D.P. Made in Japan best ever live album of all time. The power the sound, music, and the players in the band. 🎸, organ, 🥁 s, bass and singer. Wow!!!!!!!!
Here’s my top ten. 10 Saxon - The Eagle has Landed 9 UFO - Strangers in the Night 8 Iron Maiden - Live after Death 7 Caravan - Live at Fairfield Hall 1974 6 Yes - 9012Live 5 Genesis - Live 4 Black Sabbath - Live Evil 3 Whitesnake - Live..in the Heart of the City 2 Rainbow - Live in Munich 1977 1 Deep Purple - Made in Japan (obviously).
Space Ritual is a start to finish experience that is hard to explain or match ... & many folks over the pond won't even know just how seminal & immense it is (sadly) ....
Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album is the first live album I ever owned. I still listen to it. It is the most honest reproduction of a band live, warts and all.
Glad you mentioned right at the end, the great Rory Gallagher. Stage Struck and Irish Tour '74 should be right at the top of any live album lists. I would also include and surprised you didn't: On your feet or on your knees and Extraterrestrial live by BOC. Supported Strangers in the Night all the way, it's a worthy and deserved winner of your competition.
Rory and BOC.....I like it....Stagestruck is fantastic...hard rock Rory....BOC live all day and night...actually I just did that....I'm gonna cue up Stagestruck immediately...thanks bud....
@@chrischoir3594 I doubt you ever saw Rory open for Rush in the 70's...because it never happened...Rush opened for Rory in 74 touring their excellent debut album....in 1982 Rory toured opening for Rush on the Signals tour....I saw them on this tour....Rory wailed....I think Lifeson is great....but I couldn't get into the echoing...phase shifting flanging sound effects here...the next album I thought they were trying to sound like the Police....I much more preferred earlier Rush albums and tours...Rory of course was a constant.....awesome....I'm a life long die hard fan....sorry you think he's boring....
@@chrischoir3594 respectfully disagree...he's an incredible live performer....one of the most underrated and unsung guitar heroes of all time...always stuck to his guns not selling out to commercial sounding crap...and he does have a substantial world wide following of fans who followed him and appreciated him then and now....we all have our opinions...likes and dislikes.....one thing we could agree on...those were the best days to go to shows....
There's alot of great bootlegs filmed and recorded of Early Deep Purple. They just always put a different touch on their live performances. The riffs, vocals and drum solos to John Lord's Hammond organ.
Everyone will have their favourites for sure. Mine are: Rare Earth - In Concert / Frampton Comes Alive / Bob Seger - Live Bullet / Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At Carnegie Hall / Wishbone Ash - Live Dates, plus many mentioned. 👍👍👍😊
In no particular order some of my favourite live albums are. Hendrix in the west. Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous, The Rolling stones get your ya ya's out. Queen live killers Aerosmith live bootleg, pink floyd live in pompeii. BB king live at the BBC. The Doors in concert, iron maiden real live one/real dead one. Gary Moore live blues, the who at the lsle of white festival 1970. AC/DC if you want blood, the beatles at the Hollywood bowl, any live Zeppelin, any live rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan and double trouble live greatest hits. Plus many more.
Aljax79 Johnston Some great live albums named there - especially nice to see BB King’s Live at the BBC. That was my introduction to his music and my gateway into the Blues. I still love that album.
some oustanding JW stuff on RU-vid. saw him 3 times. a true guitar slinger until about the late 90's, and he slowed down, which was unthinkable! and what monster of a voice. if they ever make a top 100 rock vocalists list, he has to be on it. w/ Leslie West and Chris Robinson, and Paul Rodgers, and Little Richard, Steve Marriott.John Kay. I'll stop now.
Fantastic list. Here are some more of my favorites not discussed: Porcupine Tree - "Anesthesize" Jeff Beck - "Live at Ronnie Scott's" Jeff Beck - "Live with The Jan Hammer Group" Bruce Hornsby - "Here Come The Noise Makers" Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles - "Live!" Miles Davis - "Live Evil"
Great list. Here are a few I think deserve a mention… Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus Neil Diamond - Hot August Night Atlanta Rhythm Section - Are You Ready Elvin Bishop - Raisin’ Hell
Solid list. Glad to see Trower up there. Saw him play live a couple of times. Never saw anyone do so much so effortlessly. Wish I could have seen him with Dewar.
All worthy selections, especially Made In Japan. That album didn't leave my record player for a decade. But my favorite live Album is still Waiting For Columbus. Has it all, in my opinion.
Great list Pete. I know we had a mini-spat over bands you hate, but KISS Alive! was exactly the same for me, started it all. 1978 Waiau, Hawaii.6th grade, hand me down from my older sister. Took it to a class party and air guitared to Parasite in front of everybody. This album started my rock journey. God bless rock n roll.
