kbraz Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley is another great one for Machine Gun alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kbraz Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yeah, I wouldn't know where to start with all the live releases, but for this conversation Reckoning has to be in it. Fantastic recording of fantastic acoustic music. Dead Set (the electric counterpart to the shows Reckoning were culled from) is excellent, too. My dad was already sick of me going to GD shows a lot by the time I played Reckoning for him on a long car ride around '83. He had never really heard the GD before and about half-way through the first side, asked who we were listening to. He was surprised/shocked to learn that the music we were listening to and BOTH enjoying was the band with the scary name that I'd expended so much time/effort on and caused him some grief over. For that, Reckoning will always be a tops album for me. The Bird Song from Reckoning has awesome Jerry licks for sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yep, Grateful Dead Reckoning is awesome, one of the warmest live recordings I've heard. And I know what you mean about it being a good vehicle to show off the Dead's impressive folk, country, and blues roots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Don't forget that Jerry Garcia Band double live album! Tangled Up in Blue, Dear Prudence, so many other greats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 i mentioned reckoning above. i remember i wasn't aware of it and came across a copy in a store in the lat 80s. i was blown away. i still jam out to that birdsong on my acoustic every once in a while. what a great setlist too....china doll! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I will fist fight you. This is a historic concert, but not a great one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Yeah, I wouldn't know where to start with all the live releases, but for this conversation Reckoning has to be in it. Fantastic recording of fantastic acoustic music. Dead Set (the electric counterpart to the shows Reckoning were culled from) is excellent, too. My dad was already sick of me going to GD shows a lot by the time I played Reckoning for him on a long car ride around '83. He had never really heard the GD before and about half-way through the first side, asked who we were listening to. He was surprised/shocked to learn that the music we were listening to and BOTH enjoying was the band with the scary name that I'd expended so much time/effort on and caused him some grief over. For that, Reckoning will always be a tops album for me.I LOVE this story! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I saw where "Seconds Out" was mentioned a couple of times, but Genesis Live is the one for me. Shame that it's only a single LP. Yessongs and Yesshows are both killer Prog as well. And the Mother of All Live Prog (imo) - Crimson's "The Great Deciever" box set. 4 CDs from '73-'74. A total skull-fuck to be sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Tragically Hip "Live Between Us" is nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Ben Folds Live may not reach awesome status, but it's a good career retrospective and catches his energy pretty well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Yessongs and Yesshows are both killer Prog as well. Yes to Yessongs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The versions of Hoedown and Aquatarkus were better than the original studio recordings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The versions of Hoedown and Aquatarkus were better than the original studio recordings. Hell yeah. Hoedown BURNS with energy, and the Tarkus suite is my favorite thing ELP ever did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skian Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Leonard Cohen - Live in LondonNeil Dianond - Hot August NightNeil Young - Time Fades AwayOld and In the Way - Old and In The Way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 after last night's Melvins pummeling, I'm listening to Sugar Daddy Live, and it's pretty solid. Melvins have a bunch of live stuff now, so it's a bit tough to just pick one document...i guess it depends on what facet of their discography you are most interested in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Priest's "Unleashed in the East" is a great one for the metal genre. "Diamonds......and RUST!" \m/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Priest's "Unleashed in the East" is a great one for the metal genre. "Diamonds......and RUST!" \m/heh...thats the other live album I always crow about..... Off topic.....listening to a bit of Iris Dement today.....holy cow what a voice she has.....gotta dig deeper into that body of work.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cam Jones Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Most of the Bob Dylan official bootlegs are great. The Springsteen Record at the Hammersmith Odeon from '75. I marvel at the tightness of the E Street BandWeld by Neil Young and Crazy Horse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Priest's "Unleashed in the East" is a great one for the metal genre. "Diamonds......and RUST!" \m/ Yep - Live After Death is another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 ALL the official Live Cream stuff is SO heavily influential to me. When I first dug into this stuff it was a revelation. Live Cream, Vol. II, Sides 3 &4 of Wheels of Fire, Goodbye. When I was a teenager in the late '70s/early '80s these records made me think there was some truth to the 'Clapton is God' philosophy. Sweet Wine (from Live Cream) is a great example - no matter how far from the tune it gets Eric NEVER gets lost. He ALWAYS knows where the "one" is. Much of the jam is literally 3 guys soloing at the same time, but somehow it all manages to hang together. I gotta give props to the Derek & the Dominoes Live 2 CD set from The Fillmore East as well. October 1970. Perhaps the best example of Eric's post-Cream playing. GREAT stuff here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I saw where "Seconds Out" was mentioned a couple of times, but Genesis Live is the one for me. Shame that it's only a single LP. Yessongs and Yesshows are both killer Prog as well. And the Mother of All Live Prog (imo) - Crimson's "The Great Deciever" box set. 4 CDs from '73-'74. A total skull-fuck to be sure!I think the 'Genesis Live' album was expended in the recent 'Live Boxset'. Suppers Ready and another track were reinstated. 'Three Sides Live' has some pretty good moments especially the 'In The cage' Medley and 'It' at the end.There are a load of good Crimson live records. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yep - Live After Death is another.Definitely Live After Death.Without a doubt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Talking Heads, Stop Making SenseThat's a good one but I think I prefer The Name of This Band is Talking Heads. I really like that it has one disc of the early stripped down band and one disc of the expanded band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ben Folds Live may not reach awesome status, but it's a good career retrospective and catches his energy pretty well. I haven't heard that, but their Sessions at W54 dvd is very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 This is a historic concert, but not a great one. Pretty crappy performance in some ways (as is the Santa Monica official bootleg), but worthy of mention for the event it documents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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