When a Live Album is More Than Just a Live Album (w/Martin Popoff)

Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff as they discuss some live albums that go above and beyond just a recording of a live concert.
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[@michaelbaucom4019]

Jackson Browne: Running On Empty All new material that hadn't appeared on previous albums( although there are cover songs)

[@maddysmith8846]

Great choice, I love that album!!!!

[@billphelps5611]

I thought of Mountain Flowers of Evil as a half live half studio and The Jimi Hendrix Concerts as a compilation.

[@AndyTempleman-ot6lu]

Enjoyed this topic. Stryper Live at the Whiskey 2014.

[@wolf1977]

I'm thinking neither Martin not Pete will pick this (or like it) but - Frampton Comes Alive. Really a standard-setter whether you like it or not, and many (incorrectly) thought at the time that it was Frampton's first album. An absolute monster...Live Gonzo is a great live record for sure, mentally I have it filed away with Derringer Live (they're a year or so apart). I'd also nominate Yessongs (1973), and Humble Pie's Rockin' The Fillmore as a real statement piece. Wings Over America is perhaps the best triple album ever (along with Yessongs, Grateful Dead's Europe '72, the Woodstock Original Soundtrack, Santana's Lotus & All Things Must Pass/The Concert for Bangladesh). I seem to recall some controversy about supposed extensive overdubs on Be Bop Deluxe's live Live In The Air Age (what a great album no matter what)... Why all the hate for Made In Japan? The band did initially resist releasing any live product but the success of several live boots (plus The Who & Stones making money from theirs) convinced them...The live Mahavishnu is pretty much life-changing for me personally in terms of me discovering jazz-rock fusion. Actually The Hendrix/Band Of Gypsys set is linked to Between Nothingness for me for several reasons - both are all-time great live albums...Pete mentioned Young's Rust Never Sleeps but Live Rust made a real impression on me in the late 70's (my last couple of years in high school). And the weirdly added Woodstock crowd announcement to get off the towers: "Hold on to your neighbor, man. Please get off those towers. We don't need any extra weight on 'em"...Hot Tuna gets a mention - Yes!

[@maddysmith8846]

Isn’t the “No Rain” also added from Woodstock?

[@tonypeake467]

Hi Wolfy. Exactly re dislike for "Made In Japan" , absolute classic. "Between Nothingness" huge. Not a great fan of Martin. Saved by his love of Acca Dacca.

[@AlexDizzys]

Conspiracy theories, well all those 'conspiracy theories' about the covid-19 operation turned out to be true. I don't watch TV at all, they tell you what they want you to believe. Anyway enough about politics. Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition. A very special album because it wasn't a typical live album with live versions of studio tracks. Those songs weren't recorded in the studio first, there was no studio version of any of those selections at the time. Much later they recorded 15 minute long studio excrept but this album, released in 1971 was something unique. Hawkwind - Space Ritual. They arranged this show as a complete tale, it was a concept. A lot of those songs also weren't recorded in the studio first. Those two for sure.

[@alternativepreacher4516]

Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads. Stunning audio, sometimes superior to the studio versions. And amazing video as well. Just spellbinding in my opinion.

[@wolf1977]

I still have my VHS copy & watch it occasionally. Really groundbreaking...

[@billymac72]

Grateful Dead’s “Europe ‘72” triple album is almost all “new” material. There are several covers, like Hurts Me Too and You Win Again (not sure One More Saturday Night counts as its studio version appeared on Bob Weir’s solo album Ace, which is essentially a Dead album). But also numerous originals that became long time staples, like Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Ramble On Rose, Brown Eyed Women and He’s Gone.

[@skewiff11]

Joe Jackson- Big World. Totally live, he requested all applause should be at the end of the show. All the songs were new, great album.

[@DamnableReverend]

I think Space Ritual from hawkwind is a pretty special live album, with all the Bob Calvert space poetry and weird synth noise between the songs -- it's like one continuous acid trip. It really just makes me want to be there more, as a lot of live albums do -- I can just imagine most of the audience totally freaking out, especially during the sonic attack monologue.

[@ghcooke56]

I saw them on the Ritual tour (and many times after that). Space Ritual is an amazing double live album. Hawkwind, in their pomp, were amazing.

[@DamnableReverend]

Damn envious.@@ghcooke56

[@donhadfield2835]

Hawkwind at their best... The latest album is also REALLY, REALLY good too.

