Best live performance albums

[Joel27]

The energy in these three albums.

My 3 go-to live albums:

Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged

Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged Full Show

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Nirvana MTV Unplugged

DMB LIve at Central Park

 

[treitz3]

This is my go to Live Concert... Ray Brown Trio - Summer Wind: Live at the LOA

I am enjoying the heck out of this album, as I type. Thank you sir.

Tom

 

[Kingrex]

Sinatra at the Sands. Or something like that.

 

[jbrrp1]

Here are couple of favorites not yet mentioned. I'm a lifelong Neil Young fan, and two concert recordings issued later in his releases that are absolutely superb are:

"Live at Massey Hall 1971"
"Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live (Live from the Roxy)"

The former catches Neil as he's brewing "Harvest" in his mind and repertoire, along with several others. It's wonderfully well recorded, and Neil just knows how to hold an audience and put on a concert all on his acoustic lonesome.

The latter is a performance of my top favorite Neil album played for the opening of the new club The Roxy in LA, recorded live two weeks after the band finished the album. You are in that bar, and the band is feeling the music. I do delete the Neil patter between songs, as he really sucked at it then, IMO...

 

[NZS]

The original LP by MC5- Kick out the Jams, recorded live in 1968.

 

[Blue58]

Two of my live ‘live’ albums

Lucinda Williams - Live @ The Filmore

Jimmy Scott - Live in Tokyo

And here’s Jimmy shortly before he passed away.

 

[Site7000]

Rolling Stones "Brussels Affair" 1973
Grateful Dead "Skull & Roses" 1971
The Band "The Last Waltz" 1976

High amperage from three great bands, especially Brussels Affair, which will blow your head off.

 

[MattK]

My ABSOLUTE favorite of all time is Fink - Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet #1, they are releasing another one by the same name except version two with all new songs on pre-order on vinyl now.

 

[sandervdp]

have found some new gems, thanks.
adding a few to the mix:

bob schneider - live at the paramount
damien rice - live at union chapel
elbow - live at the ritz
est - live in hamburg
freya ridings - live at st pancras
greg brown - the live one
ibrahim maalouf - live 2006 - 2016
jeff buckley - live at sin-e
sara bareilles - brave enough
tom odell - live at union chapel

 

[MylesBAstor]

Some off the top of my head:

Monty Alexander: Love Her Madly, 2XHD, 15 ips tape, 45 rpm vinyl

Dave Bailey Sextet: One Foot in the Gutter, Epic/Classic Records

Patricia Barber: Companion, Premonition/Impex 45 rpm, Premonition/Int. Phonograph Inc, 15 ips tape (also SACD)

Charlie Byrd at the Village Gate, Fantasy/AP 45 rpm

Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall Vol. 1 and 2, RCA, AP 45 rpm (also Audionautes 15 ips tape but haven’t heard)

Eric Clapton: MTV Unplugged, LP

Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Prestige/AP reissue

Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby, The Tape Project 15 ips tape and 45 rpm AP/Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Riverside, AP 45 rpm

Bill Evans: Live at Montreux, Verve/Classic or AP 45 rpm reissue

Bill Evans: Live at Shellys Manne-Hole, Riverside/AP 45 rpm

Deep Purple Live at the BBC, Audio Fidelity, LP

Dimeola, McLaughlin and de Lucia: Friday and Saturday Night in SF, Impe and ORG LP; Horch House 15 ips tape (the tape of Sat Night is all analog and by far the preferred medium)

Clifford Jordan: Live at Ethels, Mapleshade/Int. Phonograph 15 ips tape, direct copy

Wynton Kelly: Smokin’ at the Half Note, Verve/AP reissue, 45 rpm LP

Hugh Masakela: Hope, AP 45 rpm LP or 15 ips tape

Jazz at the Pawnshop, Proprius/2XHD LP, Audionautes 15 ips tape tape

Diana Krall: Live in Paris, ORG

Shelly Manne and His Men at the Blackhawk, Vol1, Contemporary, original or AP reissue LP

Nirvana: MTV Unplugged, LP

Joe Pass: Live at Montreux, 1975, Pablo, original LP

John Pizzarelli Live at Birdland, Telarc SACD/CD

Lou Reed, Rock and Roll Animal, original RCA

Super Bass, Telarc CD

Mel Torme and Friends Live at Marty’s, Original LP, Finesse Records

Jethro Tull Live at Montreaux, 2003, Audio Fidelity, LP

Suzanne Vega: New York Songs and Stories, Horch House, 15 ips tape

Weavers Reunion at Carnegie Hall, Vanguard, take your pick, they’re all great, Classic/AP 45 rpm or original

Ben Webster at the Rennaissance, Contemporary/AP 45 rpm

 

[MylesBAstor]

My ABSOLUTE favorite of all time is Fink - Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet #1, they are releasing another one by the same name except version two with all new songs on pre-order on vinyl now.

Fink is amazing in person and Heidi and I were lucky enough to see him perform in NYC in February. Yes, he did that song live.

We also got to meet him after the concert too and have him sign his Low Swing Sessions LP and tape. He actually had never seen the tape of Low Swing Sessions. After pausing for a moment, Fink looked at me and asked are you one of those crazies with a 2 million dollar audio system. I responded no but it’s very good. At that point Heidi looked at him and said, “you should come over and hear your tape at our place. It sounds amazing! “ LOL!


Guy, in fact, just finished a new, all analog, Fink recording last week for his label Low Swing Records! Will hopefully be out later this year. Can’t wait!

 

[hopkins]

 

[hopkins]