Just listened to that along with the rest of Made in Japan, yesterday. Was just confirming in my mind what I already knew.Made in Japan = the best live hard rock album ever.
I am so glad Kansas's Two For The Show made the list. I just got that album a couple weeks ago and it's one of my favorite live albums of all time. Huge Kansas fan.
Greatest live album of all time. I bought it way back just after it was released and have loved it ever since. Even better was the 30th Anniversary version, when a second disc from the same tours was provided. My favourite band after Queen. Second best live album , Genesis’ Seconds Out. Then the rest…….
AC/DC If you want blood- exceptional live album which really captured how they were, Hate his politics to the core but Nugents Double Live Gonzo is in the top 25 and Lynyrd Skynyrd One more from the road- top stuff. Love the channel and the debates etc.
Yes....absolutely....AC/DC....If You Want Blood You've Got It.....Bon Scott....and what is hands down my favorite album cover....Uncle Ted....love his politics....not only Double Live Gonzo but Intensities in Ten Cities as well...( My Love is like a Tire Iron..) .and Lynyrd Skynyrd 's One More For the Road....one of the all time great live albums....." gimme a T for Texas gimme a T for Tennessee "
@@larrynolletti4594 there are a ton of great unofficial Bon Scott era live recordings on RU-vid. They could make some great releases if they chose to. Check it out some time if you haven't already.
@@mmk7340 Thanks...yes...I have....a lot of them I have on bootleg disc.....my favorites are Melbourne '74 and San Francisco '77...a killer Up to My Neck in You....yes...there is a ton of great AC/DC languishing...a lot of them were radio broadcasts....If You Want Blood surely should have been a double....I mean...Sin City was a staple and it's not on there....???...
@@kurthanke5788 ...can't argue with that....I love everything he did thru Scream Dream....I can remember in high school buying Weekend Warrior....looking at this insane ballsy in your face album cover cranking up and hearing Need You Bad...for the first time....I'm telling you that was an adrenaline rush...
UFO - Strangers in the Night, Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East, Kiss - Alive, The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East, Queen - Live Killers, Thin Lizzy - Life live, Uriah Heep - Live '73, Rainbow - On Stage, MSG - One Night At Budokan, Supertramp - Paris, Marillion - Real to Reel, Deep Purple - Made in Japan, Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed, Cheap Trick - At Budokan, Rush - All the World's a Stage, Kansas - Two For the Show, Black Sabbath - Live Evil, Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive, Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith, Simple Minds - Live in the City of Light, U2 - Under the Blood Red Sky, Dire Straits - Alchemy, The Who - Live at Leeds, Rammstein - Volkerball.
My gateway live album was Little Feat Waiting For Columbus. Might have lead me in a slightly different direction. I was playing cornet in the school brass band. So having Tower Of Power playing with them, didn't make them difficult to like.
Great list Pete. You made me smile with your honourable mention being Humble Pie's Rockin the Fillmore. I would like to add, Full House- J Girls Bands pumping album.Thanks Pete.
First of all, I would like to wish you Merry Christmas, and to express my gratitude for advising me (I was using a different nickname) to go and see Deep Purple on this tour! It was a great concert in Belgrade, Serbia, the arena was packed, great crowd, Don, Steve and Roger were on fire! Paice was solid, and Gillan was..you know :) Anyway, my favorite live albums are Kiss Alive! (although I become a fan because of Alive III) and DP Made in Japan, those bands are so good live, DP's virtuosity and jamming and Kiss's energy are something special - and these are my all time favourite rock bands. And Kiss is one of the few bands that could sound better live than in the studio.
My favorite live album is CHICAGO Live at Carnegie Hall, which contains some of the very best bass guitar performances of all time. Peter Cetera was the Hendrix of bass players in the 1970's.... Take a listen and you just might agree with me.
I agree, it's a great live release. Much better than live in Japan IMO. Terry Kath is one of the best guitarists ever and you rarely hear him mentioned with the other top players.
Hi M K. Great comments. And I totally agree that Carnegie Hall is a much better live performance than Live in Japan. Terry Kath was a giant, and was underrated because he was a team player in a horn-based rock band instead of a guitar-based rock band.
@@JimmyPlato1 you can say what you want about 80s Chicago with Cetera as the frontman (I hated the musical direction they took) , but the guy was an excellent bassist. Carnegie really showcases that and also there's much more Kath guitar. That is always a good thing IMO.
Very pleasantly surprised to see this mentioned; I play it to this day. Kath was a great player, as was Cetera. Danny Seraphine shows what a monster and underrated drummer he is throughout the whole four album release! It gets beat up a lot because of the poor recorded sound and some sloppy playing here and there but it really showcases what a strong and talented group of musicians the originals were, especially during their early days!
