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1. Nightwish- Showtime, Storytime

2. Fleetwood Mac- The Dance

3. Toto- Live In Poland

4. Within Temptation- Elements/Let Us Burn

5. Kansas- Two For The Show

 

6. Dokken- Back For The Attack

7. Bruce Springsteen- Live From Hammersmith

8. The Gathering- Sleepy Buildings

9. Alter Bridge- Live From Wembley

10. Alter Bridge- Live From Amsterdam

 

11. Lacuna Coil- Visual Karma: Live From Wacken

12. ABBA- Live From Wembley

13. Thrice- Anthology

14. HIM- Digital Versatile Doom

15. Yes- Yessongs

 

16. Rush- Different Stages

17. Beyoncé- I Am...World Tour

18. The Juliana Theory- Live 10.13.2001

19. Paradise Lost- Draconian Times MMXI

20. Within Temptation- Black Symphony

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Im doing mine in pieces....

 

Blue oyster cult- some enchanted evening

Rush - all the worlds a stage

Genesis - seconds out

David Gilmour- live in Gdansk

Iron maiden- live after death

 

Deep purple - made in japan

 

Pink floyd - pulse

 

Fates warning - still life

 

Ivory Gates with Zonder on drums!!!!

 

Its a freaking masterpiece live album. When i first got it i played it over and over lol.

 

Did you check the recent Deluxe APSOG? They went ahead and stuck that version of In Trance on it wtf!!!;)

 

Yes, i bought it when it came out. I really like the extra live stuff. Live version and bonus tracks. I kinda thought the dvd sucked tho lol. I probably need watch it again

 

I need to give this a run this week again!

 

Yeah the footage is rough but its a good dvd.

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Not necessarily in order...:

 

01. Rush – All The World’s A Stage

02. Genesis – Seconds Out

03. Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton – Live From Madison Square Gardens

04. Neil Young – Live At Massey Hall 1971

05. The Who – Live At Leeds

06. Strawbs – A Collection of Antiques and Curios

07. Yes – Progeny

08. Van Morrison – Too Late To Stop Now

09. ELP – Welcome Back My Friends

10. The Allman Brothers – Live At Fillmore East

11. CSNY – 4-Way Street

12. Camel – A Live Record

13. Gentle Giant – Playing The Fool

14. Deep Purple – Made In Japan

15. Tim Buckley – Dream Letter: Live in London 1968

16. Peter Gabriel – Plays Live

17. Bob Dylan – Live 1966

18. Fleetwood Mac – Live At The Boston Tea Party

19. Eric Clapton – Rainbow Concert

20. Traffic – Welcome To The Canteen

 

Always happy to meet someone else that knows the late Tim Buckley. I was just listening to his debut album on Saturday.

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Apart from 1, 2 and 3 there is no particular order. Despite some question marks against some of the ‘live’ elements of these albums I still enjoy listening to any of them.

 

1. UFO – Strangers In The Night

2. AC/DC – If You Want Blood ... You’ve Got It

3. Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

4. Cheap Trick – At the Budokan

5. The Scorpions – Tokyo Tapes

6. Bob Marley and The Wailers – Live

7. Whitesnake – Live in the Heart of the City

8. Motorhead – No Sleep ‘til Hammersmith

9. Band of Skulls – Live at Brixton (07/12/12)

10. Motorhead – Everything Louder Then Everyone Else

11. The Clash – From Here to Eternity

12. AC/DC – Live at Atlantic Studio

13. Slade – Alive

14. Judas Priest – Unleashed in the East ... Live in Japan

15. Status Quo – Live

16. Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Live

17. Steve Earle – Just an American Boy

18. The Doors – Absolutely Live

19. The Doors – No One Gets Out Alive

20. Rush – Different Stages

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A criticism of Made in Japan (and Made in Europe): too much "noodling" for my tastes. It's what hurts Zeppelin's live catalog (Dazed and Confused for 1/2 hour?), Rainbow's (so it's Blackmore's fault) and Sabbath's (both the Ozzy and Dio eras have self indulgent snoozefests). Maybe it's a 70s thing. If, rather than 20 minute jam sessions we got two or three more tunes, those albums would be far better, IMO.
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Oh good call on the Miles stuff!!!

