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[quote user="jetjohnson"]......Things with the Allmans get a little complicated with the albums Live at The Fillmore East & Eat a Peach - For track selection I'd reckon the best version of Eat a Peach is the deluxe version simply because it's far more representative of the Allmans in Concert (ie it's much longer!) .....both versions have the 33 + minute version of Mountain Jam (!) ...The SACD of Eat a Peach sounds fab ..but it is simply a 5.1 version of the shorter original album .....likewise The Fillmore East album has been released as a DTS High Definition Surround version - again sound is good (both albums were sourced (I think) from the original QUAD masters...but the DTS Fillmore Album has the same (shorter) track listing as the original stereo release. ......so really it's a choice of surround sound v more tracks. Also keep a look out for the Live at 1970 The Atlanta Pop Festival ..which includes some stormin' performances although certain songs are duplicated across the 2 cds (the Allmans played 2 sets recorded on different days of the festival) Johnny Winter (ask your brother!) guests on the 2nd Atlanta set. Finally for Duane Allman saddoes like myself The Duane Allman Anthology albums (1+2) showcase his abilities as a session player and with the Allmans. .......and thanks for the info re MMJ .......xmas cd tokens ahoy![/quote]

Further to this and previous responses.  the Allmans are still going strong but unfortunately don't tour outside of the US these days but Live at the Breacon theatre & also the 'instant live' 3 cd Live at walnut Grove are well worth picking up.  Speaking of this, Derek Trucks (nephew of the original member - Butch) plays lead & slide - left side usually - on the most recent recordings.  now the reason i say this is because i think his own outfit  - The highly originally named Derek Trucks Band - are sensational, it's difficult to pigeonhole them but I would say they are world, jazz, blues merchants, anyway Live at Georgis theatre is very good.

In addition to the above I know other have already mentioned Jeff Buckley, UFO, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin (please, please please agree to the tour Mr Plant!!!!!) Neil Young - ps I have only ever managed to listen to the 'Arc' CD on the Arc Weld Live album once however - and frankly all are simply brilliant, but let's not forget.....

Bob Dylan - Live in 1975 from the Bootleg series is simply superb (and the remastering is right up there also)

Yessongs - enough said

How about Derek and the Dominoes Live at The Fillmore - Clapton never played the guitar like this again...shame.

Rory Gallagher, just any live sets, excepting perhaps 'Meeting with the G-Man' set which I'm less keen on.  Check out 'Calling Card from the BBC recordings it's sublime.

I love live music and could go on for ever, but just one more thing...joe bonamassa has up to now only produced one live album (A new day yesterday live) and it's not his finest hour (it's still damnn good!) but I'm sure that with his most recent studio albums You & I and Sloe Gin and his seemingly endless touring, there'll be another along soon and it'll be a cracker.

 

Odd one this, Raconteurs playing at the colston hall, Bristol. Great album as I was there at the concert, and they managed to produce a 2-disc edition within 30mins of the end of the show...keeps the memory of a great concert alive!

John McLaughlin Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989 - with Kai Eckhart on bass and Trilok Gurtu on drums - fantastic indian/jazz fusion virtuosity - superb sound quality, great concert (and not just cos I was there). Deep Purple were never as good as they were in 1972 on Made in Japan - I'm not a Purple fan by any stretch of the imagination but this blows me away - the freefalling performance, the exuberance, the skill.... Jethro Tull's 1978 double live album Bursting Out is a lesson in live recording - you may not be impressed with men in tights standing on one leg performing flute solos but the detail and warmth of the many varied and skillfully played instruments, not to mention Ian Anderson's vocals, in this concert recording are astounding. It also has one of the most underrated drummers in Barriemore Barlow....stunning. Led Zeppelin - How the West was Won - California 1972 - overblown, bombastic, self-indulgent - all true, but the fact remains that Led Zep were just about the greatest band ever to walk on to a stage - and in 1972 they were at the absolute peak of their powers. Pure quality.

[quote user="nandjg"]Yessongs - enough said[/quote] In a positive or a pejorative sense? [quote user="nandjg"]Bob Dylan - Live in 1975 from the Bootleg series is simply superb (and the remastering is right up there also)[/quote] Completely agree. Wonderful stuff. Also love the early 60's show in the same series. 1964?

[quote user="Drummerdave"]John McLaughlin Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989 - with Kai Eckhart on bass and Trilok Gurtu on drums - fantastic indian/jazz fusion virtuosity - superb sound quality, great concert[/quote] Sounds interesting. Will have to investigate that one.

Check out Okononos by My Morning Jacket. Your reasons for admiring the aforementioned records by Tull, Zep & Deep Purple lead me to think you may groove along to MMJ's 2006 live album. It treads a wonderfully fine line between refined and raw in a big, cosmic rock kinda way.

I will check that lp out Charlie - thanks

Bruce Springsteen Live in New York City Previous Springsteen live offerings have failed to properly capture the almost religious experience that is "The Boss" live. I've seen him 53 times live and have always been somewhat disappointed with the live material available on CD. This album, however, cuts the mustard. It is the closest thing I've heard to the real thing. There are a few faults - a couple of clumsy mistakes, missed vocals, and a tendency for eight blokes in their fifties to play a tiny bit slower than in their heyday, making some tracks sound a little ponderous. These are minor gripes though, as you will realise about two to three minutes into "Jungleland" when the first verse finishes and the song kicks into life - Max Weinberg sounds as if he's drumming with a couple of jackhammers, Bruce, Nils Lofgren and Steve Van Zandt switch their guitars into overdrive, Garry Tallent's bass pounds, Danny Federici's keyboards swirl, the piano strings practically snap as "Professor" Roy Bittan hammers the keys, and Clarence Clemons empties his lungs into his mighty golden saxophone. Then you realise that you are listening to the greatest live artist/band in the world ever - bar none -period ! I would also strongly suggest you check out the DVD.

WELD by Neil Young was described by one reviewer as Neil Young butchering his back catalogue! Its great and I dont normally buy live albums.

As an individual song performed live I highly rate Elvis Presley singing `If I Can Dream` on the `68 Comeback Special. At least I think it was that show?

Like to quickly mention RUSH who are a terrific live band and I`ve always thought that their live albums had original titles such as `Exit Stage Left` and `All The Worlds A Stage` which are more interesting than just `Live`.

My favourite live band over the last ten years has been a group called MOSTLY AUTUMN. If you like great rock/prog then try to see this band. Theyre brilliant!

Ive just written a lot for someones whos supposedly not into live albums!

Made in Japan by Deep Purple Live at Last (Past Lives) by Black Sabbath How the west was won by Led Zeppelin Europe 72 by the Grateful Dead Live at the Budokan by Cheap Trick If you want blood...you've got it by ACDC Kick out the Jams by the MC5 No Sleep till Hammersmith by Motorhead and anything by MIlli Vanilli.....(joke)

Best Live album ever.

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 I would highly recommend, Alice in chains- MTV unplugged and Jeff buckley- Live at Sin`e. Two very good live albums, give em a listen, you wont regret it.

[/quote] I AGREE AND ALSO NIRVANA UNPLUGGED AND METALLICA S&M

I second that ... Nirvana in New York is just superb & one of the most played on my pod! The DVD of the whole live show is really good to sound & vision .... double delight!!!

nirvana unplugged, bob marley babylon by bus