RANT: The Allure of the Live Album- Part 2!

[@edcleary235]

Mountain: Twin Peaks. And my all time favorite live album, the Backpack from Rare Earth.

[@glassslide]

The Kinks One For The Road is criminally underrated, one of the greatest guitar tones ever put on tape was Dave Davies' Les Paul Artisan.

[@nickpatten5263]

I’ve expanded my listening due to your videos and recommendations bands I either hadn’t heard of or albums I’d previously overlooked. Thanks for sharing your collection with us keep up the great work.

[@user-bq2xc2fl6l]

I can’t believe you mentioned Molly Hatchet Double Trouble. Hatchet never gets any love or respect. Great Album.

[@mattyboywalker9094]

I think the Floyd album you mean is delicate sound of thunder from that tour

[@stephennorris2524]

Yep, I would add Pulse too, excellent live album.

[@dexterdog717]

Try Led Zeppelin, "The BBC Sessions"...another live CD from the mighty Zep...

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Indeed, a great one!

[@grimtraveller7923]

@dan cussin I must admit, for me, the Zeppelin live stuff just doesn't compare with their studio work. I always found the guitar tone really thin and often Robert Plant didn't hit the notes that he did on the records which I often find irritating, even now.

[@grimtraveller7923]

@dan cussin The Stones as a band have long driven me crazy. Even when I saw them in '82, it was the emotion of hearing the Stones rather than what they actually played, that was memorable, when I look back on it. Going right back to the 60s, they always played their songs so fast and Mick Jagger never hit the notes that he would on the records so in a way, you weren't really getting a semblance of the songs you loved. Their live albums and live films are a frustration unless one doesn't care what they sound like. I don't want the melodies changing because Mick is too lazy to hit the notes he's meant to ! Ha ha ha ! I have to laugh.

[@grimtraveller7923]

@dan cussin You were indeed lucky....I had to take the bus to the Stones gig I went to. Actually, the buses were so full, I had to walk home from Wembley Stadium and it was about 3 miles. Although it was June, in London, that day was chilly and wet. But everyone was pretty happy ! I actually used to love live gigs and I went to loads back in the day. Many of them were jazz gigs and there, the nature of the music meant stretching out. I loved that. I notice though, that most of the time, it was artists whose records I didn't have or didn't know well enough to be fussy about whether they played like the record. When I saw AC/DC in '82, they were fantastic. There was only one song I didn't know at the time {The Jack} and I soon picked that up. They played the songs like the records but they really stretched out, especially the guitar solos and it was truly an experience. The following year, I saw Rush and I was so disappointed. It felt like a lacklustre night but I think it was also because I didn't know all of the songs. But confusingly, I've seen many great gigs where I didn't know the songs ! Which brings me back to your opening point, I think that when it comes to live albums, if I'm not particular knowledgeable of the songs, then I'll likely love the album. For example, when I got "On your feet or on your knees" by Blue Öyster Cult, I loved that album. 39 years on, I still do. But I find the studio versions of the songs quite weedy in comparison, even though they're heavy. And with another of my favourite albums, "Status Quo Live", it's always been a sensational album for me because most of the songs were new to me. But there were 3 on the album that I knew well already and the live versions are inferior. A lot of it is to do with which version I heard first.

[@carljaystevens9929]

I want to know where Pete gets his tshirts. Does anyone know the site name or a good site for similar Band shirts? Please, help me out.

[@zingpulse4138]

1975's The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live

[@talldude5841]

YA, great version of Faith Healer, among others.

[@sjames304]

@@talldude5841 GREAT Live album. Had it as a kid on vinyl. Faith Healer and Vambo are amazing live.

[@glebe9]

REO Speedwagon - You get What You Play For 1977 was also a kick ass live album..great guitar playing from Gary Richrath

[@patrickcrowther9195]

You’re so right about Wings Over America - even better on vinyl with that amazing gatefold. The best line up of the band and McCartney’s voice was at its absolute peak.

[@cirjames2540]

My first live albums were Rush All the worlds a Stage, Kiss Alive and Double Live Gonzo. Still love listing to them to this day.

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

Slade Alive, my first live album, great record.

[@KevinHallSurfing]

Slade Alive possibly best live album ever recorded or at least in the 70's. 👍

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

@@KevinHallSurfing And 'Recorded Live' by Ten Years After

[@stephenbrown4211]

Couldn't believe you mentioned Quo Live. It was the first live album I listened to and apart from a time when Sushi by Fish was my favourite, this has always been my No1. You put it on the and watch the sweat drip off the turntable.

[@katesjanice]

Two for the Show is a fabulous live double album that was not doctored at all. Even so, it's hard to hear warts. Amazing for a band known for such intricate prog arrangements. Love it!

