My Favorite Live Albums of All Time

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:52 pm

Right off the bat, let me tell you that I'm really not too interested in hearing what you think the best live albums of all times are. This is about me. I am a trained music professional. You are not. Professional, bitch. I get PAID to decide what's good and what isn't. Do you? That's what I thought. I make and break bitches every mother fucking day. Are you feeling me? Alright, then let's do this...

Oh, and everyone of these discs sound so much even fucking incredibly better when you're high or whatever. I mean, that's what I heard.

1. Little Feat "Waiting for Columbus"

Talking about the two CD set. The single CD version is suXX0rz. "Join the Band", "Fat Man in the Bathtub", "Willin'", "Don't Bogart that Joint", "Apolitical Blues", "Feats Don't Fail Me Now". Big horns from the Tower of Power. Lowell George belting it out. I don't think it really gets any better than this. I don't give a shit what kind of music you think you're into, you'll dig "Waiting For Columbus". It breaks down mother fucking WALLS.

2. Alien Sex Fiend "Too Much Acid"

Ok, this one might not be everyone's cup of tea. I can totally understand and dig that. But if your cup of tea has ever included anything punk, industrial, gothic, or just really fucking angry you'll probably find something about this disc that you dig. I once dropped five hits of acid and spent about seven hours listening to this disc over and over and over and over and over. If for whatever reason you find yourself on acid and are in desperate need of something to wrap you ears and brain around, FIND THIS DISC! Standout tracks: "It Lives", "E.S.T." with its Harry Belafonte-esque intro, "Get Into It", "Hurricane Fighter Plane". Damn, this is a good fucking disc.

3. Level 42 "Physical Presence"

Once again, you have to get the two CD set, not the cheap ass ripoff one CD version. These guys are considered by many to be pioneers of the "Brit Funk" movement. Mark King blasts off on a FACE MELTING solo in "Love Games". The whole disc is a good time. Nothing too heavy. Most diggable tracks: "Kansas City Milkman", "Follow Me", "Hot Water", and "88".

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:05 pm

Depeche Mode 101

Love,
PrimeX

she will listen to me
when I want to speak
about the world we live in
and life in general

scritti · Post by **scritti** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:28 pm

what no Humble Pie-"Performance:Rockin' The Fillmore"?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:39 pm

Grateful Dead: Without a Net

GD: Europe '72

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:48 pm

this GBV issue Crying Your Knife Away
where's bela?

ministry's in case you missed us

shellac's live at action park... so what if it isn't live.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:49 pm

Led Zeppelin (Bonzo's Birthday Party)- This gem was recorded 5/30/73 during the Houses of the Holy Tour. Here's the setlist.

* Misty Mountain Hop
* The Song Remain The Same
* The Rain Song
* Dazed And Confused
* No Quarter
* The Ocean
* Birthday Song / Hearbreaker
* Whole Lotta Love

IMO, it is the best audience recording of a Zeppelin show ever done. There are soundboard recordings out there that are better quality, but none that match this show for sheer intensity and creativity. Zeppelin was absolutely off the hook, unlike their Song Remains the Same shows later that year at MSG where they looked and sounded like they just didn't give a fuck. This is the show they should have filmed.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:52 pm

Joe Jackson - Summer In The City

Cheap Trick - At Budokan

The very definition of what a live album should be. If these guys are still touring in 20 years you'll find me at their shows.

Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

Get the two disc reissue. Trust me.

Television - The Blow-Up & Live At The Old Waldorf

I can't decide which one I like better, although I recommend you start with The Blow-Up. We need to get this record in the hands of all those guitar dorks on the board.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:56 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote: ministry's in case you missed us

Nice.

Donovan wrote:Cheap Trick - At Budokan

Nice choice, for Donovan anyway.

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:14 pm

There's a good chance that if you posted your favorite live album in this thread you're a fucking dumbass. If I gave a shit about any of the albums that you retards have vomited into this thread, they probably would have made my fucking list.

Scram before I call the cops.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:16 pm

Anybody who has never dosed on 5 hits of acid on an occasion probably shouldn't be purchasing live albums anyway.

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:27 pm

On this we can agree.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:43 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Anybody who has never dosed on 5 hits of acid on an occasion probably shouldn't be purchasing live albums anyway.

What if that person dropped 4 REALY GOOD hits? You know, the kind where you shoot flaming buffalos while levitating with the spirit people. Would that count?

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:52 pm

4 hits gets a pass. You're in.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:57 pm

Pass them over this way. Bout overdue for a reality check*.

