The 10 Greatest Classic Rock LIVE ALBUMS | Ranked

[@MrMrh1958]

Johnny Winter And Live is a fantastic live album full of energy!

[@Innerspace100]

It's My Own Fault off of that one is so(!) good. It was the best band he ever had too, I think. I also love Edgar Winter's White Trash's one called Roadwork. Both Hobbs and Derringer is on there as well. Maybe the same drummer too, but I don't remember exactly. Those guys could play!

[@richcohen7644]

No words for how happy I am to hear UFO get some love!

[@georgemorley5926]

DEEP PURPLE , (Made in Japan) definitely the greatest live album of all time no question about it , from start to finish it just kicks ass , Peace from Australia

[@stevenjohnston2263]

Of course.

[@thomasseiler8737]

you‘re goddam right!!!!

[@mcsaba]

100% agree.

[@RO-uz4oi]

Small potatoes

[@terrythekittieful]

I'm not a huge Deep Purple fan by any stretch but that live album is off the charts. If you look at the speakers you can literally see as well as feel and hear Ian Paice's drums pumping. Don't even mind the odd bum note from Richie Blackmore. If there are 10,000 notes in ten minutes what's a couple of off notes, these are real human beings playing and don't get me onto Jon Lord, the high priest of keyboards. Yep, a perennial classic.

[@richardsutton01]

Great choices, as usual, Andy. In my top ten I would have to include Humble Pie, Live at the Filmore. I bought it after seeing them live and being transfixed by Steve Marriott. He was like a human whirlwind, playing with the audience and the band. The album is a Marriott tour de force and absolutely nothing like the studio albums which were a bit insipid. I can clearly see why Mick Jagger wouldn't sign him up for the Stones even though the rest of the band wanted him. He would have blown Jagger off the stage with his incredible voice, stage presence and superb guitar work. I was saddened when he died in a house fire as he remained true to his blues/rock roots but never received the recognition he deserved. (Having now read all the other comments I'm starting to think that Stevie Marriott is actually receiving, albeit posthumously, the recognition he deserved. So many mentions of Rockin the Filmore. 😉)

[@edwindundas863]

I’m not the first to say it but you have to include Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore East and Humble Pie Rockin the Fillmore in any classic top 10.

[@carlos_herrera]

He talks about it in the video, it's down to the discrepancy between the British definition of classic rock and the American. Like in his opening monologue he talks about how The Who and the Rolling Stones don't count, but those bands are still pillars of US 'classic rock' radio.

[@LR-oo8hq]

ABB Live at Fillmore East, please let’s be fair 👍

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thats a jazzy blues rock album. Put that one on the list and you would have to put Fleetwood Mac and Clapton albums. For me I;m really classifying Classic Rock as what we used to call heavy rock or hard rock...

[@anthonykishko1711]

Some of the greatest live blues ever!!! Tho Ten Years After is wicked. Abb Fillmore , Cool Coltrane modal influence....

[@richardsutton01]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer You would also have to include Coliseum Live. A brilliant double album which is in a different league to any of their studio albums.

[@CasperLCat]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummerYes, I’ve noticed that’s how you’ve been defining it. As one who grew up in the 60s and 70s in the USA, “classic rock” is a much more inclusive term for my generation. We have Classic Rock radio stations here, geared to my demographic, that would include, for example, all 4 of my own, very diverse, 70s favorites - the Allmans, Jethro Tull, Bad Co., and the Avg. White Band.

[@AaronJoseph-t4b]

Yezzer yezzer for sure indeed,Allman Brothers & the Skynyrd are South Rock O.G., the roots of Rock are in the South,in their own words " We're Rock-Rock" as opposed to a " Southern Rock" classification

[@davescurry69]

Loving your reactions, Andy, but I have to ask...where is Live At Leeds?

[@WELLBRAN]

Johnny Winter ..and live

[@roymarsh2034]

Utterly delighted with your No. 1 selection. Band of Gypsies was a pinnacle performance. Everyone loves Machine Gun - but for me the opening solo of Power to Love makes the hairs on my neck stand on end still today. Great choices.

[@Oenloveslife]

Band of Gypsys has one of the most sublime moments in it in the history of rock: the long singing note at the beginning of the Machine Gun solo (and the whole solo). Undoubtedly my favorite Jimi record!

[@MrMaynardWR]

Scorpions Tokyo Tapes. This is such a great live album. Uli Jon Roth is as transcendeant as John McLaughlin and that's saying a lot. It's like Hendrix and Beethoven had a baby together. He is so melodic, dramatic and full of hooks.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I agree with Uli Jon Roth era Scorpions...essential...