[@patricksullivan9452]

Black Oak Arkansas. Raunch and Roll and Live Mutha. Great jam albums from a really good southern rock jam band.

[@awickedtribe]

I was at the 'Live Mutha' concert at the Long Beach Arena. 'Raunch and Roll' is one of the greatest live albums I ever heard. The energy is insane. Edit: Jim 'Dandy' Mangrum is a cousin of mine and I got backstage passes from JD for several times. Meanwhile, David Lee Roth, back before Van Halen cut their first album tried to talk me out of a pass but I had already invited some female friends. We knew each other from playing local high school garage band concerts

[@tonym994]

saw BOA open for (Grand Funk?) I really can't remember, but I saw them, and they were memorable,obviously. go, Jim Dandy, go.same w/ URIAH HEEP. I know I saw them.it took me years to realize I saw LYNRD SKYNRD open for theWHO. I remembered them because their name was so unusual. they didn't have a hit yet, to my recollection.

[@tonym994]

hey that's a great idea for a video, Pete. but you probably already did it. 'opening acts' that killed. I saw BLUE OYSTER CULT open for someone, maybe ALICE COOPER or TEN YEARS AFTER. I was about 15, and they were not a band that anyone liked to follow. I distinctly remember we wanted more of them.

[@tonym994]

saw the EAGLES open for the ALLMAN BROS. when they were capable of headlining. they had hits already. the ALLMANS thought it'd be a good idea to bring out a native American to talk about the plight of the red man. I'm embarrassed to say people were throwing popcorn and stuff at him.when the boys came out, DICKEY BETTS was fuming, tho he didn't complain, he just dogged it on guitar. seriously .sometimes you can just feel that a performer is angry at the fans.the jagoffs up front couldn't simply wait thru the speech. they might learn something.

[@itsmedrooms6071]

Zeppelin BBC sessions is the third live album. I think How the West Was Won and The BBC Sessions both tower above The Song Remains The Same in terms of performance.

[@richardfilmer616]

Love your stuff,for us here in South Africa music like this is so hard to find.Thanks man !

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Thanks! The intent of the SoT site and this video channel is to hopefully introduce people to music/bands that they might not have heard before. Glad you are finding stuff of interest!

[@onsesejoo2605]

One of the paintings on the cover of Yessongs called Pathways, is famous for having cat's footprints on it. Roger Dean tried to mask them as clouds but did not quite succeed so there's the reason for catlovers to buy that album as well. ;)

[@BretCulpArts]

Hey Pete. I really enjoy your channel. Regarding your Pink Floyd pick, Momentary Lapse of Reason is actually a studio album. The subsequent live album from that tour is "The Delicate Sound Of Thunder" recorded at Nassau Coliseum. I agree with you about Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii, which is killer. The live wall album "Is There Anybody Out There?" is pretty great too. I've dreamed about an official non-bootleg live Animals tour album. Take care

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Yep, I mentioned that in the comments. I just picked the wrong one off the shelf, and realized it as I was going through the track list.

[@BattManion1979]

I'm with you Pete...The Overnite/Apostrophe'/One Size era is my fav and LOVED that band!

[@grimtraveller7923]

I think the Frank Zappa/Mothers album "Piquantique" is worth it's weight in gold. It came out around 1991 but it's from a 1973 gig in Sweden. It was only the 2nd CD I ever bought as I was very much a "vinyl and put it on tape" head at the time and I could only find it on CD. It was the fact that Jean Luc Ponty was on violin on it that I bought it. It may be complex jazz fusion but it's not so complex that it doesn't groove and it's not so complex that it isn't easily followable. On the last track, when the band has got to the end, he makes them go back a minute or so, saying they didn't play it right and they play that segment again. Priceless. I can't hear the difference ! I don't generally find Frank funny. And some of his music leaves me cold. But on this album, there are bits when he's complaining about the cold where he really is funny and the music comes together in the most wondrous way.

[@jake6887]

Saga - 'In Transit' and Rush - 'Grace Under Pressure Tour' are two of my favourites. Most underrated is Deep purple - 'Made in Europe'

Hi, Pete!! Probably some not well known bands playing live: Twelfth Night: live and let live (great british prog Recorded at the legendary "Marquee Club"... Porcupine tree: Warszawa (Excellent perfect prog with Mastermind Steve Wilson!! Fantastic!!!) Anyone's Daughter: Requested Documents I &Ii (Great 80ties prog from Germany!! Superb! One is a live DVD!) Tangerine Dream: Live Encore (US-tour in the 70ties) Enjoy, and...take a sip of water from time to time! That helps, when you have to speak so much! You're Videos are great! Carry on! Thank you for bringing so much Information to the Rock world!!! Greetings from Germany, Andy

[@Brother_MarkG]

Great choices here and a few you may have forgotten or never heard before, Rez Band "20 Years" cranked up Marshall Amp rock, The Fugs "Golden Filth" their swansong, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit w' Jimmy Herring, Col Bruce Hampton, Othiel, etc. ,Black Oak Arkansas "Raunch and Roll Live", Black Crowes, "Freak 'n' Roll...Into the Fog" Joe Grushecky "Live... Down The Road Apiece"

[@garywernke2822]

I know Im extremely late here BUT... “One Cold Winters Night” by Kamelot really shoulda been mentioned here!! Outstanding record.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Great shout out for Saga. One of the most underrated bands ever!