* - Yet another term the mainstream clipped from the druggies

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:59 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Anybody who has never dosed on 5 hits of acid on an occasion probably shouldn't be purchasing live albums anyway.

Three was my top number. Did so at the Kentucky Derby with some mushrooms and Budwesier. Some big heavy guy had his shirt off and I was into his skin as it got burnt and looked purple.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:59 pm

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:09 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:
Three was my top number. Did so at the Kentucky Derby with some mushrooms and Budwesier.

The shrooms are an excellent compliment.

But the Kentucky Derby?

Hello?

Do they not have Grateful Dead concerts and laser shows and shit in the FG? Gauntlet machines?

I'm pretty sure the last thing I want when I be tripping hard is to be surrounded by cousin-fuckers. Drunk cousin-fuckers. I dig it when really off-the-wall shit happens, where you can't figure out if it was real or not, or where you end up running from the cops for an hour, or when you get into a donut fight with a bus full of elementary kids, or when you pick up a couple of skeezers from Washington and stick stuff in their butts and giggle a lot......but the last thing I need is to make a remake of Deliverance when I'm woozy.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:18 pm

Another classic...

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-deta ... p?id=18619

This was my fist Dead Tape. I gave a tourhead a lift to the 7-4-86 show in Buffalo. He let me bum a half a pack of Camels, gave me a five for gas and left the second set of this show in the back seat of my Buick. I think I got the best of that deal.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:21 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Bizzarofelice wrote:
Three was my top number. Did so at the Kentucky Derby with some mushrooms and Budwesier.
The shrooms are an excellent compliment.

But the Kentucky Derby?

Hello?

Do they not have Grateful Dead concerts and laser shows and shit in the FG? Gauntlet machines?

I'm pretty sure the last thing I want when I be tripping hard is to be surrounded by cousin-fuckers. Drunk cousin-fuckers. I dig it when really off-the-wall shit happens, where you can't figure out if it was real or not, or where you end up running from the cops for an hour, or when you get into a donut fight with a bus full of elementary kids, or when you pick up a couple of skeezers from Washington and stick stuff in their butts and giggle a lot......but the last thing I need is to make a remake of Deliverance when I'm woozy.

It worked for Doctor Gonzo.

http://www.derbypost.com/hunter.html

I got off the plane around midnight and no one spoke as I crossed the dark runway to the terminal. The air was thick and hot, like wandering into a steam bath. Inside, people hugged each other and shook hands...big grins and a whoop here and there: "By God! You old bastard! Good to see you, boy! Damn good...and I mean it!"

In the air-conditioned lounge I met a man from Houston who said his name was something or other--"but just call me Jimbo"--and he was here to get it on. "I'm ready for anything, by God! Anything at all. Yeah, what are you drinkin?" I ordered a Margarita with ice, but he wouldn't hear of it: "Naw, naw...what the hell kind of drink is that for Kentucky Derby time? What's wrong with you, boy?" He grinned and winked at the bartender. "Goddam, we gotta educate this boy. Get him some good whiskey..."

I shrugged. "Okay, a double Old Fitz on ice." Jimbo nodded his approval.
"Look." He tapped me on the arm to make sure I was listening. "I know this Derby crowd, I come here every year, and let me tell you one thing I've learned--this is no town to be giving people the impression you're some kind of faggot. Not in public, anyway. Shit, they'll roll you in a minute, knock you in the head and take every goddam cent you have."

I thanked him and fitted a Marlboro into my cigarette holder. "Say," he said, "you look like you might be in the horse business...am I right?"

"No," I said. "I'm a photographer."

"Oh yeah?" He eyed my ragged leather bag with new interest. "Is that what you got there--cameras? Who you work for?"

"Playboy," I said.

He laughed. "Well, goddam! What are you gonna take pictures of--nekkid horses? Haw! I guess you'll be workin' pretty hard when they run the Kentucky Oaks. That's a race just for fillies." He was laughing wildly. "Hell yes! And they'll all be nekkid too!"

I shook my head and said nothing; just stared at him for a moment, trying to look grim. "There's going to be trouble," I said. "My assignment is to take pictures of the riot."

"What riot?"

I hesitated, twirling the ice in my drink. "At the track. On Derby Day. The Black Panthers." I stared at him again. "Don't you read the newspapers?"
The grin on his face had collapsed. "What the hell are you talkin' about?"

