Best live recordings

 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 399
Registered: Dec-04
Okay maybe it doesn't belong here, but who has some good ones.
On vinyl, cd, or dvd?

I went through SRV Live at Montreaux, and Eric Clapton Guitar fest(fabulous lineup, ok sound),
and James Taylor at the Beacon(great sound, stupid video)
 

Gold Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 2262
Registered: Feb-05
DVD's

Boz Scaggs - Greatest Hits Live
Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Live in Memphis

Jus to name 2.
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 403
Registered: Dec-04
I am buying the whole suggestion list here, so let 'em fly
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 405
Registered: Dec-04
Pretty women walking with Gorillas down my street...
I forgot about Elvis...married to Diana Kroll. no?
Living in Vancouver?
 

Gold Member
Username: T_bomb25

Dayton, Ohio United States

Post Number: 1265
Registered: Jun-05
Kenny G. Live I didnt know how good this guy was until I seen him live,the man has some increadible pipes and the Cd wont dissapoint.The Rippingston Thats all these do is make live albums these guys are great.Eric Clapton,Dave Mathews what more can you say about these 2 guys great stuff.Shai Live,great male vocal group in the mold of Boyz to Men ,they also have one helluva band.
 

Silver Member
Username: Kano

Post Number: 754
Registered: Oct-04
The Elton John - One Night Only DVD is excellent
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 408
Registered: Dec-04
I came across Rush'exit stage left' on double vinyl...probably just big here, but very well recorded for a rock concert.
I seem to recall Rush being pretty big in Texas in the 80's, 90's when I was there then.

Some new gizmo for recording, but it is still quite good.
 

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Username: 2morex

Exmore, Virginia USA

Post Number: 2
Registered: Nov-05
Nuck: no offense but wasn't that Joe Jackson's "Is she really going out with him"? I also enjoy collecting dvd concerts but have been disappointed in audio quality. I find spots of brillance and god awful on the same dvds, can't figure it out! Several of my favoites include Corrs' Live in London, Dido Live, Doobies' Live at wolftrap. They are not reference quality but will give you a "taste". Good luck.
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 413
Registered: Dec-04
Doh! right you are, RD.
I got all caught up...
As usual I stand corrected, good group!
More Live?
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 414
Registered: Dec-04
Eagles "hell freezes over' sacd.
Very good
 

New member
Username: 2morex

Exmore, Virginia USA

Post Number: 3
Registered: Nov-05
I was always disappointed in Hell freezes over, a couple of the tracks were good, I just didn't like the surround mix on this one. Sorry about correcting you; both Elvis C and Joe J are brilliant musicians. Both have some dvds too, but I have not ventured!
 

Silver Member
Username: Exerciseguy

Brooklyn, NY USA

Post Number: 241
Registered: Oct-04
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Yas Out (CD)

Cyndi Lauper: Live...At Last (DVD)
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 416
Registered: Dec-04
ChrristopherM, I choke abit on Lauper, She did well on 'the wall', what is the best track on the live dvd?
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 417
Registered: Dec-04
RD no apopigies for correcting me, ask my wife! hhehe.
I will stand corrected at all times, and proudly with this group.

I now look forward to the live8 dvd, I may buy tomorrow.Just for Floyd.
 

New member
Username: 2morex

Exmore, Virginia USA

Post Number: 4
Registered: Nov-05
I second that one! I have never been a lauper fan, but each is entitled to their own opinions. If Chris says that it's good, I'll have to trust him, but will not verify!
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 419
Registered: Dec-04
Its on the list(Ihope its on sale)
 

New member
Username: 2morex

Exmore, Virginia USA

Post Number: 5
Registered: Nov-05
Maybe Raks has a copy to lend? Maybe it's in their trash.
 

Silver Member
Username: Exerciseguy

Brooklyn, NY USA

Post Number: 242
Registered: Oct-04
I promise you, the Cyndi Lauper DVD is exceptional, and I was no giant fan before I saw it.

Another GREAT Stones DVD is The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus; it was originally recorded in 1968, but was only released for the first time a few years back. it features;

Jethero Tull
The Who
A superband featuring John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell
...and The Rolling Stones debuting several songs from the yet un-released Beggars Banquet. It was also one of the last times Brian Jones was filmed playing before his untimely death less than a year later.

Definitely worth a watch.
 

