my most favourite bestest LIVE album!

STEVE

my most favourite bestest LIVE album!
December 20, 2008 04:25AM

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live @ leeds

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mats84

Re: my most favourite bestest LIVE album!
December 20, 2008 12:44PM

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It's as good a choice as any........as all kind hearted, reasonable people will agree.

Other fave raves :

Zevon's "Stand in the Fire"
Costello's "Live at El Mocambo"
Black Lips "Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo"
Ramones "It's Alive"

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erikalbany

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December 20, 2008 03:59PM

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Slade.

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dj45rpm

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December 20, 2008 04:23PM

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Do live comps and soundtracks count?

If so, throw in:

Dance Craze soundtrack (cookin' soundtrack to 2-Tone film, showing that certain of these folks were more "live" bands than studio ones)

Urgh a Music War soundtrack

Can You Hear Me: Live at the Deaf Club comp (Dead Kennedys, KGB/No Alternative, Offs, Tuxedomoon, Pink Section, Mutants. What more need be said)

Might as well throw in the Throbbing Gristle box sets as well.

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willie

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December 20, 2008 05:36PM

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Justice Pimp, concurring. L at L still give me goosebumps to hear a band that scary-good at the height of their powers. The extended versions of that album are worth hearing. Live at the Isle of Wight Festival doesn't suck, either.

Dylan's Live '66
Jerry Lewis Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (is this still in print?)
RH and the Egyptians - Gotta Let This Hen Out!
Neil - Live Rust

The best fake live albums:
Kiss Alive
Live at Budokan

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Michael Toland

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December 22, 2008 05:25PM

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*The best fake live albums:
Kiss Alive
Live at Budokan

Don't forget Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous. It's a great record, but almost entirely recreated in the studio. There's a fascinating account of that process in Tony Visconti's autobiography.

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mjm716

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December 21, 2008 02:33AM

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latest:

Drones Live in Madrid DVD (2007)
Pelican: After the Ceiling Cracked DVD (2008)

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M. Johnson

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December 21, 2008 09:08AM

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It's Too Late To Stop Now
The Velvet Underground Live 1969
Rock Of Ages
Fragments Of A Rainy Season
Terry Callier Alive
Miles Of Ailes
Al Green Live In Tokyo
Sam Cooke At The Harlem Square Club

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michael baker

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December 21, 2008 12:14PM

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terry callier is the most underrated singer songwriter this side of fred neil

that is a great LP--as is VU 69 nathch

callier is kind of a cross between marvin gaye with donny hathaway and a tasteful richie havens mashed up in a NICE way, not the way i made it sound

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Neilantman

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December 21, 2008 10:05PM

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Wow, never heard of terry callier but based on these recommedations and what i've read on the net, i have ordered some of his albums/cd's off amazon

Motorhead-No sleep til hammersmith
Stones- Get Your Ya-Ya's Out
Deep Purple-Made In Japan
Rory Gallagher-Irish Tour
Allman Brothers-Fillmore East
Bob Marley-Live

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Jay

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December 22, 2008 01:32AM

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For the past , oh, 20 years or so, these have been my three favorite live albums:

Graham Parker, Live at Marble Arch
Solomon Burke, Soul Alive!
Otis Clay, Soul Man, Live in Japan.

More recently, these would definitely be in my top 10 if I ever compiled one:

Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Moments From This Theater
Bruce Springsteen and the Sessions Band, Live From Dublin

I'm also kind of partial to Bob Marley's Babylon By Bus.

Jay

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rebelwithoutaclue

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December 21, 2008 06:24AM

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the kinks one more for the road
bob dylan- hard rain
the band-last waltz
peter himmlman-stage diving- one of those live cds that makes you feel you are at the show.
u2- under a blood red sky

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dkhazzam

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December 21, 2008 01:33PM

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STEVE wrote:

> live @ leeds

Do you mean the original release or the four times as long re-issue? For me that re-issue blew my mind totally. Hearing the playful song choices, hearing the songs from the original release in "concert context", a complete Tommy and the modern remix, simply awesome.