[@cloudedthoughts909]

Hi Pete. Great Program!! and Well done Sir. I Just watched your, The Allure of the Live Album - Part 1 and 2, back to back. You got me taking notes, and delving into my music collection Big time. I will be checking into some artists, and Live albums, you mentioned, that I am not familiar with, along with re-visiting all my favorites, I hold near, and dear, For Sure. I look forward to more of your shows.Thanks!! for Sharing.

[@patrickmichels7888]

Didn't see Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal and Live both from same show in 73. Also Free Live not sure if I saw it but it's amazing

[@mikaelmalmqvist4094]

all summer longtodaypet sounds

[@bluerev]

Another good one from TYA is Undead. Love that album!

[@georghagglund9338]

Damn! My most missed musicians that passed away the last decade? Gary Moore, Ronnie James Dio (the two you mentioned), Jon Lord and Chris Cornell. RIP.

[@JoeHakos]

Pete.... for the album cover alone but really good live stuff..... Stagepass by Michael Stanley and Michael Stanley Band

[@thedocsmashups1717]

Wow, fantastic show, man ... huge selection and cool channel, too!!! 👍 ... a couple of teardrops, though ( nostalgia is a bad beast) 😿⌛️ ... cheers and keep on rocking !!!

[@duncanjones2883]

Wish I'd never watched these two video's. So many live albums I will have to buy now!

[@grimtraveller7923]

It's funny, when I first started acquiring albums in the 70s, I didn't really think of live albums as distinct from studio ones. One just acquired an album as one came to it. If your friend had one that you didn't have, you borrowed it and taped it. If you could scrape the money together, you bought one or two. When I started working it became easier. It's only years later that you'd think "wow, I've got a lot of live albums." Also, nowadays live albums don't have the gravitas they once did. It was so rare to hear a band play live if they didn't come to your neck of the woods and if they did it was sometimes pricey. Or many bands had broken up or were past their best or past the particular line up you might be enamoured with. So the live album kind of broached the best of all worlds.

[@marksalerno129]

Listed my three favorites - UFO: Strangers in the Night, Scorpions: Tokyo Tapes, and BOC: On Your Feet or on Your Knees. I also thought REO Speedwagon: You Get What You Play For and Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Animal were very good live albums.

[@ashleygeisler1003]

Delicate sound of thunder was live album i think you were referring to as A Momentary lapse of reason was a studio lp, no mention of Ummagumma??

[@FrostedSeagull]

Great review and a fantastic topic too review. I absolutely LOVE live albums. in my opinion, if you can't do a live album you cannot so anything. That's what o love about KISS - Alive I and II. to Everyone Else, I am a dumb Aussie aged 51. I love - Led Zeppelin, Black sababth, all things Deep Purple and rainbow and KISS. What other great LIVE albums do you people recommend from U.S. band. I know about Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Rush and some Styx. What else ?

[@kennethjohnsson6241]

Ten years after. Recorded live + undead.

[@jonathanhathaway7796]

Thanks for showing some love for The Song Remains The Same, though I would tell your viewers to pick up an old cd copy of the original, non-remastered version, as the content is different. All of the reissues are taken directly from the film, including all the glaring cuts and edits, whereas the original has complete songs with much less editing. Get the reissue for the extra tracks if you must. As a 40-year professional guitarist, I've always scratched my head over why it's been slagged for so many years. Because the songs don't sound like the studio versions? Because it came out in the year of Punk, when long jams were out of fashion? All I know is, once you get past the meh version of Rock and Roll (had to include the opener!), it kicks major ass and features some of Page's finest moments. There is no better live version of the title track and Rain Song, and absolutely among the very best versions of Dazed and No Quarter. But, pound for pound, How The West Was Won is still the single best representation of Led Zeppelin live if one doesn't start in on the many bootlegged shows.

[@cygnus53]

Great suggestions Pete. I just got a copy of Frank Marino Live in the mail yesterday. I love that band. Tales of the Unexpected is my favorite. Love his version of All Along the Watchtower. Absolutely brilliant.