 

Wheres Agharta/Pangea tho? ;)

 

I was trying to avoid listing every Miles Live album.

 

Even Live Around The World is cool as hell.

 

Yes. I love what he does with Second Nature and Time After Time. Foley is a bad ass too.

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at first glance it seems most of my faves are here, but didn't go through the lists with a fine tooth comb.

 

Didn't see this:

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71V9KeUlTsL._SL1098_.jpg

 

I almost put this one on mine. I binge The Black Crowes at the end of last year and this one hooked me for days!

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The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East

The Band - Rock of Ages

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Volume 4 Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

Cheap Trick - At Budokan

George Harrison - The Concert for Bangladesh

The Kinks - One for the Road

Kiss - Alive!

Paul McCartney - Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust

Pink Floyd - Cruel But Fair [bootleg]

The Police - 11-29-1979 The Palladium NYC [bootleg]

Lou Reed - Take No Prisoners [Rock 'n' Roll Animal can replace this depending on my mood]

Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Gotta Let This Hen Out!

Rush - All the World's a Stage

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky

The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes

The Who - Live at Leeds

 

Note: I probably listened to the two bootlegs I included more than any proper album on my list. And another 5 or 6 albums missed the cut.

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Haven't yet listened extensively to many live releases, but I have a few faves (most of the ones I've heard actually):

 

Queen: A Night At The Odeon (Christmas Eve 1975, first live performance of Boh-Rhap)

Queen: Live at the Rainbow (both the March show and the November show)

Rush: ATWAS

Journey: Captured

KISS: Alive

Muse: Absolution Tour DVD (only saw it once, think it's from their huge 2003/2004 Glastonbury gig, wish it was on a record but I'll use use the DVD)

Muse: Hullabaloo (half live, half b-sides and out-takes, the live half is better though)

ELP: WBMFTTSTNEL&GELP (long album, long title, tough to write out or listen to all the way through, but much awesomeness everywhere)

Coldplay: LeftRightLeftRightLeft (sorry if it's not your thing, I connect with it though)

 

Can't think up any more that I've really given a fair listen, though I've gotten halfway through Made In Japan a couple times and it's quite awesome.

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I know it's a bootleg but its an awesome sounding show of U2 at the peak of their powers, much better than the Sydney show

 

http://cover.u2cdn.com/cover/Audio-Covers/1991-1996%20-%20Zoo%20TV%20Tour/07%20-%201993%20-%204th%20Leg%20-%20Europe%20-%20Zooropa/.thumbs/lr_1993-08-28-Dublin-ZooEuropa-FrontDC.jpg

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Apart from 1, 2 and 3 there is no particular order. Despite some question marks against some of the ‘live’ elements of these albums I still enjoy listening to any of them.

 

2. AC/DC – If You Want Blood ... You’ve Got It

 

7. Whitesnake – Live in the Heart of the City

 

12. AC/DC – Live at Atlantic Studio

 

 

Three that I absolutely love.

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Oh good call on the Miles stuff!!!

 

Wheres Agharta/Pangea tho? ;)

 

I was trying to avoid listing every Miles Live album.

 

Even Live Around The World is cool as hell.

 

Yes. I love what he does with Second Nature and Time After Time. Foley is a bad ass too.

 

That's a mixed bag. I thought Mr. Pastorius would be better than it was. Human Nature is definitely a journey song. (It's all over the place.)

 

I'm far from a Miles expert, but I just don't "get" Time After Time. As a rule I dig his cover tunes, but I'm not sure he puts his stamp on this one.

 

 

They must have released complete shows from this compilation,by now right? Like I said, I think this is pretty cool, but it's just a compilation.

