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Post by the finger genius » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:50 am

uncle bastard wrote:Rocket From The Crypt- RIP. The DVD covers the whole gig and captures the frantic sweaty energy perfectly. A blisteringly good live band.
Yes! An awesome record, if not the greatest sounding record. (The sound is not bad, but it's not the greatest.)
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Post by minorkeylee » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:03 pm

Les Claypool and the Frog Brigade doing Pink Floyd's 'Animals' in its entirety. Wow.
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Post by ashcat_lt » Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:25 pm

I didn't go back through all 7 pages.

Did anybody mention "If you want blood..."? I think it sounds more like AC/DC should than any of their studio stuff.

The Ministry album "In case you didn't feel like showing up" is a pretty darn powerful live album as well.
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Post by Sean Sullivan » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:19 pm

Built to Spill - Live is the only live record I own, so I vote it best sounding as well :lol:
Still waiting for a Luna reunion
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Post by evilaudio » Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:01 am

Sentenced - Buried Alive
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Post by KWEBB » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:28 pm

+7 Waiting for Columbus.
because it is seven different performances.
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Post by KWEBB » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:28 pm

+7 Waiting for Columbus.
because it is seven different performances.
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Post by cjogo » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:49 pm

;ivlunsdystf wrote:This is a less hip thing to mention, maybe, but Grateful Dead Europe '72 is amazing sounding. The whole mix is just limpid but very natural sounding.

(Although: They overdubbed most or possibly even all of the vocals in the studio after they got home from the tour, but apparently made no effort to fool the listening public into thinking it was all captured live - I saw an old interview once where Jerry or Phil or somebody said, basically 'why the hell wouldn't we fix it after the fact to make it sound better?')
Really great energy and I think they had 24 2in on that tour..........but, did a lot of vocals in studio -- the videos are out there in the RAW form
whatever happened to ~ just push record......
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Post by Johnny Nowhere » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:42 pm

"Frampton Comes Alive" was pretty damned good. The ambient mics put you dead center of the stage. I listened to it through headphones a couple of months ago. The depth was nuts, and we're talking '76.. when most live stuff pretty much sucked. I don't even like the album that much, but the recording was good art. Whoever engineered that one deserves honourable mention.
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Post by Wlouch » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:51 pm

Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live

Still THE best sounding live recording I have ever heard.
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