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ROCK AND ROLL! => All Them Other Guys => Topic started by: Charger on August 18, 2020, 08:59:12 AM
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So...looks like we've never really talked about live albums here yet....I find that rather shocking.
I'm a huge live album fan myself. I know all of you aren't but still I think you could all come up with 10 live albums you like or atleast have listened to! :ninja:
I think we could do it the same way we did the Motörhead lists posting one album a day...
What do you guys think? Is there enough for a topic here or not?
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I’m off to the scratcher so will do my list tomorrow ;)
G’night
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I gotta make a list so I know to post in reverse order... brb, makin' a list. And +1 to Charger for starting this off. :D
I'm going to have to have two lists, one overall, one for Deep Purple. :twitch:
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I don't know if I have 10! I'll have to take a look and maybe organise a top 7 or something!
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Here's my number 10 from my non-DP list:
FOGHAT LIVE (1977)
1. Fool for the City
2. Home in My Hand
3. I Just Want to Make Love to You
4. Road Fever
5. Honey Hush
6. Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow Ride :headbanger: :yes: :beerbang:
If I had to explain 1970s rock and all I had was this album to work with, I'd be good to go. Foghat's a great example of a band that sounded equally comfortable in the studio as on stage, as they were basically taking that stage act into the studio to record an album. This was something that bands like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath blazed the trail on, with Led Zeppelin relying more on studio magic than the others, leaving them high and dry when they couldn't multi-track 16 guitars on the stage.
No high and dry for Foghat: they are down and they are dirty. Even if the only track on the album was "Slow Ride", I'd still rank this in my top ten. I'm seriously thinking I'd like this song played at my funeral, such a sweet jam it is.
But, yeah, gimme summa dat Foghat!
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Number 10 from my DP list:
NOBODY'S PERFECT
Choosing between this and the other Mk2 Reunion album, I choose this. At least Blackmore is only trying to fire Ian Gillan, not kill him and the rest of the band in the process. Come Hell or High Water is a recording of a very ugly, very tumultuous period in the band's history, and that dark vibe comes across strongly.
My story for putting this in at 10 is essentially ruling out the other live albums - I had really stopped getting DP live after Total Abandon, so none of those. I don't think Bombay Calling is the Morse era at its best, and the Mk4 American tour recordings on the Foxbat tapes are also not all 100% good stuff. If I could include bootlegs, without hesitation I'd knock this one out and put in Hofstra University 1973 in at 10. Made in Europe is also out of the running, as those gigs would wind up in a much better version on a later release of Mk3 live material.
Having ruled out all but 9 other official DP live releases, that leaves this one at 10. For me, listening to this really would be a matter of doing so to avoid listening to other sets. Like I said, I can get enthusiastic about the other 9 as well as Hofstra '73. This one, I'm not enthusiastic about, but it's better than the others. If I had a top 20 of all live albums list, this would not be on that list, even though I'd have 8 other DP sets on that there top 20 list.
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This is a lot harder than I thought. I’ve made a list of about 25 and somehow have to whittle it down to 10.
Did we do a live albums list over at BSO at some stage?
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Yeah not an easy task...
I can't remember if we did something like this at bso....maybe...
And KDC if you don't have 10 then do your top 5 or top 7 or what ever feels right. :)
And zzz's pulling a fast one...hmmm...I'm inclined to throw in a red card for that but honestly I want to see his list so I won't! :excited:
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It really isn't an easy job to just select 10 though....From Sabbath and Purple you could easily fill a top 10 list.
I was first thinking of limiting myself to a single album from those two bands but that turned out to be totally impossible...ofcourse with Sabbath you could cheat and do one under the Sabbath name and one under H&H but...come on...who are we fooling here... :D
Anyways here goes!
#10.
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Lol, I'mma get away with forum crimes! MUHUHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHA
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Non-DP #9...
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE (1976)
Rush at their prime, doing a massively entertaining set. And while the rockers pull out all the stops, it's the quieter, more lyrical tracks "Lakeside Park" and "In the End" that captured my imagination in my younger days. And I think those tracks, along with "Something for Nothing" have aged with me the best. But start to finish, I always enjoy this Toronto show from '76.
