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not easy for me to forget Waiting For Columbus by Little Feat...

@@6banzai5 As good as it gets, Waiting For Columbus is ESSENTIAL and shows brilliant Little Feat in their element! Nice!

Terrible list. Kiss? Deep Purple? Jerry Lee Lewis for mom's sake? Talk about running out of ideas.

Who the f is that?

i was just about to say that, Live in Europe, Stage Struck along with Irish Tour 74, all great live albums

​@@yodude9624Really???????

@callmejeffbob. Have you heard the Little Feat live bootleg album "Electrif Lycanthrope" from 1974. WFC is good but EL is so much better and captures the band at their best IMHO. Stay safe and well.

Waiting for Columbus!

The Band Rock of Ages and Little feat Waiting for Columbus.

You nailed it. Waiting is THE best live album ever. With the Tower of Power horns backing them up.!! Crank it up and piss off the neighbors. That's the best way to hear it.

I was fully expecting this album would make at the very least the top 3. So disappointed.

Long Live Gary Thain. One of the greatest!

Absolutely 💯!!!!!!

Agree 💯

Best version of the mighty Xanadu

Probably my favorite version of Red Barchetta.

As far as I'm concerned ESL is rendered all but obsolete by the 2 cd live set contained in the 40th anniversary edition of Moving Pictures.

@@bernardmaasdijk734 I beg to differ. Musical performances are not things to be "updated" or "obsoleted". They are not computers. You don't just throw them out once something new comes along. If they were great once, they will always be great. ESL captures the band in that era, which was the height of their creative output, made using the same equipment that was used to create those same songs in the first place.

@@davidreichert9392 That's okay. Your opinion is of course as valid as mine. I could have used superseded instead of obsolete but I doubt that would have made my comment more acceptable in your eyes. Perhaps I should expand. Roundabout the time of MP Rush were at their zenith, certainly creatively. But...I have always (40+ years) had issues with the rather "boomy" sound of ESL. By contrast the guitar's a bit thin. And the whole thing sounds somewhat - dare I say it - artificial. I've gotten used to it and have grown to like in particular side 3 and 4 of the original album. But most times I turn to All the World's a Stage or Different Stages or R30 for a tasteful helping of Rush in concert. And now the MP 40th Ann. live CDs. But all of this hardly matters. Please go ahead and continue to enjoy Rush in any way, shape or form you prefer.

Definitely yes! I saw ELP in 1973...,awesome musicianship, great stage antics by Keith w/ throwing keyboard around the stage! Saw them again in the late 70's..., they were a group that played for their audience..., why do the self-proclaimed rock critics ignore this band??

Frampton Comes Alive is one of the worst things about the 70's. It's like a Christian Rally.

Foghat Live is worthy and underrated!

Double Live Gonzo!

Gonzo is great. Crazy good album

I did a video - ten best live prog albums.

Live At Leeds, Play It Loud, Brilliant And Moonies Drumming..Yes!.

It is the absolute best

What happened to 1990, 2000, and 2010? Just kidding. Life happened

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I bought the deluxe edition which has loads of extra gigs included

Have you checked out the Michael Schenker Group live album, Live at Budokan? IMHO it's very good Schenker is on top form, and a few UFO songs played too 😊

@@classicalbum yeah, it's a little bit pricy. But if one's budget can stretch it's a worthy purchase

@@tonywilliamson3532 No but I'll check it out now, thanks!

@@classicalbum That set was a great buy. I listen to it often.

Truth !!!!

Anyone who saw the MC5 live knows you're right!

MC5 Kick Out The Jams live is fantastic, I would have put at number three on this list.

You've probably seen this but Wayne Kramer has a restored & remastered video from Tartar Field on his channel. July, 1970 I think. 'Ramblin' Rose,' 'Kick Out the Jams,' and - my absolute favorite - 'Looking at You.' It just destroys. Wayne shimmies, preens and glides around the stage like some wild bird about to take flight. And yeah, I remember wondering what's so great about MC5 before I heard "Teenage Lust." Pretty bad sound quality but the energy came through.

As a Detroiter I couldn't agree more.

a lot of Wings Over America was overdubbed & corrected; search out the many bootlegs of their 1976 tour that gives a more realistic example of their sometimes rough performances (though Paul always sounds good!)

I adore about 25% of that record. The rest is too syrupy for my taste…but I admit I always turn the volume up when “Do You Feel Like I Do” is being played.