[@bluewater3783]

Yes! "MADE IN JAPAN!" Blackmore's Guitar solo toward the end of "SPACE TRUCKIN'!", is just AMAZING! As well as his solo in "Strange Kind of Woman" utterly SURPASS ANYTHING THAT JEFF BECK HAS EVER DONE... And let's also include the studio version of the song, "Lazy", on the album: "Machine Head"!!! 😊

[@thomasseiler8737]

Blackmore is God! rein subjektiv natürlich

[@CB-xr1eg]

So you're saying add the studio version of Lazy to the Live performances? Wtf are you smoking?🤔

[@bluewater3783]

@@CB-xr1eg Ha, ha, ha! 😊 Jesus. Another Guy who lacks Critical Thinking Skills!--and who can't handle reading more than one sentence per message! ***I was simply saying: "Look over HERE! 😂🤣🤣🤣 😊 Because there is some Amazing Guitar Playing by Ritchie Blackmore on Two different "Live" songs:*** 1) The Final Guitar Solo on "Space Truckin' " (Live) from "Made in Japan". AND 2) The same with: "Strange Kind of Woman". Here, we have another great "LIVE" Album song off of "Made in Japan", with at least two (2) great guitar solos that I don't think that Jeff Beck would have--or could have--ever have thought up or played as well as Ritchie Blackmore. 3) OH!, AND BTW! THERE'S ALSO A ***STUDIO RECORDING*** OF A ***GUITAR SOLO*** BY RITCHIE BLACKMORE THAT, OF COURSE, I BELIEVE THAT JEFF BECK COULD ***NOT PLAY AS WELL AS RITCHIE BLACKMORE***--AND THAT IS THE STUDIO VERSION OF THE SONG, "LAZY", FROM THE ALBUM, "MACHINE HEAD". My 2 Main Points are that, in some cases--Noted Above--Ritchie Blackmore was The Better Guitar Player--Both Creatively and Technically. CAPISCI??? 😊

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@bluewater3783 Another guy who talks garbage and starts raging when he's not understood. The video is about Made In Japan,a Live album, and you're saying "let's also include the studio version of the song, "Lazy", on the album: "Machine Head". Add it to what? Why are you going on about a studio version when we're listening to Live tracks? 🤷‍♂

[@bluewater3783]

@@CB-xr1eg "...and starts raging when he's not understood." You brought the Nastiness on yourself, brother, by telling me: "WTF are you smoking?" That's NOT the way to begin a Friendly Conversation/Relationship with someone--¿Sí? If you want to Start All over, again--then: I apologize. Do you finally understand the two points that I was trying to make about my favorite Guitarist, R. Blackmore? Most people don't know that Blackmore is one of Jeff Beck's biggest fans! 😊 Take care!

[@eduardocalvo9631]

In no particular order, Live at Leeds, Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, Made in Japan, Live and Dangerous, Strangers in the Night, Tokyo Tapes, On Your Feet or On Your Knees, Unleashed in the East, Wings Over America and Band of Gypsys.

[@crusheverything4449]

You have fantastic taste sir!

[@danny1959]

Rock and Roll Animal by Lou Reed and Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy are my two favorites.

[@Scrubjay001]

My only comment is that I am so pleased that you put AC/DC as high up as they belong. That album I’ve enjoyed since my childhood, many decades ago. Everything you said about them is dead on. I rarely hear that album talked about, but you nearly did it justice. Good job!

[@bruceg9519]

Grand Funk live album and The Who Live at Leeds should be on the list!

[@Frip36]

Which Grand Funk live album? I agree, from what I've heard from them live the really rock massively. Never seen them live myself. I like The Who at Leeds. Too bad Pete talks way too much.

[@bruceg9519]

The first one.. called "live album" from 1970...changed my life!

[@Frip36]

@@bruceg9519 Thanks. Will check it out.

[@johna8973]

Yea . Leaving off Live at Leeds is Criminal . it completely re-shuffles the Best Live Album deck .

[@michaelcapewell4811]

Bob Seger Live Bullet?

[@kennethdias9988]

Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal is one of my favorite. Intro to Sweet Jane first class .

[@kevinmounce7705]

Absolutely

[@biblebeliever1611]

Absolutely

[@jorgesantos8509]

The Tubes "What do you want from Live" is my number one live album

[@stewarttiley9683]

Absolutely! Leaves all others in the dust!

[@narosgmbh5916]

But excuse me gentlemen, this is a different league

[@narosgmbh5916]

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[@narosgmbh5916]

Yes Sir;-)

[@chrismoyse3529]

Mahogany Rush Live is a guitar fest. Wonderful album

[@jdsmith-bl2yl]

HELL YES!!!!

[@ambientideas1]

A really influential heavy rock band that often flies under the radar is Budgie. They released a compilation live album that spans their performances from 1972-1981 called, Heavier Than Air - Rarest Eggs. Maybe not among the elite best, but worth mentioning.

[@magiscichoam]

Thanks for another insightful and scholarly presentation. Although I don’t agree with all of your choices, “Band Of Gypsys” is truly the holy grail of exceptional, otherworldly live classic rock albums and the rightful number one on your list. For me, regardless of genre, my favorite live albums include; “Live At Leeds”, “Live Cream Vol 1”, “Seconds Out”, “At The Fillmore (Allman Brothers)”, “Rockin The Fillmore (Humble Pie)”, “Live At The Apollo (James Brown)” and “Frampton Comes Alive”. Bravo!