[@tomfisher2103]

Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzos

[@Shitsthebed]

Saw The Kinks live in the early 80's, easily one of the best gigs ever .😍

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

Met Mick Avory after a Last off Kinks gig,and was lucky enough to have around a hour talking with the man! Such a cool dude! Gave me a insight in the Davies brothers relationship,but,that, would be be telling...

[@erlendgaratunhuus6299]

Blackfoot - Highway Song Live The Band - The Last Waltz Caravan - Live at the Fairfield Halls 1974

[@ozuidema]

Caravan at the Fairfields is fantastic, so underrated!

[@wizreality5461]

Hey Pete,Floyd LP Momentary Lapse Of Reason is not a LIVE ALBUM...I own an extremely hard to get Live performance DVD of the same title...if memory serves me,Momentary came out in 1987 on Vinyl and C.D. while I was Running the Video dept.at the back of this AMAZING RECORD/VIDEO STORE...WILCOX RECORDS & VIDEO IN OKC....MAN! I FORGOT JUST WHAT A SHIT TON OF GREAT LIVE RELEASES! I'M REALLY A PRODUCTION QUALITY kind of guy...HEADPHONES FILLING MY HEAD! 42 minute max on L.P. LIVE AT LEADS...GOOD CALL ,GOVT.MULE ALSO.I SAW URIAH HEEP LIVE IN 1974...DON'T FORGET SCHENKER ON OBSESSION "HOT & READY SOLO SOARS! TUBES...Another great call...Fantastic Album...You know they used to perform with a very RISQUÉ in mid '70....And Trower I like to play when it rains...Bridge Of Sighs,Caravan to Midnite"In City Dreams"...great Rainyday,mood guitar recordings....Great list again...I'm going to listen to some you mentioned on SPOTIFY. That's worth having to keep up with all the new music that I don't have,I only have 4,000 C.D.'s U.K.-LIVE Also when they're line up was Wetton,Jobson and Bozio...I saw them in downtown OKC in '79 opening for Jethro Tull. The OKC crowd just didn't appreciate Prog. U.K.!Another was The Kinks with Tom Petty's opening,I think it was His 1st tour in '77 after his 2nd release "Your Gonna Get It" *Ironically,He Opened his last tour in OKC at the horrible,acoustically CHESAPEAKE ARENA on April 20,2017 and would be the HEARTBREAKERS LAST TOUR...IRONICALLY, I HAVE 3 SONGS POSTED FROM THE REAL CHEAP SEATS(3rd level) but I was in an Acoustical SWEETSPOT and shot with a GS5 ACTIVE phone...Check it out,I'm just starting to UPLOAD TO YOU TUBE. .MY 1ST UPLOAD WAS BRYAN FERRY @ THE VERIZON THEATRE Close to Dallas.I was on 7th row Isle with my oldest daughter,Elizabeth with me in this 6,500 seat Auditorium with AMAZING ACOUSTIC TUNING.I shot the entire show AMAZINGLY with my GS5ACTIVE PHONE.NO DISTORTION and with my knowledge of song arrangements was able to DIRECT STUNNINGLY (Never a Dull moment!)from a SMARTPHONE,NON- STATIC,EXCITING VIDEO from the 7th Row Isle...The sound is SIMPLY AMAZING considering I shot from a single P.O.V.!My youngest 26 year old daughter who's my DIGITAL ARTIST and is an Amazing One Person Production Crew for local BATTISON HONDA DEALERSHIP...Lauren,Is a Complete Media Manager making Amazing 30 second Honda spots! She posts on Battison on KZbin also. SHE HELPED ME EDIT Bryan Ferry(RoxyMusic)show from the Verizon abbreviated from 2 hours to 1:26 and I had Her add TITLES for song/album identification on bottom of screen.MY VERY 1ST UPLOAD...I was reaching 1,000 views in less than 1 month...Then,Bryan,himself had it took down claiming Copyright Infringement!I didn't make a dime...Hell,I Spent $1,500 on HIM!WETTON had died in late January 2017...Ferry played on March 18th and I just want to have a VERY,SPECIAL OMAGE' because he's 72 and still going strong and RARELY TOURS N.AMERICA...OH WELL...I HAVE THE MASTER : )Check out the Petty from Chesapeake 4/20/17 Channel-WizReality5...Your doing GREAT WORK...PEACE, WIZ

[@rockingman2543]

A tasty collection!I've got approximately 90% of these!

[@peterichards3261]

Arch Enemy - Tyrants Of The Rising Sun Live in Japan. Really awesome live album and DVD

[@TheMigoli]

Renaissance at Carnegie Hall is probably the most underrated live album ever!

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

It's a great one!!!

[@ozuidema]

Miguel Oliveira Man, I so agree with you. Renaissance really topped the studio versions there and Annie is the best vocalist of all times, bar none!