Silver Member
Username: Ziggyzoggyoioi

Outside Philadelphia, PA

Post Number: 178
Registered: Jun-05
Thelonius Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall
 

Bronze Member
Username: Loce

Lilburn, GA

Post Number: 27
Registered: Jul-05
I would nominate the following:
BBC Radio 1 in Concert by Streetwalkers
One Live Badger by Badger
Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young
Live from the Showboat by the Phil Woods Six (vinyl --- CD version is hacked to death)
Livestock by Brand X
Live Cream II by Cream (like it better than the first one)
 

Silver Member
Username: Exerciseguy

Brooklyn, NY USA

Post Number: 244
Registered: Oct-04
Nuck

"At last" or maybe "True Colors"
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 425
Registered: Dec-04
Byron, I went to sleep with Neil as a kid.
A thing of beauty, and a great disc,
Thanks.
My Christmas list is growing, but ChristopherM, I still cant get my head around Lauper.
Trying.

C'mon, give us s'more!
(christmas is coming)
it's been a long year
 

Bronze Member
Username: Lovegasoline

NYC

Post Number: 98
Registered: Jul-05
"Even for a group that has already released literally hundreds of hours of live recordings, this is a milestone. This limited-edition (10,000 copies) 10-CD set must be regarded as the crowning achievement of the Dead's most adventurous musical period. These four concerts (February 27, 1969, through March 2, 1969) yielded the recordings that were used on the group's most magnificent psychedelic opus, Live/Dead (released in November 1969), and represent the apex of their improvisatory genius. Boasting four versions each of their late-'60s classics Dark Star, St. Stephen and The Eleven, plus favorites such as Alligator, Caution, Cosmic Charlie and others, the box captures the group right before they began a slow evolution toward the country musings of Workingman's Dead. Aside from being the most jaw-droppingly intense music to come out of San Francisco in the late '60s, the Dead's Fillmore West shows have some historical significance in the audio world: These were the first live 16-track recordings ever made. It helped that Ampex, which first developed the 16-track by converting a 2-inch video machine to an audio-only function, was based down the road a ways from San Francisco. Pacific Recording in San Mateo was the first local studio to take delivery of a 16-track, right when the Dead were in the thick of recording their third album, Aoxomoxoa, on 8-track. The Dead convinced Ampex to lease them a 16-track the third made to capture some of their live performances. And so Dead engineers Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor and a couple of beefy roadies maneuvered the 750-pound behemoth up the stairs of San Francisco's Fillmore West ballroom to record the band for a live album."

Initial release: Nov 2005
Grateful Dead Records
A 10 CD box set of "every note" played at the four Fillmore West shows from February 27th to March 2nd, 1969. Promoted as "the most significant audio release yet to emerge from the Grateful Dead's vault." Mixed from the 16 track master tapes. Mastered in HDCD. 51 tracks, nearly 10 hours of music, 76 pages booklet. Limited edition release of 10,000 copies.


 

New member
Username: Bvan

Post Number: 5
Registered: Jun-05
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Luther College

a two man acoustic set. in my top 3 albums of all time list.
 

New member
Username: Bvan

Post Number: 6
Registered: Jun-05
and Bella Fleck & the Flecktones: Live at the Quick. dvd or cd
 

Silver Member
Username: Gavincumm

Post Number: 367
Registered: Feb-05
CD's

Diana Krall- Live in Paris
James Taylor- (live)
Candy Dulfer- Live in Amsterdam
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 448
Registered: Dec-04
Found Wilson Pickett live in Atlanta!
5 bucks!
Too cool)for 5 bucks)
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 449
Registered: Dec-04
Looking for it Lovegas...
let you know!
 

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Username: 2morex

Exmore, Virginia USA

Post Number: 8
Registered: Nov-05
Out looking for Cyndi Lauper, weren't you! The Pickett one cannot be good sonically, has to be mono. I would think the audio would be really bad, noisy. Video quality?
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 450
Registered: Dec-04
cd..its worth 5 bucks
not much more, stereo though..
No Lauper today..might be a good thing
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 451
Registered: Dec-04
My list now;
Thelonious Monk w/John Coltrane
Stones/ rock and roll circus
Boz Skaggs Live GHLive
Elvis Costello Live in Memphis
Dave Matthews Live
Kenny G Live(shudder, but should be good on the Emma's)quality, not content I think.
 