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Number 9 from my DP list:
DEEP PURPLE IN CONCERT (1970/1972)
This was a 2-LP set from Portrait records, released back when we were all wondering if DP would ever have a reunion. The first LP covers highlights of their 1970 show, with Mk1 material still in the lineup. The second features a more confident Purple, along with live versions of "Never Before" and their killer closer, "Lucille".
Sadly, the set suffers from some poor overall production and that makes the performances less than electrifying. Nevertheless, I enjoy it for both the history and for the rarities on it.
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I can’t even decide on #25 :drama:
What hope have I got :wall:
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I know this ain't an easy task...
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I got it down to 10 albums and then realised I had fogotten one of my favourites! Sp after a quick re-jig droping Dio's Holy Diver Live:
#10
Kate Bush - Before The Dawn
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A few years back (2014) the reclusive Kate Bush did her fitst live shows in 35 years... a 22 date residency at the Hammersmith Apollo. The album is a 3CD set (150+ minutes), with the 2nd disc being an extended version of The Ninth Wave (side 2 from the Hounds of Love album). The set ignores the early material (no Wuthering Heights, no Hammer Horror, no Babooshka etc.) concentrating on the later material, which is fine by me.
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#9
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There's very few live albums that I enjoy more than the studio versions of any given song that might be on the live album. So I'll compromise, if that's allowed, and throw out a few that I think are fantastic. First up:
Lou Reed: Rock n' Roll Animal
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There aren't enough superlatives to do this live set justice. If you haven't listened to it, do so at least once before you die.
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#9 Ozzy - Speak/Talk of the Devil
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I don't know if it is that good but I always enjoyed it back in the day when it was released, it had a pretty good set list. but I haven't played it for a while.
BTW. I'm restrictting myself to 1 album per band, but I'm including DVDs if it had a CD release.
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#8 - Yes - Keys to Ascension
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Mainly a live album, it did have 2 new studio tracks at the end of CD 2 (neither of which I particularly remember!), but the set list is great. Typical prog tropes, just 9 songs over the 2 CDs, 6 of which are over 10 minutes (3 are around 20 minutes). But I don't mind there's some classic Yes songs here.
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I feel like I need two lists. Pre 2000 and post 2000. Is that ok Charger?
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Sure. I just want to see your lists so bend the rules a bit if you need to! I'm not such a stickler... :)
I'm gonna be having some bonus albums that nearly made the list anyways too!
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Cool that helps :)
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Before I begin I’m gonna do my shoutouts and runners up...
Rainbow - Onstage
Scorpions - World Wide Live
Judas Priest - Priest Live
AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You’ve Got it
Black Sabbath - Live Evil
Accept - Staying a Life
Slayer - Decade of Aggression
Pantera - Offical Live: 101 Proof
Another Lesson In Violence- Exodus
The Who - Live at Leeds
Kiss - Alive II
Dokken - Beast From The East
W.A.S. P. - Live In The Raw
W.A.S.P. - Double Live Assassins
Whitesnake - ...live in the Heart of the City
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^^^
One of those is in my top 10 and 2 will get a special mention.
#8
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AC/DC: Live at the Atlantic Studios.
A solid piece of live material with a raw edge to it that I really enjoy. Too bad it was hung up for years before being generally released, which also may explain why I like it so much. At the time, a friend of mine had a sister that worked for a local radio station, and she gave it to me. While everyone else was spinning If You Want Blood... (another good live set), I'd whip out my Atlantic Studios disk. For a brief time it garnered me a small cache of "coolness" lol.
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Nod to Vyn: you gotta listen to that Lou Reed live album. You just *do*.
NUMBER 8 NON-DP...
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Dio may not be at his prime, but this set with him sticking 100% to Dio-era material allows him to be at his best with Tony, Geezer, and Mr. Appice. Dio doing Dio is Dio doing his best work. I also think this is Black Sabbath's best live set, with zero faffing around - everyone means business on this set.