[@oskarklang8616]

100%. It’s my favourite album ever

[@cleftturnip7774]

Made in Japan is an awful album, Said NOBODY EVER. Except Martin of course.

[@adamsmashups4839]

Not awful,but I seldom listen to it.Yeah,I like Deep Purple but I don't need to hear a nine and half minute drum solo by anyone.Not to mention a version of Space Truckin' that is almost twenty minutes. Than again,keep in mind my favorite DP line up is Gillan,Glover,Paice,Airey and Morse.

[@cleftturnip7774]

@@adamsmashups4839 fair enough. I love the long jams. If I want the shorter versions there is still the original versions

[@wolf1977]

@@cleftturnip7774 To me extended versions make live albums

[@63mckenzie]

I love Ted Nugent's Live Gonzo! The guitar solo on Wang Dang Sweet Poontang is one of my all time favourites.

[@wolf1977]

"Great White Buffalo" kicks major butt

[@patrickmohan2220]

Rory Gallagher Irish Tour'74 or Live In Europe. Either one on different days. A ferocious but humble giant at his absolute peak.

[@jakepetri5624]

Stage struck and checker shirt wizard are just as good. His live albums are just amazing!

[@albertocravalho3282]

Moonflower by Santana is one of the best albums, it's one of the 20 I would take to a desert island.

[@robnykulaik7337]

Hey guys from Kelowna here, doing ok but very smokey. I'm in the Rutland part of town where the fire is far away so far!! Thanks for mentioning Ted Nugent 's Double live Gonzo!! One of my favorite live albums ever. Great show!!

[@franciskocher200]

Vardis: 100 MPH (their first album was a live album).

[@markkuderian374]

Jackson Browne's Running on Empty. A live album of new material about life on the road.

[@massimobattaglioli6651]

Made in Japan a terrible live album?? Is he kidding (I hope)?

[@johnleite391]

I know it doesn’t fit the music usually discussed but Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty is a different type of live album as all songs were recorded on tour with some live on stage while others were recorded on the tour bus, dressing room, etc.

[@treff9226]

Great mention - classic album!

[@paulfaulkner2855]

Janes Addiction self titled first album is a live album that featured new songs and a Rolling Stones cover, Sympathy for the Devil, and probably their biggest song Jane Says, which is then featured on their next album Nothings Shocking. The live album is by far my favorite and I have a real soft spot for it, brings back good times. Nice mention but it deserved more commentary because it is a classic.

[@commonman317]

Journey's song "Dixie Highway" is a lost classic. That is a killer track that should have been given more recognition.

[@treff9226]

Love that song! Liked all the studio tracks on that Live Journey album, a nice bonus to a great album!

[@aldebaran4154]

Thanks for mentioning my home state. That day last week was nuts. Maui was having a tropical storm/hurricane without the rain. Power poles were falling over from early in the morning with the constant gusts. By afternoon it was 60-80mph on Maui. I live in the Puna district of Hawai'i Island and we had a normal trade wind day, but kept hearing and seeing the evacuation reports in media broadcasts. This show has been a nice escape from the shock of that disaster. Mahalo for the smiles.

[@roberts.4261]

Born behind the Iron Curtain (Yugoslavia at that time), but the MC5 could be bought in our stores. As a fifteen-year-old kid, I bought it in the early eighties, and from the first listen, I've been a fan! The only "problem" was that I couldn't decide if it was punk or rock :-) Probably a mix !?

[@aquabot]

That's cool, dude.

[@magicbus63]

The Who Live At Leeds

[@Cowcodude]

Shadow and Light by Joni Mitchell is definitely more than a live album. With a dream line-up of fusion masters (Pastorius and Metheny together again!), it's a must-have for fans of either Joni or jazz fusion. Then there's Travels by the Pat Metheny Group, probably the last record by the Group that still retains their early sound. Plus it's got some killer tracks you won't find anywhere else. And of course, Zappa's music takes the whole idea of "live" and "studio" and just throws it right out the window.

[@robm9999]

Pink Floyd - Bootleg of live at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario Canada in 1975 featured several PF songs that were only coming out on the Wish You Were Here album that was released later in 1975 and also songs that eventually got released on Animals in 1977 after the lyrics were updated. Pretty brave, started the concert with 4 songs not yet officially released and only then did tryst play the full DSOTM album after the intermission. Great show as always guys!