@JimmyPlato totally agree with you about Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Always couldn’t understand how it doesn’t get it’s just due...the sound quality is much much better than people complain about always Kath was a complete monster & Peter Cetera is just killing on the bass Danny Seraphine has always been one of the greatest drummers IMO The remastered 4 disc set put out maybe 15 years ago is an item I hope to pass down to my grandchildren some day if ever blessed
Great episode again Pete . 1) Get Yer Ya Yas out 2) Aztecs Live at Sunbury 3) Lotus -Santana 4) Isle of Wight-Hendrix 5) Johnny Winter and Live 6) Roll n Roll Animal 7) Robin Trower Live 8) Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66 Live at expo Tokyo 70’ 9) Band of Gypsies 10) Frampton Comes Alive
These are the ones I listened to the most. 1. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 2. Foghat Live 3. Frampton Comes Alive 4. Deep Purple - Made in Japan 5. Wings Over America
An underrated gem of heavy live blues rock is Fleetwood Mac’s “Live in Boston” (1970). Doesn’t get much better than the twin guitar attack of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan! Both of them at the top of their game on their Les Pauls.
I'd have to pick _Different Stages_ over _All the World's a Stage_ simply because of the bonus recording of the boys performing at the Hammersmith Odeon on their _A Farewell to Kings_ tour. What a nice addition!
I guess I am too old for most of those albums but my number one at least made the charts and I certainly didn't expect that - Gentle Giant Playing the Fool. Merry Christmas and many thanks for all the work you do for us.
And no mention of Dire Straits - Alchemy Live. That might be my 3rd favourite after Made In Japan - Deep Purple and Live In The Heart Of The City - Whitesnake.
A little disappointed not to see the first live album I ever bought. It's raw, it's powerful and it captures the bands live performance perfectly... I speak of course about the great "Slade Alive!"
I’m with you on Slade Alive. It’s up there with greatest live albums. It’s not better than Live at Leeds and Made in Japan though. It comes very close.
Honorable mentions and my personal favourites 1. On your feet or on your knees - Blue Oyster Cult 2. What do you want from live - The Tubes Both exceptional albums...
Merry Christmas Pete!🎁🎄🙏🏻Thank you so much for taking the time to not just doing the live album tournament, but also sharing your favorite live albums. We know the effort that goes into it. Excited for what’s in store for 2020.-Chris & Beth🎧🔥🎄🎁🎸🥁
Good list. Here is my top in no order: Live album-Grand Funk Railroad, Rockin at the fillmore-Humble Pie, Live Nickelodeon-Masters Apprentices, You get what you play for-Reo Speedwagon, Live-Head East,Live at leeds- The Who, Exit stage left-Rush, Are you ready-Atlanta rhytm section, Live dates-Wishbone Ash....
Hey Pete, I'm so glad you put Band of Gypsys on this list, and specifically mentioned the greatness of that Machine Gun. To me there is almost nothing greater than those soaring guitar moments in that song. Also, Robin Trower live!! That is another GREAT album.
I found this one at a used book store last year. Excellent live album! I prefer many of the tracks on this to the actual studio tracks on the first 2 albums.
100% RIP, Randy... I wept when I first heard it (the solo to Goodbye to Romance, IIRC). The spotlight solo in Suicide Solution is worth the price of the album.
Hey Pete, although we differ in favorites, I enjoy listening to how passionate you are regarding your love for your favorite bands, music, etc. very cool! My favorite s are strangers in the night, all the worlds a stage and live after death. Rick on! \m/
Being a die hard Kiss-fan their live-albums are on top of my personal list. But then it's close between UFO, Priest, Saxon, Motorhead...and then there are a few which were not mentioned on your wars. Nevertheless it was great fun and I've enjoyed it very much. So thank you Pete and merry X-mas
Brilliant, Pete - we agree on the no 1, for sure! Would have added Rainbow - On Stage on the top 10, being the Blackmore-nerd that I am🙂 Love your analysis and I get new album - ideas all the time. Happy New Year!
muddy production aside-YESSONGS is by far the best live album ever. Their music is way more involved than any other band. and only these musicians could reproduce live versions as good or better than the fantastic studio versions
I saw them twice live in 1975 or 76 and they were totally blown off stage by the support band (Gryphon). Yes were very average. And to suggest that they are more involved than Gentle Giant - well, words fail me.
I love "Bursting out" by Tull, I hace it in vynil edition, and it's one of my favorite albums of my collection, wonderful pictures, great edition. And of course "two for the show" love it ¿Why not "the song remains the same" by Led Zeppelin? ¿What about Emerson, Lake and Palmer ”welcome back my friends to the show that never ends"?