[buddylove.us]

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erikalbany

I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME...
December 22, 2008 01:53AM

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Look, I tend not to be pushy around here, but I feel like most of you aren't hearing me. I'm talking about the *Holy Grail* of live albums:

Slade, "Alive!"

No more discussion.
Live it.
Feel it.
Play it loud.

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HollowbodyKay

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December 22, 2008 03:42PM

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Slade? I wuz nevur a fan ov New Model Army.

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Tom_Violence

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December 22, 2008 09:29PM

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live (1971).

Also Robert Nighthawk at Maxwell Street (1963).

Ditto on Kiss Alive.

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Nile

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December 22, 2008 10:21PM

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Nobody mentioned Tom Waits Nighthawks at the Diner.

I will.

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STEVE

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December 22, 2008 10:28PM

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the reissue/deluxe/ xtra bonus 'live leeds' doug.
And its effects on me are best described by you!

erik's gotta point,
matter of fact, i think that slade alive record is on 'somebody's' top fifty list around here too.

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dkhazzam

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December 22, 2008 10:33PM

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STEVE wrote:

> erik's gotta point,
> matter of fact, i think that slade alive record is on
> 'somebody's' top fifty list around here too.

Now I'm gonna haveta download that Slade Alive ASAP.

[buddylove.us]

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erikalbany

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December 23, 2008 12:13AM

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Thanks for gettin' my back on this, STEVE. dk, by all means download it, but a cautionary word: iTunes puts Vol 1 (1972) and Vol 2 (1978) together. The '72 stuff is what we're talking about here. And, yes, I'm pretty sure I discovered that one at the I-man's suggestion, if memory serves.

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STEVE

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December 23, 2008 12:25AM

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that be the one. i TRIED to play that very same slade Lp one night not too long ago and then Humble Pie 'eat it' right after and thats when that officer makin his rounds rolled his gumballs out from across the street. Shit, the fucker. He probably wasn't even born until sometime in the eighties.

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dkhazzam

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December 23, 2008 12:43AM

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Got the right one and was blown away by Darlin' Be Home Soon. Love that song. I didn't know what it was when I first heard this version in the 70's but know that I'm older (and wiser?) I can appreciate that they could take John Sebastian's sweet song and make it into a power ballad. AWESOME!

[buddylove.us]

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John Brown

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December 23, 2008 12:51PM

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Chuck Berry on Stage, an early 1960's Chuck Berry album, is a weird fake live album. It has some of his classic Chess hits overdubbed with applause and crowd noise to simulate a live show. Some of the songs are renamed. Why? There are a couple of other fake live albums from the period that also come to mind. The Kingsman Vol. One, their debut album, featuring "Louie Louie," is a fake live album with the hit tacked-on the record. Again, Why? Additionally, the U.S. LP by The Rolling Stones, Got Live if You Want It, has fake live tracks mixed with actual live tracks. Stupid album. There is a UK EP with that title, which features all true live cuts. Have record companies always been stupid and greedy about the way they handle their artist's material?

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entropy

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December 23, 2008 01:11PM

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Bruce at Hammersmith '75 trumps em all, hands down.

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mjm716

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December 24, 2008 04:19AM

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and I'll raise you one, T.Rex: Born to Boogie - no one doubts MB was stolen from us, but we'll always have this.

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HollowbodyKay

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December 25, 2008 04:17PM

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I'm a-gonna say this only once:

HASIL ADKINS - Live In Chicago (11/12/1992) Bughouse / Pravda BH 0001

Merry Christmas Ya'll!

Post Edited (12-25-08 12:27)

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STEVE

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December 25, 2008 09:18PM

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I didn't get the live '05 evan johns & his H-Bombs today for christmas but i did score a bunch of native plants.

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satchmykels

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December 26, 2008 12:00AM

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> I'm a-gonna say this only once:
>
> HASIL ADKINS - Live In Chicago (11/12/1992) Bughouse / Pravda
> BH 0001
>
> Merry Christmas Ya'll!
>

would be better if he bothered to finish one song before starting another and/or breaking into psychobabble.

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STEVE

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December 26, 2008 12:10AM

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yeah like that jeff salmonella group.
Same same.

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