[@shizuokaBLUES]

What was the first live album that truly captured your attention? Mine was, easily, Cheap Trick Live at Budokan

[@tankmacnamara3734]

Grand Funk Live

[@independenceltd.]

Kiss - Alive II

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Uriah Heep Live (1973)

[@daveycretin664]

Yes ~ Yessongs.

[@tonyhonour665]

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

[@martymartin2894]

I'd say if u want blood by AC-DC. really feels like your in the crowd, I remember listening to that as a kid before I ever had seen AC-DC and conjuring up images of them on stage in my mind.

[@noheamike5036]

You missed one of the best albums of new material on a live album, Jackson Browne's Running on Empty.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

I just made that comment. I know Pete isn't a fan of JB, a bit surprised Martin isn't...maybe they forgot

[@noheamike5036]

@@michaelbaucom4019 such a uniquely recorded album, would of been great to discuss. How many other siblings have a track recorded on the tour bus!

[@maddysmith8846]

Tangerine Dream often released live albums as new recorded records - the great Ricochet and Encore, Logos Live, Poland, and Live Miles are examples. Marillion’s Made Again was recorded in London and Rotterdam (Disc 1) and Paris (Brave, Disc 2), Dire Straits includedTwo Young Lovers with intro The Carousel Waltz, and Going Home - Theme from Local Hero, on Alchemy. May be worthwhile mentioning that The Song Remains The Same was actually a Soundtrack album to the movie.

[@hauskahirvi]

TD indeed!

[@thomasbeck2934]

If you bought the import version of Genesis Three Sides the fourth side was also live and you got none of the studio tracks. Yet they retained the same album title. In reality it was Four Sides Live.

[@davidgray2075]

Alternatively, in the UK, if you bought the import version of 3SL, you lost a side of live tracks, and got the 3x3 e.p tracks and two b-sides.😊

[@davek6949]

"Dixie Highway" on Journey's "Captured" album.

[@magicbus63]

Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won

[@mulicuy]

Hüsker Dü debuted with the live insanity of the aptly titled "Land Speed Record." A treadmill classic.

[@treff9226]

Just cranked it the other day! Phenomenal energy and spirit! Bob Mould rules!

[@EvanBNW]

Fun topic. First one that came to mind is the great Under a Blood Red Sky by U2 which had 2 great non studio album tracks: 11 O’clock Tick Tock and Party Girl.

[@RonSM2112]

…..although both had been released as studio singles/B-sides previously.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

Fun topic! If you're counting fusion - Weather Report "8:30" is three sides live/ one studio side. Dixie Dregs "Night of the Living Dregs" is one side live/one side studio. Worth noting that much of Zappa's catalogue was a mix of studio and live tracks seamlessly clipped, stacked and mixed together.

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Brilliant album(“8:30”), we were listening to that very record the other day!🙏🏻🎧

[@frankalfar]

Yessongs is a great live album .

[@christopherbarbus7031]

Surprised they did not discuss Yes, one of the largest Live Album catalogs. Favorite band.

[@pascaldesgagnes9033]

I don't know if it fits in any categories Pete and Martin talked about, but I find Saga's The Chapters Live to be a very interesting and unique concept for a live album... taking all 16 of their "chapter" songs that were spread across 7 or 8 albums, and dedicate a show to just doing those in order. I wish they would have filmed it... and I wish Overkill would dedicate a part of their show to the Overkill Saga (5 songs) at some point :-)

[@milesdorst7120]

Pantera's Official Live: 101 Proof also had two great new studio songs tacked onto the end, Where You Come From and I Can't Hide

[@ghcooke56]

Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothingness and Eternity. Live album of entirely unreleased (at the time) material. Recorded in New York.

[@independenceltd.]

1. Kiss - Alive II (one side new studio trax) 2. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (live debut) 3. Guns N' Roses - Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (live debut) 4. The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (half live) 5. Ted Nugent - Intensities in 10 Cities (live album of all new songs)

[@daveycretin664]

One odd one - that “doesn’t really fit the SoT paradigm,” as Simon Bray would say - is Joe Jackson’s Big World, from the mid-1980s. They set up a residency live in NYC, and invited an audience. Joe and his band played all new material live, and requested that the audience remain as silent as they could. The double album was released with no crowd noise whatsoever, and sounds like a studio record, even though it was performed and recorded live. Additionally, it was only a three sided album! Side four had no music on it. Interesting show, gents! Sweet pumpkin pie! Thanks for entertaining us every Friday. Cheers from Noo Yawk, ova heyah. Rock Out and Prog On! ~ Davey Cretin

[@thomasbeck2934]

I have that album and always thought it was pretty cool the JJ could actually pull that off. I wonder how many times he had to tell the audience to shut up! 😅

[@ilj1259]

Was the 4th side etched?

