The Best Live album


What are some good live albums/cds you own? Good sound is a nice bonus.

You may put down whatever you want such as "Get your ya ya's out", but are there some maybe we haven't all heard about yet?

The best I have bought lately is Delbert McClinton, "Live", a 2 CD set of a concert in Norway. Just excellent blues big band. I mean this album just smokes, Oh yeaahh, with excellent sound to boot.
wildoats
Undoubtedly one of the first the comes to mind is Graham Parker “Live! Alone in America”.

Simple (Basically Graham and a guitar on stage) and very powerful music. I’ve had this disc for years and can always listen to it! I’d put it in as one of the best live recording of all time without a doubt!
I really like live recordings! Something about nowhere to hide.......

Right now, I really like Eva Cassidy's "Live at Blues Alley". A simply stunning vocal performance!

Patricia Barber's "Companion" is really nice. Both the PB and EC disk give you that "you are there" feeling.

To understand The Indigo Girl's, I suggest their live "2000 Curfews" 2-disk set. Nice!! It puts me back in the front row every time I listen to it.

Of course there are the old classics like Little Feats "Waiting for Columbus". How disappointing to find out years later that it was "doctored up" significantly in the studio.

Don't know the album they originally came from, but there are some live cuts on Willie Nelsons "Revolutions of time" compilation that I think are outstanding. Of course, you might need to be a Willie fan to enjoy them!

Enjoy,

TIC
Some albums that I've always liked.... Streetheart-''Live After Dark'', and BB King- "Live at Cook County Jail''. Also Thin Lizzy ''Live and Dangerous'',and Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington ""Ella and Duke At the Cote D'azur''
My favorites are Neil Diamond: Hot August Night (remastered), Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive (SACD), and Fletwood Mac: Live. For visual and sound quality it is Eagles: Hell Freezes Over Live