Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording

4yanx is correct- Brand X's Livestock LP was recorded in two parts- London 8/76 at Ronnie Scotts and 8/77 at the Hammersmith Oden and the Marguee Club. Phil Collins plays drums on three of the five tracks.

Twl is correct about the awesome part.

Mahalo for reminding me to dust it off and give it a spin.

Live at Leeds is a great performance, but I don't think it was ever a great recording.

I have the MFSL CD of Live at the Regal and it sounds pretty good, especially for the time (1964?)

Check out Van Morrison "It's Too Late to Stop Now" - great performance and it sounds fantastic, much better than a recording of the time has a right to (1973 I think).

Other favorite live albums of mine (if you're into rock), though these are not necessarily the best sounding:
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Steve Hillage - Live Herald
UFO - Strangers in the Night

Some oldies but goodies:
James gang -live in concert
Edgar Winter's White Trash- Roadwork
Santana- Soul sacrifice &
Ten Years After- I'm goin' home (both on the Woodstock album and DVD

Eva Cassidy Live at Blues Alley is just great. I get that sense of being in the club. Dynamic recording heavy on bass, the room just throbs.

For Ten Years After, check out Undead. Maybe only half of it is live, but man, could they play.

The Hugh Masekela album"Hope" is live. Not much of a live feel, but great sonics and pretty good music.