@@drew1964able same here :))

What story?

@@franktaconelli9095 The isolated Linda McCartney parts are awful.

Yes indeed. One of the Very Best. IMHO Any "Best Live Album" list without Irish Tour '74 on it is not to be taken too seriously

Without doubt THE best live album I have ever listened to!

Walk on Hot Coals!! Rory Gallagher totally under rated! Rolling Stone magazine asked Jimi Hendrix once “what it felt like to be the world’s greatest guitar player”. Jimi said “He didn’t know, they should ask Rory Gallagher”.

@@petersmith6815 I second that!. Love Rose Tattoo 25 to Life and Neil Young/Crazy Horse Weld as well.

@@joelmcgill1233 Wait, didn't he say the same about Billy Gibbons too though? Is this apocryphal? Are you perpetuating apocrypha? 😃

Best version of "Last Days of May" ever. This was the first album I ever bought. Before that it was 45's only. I had never heard BOC's music, but damn did the cover look cool. Think it cost me five or six bucks, something like that, for the double album.

ME 262

On Your Feet... and Some Enchanted Evening, two fantastic albums. I don't think there's much better than R U Ready 2 Rock, Godzilla, and Astronomy from Some Enchanted Evening.

@@jimnewl A brilliant album and the cover is still my favourite album cover to this day.

I prefer Some Enchanted Evening but both are RIDICULOUSLY good!

yes, yes, yes, a billion trillion times

Totally agree!

Bout 76 was when I 1st heard "Space Ritial". Prompted me to frisbee all my other 30 odd records all over the backyard. They instantly became pointless...

I got to see Hawkwind in their next tour, promoting Hall of the Mountain Grill. It was my first ever concert. Then I saw them a few years later at Hammersmith Odeon. They recorded Uncle Sam's on Mars at that concert for the PXR5 album. Yes, of course, Space Ritual is my favourite album... by anyone.

Hell f'kin yes.

Definitely, Slade Alive Vol 2 for me

That’s a very English pick. Slade are almost totally unknown here in North America.

Definitely my pick for best live album, as a pure rock and roll set of songs recorded at a small gig and not a concert or stadium, it really captures the essence of a live gig.

@@jimsanderson4180 could say the same about Status Quo.

They Have been releasing in the past couple of days some live tracks from "Live At The New Victoria" on their RU-vid channel "Official Slade" You should check it out Jim and spread The Gospel.

oh yes! steve gaines really revitalized this band, and this album captures them at what turned out to be their peak. sadly, we don't know how much higher they might still have soared...

I agree. Certainly should have been on this list.

@@kendallbrown9301 sic an okie on you!

@@CraigHollabaugh Whoooo that boy is funky!

Skynyrd’s version of Crossroads on here is my favorite version of that song.

The first Rush album I bought,still play it today.Brilliant!

No. Kiss sucks.

Epic

@@dino335 I know a couple people who think Kiss sucks but do like "Alive!"

Excellent...UH Live 73

Fantastic album indeed.

He probably didn't include it because Yessongs is a flawed, poorly recorded and badly mixed album. The performances are first class, but the sound is muffled and muddy (except - funnily enough - for Perpetual change and the Long Distance Runarround/Fish section as they were recorded earlier when Bill Bruford was the drummer. Squires bass work is often lost and Howes guitar work is over prominent at the expense of the other musicians. Progeny is a much better (although still flawed) version of the recordings of the CTTE tour of that time.

Love Exit Stage Left

That version of Starship Trooper....I hope we don't go to hell for listening to it. 🤯

Agreed re: Exit Stage Left, although I'm still miffed that they cut 'A Passage to Bangkok' from the CD release.

@@Matty0923 The performances are great, of course, but the sound, particularly Alex's guitar, is too bassy for me.

No doubt!

zeppelin was incredibly boring live. They overdubbed so much on their albums, they couldn't replicate them in concert. Very overrated

Zeppelin's live alchemy was something to behold. Particularly in the early days but even well into their careers they were innovating every time they took to the stage. One of THE premier live acts in rock history.

Lucky bastard! Was just listening to their live stuff earlier. The studio albums never really connected with me, but live? Different story.