[@daveycretin664]

@@ilj1259 ~ It was not etched, although his label - A&M Records - was THE record label that actually had three laser etched albums. “More on that later,” as Pete always says. The Joe Jackson record had a warning on the fourth side label that said something to the effect of, “ No music, this side not to be played.” Plus, there was a hype sticker attached to the album cover stating that it was a three-sided album; obviously a gimmick to sell the package, as this was not the norm back in the day. Getting back to the three laser etched albums on A&M records, they were: Styx - Paradise Theatre; Split Enz - True Colours, and the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the film Superman II. All of them were released in the very early 1980s. Most likely all in 1981, or ‘82. I’m a huge Styx fan and know that record came out in early 1981. I’m pretty sure the others came out at about the same time. I’m doing all this from memory, without “cheating” by looking it up on Wikipedia.

[@daveycretin664]

@@thomasbeck2934 ~ JJ is notoriously “not too fan friendly.” His reputation, most definitely, precedes him. Stories abound of him acting quite brusque around his fans. However, one of my friends actually caught him in a good mood once. He was very verbose and signed all the vinyl my friend had with him. So, l guess it’s a case by case situation.

[@timsmith9953]

I guess it should be explained (for those who don't know) that it was 3 sides because it was "designed" to fit a CD (so about 70mins). I always thought that they could have spread the music over 4 sides, or (better still in my view) give us some extras on Side 4 - eg. some other live recordings or earlier tracks - often CD re-releases of albums had the extras, it would have been "fun" if the vinyl had those for a change!

[@stephanea5364]

If you want to listen to a live album that is more than a live album, just listen to WAR LIVE. Incredible.

[@treff9226]

Is that from the band WAR, who made Cisco Kid, Low Rider and The World Is A Ghetto? Huge fan!

[@stephanea5364]

Yes, their Live record is a masterpiece and sound better than most studio album. Probably because they fixed things in studio but noneteless, just great@@treff9226

[@jasonbrandt5504]

Good concept . I would add a few. Genesis seconds out, talking heads stop making sense, and joe jackson big world which was all new stuff recorded life.

[@donhadfield2835]

Another half & half I just remembered... Mountain - Flowers of Evil. For some reason the live side seems a bit muted and doesn't kick like Twin Peaks.

[@teddkave327]

Live album with all new material - Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert

[@qualityinnsuites3198]

The Black Crowes -Before The Frost/ Until The Freeze

[@donhadfield2835]

Cactus - Ot & Sweaty is another half live half studio. The live side absolutely kicks.

[@jamesburgess1010]

"Time Fades Away". Neil Young's 5th album from 1973. The entire album is new songs, played live.

[@MrZenkman]

Half live…Half studio 1975 Sweet- Strung Up. Shows off their heavier, raw side.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

I'll admit. I was scared going into that BOC book. Way scared. But it ended up being a great time.

[@donnybrookdetritus]

Pantera Official Live has two new studio tracks at the end with “Where You Come From” and “I Can’t Hide” which in my opinion are both great

[@jeffp3517]

Half live, half studio Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush tales of the unexpected.

[@offthecharts2272]

One of my fave live albums of complete new stuff is HSAS - Through the Fire... i'm surprised it did not make the episode :)

[@wolf1977]

Love that record!

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Great choice! Totally forgot about that one.

[@richardwillis6936]

A forgotten one is Badger-One Live Badger

[@antonnee]

Arghhhh!!! Another pet peeve of mine, live albums that also include studio tracks; especially if it's not a double album. Just put the whole damn concert in the thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelbenz8092]

Phil Collins said the Me & Virgil was their attempt to make a song like the Band. He thought it a failed attempt but I think it is fun. Perhaps it ends awkwardly. Glass Hammer released an album called Mostly Live in Italy where the guitar parts were recorded in the studio by Fred Schendel after the fact. Mysteriously, they were unable to use the live guitar tracks from Kamran Alan Shikoh, who had left the band after the shows. You can't replace a player like Shikoh but Fred was up to the challenge and has been playing rhythm guitar on subsequent albums.