Pete, You inspired me to make my own 25 Favorite Live Albums list. (A-Z): Alan Parsons Live, The Allman Brothers - Fillmore East, Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening, Bob Dylan - Real Live, The Beatles - Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Cream - Live l & ll, CSNY- 4 Way Street, Dire Straits - Alchemy Live. The Doors - Absolutely Live, Frank Zappa/The Mothers - Roxy & Elsewhere, Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album, Grateful Dead - Without A Net, Heart - The Road Home, Iron Maiden - Live After Death, Jethro Tull - Bursting Out, Joni Mitchell -Miles of Aisles, Kansas - Two for the Show, Neil Young - Live Rust, Pink Floyd - Live at Knebworth, Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live, Rickie Lee Jones -Naked Songs: Live and Acoustic, The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Supertramp - Paris, U2 - Live from Paris, The Who - Live at Leeds.
Merry Christmas Pete! Thank you for putting in your time to give us this awesome content. You know the list was difficult when Live After Death didn't make the cut.
A couple of my favourites that aren't mentioned often, if at all, are FM/Live by Climax Blues Band and Live by Johnny Winter And. Both are absolute killer albums.
Mountain- Twin peaks Judas Priest- Unleashed in the east Jethro Tull-bursting out Pat Travers- go for what you know Yes-yessongs Genesis-Secinds out Deep purple made in japan Hawkwind Jimi Hendrix band of gypsys Kiss -Alive II Nazareth - SNAZ
Made in Japan, probably the best recorded live album ever, especially The Mule. I used to play this selling Yamaha NS1000 speakers (£800 a pair in 1978!).
The best thing for me about this whole series has been the opportunity to find out about and hear new live albums. One such is Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool; it's only in the past couple of years that I've been getting into their studio albums and this is a revelation on all levels, so thanks Pete! I know there'll be more to come as I pick up other albums from the series.
I can´t argue with you. Deep Purple is the best. Hehe... Great year for you and the channel Pete. You´ve done awesome work and i hope it continues. Happy Holidays!
I thought you wouldn't include Wings Over America, but glad you did. Also, glad you included KISS Alive too. Made In Japan is epic, especially Highway Star - perfection!
I’d replace some of those with AC/DC “if you want blood you got it”. Cheap Trick “at Budokan”. Sammy Hagar “All Night Long”. Ozzy Osbourne “speak of the devil” and Ted Nugent “”double live gonzo”.
My top ten: 1. Genesis--Seconds Out 2. REO Speedwagon--Live: You get what you play for 3. Eric Clapton--24 Nights 4. Deep Purple--Made in Japan 5. The Who--Live at Leeds 6. Journey--Captured 7. Led Zepplin--Songs Remains the same 8. Judas Priest--Unleashed in the East 9. The Allman Brothers--Live at Fillmore East 10. Rush--Exit Stage Left
What about MSG - One Night in Budokan? Ok, try to ignore Barden's voice, but Schenker's and his V are 'flying'! Rainbow - Live on Stage 1976/77. RJD's voice is EPIC!. Mistreated makes what's left of my hair stand on end!. All the best Pete. Cheers.
@@jake6887 Sorry pal, but Barden couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, even if he used both hands! Joking aside, I just don't think that it was ever a strong enough or good enough voice.
I'm glad my first live album ever was Live at Leeds. The next week, I got some extra cash and bought Made in Japan. This compilation of albums is solid gold; I respect the KISS choice 100% though I personally do not care for it.
I don´t think I would be able to pick 25 live albums, as my all time favorites, but I have some anway, worth mentioned here. You have picked Deep Purple, Made in Europe, recorded from several cities, around Europe, I choose one spot, Graz ´75 instead. This is my list with live albums, maybe I could have mentioned more. 20. Candlemass - Live in Stockholm 1990 19. Helloween - Live in the U,K. 18. Saxon - The Eagles has landed 17. Scorpions - World Wide Live ´85 16. AC-DC - Live at Donington ´91 15. Deep Purple - Live in Paris ´75 14. Led Zeppelin - The Song remains the Same 13. Iron Maiden - Maiden England 12. AC-DC - If you want blood, you´ve got it 11. Kiss - Alive 10. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East 9. Thin Lizzy - Live and dangerous 8. Scorpions - Tokyo tapes 7. Deep Purple - Live in Graz ´75 6. Rainbow - Live in Germany ´76 5. Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City 4. Deep Purple - Live in Stockholm 1970 3. Motörhead - No sleep til Hammersmith 2. UFO - Strangers in the Night 1. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
You're right, I've never heard a drum kit sounding like it was being hit harder particularly at the start of Kill The King & just before Catch The Rainbow goes full throttle this is right near the top of my list but Strangers has always been my favourite ever since the first time I heard it & Lights Out on side 3 of the album is just the finest 5 minutes or so of lead guitar I have ever heard.
Live albums were gateways for so many of us, snapshots of a place in time, introductions to bands discographies, music genres, etc. Heck, this is why bootlegs became so popular. I would have added BOC's On your feet or on your knees, nevertheless great list and always a pleasure to listen to your programs! Thanks amigo!
