Best Live Albums

Weather Report “8:30”
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus

Agree that Marble Arch is a great one. Need to play it again some time soon…

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I think this one is up there - the great Ray Brown. Available via Tidal. There are so many great jazz live albums, though.

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Lotus was another great Santana live album…

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Bob Marley Live
Donny Hathaway Live

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I still enjoy Elton Johns live album 17-11-70, especially if you’ve lucky enough to have the second album. Recorded in LA and at a time when he was just taking off.

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If you can work out how to open it :grin:

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Luckily my version is a dual cd in a plastic case! :wink:

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Predictable for me, I know. :vulcan_salute:

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My answer to this question is always strangers in the night by UFO. A few other favourites are real live by Frank Marino, in transit by saga , live and let live by twelfth night (also their live at the target album) and John Martin bbc radio 1 live in concert, the Glastonbury live part of that is fantastic.

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Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Rainbow - On Stage
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Eagles - When Hell Freezes Over
Eva Cassidy - Live At Blues Alley
Jeff Beck - Live At Ronnie Scott’s

Many mentioned on here. These are my favourites off the top of my head.

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Many thanks for the reminder just dug out my copy of The Parkerilla, it’s been a while. A good reminder of many excellent GP gigs.

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Sam Cooke at the harlem sqaure club very energetic performance from a young sam

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Eva Cassidy “Night Bird” performed live at Blues Alley Jazz club January 3 1996.
This album brings tears to my eyes regularly. Unfortunately she passed away some 8 months after this recording truly truly very very sad. An AMAZING performer. I’ve never herd a live show do what this album can do to the human condition.
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Siouxsie and The Banshees - Nocturne
ABBA - Live at Wembley Arena
Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Keith Jarret - Koln concert
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Warts ‘n’ Audience

Plus many of the others mentioned already on this list…I love live albums and might have to invest in a couple mentioned here.

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Enjoying this latest Elbow offering.

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An old favourite…

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Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live from The Hollywood Bowl

Incredible timing and no post production over-dubbing at all. Recorded exactly as it sounded live.

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Man, maximum darkness. takes me back to their many great gigs at b/ham townhall.

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