[@dsnyc5789]

And not one mention of Frampton Comes Alive 🙊 |

[@wolf1977]

Yeah first one I thought of too. I know Pete's not a huge Frampton fan & I don't believe he particularly likes that album. I can imagine that Martin doesn't either. My first introduction to Frampton before I knew anything about Humble Pie or his prior solo albums. It was impossible to escape that album on radio back in the day

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

It wasn't mentioned because it didn't really fit in any of the categories we laid out. Remember, this wasn't an episode about 'classic live albums', it was about live albums that were a little more than just a recording of a concert from a tour.

[@wolf1977]

@@seaoftranquilityprog Well the recordings are from at least 4 different concerts/venues so might be considered a "live compilation" (everyone thinks it's just from a single SF show because of the "Hello San Francisco, if there was ever a musician who was an honorary member..." album intro/Winterland). To me it's literally "more than just a live album" because it was so huge & because although Frampton had already released 4 (very good) solo albums he was still pretty much unknown to the masses until FCA. Never mind the Herd & Humble Pie stuff

[@dvaoa2910]

One live album that gets criminally overlooked is Live! In the Air Age by Be Bop Deluxe.

[@svsugvcarter]

That Halford live album is pretty great. INTO THE PIT!!!!

[@eltronics]

Come on, Martin, "Made in Japan?"

[@ilj1259]

Bootleg recording of Genesis "As Though Emerald City" live songs from the lamb tour and b sides from their unreleased singles at the time... Happy The man... Twilight alehouse

[@wolf1977]

I have a live version of "Twilight Alehouse" on Cryme Of Passion - BBC Paris Studios, London (1972 recordings). No live version of "Happy The Man" for me though but the studio recording is included on several different Genesis packages (like Archive 1967-1975 & Turn It On Again - The Tour Edition)

[@ilj1259]

​@@wolf1977cool I will have to investigate that one... Hopefully it's on KZbin

[@nigelelliott4901]

Space Ritual, yes, arguably Hawkwind's best record. The crowd noise that buries The Kinks Live At Kelvin Hall is on a loop & it's a horrible disorientating racket.

[@martinduner1844]

There were two new songs on UK's live album Night After Night.

[@johnhermes4112]

One live album with all new material is Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty”. A few of the songs are his signature tunes.

[@olivierpease8108]

A French exemple for category 4 : Stocks. Their début album was a live album. Great heavy blues rock.

[@franciskocher200]

Super album😃👍

[@scottmcgregor4829]

Interesting, I have read and listened to interviews with both Wagoner and Hunter saying that they played on dozens of studio and live albums to "fix" some things. Sadly they did not get paid for many of them let alone get credited for their work. Hey Pete and Martin, Which bands do you find yourselves humming or singing around the house when you guys aren't doing music related things??? Is it the same music or songs that are your norm or is it music that is very different??

[@closetotheedge91]

Keys to Ascension

[@jeffreyrobinson9120]

The Door`s "Absolutely Live" with a bunch of cuts not heard on any studio albums came to mind. Also Tangerine Dream`s "Ricochet". A live album helped out with studio work.

[@hauskahirvi]

I really enjoyed this episode. Here are some more examples: Live albums with all new music: - Deep Purple / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Concerto For Group And Orchestra - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition - Tangerine Dream - Ricochet - Tangerine Dream - Encore - Tangerine Dream - Most all live TD albums after this consist of new music... - Klaus Schulze - ...Live... (like TD most of KS' live albums consist of new music) The "mixed bag" category (live albums with studio tracks and vice versa) - Cream - Goodbye - Cream - Live Cream - The Nice - Five Bridges - The Nice - Elegy - Traffic - Last Exit - Family - Anyway

[@SteveSiders]

I have to agree with @Braidwood_Inn, who mentions Jackson Browne's Running On Empty. Maybe the genre is not what you typically discuss on this channel, but Running On Empty is a great "new tracks live" album that delves into what life on the road is like for a touring band, emphasizing the highs and lows that whole experience. A classic line-up with The Section, including the great rhythm section of Leland Sklar on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums, along with strings extraordinaire David Lindley. It was recorded on tour at different venues, but also in hotel rooms and on the moving tour bus. Introspective and poignant, Running On Empty is a must have album for me.