[@marvinspira3491]

Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere , my all time favorite live album !

[@lukameah853]

FZ's greatest band.

[@outtathyme5679]

Classic and profane

[@pietjoeser8006]

@@outtathyme5679 Classic and profane but not a classic rock live album

[@DashGranthamD.A]

All great choices but for me I was more influenced by early-mid '70s albums like Uriah Heep Live, Grand Funk Live, Peter Frampton Comes Alive and Humble Pie Performance Rockin' the Filmore. I think Frampton Comes Alive is still one of the biggest selling live albums of all time.

[@robertgough5804]

Humble Pie Performance surely top ten!

[@jdsmith-bl2yl]

I'm new to your channel and really liking it !!! but I was wondering if you where gonna bring up Uriah Heep Live??

[@antoniodias4718]

Great selection although I wouldn't include "The Song Remains The Same"!!! But where do Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Derek and The Dominos, Humble Pie, (Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac fit in??!! Great job, thank you, Andy!!

[@danu6718]

Zappa - Roxy, Live Dead, Framptin, Led Zep TSRTS. Ya Yas Out- Stones, Who at Leeds, Talking Heads....too many, I don't know what's best. I can't wait to hear Andy's choice.

[@richardsinger01]

Many of those wouldn't be categorised as classic rock as defined by Andy.

[@davedavid7061]

As a 15 year old kid in 1976, KISS Alive changed my musical direction. I couldnt get on with them after that, but I got to see them that year and the next year live. I KNOW! KISS

[@jamesaston410]

This is an old post of yours but it just showed up on my YT feed. I have half of the live albums you’re talking about and agree wholeheartedly on everything you’ve said. If You Want Blood is a monumental album as is Live & Dangerous and No Sleep Til Hammersmith. I also have that 10” single of Motörhead & Girlschool :) Thanks Andy :)

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

For live Zep I go with the boots. Great list. Thanks.

[@WELLBRAN]

Humble pie live Fillmore

[@devereauxclandestine1272]

This brought back some memories of a misspent youth! Remember a bunch of us drunkenly attending the midnight screening of 'Song Remains The Same' and the room spinning as 'Moby Dick; went on and on and on.........

[@crusheverything4449]

Lived it, too! Great times!!

[@Octavian7771]

Oh to be 16 again, attending the midnight showing of Song Remains the Same some good friends. Sneaking in a couple beers and having some Herbal inspiration as we watch for the 14th time!!! LOL

[@GravyDaveNewson]

I've been looking forward to this. I love live albums, it's a measure of how a great band can play in the moment and stretch out a bit. A great way to get into a new band. Can't wait for the prog version in a couple of days. Your list is good but I would have MiEurope as well as MiJ and Irish Tour 74 even though Rory might not count as 'classic' it's the same blues rock DNA.

[@fredcilano899]

On Your Feet or On You Knees: Blue Oyster Cult. That's 70's classis rock. Free Live was my favorite album in high school.

Yeah, this one's really great. BÖC's live albums all have something special. I also wanted to suggest Extraterrestrial Live. But I think Andy doesn't like BÖC very much 😜

[@of6594]

Andy recently revised his opinion on "Secret Treaties"

@@of6594 Didn't notice. I remembered him saying in a video that he found Secret Treaties so crappy that he returned it to the store.

[@of6594]

Yes he once returned it to the store, but preparing for a video on the most overrated albums he listened to it again and thought it was fantastic. Thus he crossed it from the list.

@@of6594 Nice to hear that. Has he discovered a more mellow disposition as he's gotten older? Joking aside, I think everyone has a few albums that only had their effect after a few years or even decades.

[@clivecockcroft3620]

Andy love your videos, have been mining your vault. Learning so much. In one of your videos you said in an off hand manner ‘we don’t like classical music here’. (or something to that effect) I’d be surprised if there wasn’t some classical music you enjoy??

[@saintgeorge6706]

Andy wot no Humble Pie. Performance Rockin' the Fillmore (1971). My very first gig was in 1974 I saw the Pie.

[@matthewblanchard9301]

Led Zeppelin 'How the West Was Won', taken from two different shows in late June '72, one at the L.A. Forum on June 25th, the other at the Long Beach Arena on June 27. As for TSRTS sound track, as I was at the 2 nd and 3rd shows on July 28th & 29th 1973. Those were two powerful concerts live in person, but Zeppelin especially Page was pissed off with the crew filming. The actual soundtrack to me doesn't measure to those shows at MSG in '73 compared to those from the L.A. area in '72. I totally agree with FREE LIVE, especially the song 'Mr. Big', bass solo amazing, and Kossoff brilliant as usual. But one album I didn't see was Humble Pie's - 'Rockin the Fillmore' NYC May 28th & 29th in '71, I caught the second on the 29th. The Album and The Concert mirror each other. This was the original Humble Pie with Marriott, Frampton, Ridley and Shirley. This was a real live Rockin' band, the real deal. Frampton left towards the end of the following year. Marriott that little power house pixie, for his size right till the end of his life(taken too soon) Marriott on guitar, harmonica and vocals, he may have been the last of a dying breed, a triple rock and roller! R.I.P. 🎸🙏 P.S. And what about The Who, Live at Leeds, that's some serious shit from one of the Best Live Bands, especially with Moon, and that statement coming from a BIG Led Zeppelin fan. Bonzo & Moody 👍👍....🥁🥁....🙏🙏