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I'm not the biggest live album kind of guy, but there are a few that are absolutely indispensable to me (most or all of which have already been mentioned):

 

Blue Öyster Cult -- Some Enchanted Evening

Jethro Tull -- Bursting Out

Tangerine Dream -- Ricochet

Genesis -- Seconds Out

 

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Here's mine....after the first five no particular order.....

 

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RUSH...Exit Stage Left, ATWAS, Different Stages

Bob Marley and The Wailers....Babylon By Bus....to me the greatest live reggae album

U2......Under A Blood Red Sky

Michael Franti and Spearhead.....Live in Alaska

Peter Gabriel.....Plays Live

Ben Harper.....Live From Mars...blew me away the first time I heard it.

The Who.....Live At Leeds

Talking Heads....Stop Making Sense

Miles Davis....Big Fun

The Clash.....From Here To Eternity

David Bowie....Glass Spider Live

Iron Maiden.....Live After Death

Genesis.....Three Sides Live

The Police.....11/29/79 The Palladium....bootleg

George Harrison....The Concert For Bangladesh

Pearl Jam.....Live At The Gorge

Living Colour.....Live At CBGB

Burning Spear.....Live In Paris

Joe Satriani......Live From San Francisco

U2.....Live Slane Castle

 

Peace

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Sometimes i go i big phases of live albums, where it seems its all i listen to. Then none for ages....

 

Not sure why

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Outside of the first few, in no particular order...............

 

Allman Bros. Band - At The Fillmore East

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Black Sabbath - Live At Last

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road

UFO - Strangers In The Night

Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening

Rush - ATWAS

Rush - ESL

Rush - Desert Passages (bootleg)

Ten Years After - Recorded Live

Jimi Hendrix - Live Berkley

Jimi Hendrix - Live In Monterey

Bob Dylan - Live 1966

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet

Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Yas Out

The Who - Live At Leeds

Kiss - Alive

Robin Trower - Live

Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won

Jeff Healey Band - As The Years Go Passing By

 

 

 

I might add that I very much like the band's performances on The Beatles - Live At The Hollywood Bowl, but the screaming teenies kill the enjoyment of listening to the album.

 

 

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison is #21

Jimi Hendrix - Radio One is #22

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Concert is #23

Rush - Different Stages is #24

The Doors - In Concert is #25

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In no partcular order of preference:

 

1.- Rush Different Stages

2.- Yessongs

3.- ELP-Welcome Back my Friends....

4.- Uriah Heep- Live

5.- Sabbath-Reunion

6.- Tull- Bursting out

7.- Queen-Killers

8.- Who- Live at Leeds

9.- Cream- Live and II

10.- Ten Years After- Live

11.- Rush- ATWS/ESL/ASHOFH/RinRio/R30/R40/Time Machine

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Rush - All the World's a Stage

UFO - Strangers in the Night

Kiss - Alive!

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

Vardis - 100 M.P.H.

Dire Straits - Alchemy

AC/DC - If You Want Blood

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes

Iron Maiden - Live After Death

Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live

Aerosmith - Live! Bootleg

Wishbone Ash - Live Dates

Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live Anthology

 

Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York

 

Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged

 

Porcupine Tree - Warszawa

 

BB King - Live In Japan

 

Genesis - Seconds Out

 

Billy Joel - Songs From The Attic

 

Dio - Dio at Donington 1983

 

Iron Maiden - Maiden England '88

 

Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

 

Rush - All The World's A Stage

 

The Who - Live At Leeds

 

Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon

 

David Gilmour - Remember That Night

 

David Bowie - Stage

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Dire Straits - Alchemy

Queen - Live Killers

Wings - Over America

Doors - Alive She Cried

Cheap Trick - Budakon

Frampton - Comes Alive

Dev-O Live

Billy Joel - Songs from the Attic

Jimmy Buffet - You Had to Be There

AC/DC - If You Want Blood

 

 

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