them in the bedroom. So I sort of had comparisons. For the most part, my descriptions probably fit what most would say.

SB3's
-have great low end extension
-a little more of a mid-bass hump (a limited set of frequencies sound slightly bloated when compared to the 7's)
-warm sounding
-great for music
-pleasant to listen to
-although i don't listen to it in the bedroom, they seem to crave a song with some beats. they're just crying for it

Lsi7's
-notably less low end extension
-more neutral and natural sounding
-piano and vocals sound just a bit better
-tweeter is a little more laid back

Both sets are nice to listen to and are detailed, clean and clear.

That being said, since both were setup for bedroom use, I never listened to them at moderate or loud levels. These comparisons are mostly at low levels.

I'd be happy to answer any questions you have regarding these. Just let me know.

marker

I already have a set of SB3 of my own, and I liked them better than the LSi9. I was just curious about another's perspective on it. Thanks.

drummer81

jrlouie wrote:

Coldplay - Live 2003

good one, I have this along with many dave mathews live recordings.

jtgranby

Kenneth Swauger wrote:

Hey Micah,
I started going to Joe's when I lived in Silver Spring and they had a store in Kensington, I think. Then they moved to the Del Mercado shopping center in Wheaton. A strip shopping center with red tile roofs. Then, like an answered prayer, they opened a store within walking distance of where I live, in B-more. Wall-to-wall records, used audio gear and a red Harley. What more could you ask for? One day I was there and five or six Asian tourists were taking a video of themselves standing outside the store. I guess they wanted to show their friends, back home, that they'd made it to Paradise. "Elbis!" "No, Carl Perkin-san!"
By the way, you're dead wrong about Jimi! Just read the lyrics to "All Along the Watch Tower" and forget about how many times you've heard it on the radio. Like all great blues songs they can simultaneously deal with the simplest of themes and the most complex. Not every song reaches those depths (whose do?), but the majority have something to say and say it in a disguised way that makes you think about things differently.
Just the line: "Now, if 6 turned out to be 9. I don't mind, I don't mind" can be considered in dozens of different ways. Two numbers, one turned upside down looks like the other? Or, put the two numbers side-by-side and it means something else? Or, is there another universe where physics and math have different rules? Hendrix read allot of science fiction, maybe he thought about other planes of reality (I'm sure he tried to smoke his way there)?
Or, the lyrics to "Manic Depression", "feeling, sweet feeling, drops from my fingers. Manic depression's captured my soul". Name another song writer that can so succinctly describe that kind of condition? Dylan, maybe?
Look my friend, do what I do, turn the radio down when you hear a song that's being played too much. Don't let it batter you senseless. Life's too short! know what I mean, Vern?

I was at Joe's last week the one on Gude Drive Rockville . Great place. Used to be a good record store on rockville pike forget the name.
JT

ND13

Just watched my dad's copy of "Eagles Live From Melbourne" last night and was impressed.
I also watched Pink Floyd "Live At Pompei, The Director's Cut", and all I can say is WOW!!!!

Billm57

Micah Cohen wrote:

This is a good list. But... Foghat? Yikes.

See, I think you might be trying to just list albums that are live recordings by musicians whose studio work you like also. For instance, Zeppelin. Of course, in the studio they were peerless. But "The Song Remains The Same" is a really **** live document of the band. (The film as well, is said to be a really third rate performance. Which is nuts because it blows you away how great they are on stage!)

And "Yessongs" is really awful; it's not even the real Yes! "Save The Whales"? Crap!

"[/i] (Mike Damone)

MC

"Yessongs" is live Yes shows from 1973 era..No Whales stuff on there..you might be thinking of "Yessshows"

marker

I used to have an 8-track of Foghat live I'd listen to in a '74 Monte Carlo with a Delco AM/8-track (remember those with no FM?). Slow Ride took up one of the 4 programs all to itself, and I wore it out! After it finished playing, I'd just flip right back to it.

heiney9

marker wrote:

I used to have an 8-track of Foghat live I'd listen to in a '74 Monte Carlo with a Delco AM/8-track (remember those with no FM?). Slow Ride took up one of the 4 programs all to itself, and I wore it out! After it finished playing, I'd just flip right back to it.

Almost pulled the trigger on a cd version of this. My LP is long gone. I have Ted Nugent's Dbl Live Gonzo and Peter Frampton Live from that same era. Just couldn't spend the $$$ on Foghat...wait until I find a used copy somewhere.

Slow ride...take it easy...

H9