best sounding live records

sean velcich · Post by **sean velcich** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:24 pm

man i just played little feet's waiting for columbus
what a great sounding piece of vinyl
anyone else have some faves

Mklein · Post by **Mklein** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:07 pm

Spiritualized live record is a real winner. Quality musicianship, over the top orchestration, and the show was on my birthday!

curtiswyant · Post by **curtiswyant** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:08 pm

My favs:
Dylan bootleg series live with The Band 1966
Beatles rooftop
Byrds live at the Fillmore 1969 (w/Clarence White)

A National Acrobat · Post by **A National Acrobat** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:20 pm

Live At Leeds (especially now that it's presented in it's entirety)

There's probably some more mellow stuff out there worth mentioning but as far as sheer power, that one captures everything. Doesn't sound 'slick' either, to me anyway.

emrr · Post by **emrr** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:38 pm

Unshaven: Shaver Live at Smith's Olde Bar

good god y'all

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:58 pm

Last 10 years... Jeff Buckley "Mystery White Boy"
Last 20 years... Chet Baker "The Last Great Concert" from 1986 or something... last thing Chet recorded

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:00 pm

A National Acrobat wrote:Live At Leeds (especially now that it's presented in it's entirety)

There's probably some more mellow stuff out there worth mentioning but as far as sheer power, that one captures everything. Doesn't sound 'slick' either, to me anyway.

i think alot of that is the performance they gave that night.

alot of my favourite live recordings are board tape bootlegs, TBH.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:26 am

I've always loved Queen Live Killers and Cheap Trick at Boudokan. Boudokahn doesn't sound fantastic, but it's still a great record!

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:20 pm

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?')

auralman · Post by **auralman** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:22 pm

i think the Wilco live record, Kicking Television, is pretty damn good.

KFledman · Post by **KFledman** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:39 pm

I think Joe Jackson's Big World sounds pretty darn good.....

MichaelAlan · Post by **MichaelAlan** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:06 pm

JAckson Browne's solo records. Well...the frst one. I didn't get the second cause there were only like 2 songs I like on there...

Oh...and I have a live recording of Scarlet Begonias from the Dead. I wonder if it's from that same live record... Ima go listen now.

Mike

edit: No dice. That recording is from Cornell in 77... Not Europe.

antilog · Post by **antilog** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:37 pm

A National Acrobat wrote:Live At Leeds (especially now that it's presented in it's entirety)

There's probably some more mellow stuff out there worth mentioning but as far as sheer power, that one captures everything. Doesn't sound 'slick' either, to me anyway.

Amazing performance, and great recording. Raw power indeed. I am curious why the quality Tommy part of the reissue doesn't sound as good as the other tracks...

farview · Post by **farview** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:07 pm

I'm suprised that on one has mentioned Frampton Comes Alive.

Was the question 'the best sounding' or 'my favorite'?

antilog · Post by **antilog** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:12 pm

farview wrote:I'm suprised that on one has mentioned Frampton Comes Alive.

Was the question 'the best sounding' or 'my favorite'?

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