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Username: 2morex

Exmore, Virginia USA

Post Number: 9
Registered: Nov-05
I saw the boz scaggs live on HDnet and it was really good, great musicians, pristine video. You'll enjoy this one. Kenny G, do you use the monitor with this one! Watching him has to be worse than listening, but the guy sells records and TAW seems to have good ears. I am seriuos about the Corrs, I am not a pop fan either, but watching Andrea is worth the cost alone, plus they do a great cover of Lennon's "Happy Xmas war is over". If you find it for 5 bucks get it, you won't be sorry.
 

Gold Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 2278
Registered: Feb-05
DVD's

Branford Marsalis - Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Live

Los Hombres Calientes - Live

ELO - Zoom (good nostalgia)

CD

James Carter Organ Trio - "Out of Nowhere" featuring James "Blood" Ulmer and Hamiet Bluiett
 

Gold Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 2279
Registered: Feb-05
DVD's

Branford Marsalis - Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Live

Los Hombres Calientes - Live

ELO - Zoom (good nostalgia)

CD's

James Carter Organ Trio - "Out of Nowhere" featuring James "Blood" Ulmer and Hamiet Bluiett

Miles Davis - "Live Around the World"
 

Gold Member
Username: T_bomb25

Dayton, Ohio United States

Post Number: 1274
Registered: Jun-05
Erika Badou live,and that new Aleshia Keys live,oh and Mary J. Blige live,all I need now is a Nora Jones live,and a Brian Culbertson Live and a Rick Braun live,and a Heather Headley live,i'd be happy for long time,and Whoa! a Fourplay live.now i,ll really be happy!
 

Silver Member
Username: Tpizzle

Post Number: 448
Registered: Apr-05
Metallica live with the San Francisco Symphony (Metallica S&M). Just amazing, perfectly blends the two genres.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Lovegasoline

NYC

Post Number: 99
Registered: Jul-05
Good luck finding the GD Fillmore 10 CD Box set Nuck.
Looks like it's a limited run of 10,000, pre-sold (& sold out), and has only been shipping for less than a week.
They are selling on Ebay like hotcakes for between $400-$750!!! Ouch.
They also released a smaller 3 CD set of the same material for mere mortals to purchase. I've heard neither but am eager to.
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 453
Registered: Dec-04
400-750$.
Oy!
No price too 'high' for a real dead-head, I suppose!
 

Anonymous
 
Hey Nuck: No one ever accused Jerry and the boys of not being capitalists. they had the best gig going: fly your private jets in, stay in the best hotels, act like hippies for 3-4 hours, go back to your hotel, fly away the next day. Meanwhile your fans live like "rats" and fork over massive amounts of cash to get high and watch you play. God Bless America.

Now they still profit, but 400 - 700 smackers (must be Canadian?), that's obscene.
 

Gold Member
Username: Frank_abela

Berkshire UK

Post Number: 1031
Registered: Sep-04
I don't tend to buy live albums because I usually find them disappointing, but here's a choice few:

Antonio Forcione 'Live' (if you like acoustic guitar, you MUST have this album). CD only, but great music, beautifully recorded.

Al di Meola, Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin, 'Friday Night in San Francisco'. Reissued on vinyl beautifully by Vivante, but the CD's ok if you have to.

Eric Clapton 'Unplugged'. I think the vinyl is better than the CD.

There's a DVD of the Cream concerts at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this year - very good indeed. Well produced, good sound, good vision.

All I can think of for now...

regards,
Frank.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Cmoore

Windsor, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 31
Registered: Nov-05
DVD
Roy Orbison Black and White Night with Jackson Brown, T.Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, K.D. Lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.d. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, and Jennifer Warnes.
Phenominal sound, especially in DTS.
One of the first DTS Music DVD's put out.
 

Silver Member
Username: Fps_dean

Williamstown, MA USA

Post Number: 151
Registered: Oct-05
SRV - Live Alive!
Steve Vai - Live At The Astoria, Alive In An Ultra World
Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions
Pretty much any live Rush album.

I think the best sounding live album is Steve Vai's Alive In An Ultra World or Dream Theater's Once In A Livetime
 

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Username: Gavincumm

New York USA

Post Number: 397
Registered: Feb-05
I'll still say that if you like Jazz, Diana Krall's Live in Paris is THE recording to show off your system. It has a wonderful, righ, analog sound, but extremly detaied to the point that you can hear the dampers in the piano, and the saliva on her tongue.