[@tomtrana3449]

Mountain - Twin Peaks (live Osaka/Japan (1973) Be Bop deLuxe - Live In The Air Age (1977) Humble Pie - Rockin' The Fillmore (1971)

[@davidjperkins1710]

Couldn't agree more on Band of Gypsys- that year I was immersed in Jazz and then heard what became a Big Bang for me- expanded my listening for the next decade.

[@grahamnunn8998]

A turning point for me. In retrospect a real "what if?" Moment. At the risk of getting shot down, this is Hendrix as his most black (he was, after all from a very mixed race background), really drawing on those years as a backup guy but fusing it with his own exploratory playing.

[@elbib2446]

john martyn live at leeds is a great live album,no later studio overdubs,not really rock,though it spirals into space rock,when he hits the echoplex pedal

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I absolutely love John Martyn...I need to do a video on One Owrld which for me is one of the great fusion/prog albums...

[@elfman5176]

I agree with many of your choices but where is the amazing Blue Oyster Cult? On Your Feet or on Your Knees Some Enchanted Evening Extraterrestrial Live All Brilliant Live albums Thanks

[@Mr4Strings]

The list needs to be expanded to 20. Allman Bros, Humble Pie, Gov't Mule, Stones, Blah, Blah, Blah, C'mon Andy Japan brings out the best in rock bands, The Japanese love to rock. Some of the best live albums come out of Japan.

[@GravyDaveNewson]

I saw Whietsnake on the Come & Get It tour at Stafford Bingley Hall. I was at school in Kings Lynn and we somehow persuaded one of the teachers to drive the school bus over and wait outside for us. A great and slightly bizzare night.

[@CharlesAustin]

So important is your bringing all this music and passion to mind. Thanks !!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thanks for listening

[@chrisberger4633]

As an honorable mention, I would add Derek and the Dominos live at Fillmore East, perhaps Eric Clapton's finest live moment.

[@WELLBRAN]

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[@morrisanderson3180]

yes chris i agree totally, great band.

[@EduardoDeGuzman-yd8lj]

ROXY AND ELSEWHERE and ABSOLUTELY LIVE by THE DOORS must be included.....

[@EduardoDeGuzman-yd8lj]

Recorded live by TEN YEARS AFTER is one of the best live album of all time....

[@andrasczehlarik9180]

@@EduardoDeGuzman-yd8lj I AGREE. Recommend T.Y.A Live at Fillmore East 1970.Amazing. Cheers.

[@paulettelee6977]

So many great live albums in 70s Frampton ,bob seager ,and guess who live at paramount ,and list goes on your top 10 great choices one uf my favorites came in 90s pink floyd pulse seen it at pontiac silverdome seen zepp there also 1977

[@naxalite115]

What happened to “live at Leeds”???

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

What is your opinion for Grand Funk Railroad"Gaught in the act",Blue Oyster Cult"On your feet or on your knees",Allman Brothers "Live on Filmore East"?Greetings from Greece

[@tommccafferty5591]

Late to see this video. I don't think these bands would meet your definition, but two of my favorite live albums are Little Feat, Waiting for Columbus and The Allman Brothers Band, At Fillmore East.

[@adnilrummut105]

great compilation but i miss: the who - live at leeds zappa - roxy&elswhere and live in new york rory gallagher - irish tour '74 santana - lotus rare earth - in concert allman brothers - live at fillmore yes - yessongs colosseum - live ...

[@adnilrummut105]

@Beau Lijah thx! some sort of us punk in the vein of mighty ramones...

[@christophwegener5489]

What about Ted Nugent with Double Live Gonzo and Michael Schenker Group One Night at Budokan, and Queen Live Killers?

[@clivecockcroft3620]

Heard BoG as a 10 year old just after it came out. My slightly older neighbour excitedly explained to me what Jimi was ‘saying' during his solo in Machin Gun. 🙂 Incredible album. Another live album I love - Procal Harum with the Edmonton Orch. Greatest straight rock album EVER, Made in Japan.