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another fascinating topic on the range and divergent nature of what is a live album and when does live become "not live." Always an entertaining chuckle when Martin expresses his distaste for certain live albums that are part of Pete's DNA. An excellent range of examples and most of the ones that came to mind were discussed in the show though one outside the usual SoT fields of interest would be the Live/1975-1985 box set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The album debuted in the U.S. at the top spot on the Billboard charts. 216:13 in length, it was an epic at its time and, at least once was if not still is, the second best selling live album per RIAA data. As always, a great time in the Funhouse. Thanks, gents, for the usual top quality show. There ya go!

[@tonypeake467]

Popoff wrong person to have on a Live vid. For the record Martin "Made In Japan" is a classic !

[@h0ll0wm9n]

Alan Parsons - The Very Best Live [1995] + 3 bonus new studio tracks

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Joe Jackson - Body And Soul, all new songs recorded live without an audience. Joe Jackson - Big World, new songs premiered live with a quiet audience. U2 - Rattle And Hum, mix of studio and live. Cream - Goodbye, live side/studio side.

[@MartynasOstasenkovas]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition Triptykon - Requiem

[@davidguy209]

Gary Numan's live albums 'Living Ornaments '79' and 'Living Ornaments '80' featured complete re-imagings of some of his studio songs that raised them to 'the next level'.

[@merikblackmore]

The Byrds - Untitled is half live/half studio Molly Hatchet's Double Trouble Live album had 2 new studio tracks. CSN - Allies had 2 studio tracks Neil Young's Time Fades Away is a live album with all new songs & Life is (like Rust Never Sleeps), recorded live, overdubbed in the studio with a couple of studio tracks.

[@jeffreybennett8893]

The always forgotten 'Mountain: Flowers Of Evil. ' Side two live. Always loved 'Dreams Of Milk And Honey' {} Why do people do that?

[@stevemcnary7963]

I'm shocked Martin didn't mention Intesities In Ten Cities-Ted Nugent. It's all new songs. Also on On Your Feet Or On Your Knees-Blue Oyster Cult Buck's Boogie, Ain't Got You & Born To Be Wild don't appear on any studio albums same as We Got To Get Out Of This Place & Kick Out The Jams on Some Enchanted Evening-Blue Oyster Cult. All songs on the Band Of Gypsys-Jimi Hendrix album were new.

[@exitthelemming145]

Nice video albeit maybe a bit too US oriented for my perspective for which there is simply too much material eligible for inclusion e.g. The 3rd self titled album by the Nice was a half live half studio affair. ELP's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' was all new material albeit the band's adaptation of classical composer's Mussorgsky's solo piano composition. The Kinks double album from 1972 'Everybody's in Show-Biz' was a half live half studio hybrid. Legendary, albeit obscure Scottish avant-rockers Chou Pahrot's only release was a live album released in 1979

[@meloralovesdarkness2495]

Fleetwood Mac Live had "Fireflys" & "The Farmers Daughter" Both are good underrated songs from the promenent group. Triumph Stages 2 studio songs were a Waste of time! These should have been filled in with More LIVE songs!! These 2 songs sucked BTW!! I LOVE this band, but I understand why Rik Emmitt departed and why Triumph went down!

[@bengthertzman9918]

Nice show as usual guys! Some albums I also think is worth mention in this discussion is The Byrds - Untitled, doublealbum with one studio record and one live record with a long fantastic version of Eight Miles High. And The Last Waltz, it is not only a an amazing concert triple album/movie, it is music history and something like it will never be made again. Al Stewart - Indian summer/Live recorded in LA 1981. Double album with one studioside and the rest live. Very good live sound, great band and many of Al:s classics. In Newcastle, UK a unique band called Lindisfarne became successful inte early seventies (called the Beatles of Newcastle and songwriter Alan Hull was called the best songwriter since Bob Dylan and they toured with and headlined over Genesis and Van der Graf Generator. ). The original lineup disbanded in 1973 but made comeback in 1976 with a christmas concert which became a classic double live album and the concerts on that arena has generated a string of live albums and they will play this year also. Those albums are a big part of Newcastles music history and Lindisfarne for sure one of the best bands to come out from UK.

[@hauskahirvi]

I forgot about that Byrds album. I have that one as well.