The CD is a totally seductive experience, and one of my personal favorites.
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 658
Registered: Dec-04
Gavin, does your significant other know about you and Diana? hehe.
Sounds great!
 

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Username: Gavincumm

New York USA

Post Number: 400
Registered: Feb-05
LMAO!!!!

she likes her as much as I do which is the best part!

my gf is as much as an audiophile as I am. Yesterday she was commenting to me that she hates it when people buy Bose without considering other options.

she is the type that would forgo a big screen tv for an elaborate hifi.
 

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Username: Exerciseguy

Brooklyn, NY USA

Post Number: 316
Registered: Oct-04
Did anyone verify the Cyndi Lauper DVD, it was on HDNet a while back. I'm not saying I'm a big fan, but she reworked some of her old pop hits into some very nice acoustic arangements. Great high res. video quality, it was a very fun show to watch.

Maybe I do have a crush on her?
 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 660
Registered: Dec-04
No shame, Chris.
A crush, short or following her car, can be a personal boost to musical enjoyment.

Like my Ethel Merman thing, such a voice, i..err never mind.
 

Silver Member
Username: Rysa4

Post Number: 217
Registered: Jul-05
Holly Cole - It Happened One Night
Ricki Lee Jones-Naked Songs Live and Acoustic
 

Bronze Member
Username: Margie

Napa, California

Post Number: 66
Registered: Aug-05

Lots of good stuff mentioned...

Andrew Lloyd Webber "Masterpiece"
(live from Beijing)....really good if you like this stuff.

Paul Simon "Graceland: The African Concert" (Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo)...this one is a favorite of mine.

And of course Shania Twain is fun to watch...but of course you guys would know that better than me.

 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 672
Registered: Dec-04
Margie, the Paul Simon is indeed terific isn't it?
Been meaning to get that one, but hasten to buy anything in December, just leave little notes here and there.

I heard that disc last is a store full of Linn and other stuff I cant afford, and it was fantastic.

Thanks for the reminder, another little note for the refrigerator!
 

Silver Member
Username: Chitown

Post Number: 525
Registered: Apr-05
Eagles Farewell from Melbourne. Definitly the best 5.1 recording I have heard (seen)

 

Silver Member
Username: Nuck

Parkhill, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 691
Registered: Dec-04
OK, got a lot to look for, Im stuck here in Reno for the day, so I go shopping.
If I find Cyndi Lauper cheap, Ill try.haha.
I see visa card in my future, big used store nearby.
Buy in bulk, discount, no?
 

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Username: Gordo_in_ns

Post Number: 5
Registered: Dec-05
just a couple to add, the allman brothers live at the beacon theater-eric clapton,cross roads guitar festival-roy orbison, black and white night=music for montserrat
 

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Username: Gordo_in_ns

Post Number: 6
Registered: Dec-05
the ultimate musical experience however is bela fleck and the flectones, it was nice to see someone else owns it
 

Bronze Member
Username: Angello

Post Number: 32
Registered: Oct-05
john martyn- live at leeds
 

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Username: Paradigm2200

Campbell river, Bc Canada

Post Number: 4
Registered: Dec-05
what about eagles 'hell freezes over' gave me goose bumps listening to it for the first, and second, and oh yeah, third time.
 

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Username: Paradigm2200

Campbell river, Bc Canada

Post Number: 5
Registered: Dec-05
i forgot to put im in my post but is a dvd. i know you can get it as a cd, but the dvd is even greater. sounds better and is cool to watch.
 

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Username: Gordo_in_ns

Post Number: 13
Registered: Dec-05
Eagles HFO is great but the dts is a pain in the but to use and onhotel california the bass is a mess. i have it also on vhs (remember that) and on 2 channels it sounds better. unbelievable but true
 

Silver Member
Username: Tpizzle

Post Number: 459
Registered: Apr-05
common 52 posts and no METALLICA S&M DVD.
who thought heavy metal and classical would sound so good together.
for those who arent familiar with this dvd (or cd) its Metallica live with the San Francisco Symphony-really cool actually check it out.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Gordo_in_ns

Post Number: 15
Registered: Dec-05
actually if you like metallica, check out apocalyptica. its metallica on 4 cellos
there is just something cool about cello headbangin. the picture quality is a bit lacking but the dvd is still good
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