[@batmaniac66]

Made in Japan (Deep Purple) Rainbow (On Stage) Rush (Exit Stage Left)

[@PaulBrown-il3wl]

Spot on

[@davewaterford281]

Great list. Am still staggered The Who Live at Leeds is not on this list. How? Do you not like them? I will be checking out UFO and Free from your list. Thanks for getting me riled up. 😁👍

[@marclahn7072]

LOVE your commentary on AC/DC. Spot on. It is one of the greatest live albums of all time. And Angus Young proves how fantastic and incendiary a player he is throughout. *The Jack solo, just for one, just slays you, and was a major inspiration to me personally. Bad Boy Boogie and Whole Lotta Rosie as well. But all through the record he kills it! Wish I had more time for all the superlatives the album deserves (I became a fan at 12 years old in 1978, with my discovery of Powerage at my local record shop...a life changer for me, just as it was with David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Kiss). Anyway, much to say and no time right now, but you already said so much... so well! • People who don't understand the sheer power, groove and excellence of AC/DC will find it in spades on this marvelous spine ripper of a live album Love the front (and humorous answer back) album cover too! Marc ⚡

[@treff9226]

Agreed completely - AC/DC is captured better on this album than previously thought possible! What a slamming force of power and groove, impossible not to play air guitar the whole way through!

[@kennethfaron5486]

Frampton Comes Alive is not included? Why?

[@crusheverything4449]

Because, although everyone and their dog had a copy, no one actually played it.

[@narosgmbh5916]

Great entertaining Andy Edwards Video like usual.Thank you Only one small question: What came first, the definition or the 10 selected live albums? I had never hard rock albums but LedZep albums I have all. And only in the first half of the 70s friends with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Free Albums. The only live experience I had 1971 with Humble Pie and Grand Funk Railroad Open Air in front of 10 000 stoned US Army GIs in Germany. And because FZ sung about Alvin Lee I thought Ten Years After was a HardRock Band.

[@mvellis3863]

Great list, UFO would be my #1. For my favorites I would add: Scorpions "Tokyo Tapes," Humble Pie "Performance Rockin' The Fillmore," Rush "All The World's A Stage," Little Feat "Waiting For Columbus," and The Who "Live At Leeds."

[@kennethdias9988]

Feat fan are you from near Washington DC . I saw the feat a Lisner auditorium at GW university 1975.

[@anthonyfamularo8875]

The Scorpions' "World Wide Live" was my favourite live album in high school. Just hearing Klaus Meine yell, "Do you see those microphones up in the air, do you see them? Do you know what we're doing tonight? WE'RE DOING A LIVE RECORDING TONIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!" never fails to make me smile on its own.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Aztecs Live (1971) at the Melbourne Town Hall (Australia). Blistering blues rock by Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, the world's loudest band with one of the best vocalists of all time. They damaged the building foundations and cracked windows of nearby buildings. Billy was a child prodigy as was drummer Gil Matthews, who toured America with Buddy Rich aged 14. Their double album Aztecs Live At Sunbury is probably even better (1972). Video from both albums is on KZbin. Deep Purple played Sunbury in 1975: their roadies famously had a brawl with AC/DC. Queen played there in 1974. On the track, Someone Left me Crying/Time to Live, the Aztecs use the pipe organ of the Town Hall. Mindblowing. See the video.

[@chrismoyse3529]

Listen to Lizzy Philadelphia Tower1977 bootleg. No overdubs. Incredible

[@crusheverything4449]

That show was officially released on CD and vinyl under the name Still Dangerous a few years back.

[@chrismoyse3529]

@@crusheverything4449 it was indeed. Excellent stuff

[@robertrobles4028]

Totally agree on Band of Gypsies. I was afraid you would not mention it because you left live Cream off your list. Cream in its day was renowned for its live performances. If your criteria for your list was beginning in 1970, I get it.

[@clintonhaynes4846]

Exit stage left?

[@stewarttiley9683]

The Tubes-"What Do You Want From Live"-It's that simple!!! No one has ever come close to their satire, outrage and insanity (scary at times!). Guitar interplay between Rojer Steen and Bill Spooner is superb; Prairie Prince one of the most underrated drummers of all time. Rick Anderson on bass; Vince Welnick on keys and the amazing Mike Cotton on synths! Plus Re Styles!!! And obviously one of the greatest front men of all times - FEE WALDO WAYBILL!!! Also Slade Alive! (NO EXPLANATION REQUIRED-BEST LIVE BAND OF ALL TIME.)

[@lukameah853]

Very underrated band. I love Inside, Outside.

[@jorgesantos8509]

Don't forget Mingo Lewis on drums and percussion. 😉

[@Protometal66]

Great album but I don't think this fit his criteria that he explained at the beginning of the video. He is basically talking about albums we used to call heavy metal .

[@gabe2869]

This list is good based on the specific description you gave of what classic hard rock is, but Running On Empty and At Fillmore East are tough to beat.

[@RO-uz4oi]

Terry Knights Grand Funk Railroad 1970 The Live Album is the "Heaviest" of them all accurately capturing what I witnessed at The Syndrome in Chicago on 10-16-1970; I was 22. GFR came out on stage and asked you , "Are You Ready" , and songs covered a few issues that we were having in 1970 , and then they proceeded to make you feel good about every one of them with a spectacular demonstration of power that took you over, that felt like they might cause you to levitate with crescendos that stretched you higher until you were on your tip toes and couldn't stretch any higher without coming off the floor...and then they would release you and you settle back down into your shoes and on the floor, relieved and amazed while vocalizing one word...WOW! Absolutely the most spectacular high energy, coordinated presentation that I have ever seen It felt like victory. By the way, Humble Pie was 1 of the opening acts and they were ehhh... ok. They played right before GFR, but they could never have followed them.

