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... Best Live Recordings ( other than Classical or Opera) on CD...

Hello to all...

I luv testing stereo equipment - and I think one of the best ways to tell just how resolving a recording is IF IT WAS RECORDED LIVE! ( not only how the music sounds, but how the ambience of the venue sounds, and if the clapping/hooting that happens sounds really real...)

What are your favorites? Please send suggestions... ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE DDD.

I'll start with one of my Favorites:
STOP MAKING SENSE: Talking Heads ( done DDD in the late 80's, remaster/reissued late 1999)
justvintagestuff
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tostadosunidos
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Ry Cooder--Chicken Skin Live
Hot Tuna--Hot Tuna (1st LP)
Eric Clapton--Unplugged
Nirvana--Live in New York

first two are analog (well, second one for sure).

I agree with your assessment of Stop Making Sense.  It's my fave concert movie.
boxer12
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The Grateful Dead / Reckoning
Wilco / Kicking Television
King Crimson / USA
Bob Dylan / Real Live
Fleetwood Mac / Live at the Boston Tea Party
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bachtoven
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Miles Davis "Four and More"
John Mclaughlin  "Live at the Royal Festival Hall"
Deep Purple "Made in Japan"

Those are all ADD, though. They still sound great!
czarivey
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McLaughlin Live In Tokyo with Joey DeFrancesco and Dennis Chambers
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danvignau
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     One of my favorite live recordings is Gene Harris with the Phillip Morris All Stars. Personnel: Gene Harris (piano); Ernie Andrews (vocals); Stanley Turrentine (saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Kenny Burrell (guitar); George Mraz (bass); Lewis Nash (drums).
While he sounds a lot like Oscar Peterson, instead of going really technical, as only Oscar could do, Gene adds in some Ray Charles chords that really make his music unique and interesting.
     Plus, the recordings are much newer and more dynamic than old Oscar P recordings, even this live album. 
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