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Neil Young - Unplugged; Neil Young - Live Rust (the best NY album IMO and I have them all); Lucinda Williams @ Fillmore; Miles Davis - Live Evil (also at Fillmore, I believe); Man live at the Paget Rooms, Penarth; Get Yer Ya-Yas Out - Rolling Stones; but the greatest ever live performance is not strictly such but was captured in one take (with guests present so perhaps it qualifies) and is on an otherwise studio produced album and that's Voodoo Chile on Hendrix's Electric Ladyland - one of the ten pieces of music to hear before you die. Let me know if you want a separate thread for the other nine.

 Oh, and Sinatra at The Sands

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[quote user="pompeyexile"]Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
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Hmmm... don't think I've ever heard that one. Is it any good? 

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don't feel bad, Andrew, it's as dull as it sounds. 

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don't feel bad, Andrew, it's as dull as it sounds. 

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Could be worse, I guess - could've been used for 1,000,001 dull, unimaginitive hi-fi and home cinema demonstrations... 

 Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live.

Simply breathtaking. 

 

 

 

 

Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong

[quote user="Andy Grange"]Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong[/quote] I think you might be right, Andy - top band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haarp_Tour:_Live_From_Wembley is the album I'm most looking foward to next year amazing performance. 

The Allman Brothers Band ....Live at The Fillmore East ..THE essential live album of all time!

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The Allman Brothers Band ....Live at The Fillmore East ..THE essential live album of all time!

[/quote] The Allman Brothers are often referenced whenever one of my favourite bands, My Morning Jacket, are reviewed. My older brother used to rave about them. So now, it seems, it's time to investigate.

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The Allman Brothers Band ....Live at The Fillmore East ..THE essential live album of all time!

[/quote] The Allman Brothers are often referenced whenever one of my favourite bands, My Morning Jacket, are reviewed. My older brother used to rave about them. So now, it seems, it's time to investigate.[/quote] ....You won't be disappointed ...Try ..Idlewild South as an example of their studio stuff (it's been recently re-released in heavy vinyl as a ltd edition!) ....but live is where the Allman's gained their reputation .....Duane "Skydog" Allman is regarded by many as second only to Hendrix in the best guitarist ever stakes (he must be the best slide player) ...Eat a Peach (Live and studio stuff) is also a crackin' album although sadly Duane died by the time it was released. There a whole slew of live albums out there and even some of the post Duane stuff holds up really well. Now .....where do I start with My Morning Jacket?

..Man Live at the Padget Rooms ? .......so someone else likes Man! I have it on the original 10" vinyl but apparently it's just been re released on CD (with extra tracks I think) ......Personally I preferred thier set from the original Greasy Truckers album .......(Spunk Rock!) And I still play Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day ....I heard UA made a loss on many of their more obscure rock releases in the 70's due to the lavish packaging (eg BGTYALOAD's fold out map!) (and I'm not even Welsh!) ..and agreed - Electric Ladyland is the dog's bollocks!

[quote user="jetjohnson"].but live is where the Allman's gained their reputation .....Duane "Skydog" Allman is regarded by many as second only to Hendrix in the best guitarist ever stakes (he must be the best slide player) ...Eat a Peach (Live and studio stuff) is also a crackin' album[/quote] Thanks for the signposts to discovering The Allman Brothers. I'm about to order the Fillmore East album having heard some snippets on iTunes. Which edition of this CD would you recommend? The "Deluxe" one, as pictured in your post or the SACD version I saw listed online? In the review section underneath the iTunes listing someone mentions this version even in it's standard CD encoding. Will then proceed onto Eat A Peach, which sounds fantastic, from what I've heard so far. [quote user="jetjohnson"]Now .....where do I start with My Morning Jacket?[/quote] At Dawn or It Still Moves, their second and third full length albums respectively, are both wonderful. They both showcase their two major styles: big, reverb-soaked countrified, rock wig-outs and the equally beautiful, slower, gentler acoustic numbers. The key, for me at least, is the tainted purity of Jim James' cracked, soulful voice. The live album, Okonokos, is great for the big riffage and frazzled soundscape but not as subtle and varied as the studio stuff.