madshadows Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Mine's Mott The Hoople - Live, in particular the 30th Anniversary Edition 2 CD set (2004) John 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvJazz83 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Hmmm. I don't think I have listened to a full album since the dawn of Spotify, to be honest. I just tend to find a suitable playlist and start random shuffle.. With that in mind, I will have to wind back to the 80's and early 90's to find the live album I listened to the most. And, I believe the answer is "dIRE sTRAITS, aLCHEMY". I still enjoy this music when I hear it, and the playfullness of a live performance gives it a little extra, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, SH73 said: +1, still have the tapes, the second copy. Also used to listen to it on LP and still listen to the CD. The double LP gatefold sleeve of Maiden's Live After Death with all the live pictures, technical spec and gear info kept me enthralled. The VHS and DVD versions of the gig are fantastic too. Edited February 24, 2021 by bassbiscuits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 minute ago, bassbiscuits said: The double LP gatefold sleeve of Maiden's Live After Death with all the live pictures, technical spec and gear info kept me enthralled. The VHS and DVD versions of the gig are fantastic too. I used that booklet to write an essay about the band for school project when I was 13 or 14. I got an A It was also the start of me lusting after a Blue Sparkle Precision... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 minute ago, bartelby said: I used that booklet to write an essay about the band for school project when I was 13 or 14. I got an A It was also the start of me lusting after a Blue Sparkle Precision... Absolutely - same here re the blue P. He's the reason I wanted to play a P bass, though I've still never had a blue one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) KISS - Alive! & Alive II.... by far! then.... Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous Iron Maiden - Live After Death Styx - Return To Paradise Journey - Captured Rush - Exit Stage Left Doobie Brothers - Rockin' Down The Highway Chicago - Live In japan Edited February 24, 2021 by cetera 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Ever, it's probably either Live after Death or Live and Dangerous. Over the past couple of years it's been Arriving Somewhere by Porcupine Tree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andermtc Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 My very wide range of listening tastes: The Jam - Dig the new breed Bauhaus - Press the eject and give me the tape Dire Straits - Alchemy Live Pink Floyd - Pulse Caro Emerald - Live in Birmingham (when attending you could buy the programme with a download code for the gig) Runrig - Transmitting Live (but probably been overtaken by the Last Dance recently) Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle Green Day - Bullet In A Bible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 23 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said: Absolutely - same here re the blue P. He's the reason I wanted to play a P bass, though I've still never had a blue one. SH is the reason I wanted to play bass too. I got a Blue Sparkle P in 2010 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 My most listened to live albums by a long way are: "Pictures At An Exhibition" by ELP and "In Flight" by Alvin Lee Both bought in the days when I didn't have a lot of money to spend on records so factors such as being cheap or a double album in a gatefold sleeve played a big part in my choice of what to buy that month, and because when I first got them I didn't have very many albums they got played A LOT. Since everything got put on my computer, according to my iTunes stats my most listened to live album is "Show And Tell" by The Birthday Massacre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJTee Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Slayer - Decade of Aggression. Utterly fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBike Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 17 hours ago, Heathy said: Frank Zappa - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life I saw him at the NEC on that tour. Didn't realise at the time how significant it would be, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhammer666 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 the wildhearts - 30 year itch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBike Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I know we're only supposed to choose 1 but that's too difficult. My the first ones that jump to mind are Cream - Live Vol II Peter Gabriel - Plays Live Stranglers - X Cert Deep Purple - Made In Japan King Crimson - USA Led Zeppelin - Song Remains The Same Jethro Tull - Bursting Out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 14 hours ago, wateroftyne said: Check the RAH show on the new Stage Fright deluxe edition... Will do, thanks Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Steve Browning said: A few already mentioned; Strangers In The Night - UFO Rockin The Fillmore - Humble Pie If You Want Blood - AC/DC Stupidity - Dr Feelgood Live - Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live In Europe - Rory Gallagher Live In The Air Age - Be Bop Deluxe Strangers in the Night is such a great album, so many people who (allegedly) do not like 70s/80s rock still love it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 18 hours ago, Lozz196 said: All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks, in 1986 I think I must have played that tape - yes tape - every day, or at least near it. I now have it on CD and it just takes me back to the happiest time of my life listening to it. I've got Two Steps from the Move, which has the 8 extra live tracks. Still awesome 😎. The live version of Mental Beat, is still one of my favourite songs. Otherwise: It Bites - Thank You and Goodnight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, Beedster said: Strangers in the Night is such a great album, so many people who (allegedly) do not like 70s/80s rock still love it The thing I particularly like about it is how you can hear the 'arrangement' of the songs. The live versions are very well orchestrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I like a live album in the car, especially in the car so mine would be; Love You Live - Rolling Stones (preferred it the others, even Ya-Yas personally) All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks (I spent most of my youth watching the VHS of it but now have it on LP). Live at the Lyceum - Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape - Bauhaus Concert - The Cure One of the bands I play for put out a live album last year. I must admit I have only played it once since the mixing stage. Pleased to have done it though. Another one off of the bucket list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 When I were a lad, I could never get to see enough live bands so live albums were pure heaven for me, so:- Slade - Slade Alive Yes - Yessongs Curved Air Live Genesis - Seconds Out Jethro Tull - Bursting Out These 5 pretty much defined my youth, and I still listen to all of then regularly today, I love the energy they put out over relevant studio albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Moving on from my all time fave, All Those Wasted Years by Hanoi Rocks, others I like are: Filthy Lucre - Sex Pistols (in 1996 reform tour at Finsbury Park) Dig The New Breed - The Jam Live at River Plate - AC/DC Live in Yugoslavia - Anti Nowhere League Lets Boogie - Volbeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 There's really only one live album that I listen to regularly Beatsteaks - Kanon Auf Spatzen The band at their absolute best Beyond that, the most listed to live stuff would be an assortment of live B-sides: Mordred - Esse Quan Videri has two live tracks on the B-side, including a killer version of Everyday's A Holiday Cult - Wildflower has my favourite of their songs on the B-side, a live version of Horse Nation (Horse Nation not being my favourite Cult song, but the live version is my favourite track, if that makes sense) That said, I have recently bought the deluxe reissue of Strangers In The Night, with the full recordings of the six gigs that the album was taken from, so technically the live stuff I have mostly been listening to of late is UFO Honourable mentions for (and judged purely on the albums I've listened to most often over the last decade): Motorhead - the two live albums with Brian Robertson - the King Biscuit Flower Hour and the bonus disc for the deluxe reissue of Another Perfect Day New Model Army - BBC Radio One & the live half of Between Wine & Blood Budgie - Live At Reading, either on We Came, We Saw, or spread across assorted BBC and radio session albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) In No Particular Order Poppickers! Edited February 24, 2021 by MB1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Oopsdabassist said: When I were a lad, I could never get to see enough live bands so live albums were pure heaven for me, so:- Slade - Slade Alive Yes - Yessongs Curved Air Live Genesis - Seconds Out Jethro Tull - Bursting Out These 5 pretty much defined my youth, and I still listen to all of then regularly today, I love the energy they put out over relevant studio albums. Slade Alive! was like a ‘Beatles moment’ for want of a better phrase. Everything changed after hearing that, and seeing Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music, T Rex et al all loud and proud on TOTP in the same year - a game changing time... Edited February 24, 2021 by Old Man Riva 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 21 hours ago, SH73 said: +1, still have the tapes, the second copy. Also used to listen to it on LP and still listen to the CD. Hell yes! Back in the day, Live After Death became the standard by which all other live albums were measured among the local rock aficionados of West Cornwall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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