[@byronofcalgary6985]

@@seaoftranquilityprog look for a 2nd Live 2 cd from 1978 Novella tour on King Biscuit Flower Hour

[@gogoyubari366]

Where do you get these ratings from?

[@TheTruth-pl3mk]

I'll keep plugging this one. If you like NWOBHM or hard rock, try and check out Tygers of Pan Tang's "Live at Nottingham Rock City", which saw release in 2001. It was recorded in 1981 during their Spellbound tour and captures the band on good form, although 4/5's of them were sick with flu. John Sykes absolutely shreds on several tracks, for anyone who is interested in his playing before his Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake stints. I've got the album available on mp3 files (entire album and separate tracks), if anyone wants to listen without having to pay for the cd (which may be hard to find; out of print for 18 years). Let me know as I'm happy to share it and we'll figure a way to send it (dummy email or social network, etc). (y)

[@johnjesberger5676]

This was great fun.

[@jacquelinec.6785]

I want that shirt 🎙️ 👀

[@matthewfeduzi4751]

Excellent. Excellent job Pete. Keep up the great work.

[@carlpeterson8182]

Rush Different Stages is great also. The 3rd disc is from their early years. It might be my favorite live album from Rush except I usually think ESL beats it out. ESL has a great rendition of Jacob's Ladder and best La Villa Strangiato (I agree with you here). But it also has a great trio of songs that fit together perfectly Broon's Bane, The Trees, and Xanadu. These are the best versions of these songs. Heck it is the best version of Passage to Bangkok and Beneath, ... . also. All great songs but it is Rush baby!

[@JesseeSage]

IMHO, the live recordings rule. Great rundown Pete, your list included all my favorites except for one... Bowie: David Live at the tower in Philly. Lead guitar by Earl Slick on this double album is phenomenal. Also, It would be great if you would cover best to worst bootleg albums. I've had a few in audio cassette format back in the day and more often than not the quality sucked. However I did come across a CD of Boston live titled Stagestruck that sounded pretty good, and also a VHS of Boston Live at Jones Beach in 95. I think I'm gonna try to get the VHS converted to DVD or Bluray as I no longer have a vhs player. Love your channel and coverage.. Cheers

[@windnchgo]

Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall - captured at the height of their creative and commercial success. Progressive Classical Rock with the New York Philharmonic. Recently remastered and re-released on Cherry Red Records. Included for the first time on CD is Kiev. Plus a third CD of them live on BBC In Concert March, 1976. I see you have the first release of the album on CD, Pete Pardo, as I do. But I'm telling you get the re-release - it's worth it!

[@whataboutrob442]

Yes sir! Kiss Alive set the bar as far as I am concerned.

[@DA-dw5zn]

Gimmee three steps from One more from the road is just killer guitar. I bought the deluxe version but can only listen to the original listing.I'm just used to that track order. Some Enchanted Evening is another killer guitar album with for me the best version of Reaper.

[@ianstewart2989]

A personal favourite Sammy Hagar-Red

[@martymartin2894]

I'm amazed at ure album collection. Also I loved ure history of judas priest and sabbath. Looking forward to the iron maiden one.

[@scociolopath]

REO Speedwagon's you get what you play for is possibly my favorite live album ever and I HATE the REO Speedwagon that most people think of (i.e. the power ballad band). Yes Kevin Cronin is kind of embarrassing even here but he had not taken control of the direction of the band yet at this time. REO Speedwagon were major road warriors playing live constantly through the 70s and they were damn good. I probably saw them live six or seven times back then.

[@bobmerc3312]

Hey Pete...I had the pleasure of seeing Queens 1st trip over here with Mott the Hoople...they played in my hometown of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. at Kings College Gym. It was the Spring leg of the tour and we saw them at the beginning of May..about 1 week later Brian May contracted Hepatits and the band went home. Queen II had just come out because when they went back in the fall they had released Sheer Heart Attack. I also caught the J Geils Band at the same venue on Halloween night in 1975. Wolf had us on our feet dancing for the ENTIRE SHOW!!! The mesc and Thai stick didnt hurt either!!!! \m/

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Good shout out for Journey’ ‘Captured’

[@mikewalsh7318]

Band of Gypsies is great but for live Hendrix, Hendrix in the West is great end to end. Best version of Red House and Voodoo Chile and Little Wing are both outstanding.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

The live album from 1980’s British band It Bites ‘Thank you and Goodnight’ is a fantastic recording and is criminally underrated! It Bites were as good both in the quality of their songwriting and musicianship as Genesis were but never got the success they throughly deserved. If they had been around in the 1970’s they would have been huge!

[@hancock1934]

Eat Me In St Louis! Awesome album! Francis Dunnery was a great frontman.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@hancock1934 Totally agree with you there. Live at the Town and Country, London proves just how great he and the band were in their prime!