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My number 8 DP release:
Scandinavian Nights
This is DP in 1970, just starting out with officially having Ian Gillan up front. The set is raw, energetic, and more than a few tracks are lightning in a bottle. It's a full 2 albums, showing what the band had to do before they wrote "Smoke on the Water". Excellent both for historical as well as listening purposes.
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#7. Black Country Communion - Live Over Europe
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I've got the BluRay, but there was also a 2CD version. They rarely did live shows but when they did they were as great as their reputations demanded. A good selection of songs from their early albums plus DP's Burn and Joe Bonamassa's The Ballad of John Henry.
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For my non-DP #7...
This one's one of my Desert Island Discs, so no surprise to see it in my top ten list. This set has such a wonderful, dreamy, hazy, wintery feel to it. Yes, it's hard rock, but it's hard rock you can really get down and chill out to.
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My number 7 Deep Purple...
An excellent set of their '74 Kilburn Gaumont State show. Fun fact: Elf opened for them... hmmm... :think:
Blackmore's focus is tight on this set, as he's not yet practicing secretly with a different band. :) Seriously, though, I enjoy this first-year Mk3 set along with their California Jam performance. This is the one I bought on album, though, so it's the one I'll put on my chart.
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About time I kicked off my top 10. Have decided to do up until the year 2000 to make it somewhat easier on myself. Will do 2000 onwards top 10 list when I’m done with this one.
#10
No Sleep ‘til Hammersmith(1981)
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Iconic live document in rock & metal and career defining album in the Motörhead catalogue. Not the greatest of recordings sound wise but top notch performances from the classic trio of Lemmy, “Fast” Eddie and “Philthy Animal” Taylor at the peak of their powers.
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Okay! My #6... Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
I don't think we another cover photo! :D
It was the first live album to really impress me. I prefer the versions of Capricorn and (We Are) The Road Crew on here to the studio versions. It could have been longer (a single disc), but not to worry, it's quality rather than quantity.
It was their only UK No.1 album!
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Gonna play a bit of catch-up
#9
Speak Of The Devil(1982)
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Huge sentimental attachment to this album with it being my introduction to both Ozzy and Sabbath which is a big reason I have it in my top 10. Yeah there’s obvious flaws with it in terms of touch up’s, Ozzy’s double tracked vocals and some songs actually being recorded at a full rehearsal on one of the days of the gigs but it still manages to capture the spirit and energy and Ozzy in all his manic craziness! Brad Gillis with his different playing style was quite an odd choice as well to take on Iommi but I’ve always admired & respected his different renditions of the songs, especially coming in on such short notice.
Would’ve really loved to have heard Randy’s take on these Sabbath classics but sadly it wasn’t to be.
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Well Randy had already stated he wouldn't have done it anyways...so even if he had lived it wouldn't have happened...
So at number 7 we have
JUDAS PRIEST - '98 LIVE MELTDOWN
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^^I think you’ll find Randy reluctantly agreed to do the live album and one more studio album before bailing to focus on classical studies and teaching.
Also, are you able to do your lists without bagging out other albums or musicians? :P
You don’t need to justify your picks by bagging on others ;)
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I didn't realise I was doing that...I was just justifying why a certain album deserves to be on the list instead of others from the same band...but okay...I'll stop and just post pictures from now on.
I forgot that I wasn't allowed to do any reviewing...but yeah I remember now. I'll stop. Just pictures from now on.
Edit:
I also edited out the previous ones. My appologies...I tend to forget my boundaries sometimes and try to do things I am not capable of.
But yeah note to myself:
NEVER EVER WRITE A REVIEW OF ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!!!
That ought to do it. And if I still do ever write a review here it should be an instant ban.
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My #6 non-DP is John McLaughlin's Shakti
Incredible, fiery acoustic performance. Blows me away every time I put it on.
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My #6 DP choice is...
Total Abandon, from their 1999 Australia tour. My favorite tracks from this performance were "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming", the big Morse solo, and the radio station changing that went into "Smoke on the Water". From CD2, it's gotta be "Speed King." I was disappointed that there was so little from Abandon on the set, but the rest of the tunes all shone well.
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I didn't realise I was doing that...I was just justifying why a certain album deserves to be on the list instead of others from the same band...but okay...I'll stop and just post pictures from now on.
