Best Live Album Ever...

Maybe not the best but a fav, Johnny Winter And, live.

Best,

Dave

In Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, only 18 albums were live albums:

Live at the Apollo by James Brown (#25)
At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band (#49)
At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash (#88)
Live at the Regal by B. B. King (#141)
Alive! by Kiss (#158)
Live at Leeds by The Who (#169)
Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service (#189)
Wheels of Fire by Cream (#203)
Live/Dead by Grateful Dead (#241)
Kick Out the Jams by MC5 (#290)
MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana (#311)
Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads (#345)
At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters (#348)
Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young and Crazy Horse (#350)
Cheap Trick at Budokan by Cheap Trick (#430)
Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 by Sam Cooke (#435)
Live in Europe by Otis Redding (#466)
Live in Cook County Jail by B. B. King (#499)

for me, the "best" live albums don't merely replay studio tracks, but present new or dramatically re-worked material. this my own list would include live at fillmore east, quicksilver's happy trails and even stuff like joe jackson's big world and jackson browne's running on empty, all of which, i believe, are comprised of previously unreleased songs.

The Name of this Band is Talking Heads

Bob Marley Live - Unquestionably one of the greatest 'live' records ever made. If you enjoy this, I'd strongly recommend Marley's 'Live At The Roxy'. Recorded in '76 (1 year after the 1st live record) and released in 2003. Curiously, this record has better sonics so from an audio POV this is the one, but the 1st one has a 'fever', it sweats, and the audience seems to be in a state of rapture! It's interesting to compare the records from this angle, pretty much the same music (although the Roxy disc is a double!) but one has pristene sonics, the other captures a moment, so which is the one to pick up? For me the answer's easy, I own 'em both! Along with a 1/2 dozen other Marley records!

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Neal