[@scottya001]

Magnum : Marauder

[@radiopirata568]

+ Uriah Heep Live At Tokyo Budokan 1973

[@rftutd9409]

So much fun taking a trip though all of these live recordings. Every time I thought of something that was missing, it came up eventually. Can't believe how many of them I own, although we diverge slightly with the southern rock. Not real familiar with that stuff.

[@grimtraveller7923]

You can't go wrong with the Outlaws' "Bring it back alive." Yes, it's nominally southern rock, but in actuality, it is heavy rock, yet with a beautiful melodic bent to it. Three lead guitarists tend to bring that out in a band !

[@adamsmashups4839]

For me,a great live album is when I put on my head phones,close myself and wish I could go back in time and actually be there when it took place,or at least have video of the performance. Live albums that make me feel that way; Rainbow-Live In Europe Jethro Tull-A Little Light Music Frank Zappa-You Can't..Volumes 1 and 2 Medicine Ball Caravan;only for the Alice Copper band doing Black Ju Ju

[@byronofcalgary6985]

take a look at King Biscuit Flower Hour catalogue.. Sweet Freedom era Uriah Heep... GTR Live... a 2nd Renaissance from 1978... also German label Imtrat Music has FM concerts from USA inc Pat Benetar 's Wide Awake tour and Simple Minds Real Life and more live cds

[@jonathanhathaway7796]

Boy, I gotta hand it to you. You are very open-minded with your Rock. I'm either selective or too picky, and you are either open-minded or easily pleased, ha ha. I wouldn't touch a number of those bands with a ten-foot pole, but you picked a lot of really great stuff too, so I'm making a list of ones to check out. Thanks!!

[@johannesleitgeb3316]

Hi Pete, What do you think about Colosseum Live 1971? With Clem Clemson on guitar. There's also another one, Live05, after the death of dick heckstall smith And what about the other frank Marino albums, Double Live from the 80s and Real Live (a 2 and a half hour double disc record from 2004)?

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Was beginning to be in disbelief you weren’t going to mention the greatest live album ever made, Kansas’ Two For The Show. Perfection in performance, absolute perfection!

[@Danimal77]

A few that were left out: Aerosmith - Live! Bootleg (1978) - Covers their early hits Iron Maiden - Maiden Japan (1981) - Extended Version Scorpions - World Wide Live (1985) - Classic 80's hits Budgie - Heavier Than Air - Rarest Eggs '72-'81 (1998) ACDC - Live (1992) Metallica - Live Shit (Seattle '89, San Diego '92, Mexico '93) Guns N' Roses - Live Era '87-'93 Kiss - Alive III (1993) - 80's and 90's hits Judas Priest - Live '98 Meltdown Judas Priest - Live in London (2002) Slayer - Live Undead (1984) Slayer - Decade of Aggression (1991) Van Halen - Live: Right Here, Right Now (1993) Tool - Salival (2000) - Seeing you're into prog, you should check this out

[@kiplambert64]

The single CD version of SNAZ (Nazareth) is missing a whole side from the original LP...

[@micolsen8895]

Thanks Pete...for parts 2 and 1.

[@grimtraveller7923]

Speeaking of parts 1 and 2, Live Cream vol 1 and 2 were good choices. Back in 1990 when I discovered Vol 2 {I'd known Vol 1 for 10 years} I put both versions together as one live Cream album on tape. I should claim copyright infringement !!

[@bluejayfan5584]

One For The Road everything old is new again. Really embraced it saw them live with Red Ryder opening. Trivia the bass player of Ryder was in Ocean and ….. Rush.

[@Titanboru]

I came across a loose cassette of 'Kiss-Alive!' in a car boot sale when I was 12 (over 30 years ago lol) for 50p - around 50c. No inlay card or case. My first introduction to a live album from any band. Amazing stuff. It took me a few years to find out the names of the songs when I could eventually get it on LP.

[@grimtraveller7923]

My Mum got me Kiss alive for my 18th birthday ! I was living in Nigeria at the time and the record shops {most in my town were more accurately described as shacks with electricity} would, for the price of a C90 tape record two albums or a double album onto a tape. It was a great and cheap way to build an enormous album collection. Anyway, I thought Alive was better than Alive 2 and it still holds up today although there was a lot of fluff and chat on it. Fortunately, with programmes like Audacity, one can edit out all the stuff one doesn't want to hear. There was stuff done in the studio after so it's quite appropriate !

[@scu2r]

Mother Finest live 1979 is a fantastic one too. Btw, the drummer B.B. Borden went on to play for Molly Hatchet in the 80's

[@georghagglund9338]

When starting look at the first part I wondered if I really was ready with 47 minutes (which is quite a long time for a video like this). After the first I looked at the second and seeing both, almost, right after each other was no trouble at all. Time did fly very fast and that is a good grade!