@@Nick-qf7vt And if you had seen them live, then their studio albums became more relevant (at least for me). It was a win/win situation. Saw them for the first time at Fillmore East the day after the release of Tommy. Went home and listened to the LP which I had in my hands at that show (had bought at a record store near Fillmore prior to the show). I had heard Tommy in its entirety because both WNEW FM and WABC FM had gotten advance pressings and played about a week before its actual release. I liked it so much more after seeing them. Another LP I had of theirs was a British Pressing of older material called Direct Hits. It gave me the much-needed perspective on where they had been and how they had progressed by leaps and bounds. For what it's worth, saw Led Zeppelin 3 times in 1969 - all before the release of Led Zeppelin II. That was a strange year, my parents' marriage was in shambles and their problems were so consuming, they just sort of didn't care what I did. So, I had a roof over my head, a great girlfriend, and enough money that I could see lots of shows. I took advantage of the opportunity.

To even make the list is an indication of greatness

@@classicalbum Kiss 😂😂😂

I agree 100%. The tubes were the best live band I've ever seen

That is a fun album...the Crime Medley, I was a punk before you, tied for the number one group in the world. 👍

I caught The Tubes live several times at the Long Branch in Berkeley in 1975 or so. They were an awesome live act with amazing musical chops. There's a Tubes "Live At The Record Plant 11/21/74" recording that I found somewhere online from around back then.

Fee Waybill was a very Camp performer. THE TUBES were an awesome LIVE Band. I loved their "COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE" album. "Talk to Ya Later" is one of the best Rock songs I've heard.

Talking Heads and King Crimson are two of my favourites. Good choices, buddy. I’d add something by Roxy Music - maybe the quite late “Heart Still Beating”. Peter Gabriel “Plays Live” is a great listen too.

That Rainbow album was amazing!

Yep, In Concert. If you think ‘Space Truckin’ is good, try ‘Mandrake Root’.

Zeppelin BBC has fantastic guitar work

Agreed especially If There Is Something , hearing that live is sublime.

Out of the blue, if there is something, every dream, chance meeting, both ends burning and do the strand are AMAZING! 6 out of 8 songs are monsters!

Just given this a whirl because of this comment- wow- thanks 🤩

Absolutely awesome live album by Roxy Ferry and the boys Took a trip in the Dr who police box To 2250 ad And came back And recorded it in the Present. Now the past Brilliantly live Also Deep purple In Japan Live Status Quo Live Apollo Glasgow Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Neil diamond Love at the Greek Jerry Lee Lewis Live Germany Wings Wings Over America Frampton live Steve Harley cockney rebel Live Grand funk railroad Live Average white band Live Simon Garfunkel Police live Stranglers live

Those two are at the top of my list. And Full House, also.

Micheal Stanley Band Stage Pass is amazing!

I think the 70s was the high water mark for all rock!

Ted Nugent's "Double Live Gonzo" was a big favorite with my Army buddies in 1977. We all went nuts!

@@scottodonnell7121 "Gonzo" was the album we used to play when me and my mates went off to metal gigs up and down the country. If "Double Live Gonzo" didn't get you in a rockin' mood, nothing will!

It is a masterpiece of epic proportions for those of us who are more 70’s than 60’s vintage. It was next on the shelf beside the Roxy Music, Bowie, Black Sabbath , Kraftwerk and Grand Funk records beside my Sears multi player system (4 tinny speakers a receiver a LP player and 8 track all in one, awesomeness for my teenage years)

I can't believe he omitted that one. It's my #2 fav.

It’s the best live album ever in my opinion.

I thought that would make the list. "VU Live with Lou Reed 1969" is also great. "Take No Prisoners" is hilarious.

Great List I'd add "Absolutely Live" by the Doors

Live in the air age . Just bought the 3 cd remastered set. Bebop Deluxe, great live band.

@@Springer12865 Yes, and Bill Nelson has to be one of the best guitarist, ever. Certainly the most underrated.

I agree. The tightness of this band is so impressive, and it’s great that we have a record of John Glascock’s playing on this tour before his untimely death. The MSG video with Tony on bass is wonderful, but I miss the panache of Glascock.

Great albums

I was never a Cheap Trick fan, but there's no question that this was THE live album of the early '80s.

This is a very fine live album and really launched the band.

This is my favourite Iive album.

I know right, its like nobody knows who robin trower is. Somebody needs to hook up to his lps

Absolutely 💥🤘🏼💥

Frank Marino!!...So underrated

Derringer live..Robin Trower live...Ozzy/Randy Tribute live

You think DP Europe is better than Japan?

Love All The World's A Stage

I know, but he does feature on my list in that band