[@domielakrabi3276]

Thank you for the great video. My top 3 bands of all time are listed 😀 Interesting you included Rainbow On Stage, lot of people dislike it because it lacks the important songs. Rising is definitely a blueprint for heavy metal, an awesome album. I would include The Who At Leeds - raw and powerful. Band of Gypsies is a must have for every jazz fusion fan. A wonderful record. There is a live recording from the complete first show - Machine Gun, issued 2016, it gives us some more incredible live performances.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I re-listened to it and the band is on fire. And RJD is just astonishing.

[@EduardoDeGuzman-yd8lj]

10 greatest live albums of all time...1.allman bros.at fillmore east... 2.live at leeds...3. Doors absolutely live...4.in concert by derek & dominos...5. Traffic on the road...6.made in japan...7.song remains the same...8. Hendrix band of gypsys..9.4 way street by CSNY...10.frampton comes alive....

[@Slydeil]

An almost perfect list, and delivered with real enthusiasm and love. We must be around the same vintage.too. I would have had Allman Brothers Live At Filmore East in there but so good to hear you lavish praise on the great UFO and Strangers In The Night which is my personal favourite. Nice to hear Fishbone name checked too.

[@mortonwilson795]

Good stuff, great picks! I'd throw Live at Leeds & Rock 'n Roll Animal into mix . . .

[@BigSky1]

Free Live! Is one of the great live records. The live version of Alright Now was recorded before they had recorded the studio version.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I love facts...and that is a great one I did not know...

[@morrisanderson3180]

totally in agreement with you. for a band so young this is awesome & paul rodgers well what can i say?

[@BigSky1]

@@morrisanderson3180 They were all great but for me it is Koss who is irreplaceable.

[@morrisanderson3180]

big sky: yes paul kossoff was incredibly talented, what a waste.

[@BigSky1]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Just thought I would add that Free Live! Is one of the rare live albums with no overdubs and that the reason Koss’s guItar cuts out a couple of times during Alright Now is because some girls jumped on the stage and grabbed him.

[@nicolaenicolas6088]

Interesting choices, thank you ! For the next season :), I keep in mind Recorded Live-Ten Years After, Bursting Out-Jethro Tull, New Model Army&...Nobody Else, Live At The Milky Way-Captain Sensible etc. etc. Let Music Play !

[@timkimware3537]

Yes, you are SO correct to place BNaE in first place. When a friend took me to an almost 3-hour Mahavishnu Orchestra concert in 1973 in a smallish venue (Berkeley Community Theater) my young mind exploded with multiple eargasms! I went to every SF Bay Area show they played thereafter, including the Apocalypse tour with Ponty, a horn section and string section. Jaw-dropping! Thanks for posting!

[@armandoroura4129]

Love your selection Andy , As a matter a fact I remember well some of your choices when they where released . Here are mine ! 1. The Live Adventure Of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper 2. 11-17-70 Elton John 3. The Who Live At Leeds 4. LIVE DEAD and Europe 72?by the Grateful Dead 5. The BBC Sessions LED-ZEPPELIN 6. The Allman Brothers Band at the Filmore 7. Band Of Gypsys 8. Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out ! The Rolling Stones 9. Live At The Regal B.B. King 10. 2nd part of The Wheels Of Fire by CREAM Live performances (Sublime 👌) All these in no particular order

[@DA-dw5zn]

Well I'll add Blue Oyster Cult. Some Enchanted Evening has for me the best ever version of Don't Fear The Reaper & ETL which is just fantastic , particularly Black Blade & Veteran of the Psychic wars. In fact I think I'll put that on now.

[@saintgeorge6706]

Atlanta Georgia R.U. Ready to Rock & Roll. Best intro to any live rock album ever.

[@l3eatalphal3eatalpha]

Not to mention Astronomy :)

[@danmayberry1185]

The concert-going experience is another casualty of grid-assembled music. Regardless of tastes, a record shelf included Yessongs, KISS Alive, Wings Across America, DP Made In Europe .. especially satisfying for rural dwellers, far from the tour stops.

[@DrWrapperband]

Maximum Darkness by MAN?

[@giuseppesoccio8933]

Great list of albums. Obviously ten is not enough, so it is normal that other albums are also mentioned in the comments, but the list is excellent, some are even among my favourites. If we exclude the posthumous live performances, my top 10 is this, even if it is difficult to put them in order Deep Purple: Made in Japan Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74 Dire Straits: Alchemy Live UFO: Strangers in the Night The Doors: Absolutely Live Santana: Lotus Saxon: The Eagle Has Landed Jethro Tull: Bursting Out Grand Funk Railroad: Live Album Pat Travers Band: Live! Go for What You Know

[@chrismoyse3529]

Made In Japan. The greatest live Lp ever. Those songs were never played better. The production given the year it was recorded in is absolutely sensational.