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Haha! yes, thanks! I full realize nearly an hour is a stretch, but with so much stuff to talk about it's hard to keep these to a short length...unless I want to do 10 parts!! As fast as you think they go by watching them, it is even faster recording them!

[@carljaystevens9929]

@@seaoftranquilityprog I need a link or site name for killer rock band tshirts like Pete's. HELP.

[@user-ps9zn2vf5v]

Several live albums of famous bands from my collection are not mentioned in these videos: Traffic - On The Road Spirit - Live Iron Butterfly - Live Ten Years After - Recorded Live Birth Control - Live Beck, Bogart & Appice - Live ELO - The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach The Doors - Absolutely Live Nektar - ...Sounds Like This Shocking Blue - Live In Japan Man - Back Into The Future Argent - Encore Japan - Oil On Canvas Made In Sweden - Live! At The Golden Circle Streetwalkers - Live Gong - Live Etc. Steve Hillage - Live Herald Bloodrock - Live Lindisfarne - Magic In The Air Live Stone The Crows - Live In Montreux 1972 Greenslade - The Full Edition Live 2001 Ian Hunter - Welcome To The Club Groundhogs - Hogs On The Road The Mothers - Fillmore East - June 1971 Jane - At Home Live

[@richardfilmer616]

Delicate sound of thunder was live...Momentary lapse of reason was studio.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Yep, I simply picked the wrong CD off the shelf, and realized it as I was reading the track list.

[@michaelannan1229]

I keep a crate of live albums close to turntable,love them so much. You got most,but not Dave Mason,or Dave Edmunds.

[@grimtraveller7923]

In jazz and jazz fusion there have been so many live albums ~ arguably the genres should be at their best in a live setting but I've found that this isn't often the case. I used to go to jazz gigs all the time and I've reached the conclusion that while the actual gigs themselves might be an experience one may never forget, that hasn't always translated to the actual recording of the gig. Nevertheless, there are a few good to truly great jazz /fusion live albums that are worth mentioning. "The Sun & Moon Have Come Together" by the Fourth Way [from a 1968 gig] is a pretty good one. The Fourth Way could arguably claim to be the first band that could be described as jazz-rock although the music was an evolution as opposed to an invention. But with Michael White on violin and Mike Nock on electric piano, sonically they were pushing jazz into rock areas, admirably backed by Ron McClure who put a pick up on his double bass and tried to make it sound like a bass guitar with his amp, and Eddie Marshall who was a pretty straight ahead drummer when he needed to be. They also delved into some esoteric African thumb piano/percussion sounds on the album and were generally groundbreaking but seem to have been written out of much of jazz history. Bill Bruford's "The Bruford Tapes" from 1979 is a sizzling affair from beginning to end. It may mean nothing to anyone that was familiar with his first couple of albums but if you didn't have a clue, like me when I first came across it in 1990, then it's something of a revelation. Great playing, complex, yet simple, rocking yet convoluted, the band sound like they're having an absolute whale of a time. Both progressive and jazz rockers should love this one. I don't know if the same can be said for 1979's "Wipe out" by Amalgam. This is one of the most intense collections of music that has ever been committed to vinyl and much as I love it, it really seems to me to be an acquired taste. I really took a chance buying this back in '90; I'd bought "Deep" by the band but it made my nerves crawl, for the most part. But the next day, I saw this one there ~ an 8 sided live album ! It actually came in a box. When I see the bonus stuff that comes with older live albums on CD nowadays, I think to myself, "Amalgam had that in mind 40 years ago !" Except that it wasn't bonus material, it was the material. They take you through every kind of emotion and state possible in these dazzling forays through jazz, rock, avant garde, free jazz and the odd bit of ambient. But the amazing thing is that it is really accessible and the playing is incredible across all 8 sides {nowadays available on 3 CDs}. Who would have thought that a gig in a pub in Stockwell, south London, at the end of Feb '78 would be the setting for such a slice of dynamism ? But Away manage it with one of the classiest jazz rock live albums of any time, "Integration." The guy that was the leader of the aforementioned Amalgam {Trevor Watts} had been a longtime musical collaborator with the leader of Away, drummer John Stevens. In fact he'd been in the first incarnation of Away, whose first LP was also live. But they had very different musical approaches and this live album finds a band that seems much more accessible and approachable.....until you listen really deeply to what they were doing. The album jumps all over the place and pretty much sets the place alight and it comes over very much. Their line up of 2 guitars, bass, sax and drums somehow manage to stay interesting and vital all the way through and what really cracks me up is that at the end of all this intensity, Stevens just says, in a droll and laconic voice "thank you very much." It's so funny. Great album though.

[@helethead]

That Kinks record got bad reviews for some reason?? Ray and Dave last name is pronounced "Davis" btw.