[@damienfoyer]

Great topic today. Dokken's "From Conception: Live 1981" has tracks never released with a studio version that are a treat to hear. Another take on today's topic, I've wanted to check out a band's discography with the live version before hearing the studio versions. Never really happens. But, thanks to Saga being recommended by Pete and Jamie Lazlo more than enough, I have finally done it. I have 12 albums by Saga and will start with "In transit" and "Detours" before moving onto 10 studio albums covering many eras of the bands career.

[@markdodds6141]

Frank Marino’s Tales Of The Unexpected wasn’t mentioned but sits squarely in both of the first 2 categories. 1/2 live and 1/2 studio and was all new material.

[@patrickmurphy4297]

...there's one album that I don't know if and/or where it would fit for this show that really ticked me off when I bought it...Heart "Greatest Hits/Live"...half the album are previously recorded studio tracks, with a smattering of some live performances, along with 2 absolutely nonsensical pieces of crap they threw on as a "joke"...I was really hoping for a 70's era live album with this one, but it was a rip-off. Fortunately I have some really excellent bootleg live stuff from them on the "Bebe Le Strange" tour that more than makes up for this horrific waste of money.

[@oskarklang8616]

Zappa Roxy and Elsewhere Bongo Fury Zappa in NY

[@tonyhonour665]

Walk On The Side Of The Angels and Walk With You were non-Hatchet songs released on Double Trouble Live. There are no studio versions by the band. Edge of Sundown was the only DJB song included on the album.

[@briansf7012]

I like Dream Theater. When Dream And Day Reunite from the lost not forgotten series. With Charlie Domonici doing Metroplis with James and Derek and Jordan dueling keyboards.

[@Metla666]

Can someone explain Live....in the Raw for me? The songs sound more perfect then the studio albums, Not a bum note, mix is clear, flawless "performance" and the crowd, what a crowd, they roar through out the entire show, Never going quiet, Just rising and falling in perfect connection with the show. I'm thinking the name of the album is a piss take.

[@thomasbeck2934]

For about 8 minutes listen to Martin speak in a stream of consciousness. 😅

[@kurtising8924]

Steve Vai’s “Alive in an Ultra World” is a cool one. All new songs written in the traditional styles of the countries they were recorded in. Zappa of course was a constant unique mixture of studio and live. Solos were pulled from live performances to fit into studio tracks. And overdubs were done on live tracks. (Vai’s vocal doubling on Jazz Discharge Party Hats comes to mind). And various live bands from different years were even melded together. Also agree with the HSAS love above.

[@vinylwood]

Hey did u 2 forget The Doors In Concert?? I don't know how u guys never mentioned any Doors live. Blasphemy !

[@mickphelan1116]

Ted Nugent big bird!!! Hilarious

[@gamleskalle1]

After seeing Kiss this summer, their final show ever in Europe I have listened to Alive 1-4. Alive 2 one of my first cds ever. Studio tracks on side2.

[@mikelopez1430]

Dokken Beast from the East had the single Walk Away which was notable because it was at this juncture, that’s exactly what they were doing and knew it on that tour and recording the song. The break up live album with the pointed single.

[@simonharding3109]

Sadly,the best song on the album.

[@mikelopez1430]

It was an odd sounding live album. I mean George sounds super live as he was so off the cuff and improvising and throwing licks everywhere but vocals sounded very tidy. From what I’ve heard, mostly redone vocals. So a mishmash that doesn’t convince as a live document.

[@mikeleone1347]

I hate when Martin shows an album - it's never in focus, it's rarely full in frame, there's glare from the lights. I'd much prefer Pete to just show a CD, or better yet, just put up a still of the album cover. I realize that would mean it's not live, and I'm fine with that, too.

[@brotherhoodoflightshowcurr3318]

Grateful Dead “Anthem of the Sun” studio, where I believe they found their sound with the song, “That’s it for the Other One”. then side two the horrendous “Alligator” chop together from a bunch of live concerts. Did not capture the Grateful Dead‘s magic.

[@jamesdavies542]

I thought Metallica’s S&M was outstanding, it was an introduction to symphonic metal for me

[@jimmcguy5511]

Yes. The world is burning guys. It's climate change. And we all did and continue to contribute to make it worse each day. Now let's hear about music.

[@stephenpuishys3482]

When you talked about strange live albums ( are they really live albums ) Oingo Boingo “Alive” where the performed live in a rehearsal studio and no audience to celebrate 10 yrs and a couple new tracks as well

[@craigryan3069]

Jethro Tull, Living In The Past. Double album with side 3 live @ Carnegie Hall