[@michaelcottle6270]

Have you got the 4 disk "everything from the Japan tour that wasn't on Made in Japan" they released 15 years or so ago? They were that good every night.

[@chrismoyse3529]

@@michaelcottle6270 I have. Fantastic and consistently brilliant set of musicians

[@michaelcottle6270]

@@chrismoyse3529 I feel that the reason Rainbow had so many keyboard players was Blackmore looking for someone who could replicate the magic he had with Jon Lord. Ultimately it was the mutual push-pull and interplay between those two that made Purple the incredible force they were from 68/9 - 74

[@chrismoyse3529]

@@michaelcottle6270 Don Airey is good but no one can replace Jon Lord. Him and Blackmore are what make Purple so good.

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

@@michaelcottle6270 I think the closest Rainbow ever came to that kind of musical interplay was at certain points on the On Stage live record, but behind the scenes throughout that tour Ritchie Blackmore & Cozy Powell hazed and tormented young Tony Carey to such a sadistic extent that the poor kid nearly had a nervous breakdown and had to quit the band.

[@davesutherland1864]

Can’t believe you did not include The Who Live at Leeds. I would also have included Uriah Heap as a top 10.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Uriah *HEEP*

[@jamesreckling6697]

Live At Leeds?

[@lawrencewittenberg6594]

Roadwork by Edgar Winter's White Trash

[@philjm3103]

Some love, please, for Quo Live. It was the first album I ever bought, in 1977 as a 15 year old, and despite now being a huge Miles fan, and enjoying all sorts of Prog and Fusion stuff, I still love Quo Live....that intro!

[@gregoneil3523]

My favourite Quo live album was the 1974? Princes Trust Concert. Very hard to find but captured them at full throttle in 1 concert warts and all. Don't think there was any post production. So it sounds exactly as they were in the day. Wonderful.

[@douglasanderson8636]

Can we have a bit of plaaay?

[@petegreenfield3645]

@@gregoneil3523 That was in 82, great gig..

[@volsboy672]

You are right on

[@mikeb3268]

Agreed. Best live album ever.

[@caramanico1]

As opposed to most people, I truly love live albums. My order changes daily, but the ones that stand apart from all others to me are listed below. The Song Remains The Same definitely rounds out the Top Five in some order depending on the day. - Wings Over America: Macca recorded every show in '76, mixed and mastered them all, then took the top three (by song), remixed and remastered those, then took the best one and remixed and remastered that one. It shows - incredible performances fantastic sound quality, a mind-blowing list of incredible and diverse A and A+ Macca tunes topped with really great packaging. - Made In Japan: fantastic sound quality, intensity and energy beyond description. So good, I've hardly listened to any of their studio stuff in many years. - Welcome Back My Friends...: probably my ultimate classic prog album either live or studio, shows off all of their individual musicianship and their best songwriting up to that point, it shows off the huge range of material form ultra-top shelf and intricate modern electronic jamming to delicate acoustic treatments. - Live At Carnegie Hall - it's a crime that Renaissance was not as big (bigger IMHO) than most of the other huge classic/prog bands. Fantastic songs recorded really well, and Annie Haslam will make you forget any other female singer (yes, she's that awesome). Superb piano and acoustic guitar work, monster bass solo by Jon Camp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - LIVE SKY, THE END, FOR CATHERINE, , A SHOUT OUT FOR MY FAVORITE LOCAL/REGIONAL BAND THAT NEVER QUITE MADE IT BIG - CRACK THE SKY. FANTASTIC SONGWRITING, SUPERB MUSICIANSHIP, SO TIGHT LIVE THEY SQUEAKED. OUT OF 400+ CONCERTS IN MY LIFE THEY HOLD 2-3 OF THE TOP SPOTS. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CROWD GO OUT OF THEIR MINDS LIKE THE CROWD AT A CTS SHOWS. JOHN PALUMBO, RICK WITKOWSKI, JOEY D'AMICO, VINCE DEPAUL, JOE MACRE, CAREY ZEIGLER, JOHN TRACEY.

[@skl31]

Brilliant video Andy great picks, here's mine 10. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 9. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East 8. Rush - Exit Stage Left 7. AC/DC - If You Want Blood 6.Bob Dylan - Live 1966 (bootleg series Vol4) 5. Zappa/Mothers - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol2 4. Deep Purple - Made In Japan 3.Rainbow - On Stage 2. Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes 1. UFO - Strangers In The Night missed a load so that'll probably change in an hour 🤣

[@shadhansen739]

Reads more like a list of your favorite bands but awesome nonetheless. My list probably zappasYCDTOS series plus Broadway the hardway😊

[@TheJohnmb46]

I agree with your choices Andy and own all of those albums but what about Humble Pie? BTW talking about UFO what about UFO LIVE with Mick Bolton?