I forgot that I wasn't allowed to do any reviewing...but yeah I remember now. I'll stop. Just pictures from now on.
Edit:
I also edited out the previous ones. My appologies...I tend to forget my boundaries sometimes and try to do things I am not capable of.
But yeah note to myself:
NEVER EVER WRITE A REVIEW OF ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!!!
That ought to do it. And if I still do ever write a review here it should be an instant ban.
Oh gawd, as soon as I saw Jacks comment (and I don't really understand what bagging is), I knew Charger would over react again.
Charger, you're reviews are great, and people like reading them. You ARE allowed to review stuff, just don't take things so personally if someone queries/critiques something!
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I didn't realise I was doing that...I was just justifying why a certain album deserves to be on the list instead of others from the same band...but okay...I'll stop and just post pictures from now on.
I forgot that I wasn't allowed to do any reviewing...but yeah I remember now. I'll stop. Just pictures from now on.
Edit:
I also edited out the previous ones. My appologies...I tend to forget my boundaries sometimes and try to do things I am not capable of.
But yeah note to myself:
NEVER EVER WRITE A REVIEW OF ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!!!
That ought to do it. And if I still do ever write a review here it should be an instant ban.
Oh gawd, as soon as I saw Jacks comment (and I don't really understand what bagging is), I knew Charger would over react again.
Charger, you're reviews are great, and people like reading them. You ARE allowed to review stuff, just don't take things so personally if someone queries/critiques something!
KDC is right, of course. :)
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It seems that every time I try to review something it just gets blasted...so I for the better of the forum I shall not do that anymore. I'll finish this since I already started but like I said only with pictures and rankings. No more. My reviews are horrid anyways I know.
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#5. New Model Army - Raw Melody Men
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Their first live album from 1991 is a great finale to the first phase of their career, covering songs from the first five studio albums. A really good selection too, perhaps one or two songs missing I would like to have seen but it's still a full CDs worth of material, so I can't complain.
I also have the 2008 live album "Fuck Texas, Sing For Us" but the song choices aren't quite as strong, but they had a load more albums to choose from so it maybe got watered down a little.
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My number 5 non-DP is...
Bugs Henderson - Live at Last
I've raved about this on the Desert Island thread, so I'll let that stand here. But if you like blues-rock, check out Bugs and his crew, for sure!
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Number 5 on my DP list...
This Time Around - Live in Tokyo
Of the official Mk4 concert releases, this one's the best, and you get a great treat with Bolin's "Wild Horses" in the setlist. This version has Bolin's guitar part restored, which was out-and-out missing from the earlier release of these tracks, which led to rumors that Bolin couldn't play due to a heroin fix gone wrong. Well, this sets the record straight - Bolin was awesome in Japan, for sure.
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The Top 4 are pretty much interchangeable depending on my mood, but at...
#4 Hawkwind - Live Chronicles
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Hawkwind did an album in 1985 called Chronicles of the Black Sword, a collaboration with Michael Moorcock to bring his Elric character to life. It's an album I like a lot. This spawned the Live Chronicles tour which brought us this album... which I like even more than the studio album. It incorporates songs off other albums if they seemed to fit the story, as well as one song which only ever appears on this tour Moonglum (Friend Without A Cause), which is one of my favourites and a song I would have loved to hear a studio version of. I saw a version of the show at Conspiracy the 1987 World SF Convention in Brighton... it knocked my socks off!!
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The Top 4 are pretty much interchangeable depending on my mood, but at...
#4 Hawkwind - Live Chronicles
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Hawkwind did an album in 1985 called Chronicles of the Black Sword, a collaboration with Michael Moorcock to bring his Elric character to life. It's an album I like a lot. This spawned the Live Chronicles tour which brought us this album... which I like even more than the studio album. It incorporates songs off other albums if they seemed to fit the story, as well as one song which only ever appears on this tour Moonglum (Friend Without A Cause), which is one of my favourites and a song I would have loved to hear a studio version of. I saw a version of the show at Conspiracy the 1987 World SF Convention in Brighton... it knocked my socks off!!
This one's a real amaze-o-tron of an album!
