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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.
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geoffkait
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Fleetwood Mac The Dance is pretty darn good.
jsujo
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Allan Holdsworth "All Night Wrong" is superb! Best live recording I have..
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in_shore
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Not one mention of Pink Floyd Pulse 4 Lp box set ,. Truly spectacular live recording although Pink Floyd is well known for releasing well recorded Lps this one stands out,....
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oregonpapa
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Pick up a copy of John Williams and Julian Breem on RCA. Its a two record set that will blow you away ... if you like classical guitar. This is the one you'd be looking for: http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-AND-JULIAN-BREAM-Live-DBL-LP-Classical-Guitar-RCA-Red-Seal-79-/291176929775?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43cb7f59ef
billstevenson
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This depends on the genre. I will confine my answer to big band jazz. Three very famous live performance albums come to mind, in chronological order:
1. Bennie Goodman, Carnegie Hall, 1938
2. Duke Ellington, Newport 1958
3. Sinatra with Basie at the Sands, 1962

There are others, but these make most everyone's short list.
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