[@HelgeKS]

In no particular order: Golden Earring: Live Blue Öyster Cult: On your feet or on your knees Slade: Alive Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 (the March 22nd concert) Rory Gallagher: Stage Struck Wishbone Ash: Live Dates Genesis: Seconds Out Jethro Tull: Live Bursting out Deep Purple: Made in Japan The Tubes: What do you want from Live

[@Rhialto-the-Marvellous]

The proof is in the pudding. Barclay James Harvest always ornamented their compositions subtly and beautufully - sometimes to their aesthetic and critical detriment - but in BJH live they provided strong evidence that there was more than sufficient meat on the bone. Mel Pritchard was a gifted percussionist and drummer, who could hold his own with the best.

[@beboprichie]

Great list Andy Santana: Lotus Probably one of the greatest live albums ever recorded Santana at their finest 🎸 I’d add: Humble Pie: Rockin The Fillmore ABB: Live At Fillmore

[@edpas007]

Mad Dogs and Englishman a favourite of mine, also Guess Who Live at the Paramount , couple others that came to mind

[@CasperLCat]

Agree on Zeppelin live. So much of their music depends on a razor-sharp rhythmic interplay between Bonzo, Jonesey, and Jimmy, which just got too sloppy in their live stuff. No one likes to discuss this, but Jimmy being on heroin for almost the entire tenure of LZ, plus whatever else was going on, during those crazy concert tours, MUST have had some impact on the live performance. Just contrast LZ live, with Jethro Tull’s insanely-tight live sound in the 70s, led by a completely sober (in the chemical sense, anyway) Ian Anderson.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Gentle Giant, Tull, Mahavishnu, Deep Purple...all could out do Zep live

[@GuilhermeRodrigues-iq8ix]

Great list. I love one live album almost forgotten these days, Live at Paramount, by The Guess Who. I don't love all the Guess Who catalogue (far from it), but for me this album embodies all the best things in early seventies live Rock, the perfect capture of the performance and the AMBIENCE (wich I think is the best capture ever. Even today, hearing the record, close your eyes and you can still feel you are THERE), the setlist, the cover of the album, the extended jams. A perfect testimony of its era... The seventies live albums by The J. Geils Band too, incredible ones..

[@interstellardave]

Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands of all time but, when you used the word “tedious” in reference to Moby Dick on TSRTS, I totally agree. In fact, I find some-not all-of their stretched-out live songs to be tedious after a while. It’s definitely “hit or miss”.

[@BayouMaccabee]

Just wanted to make sure these get mentioned (honorably): Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions Grand Funk Live Album Beck Bogart & Appice Live The Who - Live at Leeds Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road

[@SwampEye1]

Made in Japan is the greatest live Album ... I always loved Free Live ... Band of gypsies ...Always enjoyed Kinks One for the road... Mothers Finest Live ... and thnx for keeping me Happy 🤣😃

[@iangelling]

Strangers In The Night is my No.1. But all of these are tremendous.

[@treff9226]

Ditto that! Strangers In The Night is the pinnacle of live, rock music - Schenker is nothing short of phenomenal! I've got The Who -Live At Leeds, a close second.

[@WillieEWoof]

I agree with Hendrix's "Band of Gypsies" and Free's 'Live!'. Everything else I would replace with any configuration of 8 from these 9: Frank Zappa - "Roxy & Elsewhere" The Rolling Stones - "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" The Who - "Live at Leeds" The Alman Brother's Band - "The Fillmore Concerts" Little Feat - "Waiting for Columbus" Blue Öyster Cult - "Some Enchanted Evening" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "4 Way Street" Humble Pie - "Rockin' The Fillmore" Grateful Dead - " Live-Dead". I am convinced, my list is far superior!

[@markperry9427]

Good list. I would agree about Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same, the version of Rock and Roll on there sounds so flat compared to the studio version. Two albums I'd include: Bebop Deluxe - Live in the Air Age, especially the RSD release of two years ago which is the entire Hammersmith Odeon concert. I know I'm hugely biased with this one, but Bill was at the peak of his powers then. That encore of Blazing Apostles is totally mind blowing. Secondly, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (or do you classify that as a heavy metal album?) For me, it is the definitive Priest album.

[@Rhialto-the-Marvellous]

Hurrah for a shout out for Mr. Nelson and Be bop Deluxe. Simon Fox has to be amongst the leading forgotten and most overlooked drummers of the 70s. Such a wonderful, engaging and sonic approach.

[@Gloobey]

Live And Dangerous is a poor representation of Lizzy live, it lacks atmosphere. I saw the band many times from '74-'75 and any one of those shows would have made a better live record. Definitely too many overdubs. Paul Raymond confided in me that just about all of Strangers In The Night was recorded in soundchecks but it still has atmosphere. Made In Japan is hands down the best live album EVER. Having heard ther original recordings from the shows on that tour, I can safely say that, a little speed adjustment aside, it's exactly what went down on the nights in question.