[@kylergarcia7359]

No, it's definitely "Davies".

[@gavincritchley404]

JOE COCKER - Mad Dogs & Englishmen JONI MITCHELL - Miles of Aisles I'll add more as they come to mind

[@grimtraveller7923]

No sleep til Hammersmith is not only a great live album {it was actually my first Motorhead LP though I'd been wanting to hear them for 18 months}, that title is a manifesto !

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

PLAY LOUD!!!😁😁

[@patriotpizzaman]

Part 1 down, part 2 twenty minutes in and I'm shocked not to have heard the name BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND YET??? Blowing my freaking mind! I get that this isn't in any particular order but, Brah, you're killing me here!

[@patriotpizzaman]

Finally! 28:30 into video 2!

[@tommypwood672]

The Who live at Tanglewood 1970...George Harrison,,,concert for Bangledesh 71......and of course The BAND...Last Waltz,,,all toppers. I did see Steppenwolf Monster tour in 71 first concert quite awesome. This gent Pete is good he has quite a repertoire,,just wonder what country he lives in---The Netherlands has Arrow classic rock,,play nothing but deep cuts-Monkey Man,,some Girls you name it.

[@joebuda]

Don’t think you mentioned Mahavishnu Orchestra Between Nothingness and Eternity from 1973. Two sides of great Jazz Rock jamming. The whole band is great but John McLoughlin is just amazing. Even throws in the riff from Sunshine Of Your Love on the 22 minute “Dream.”

[@scottrobinson9752]

An often overlooked Lynyrd Skynyrd live album...is the Southern By The Grace Of God - Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987...album. No it's not as good as "One More From The Road"... but it's an enjoyable time capsule of, what was essentially, the rebirth of Skynyrd. A decent recording, that features stuff from Nashville, Atlanta, and Dallas. Also features an interesting mix of guest musicians.

[@LordMelbury1953]

Great list, some I did not know. 👍

[@michaelgibson8751]

Nobody ever talks about Tokyo Tapes by the Scorpions. It’s always World Wide Live. Tokyo Tapes by a landslide. Always loved the 70’s Scorpions more.

[@p165711]

Few live albums are great. Certainly not great for repeated listening. I have one only that gets a regular play Humble Pie Rockin' the Fillmore.

[@volsboy672]

But there are so many bands whose best album is a live album. I prefer most bands live albums over their studio ones.

[@paparich19X]

Are there any bootleg live recording of the band Boston from the 70s

[@newavatar2947]

Yes! There is the King Biscuit Flower Hour 78/79. I dont know where you can get it but its a very high quality recording. I think it was pressed on vinyl for radio play only. Check discogs.

[@scottmcgregor3317]

I loved the list. However as always there are a few that I think should be there. Edgar Winter's White Trash Road Work with Rick Derringer and Johnny Winter Slade Alive, and most notably Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal.

[@david.leikam]

Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason is NOT a Live album!? I like Ummagumma, Live in Pompeii, and Delicate Sound of Thunder.

[@lunatic7700]

Roxy and Elsewehre, funny album and YessongsI like it! Perfect exibitions.

[@moonspell6759]

good work, Pete!

[@luciusblackwood2640]

Awesome video! Cool to see the Kinks in there. (p.s. - I think you meant to pull The Delicate Sound of Thunder rather than Momentary Lapse of Reason)

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Yeah, grabbed the wrong one, and then I started reading the songs and realized I had the studio album and not the live album I meant to grab. Kinda late at that point so I just ran with it. It happens when you are grabbing so many CDs and flying through a list like this!

[@paulkazakoff9231]

Momentary is a studio album of course Pete but never mind I think it's quite a good P. F. album.Not a dud as some people would suggest.Very good reviews and always interesting.Here's 2 you missed.Live at the Paramount -Guess Who and Slade Alive.Slade I don't know about America but here in Australia they were huge in the early 70's and were great to see live !

[@borispider]

For Trapeze, I hope you have the killer "Way Back to the Bones" live from Texas early '70 that features Glenn Hughes

[@scottshiflett3599]

Ariel Bender”s guitar playing on Mott The Hoople Live is soooooo much better than on his studio work with them it makes me wonder how wasted was he making “The Hoople”.. and how was he able to suddenly cut it live, an arena where most players show their weaknesses. (and why didn’t Ian make him sober up or something.. his solo’s practically ruin The Hoople for me.. they sound like my grandson.. and he’s five!)

[@cassivellaunushonestus4927]

I love Jon Camp's bass solo on "Ashes Are Burning". Did you miss Yessongs?

[@throb9]

Strangers in the Night- Highly recommended!

[@bm3738]

Thank you sea of tranquility for mentioning quo wot an album to that you mentioned live at the apollo