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Time for my number 4 choices...
For Non-DP, it will be...
I know it was also one of Billy's faves. If you haven't heard it, you NEED to. I bought it for "Easy Livin'", but I keep coming back for "Circle of Hands". That church organ sound in the concert hall is so emotionally wonderful.
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My #4 DP set is...
Mk III: The Final Concerts
Yes, there are parts where the band is all "WTF???" as Blackmore test-drives some licks he was working on secretly with Elf (minus *their* guitarist), but the live versions of Stormbringer material are what keep me coming back. The title track of that album just KILLS live, and "Lady Double Dealer" is another monster tune on the stage.
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It looks like it's just you and me now Zs!
#3: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
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I don't know when I found out about this album, yes, my sister owned it, but I never listened to her stuff! And to be honest it's really not the sort of music (Southern Rock/Boogie/Country) I would give the time of day to... but I really, really love the album. I don't have anything else by Seger surely it couldn't get any better then this?
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Live Bullet is one I would have picked. Excellent recording.
I was listening to Waiting for Columbus from Little Feat the other day, but it is an 'almost" for me. I think it is very well done, but it just doesn't quite make it so nope.
So for this installment of my no-list "list", I have for your consideration Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! by the Rolling Stones. Very well put together and the whole band exudes attitude.
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This next one I'll mention is a good set of live tunes, but it doesn't make my actual no-list because I can't listen to it unless I'm drunk, which hasn't happened in a long time New York Town: Recorded Live at the Lone Star Cafe by Johnny Paycheck.
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#2. Black Sabbath - Live At Hammersmith Odeon
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Not an easy choice for my favourite Black Sabbath live album, this could easily have been Live Evil, Past Lives or Cross Purposes Live. I went with this one though. A good mix of old and new songs and great performances.
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Seems like I've fell bit behind here...been too busy with the car thing and other shit...
So I'll put on a few here now:
#6:
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#5:
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#4:
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As mentioned earlier my top 4 are pretty much interchangeable. But ...
#1. Rush - Exit... Stage Left
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This album marks the end of phase 1 of Rush - where they went from Prog Rock with extended side-spanning songs to short form synth oriented output. This album has a great choice of songs which are well performed and the sound is great.
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My Number Three Non-DP:
Mott the Hoople Live
I love this album, and Mott's so much better live than in the studio. The best part is the medley at the end, followed by "Walking with a Mountain." Some of the best bass and drums in the biz in Overend and Buffin, and Ian Hunter's songwriting is always a treat. The remastered 2CD version is the one to get, too.
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My Number Three DP:
Machine Head Live (Copenhagen 1972)
The album had just dropped and the band was on tour with a new setlist. Danish TV recorded this concert and it's great to see all the stuff going on in and around the songs, from equipment changes to shouting at yobbos throwing things at the stage. Great energy and you don't even care it's in black and white once the machine gets rolling.
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My #2 Non-DP:
I love this live set from Motorhead. Yes, it's only the early stuff, but it's also some of the absolute best stuff.
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My #2 DP Live LP...
Live at the Olympia
And why this one for #2, because I think you all know what I'll choose for my #1... well, it's the horn section, to be honest. I love the addition of the horns on some of the standards and the fun that they lend to those tracks. This is a very, very playful and loose set, full of smiles and good rocking fun. With horns on a few tracks, so yeah. I love it, I does.
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I have to say it’s very difficult to place these in any particular order. It’s really just eeny, meeny, miny, moe at this point.
#8
Tokyo Tapes(1978)
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Brilliant live album capturing the quintessential Scorpions lineup over 2 nights at the the Nakano Sun Plaza Japan in 1978. This album just ticks all the boxes, great lineup, great recording, great songs and great performances which was to be Uli Jon Roth’s final performances with the band before departing. Total classic!
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My number one DP live set...
Made in Japan.
Like there was any doubt about my call on that one.
To any lurkers or children of the future, go look that up and be sure you listen to it before you die.
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My number one non-DP live set is one I truly love like a brother:
Rory Gallagher Irish Tour '74
Favorite track off of it is "Walk on Hot Coals", a true epic that gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.