"Well...maybe I shouldn't be telling you..." I shrugged. "But hell, everybody else seems to know. The cops and the National Guard have been getting ready for six weeks. They have 20,000 troops on alert at Fort Knox. They've warned us--all the press and photographers--to wear helmets and special vests like flak jackets. We were told to expect shooting..."

"No!" he shouted; his hands flew up and hovered momentarily between us, as if to ward off the words he was hearing. Then he whacked his fist on the bar. "Those sons of bitches! God Almighty! The Kentucky Derby!" He kept shaking his head. "No! Jesus! That's almost too bad to believe!" Now he seemed to be sagging on the stool, and when he looked up his eyes were misty. "Why? Why here? Don't they respect anything?"

I shrugged again. "It's not just the Panthers. The FBI says busloads of white crazies are coming in from all over the country--to mix with the crowd and attack all at once, from every direction. They'll be dressed like everybody else. You know--coats and ties and all that. But when the trouble starts...well, that's why the cops are so worried."

He sat for a moment, looking hurt and confused and not quite able to digest all this terrible news. Then he cried out: "Oh...Jesus! What in the name of God is happening in this country? Where can you get away from it?"

"Not here," I said, picking up my bag. "Thanks for the drink...and good luck."

Que the Nashville Skyline Outtakes.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:23 pm

Kentucky Derby had a race within the race. The horses ran and we bet cash, and we also bet on who would take the most drugs and drink the most alcohol starting with the Oaks. Silver Charm came through for me, but I was never the hardest racer myself.

We never went into the fratboy infield, but this area just outside the first turn that was much like the infield. One guy would get the infield hand stamp, then he'd come back outside and we'd all replicate it with cheap markers.

WAR CASA DE NOSTANOVICH!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:40 pm

BSmack wrote:http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-deta ... p?id=18619

Coolest. Website. EVAR.

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-deta ... p?id=13970

^^My last show. They hadn't been allowed in Portland for 18 years before that, and they finally made it to the hometown for two last shows. Unfortunately, they played at the Portland Meadows horsetrack, where I of course ate a boatload of dose(seems to be a common theme). Meadows sucks much ass. The campground sucked, and it wasn't adjacent to the arena, and was crawling with cops. Plus,it's in proximity to the ghetto, and hoodrats and Heads aren't a good combo.

I had the (dis)pleasure of seeing Metallica there, too. Nothing like going to a show on a 105 degree day, and the assholes won't let you bring a plastic water bottle with you. WTF? Kinda took the Snakepit out of the equation, since you couldn't mosh for more than 5 minutes without having a heat stroke. I wasn't nearly as wasted as the dude next to me, who had a compoundfracture of his ankle somehow, bone poking clean out the skin, and the motherfucker dove straight back in the pit, and punched a MONSTERHUGE skinhead......which actually didn't work out very well for him.

KC Scott · Post by **KC Scott** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:29 pm

AC DC "If you Want Blood"

Judas Priest "Unleashed in the East"

4 way window pane in your eye.
Colors run together, and people kinda melt.

Sin,

1980

PrimeX · Post by **PrimeX** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:28 am

Bizzarofelice wrote:Depeche Mode 101

Love,
PrimeX

He's lying.

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:16 am

Ween - Live At Stubbs 7/2000

3 CDs of pure brownness, including a 38 minute version of "L.M.L.Y.P." Nothing else even comes close...

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:32 am

Dinsdale wrote:
BSmack wrote:http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-deta ... p?id=18619
Coolest. Website. EVAR.

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-deta ... p?id=13970

^^My last show. They hadn't been allowed in Portland for 18 years before that, and they finally made it to the hometown for two last shows. Unfortunately, they played at the Portland Meadows horsetrack, where I of course ate a boatload of dose(seems to be a common theme). Meadows sucks much ass. The campground sucked, and it wasn't adjacent to the arena, and was crawling with cops. Plus,it's in proximity to the ghetto, and hoodrats and Heads aren't a good combo.

Funny, I remmeber my last show in 92 had the same sad mixing of hoodrats and heads. The hoodrats were alternately trying to sell bootleg tshirts and avoid arrest. I also remember a few arrests going down. Of the 4 shows I saw, that was the only one where I caught any kind of bad vibe.

Seems like just about everybody I know who saw any 90s shows saw the same kind of drama. It wasn't too long after your Portland show that the band basicly told their fans to shape up or they would stop touring.

Letter from the Dead: Urgent

The Darkness Got to Give

7/5/95

Dear Dead Heads:

This is the way it looks to us from the stage:

Your justly-renowned tolerance and compassion have set you up
to be used. At Deer Creek, we watched many of you cheer on and help a
thousand fools kick down the fence and break into the show. We can't play music and watch plywood flying around endangering people. The security and police whom those people endangered represent us, work for us -- think of them as us. You can't expect mellow security if you're throwing things at them. The saboteurs who did this can only do it if all Dead Heads allow them to. Your reputation is at stake.

Don't you get it?

Over the past thirty years we've come up with the fewest possible rules to make the difficult act of bringing tons of people together work well -- and a few thousand so-called Dead Heads ignore those simple rules and screw it up for you, us, and everybody. We've never before had to cancel a show because of you. Think about it.

If you don't have a ticket, don't come. This is real. This is first a music concert, not a free-for-all party. Secondly, don't vend. Vending attracts people without tickets. Many of the people without tickets have no responsibility or obligation to our scene. They don't give a shit. They act like idiots. They think it's just a party to get as trashed as possible at. We're all supposed to be about higher consciousness, not drunken stupidity.

It's up to you as Dead Heads to educate these people, and to pressure them into acting like Dead Heads instead of maniacs. They can only get away with this crap if you let them. The old slogan is true: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

Want to end the touring life of the Grateful Dead? Allow bottle-throwing gate crashers to keep on thinking they're cool anarchists instead of the creeps they are.

Want to continue it? Listen to the rules, and pressure others to do so. A few more scenes like Sunday night, and we'll quite simply be unable to play. The spirit of the Grateful Dead is at stake, and we'll do what we have to do to protect it. And when you hear somebody say "Fuck you,
we'll do what we want," remember something.

That applies to us, too.

[signed]

Billy Jerry Phil Mickey Bobby Vince

Within the month Jerry would be dead. But make no mistake, the trip was already ending.

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:23 am

Fucking thread hijacking hippies. They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:52 am

KC Scott wrote:AC DC "If you Want Blood"

Judas Priest "Unleashed in the East"

Word.

Add UFO "Strangers in the Night" for the trifecta.

And just so EM's thread doesn't go too much off-topic, I will buy the Little Feat live album with my next on-line buying spree. I'll have to get some substances so I can listen to it properly.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:17 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Seems like just about everybody I know who saw any 90s shows saw the same kind of drama. It wasn't too long after your Portland show that the band basicly told their fans to shape up or they would stop touring.

The scene I descibed was in a remote camping area, and didn't impact anything inside the arena.

The only shows I went to(probably about 15 total) were on the West Coast. Talking to the other Heads, they universally said that there was a HUGE difference between East/Midwest shows, and West Coast shows. Violence was just about unheard of out West, where it was commonplace in points east.

To kinda get back on topic, kinda sorta, I saw Little Feat open a couplefew shows for the Dead. They were quelle sweet.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:50 pm

Dinsdale wrote:The scene I descibed was in a remote camping area, and didn't impact anything inside the arena.

The only shows I went to(probably about 15 total) were on the West Coast. Talking to the other Heads, they universally said that there was a HUGE difference between East/Midwest shows, and West Coast shows. Violence was just about unheard of out West, where it was commonplace in points east.

I can't say I knew a lot of west coast heads. But yea, the East coast stops (especialy during the summer stadium tours) were starting to get out of control.

To kinda get back on topic, kinda sorta, I saw Little Feat open a couplefew shows for the Dead. They were quelle sweet.

The best Dead "opener" I ever saw was Dylan and Petty back in 86. Tom Petty is seriously underrated as a performer. I still don't care much for his records, but he is a whole different act live.

Another great live album, just to stay on track sort of has to be this gem from the Pink Floyd vaults.

I have the VCD copy of this. The DVD needs to be mine SOON.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:29 pm

BSmack wrote:The best Dead "opener" I ever saw was Dylan and Petty back in 86.

I want to say the Dylan/Petty bill was Summer '87, but I could be wrong. I think Petty is GROSSLY overrated-btw.

I think it was '88 that I saw Robert Cray(in his hometown of Eugene) and Jimmy Cliff open. 40,000 trippin Heads singing Wild World as the Cliff finale was epic.

Still trying to think of some more truly epic live albums, and not coming up with too many.

Operation: Livecrime didn't suck.

battery chucka' one · Post by **battery chucka' one** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:41 am

Warrior Soul-Live in London

Toilet Boys-Live in London

Cherry Bombz-House of Ecstacy (good, but don't break the bank on it)