The live album that works - Page 2

mangajunky · 08.06.2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

kick out the jams motherfuckers!

you've brought a smile to my face - even if my vinyl version says "Brothers and Sisters"
What a first album!

Also - some of the best Zappa stuff is from live recordings.
He would also take intrument tracks from live recordings and build studio tracks around them especially if he like a particular solo or performance.

Danny Himself · 08.06.2008, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

I've been looking for this on vinyl for a while.

Also I think Radiohead's live album is better than a lot of their studio albums.

Tom on vinyl is near impossible to find, at least here in Liverpool. Just buy the CD.

gmku · 08.06.2008, 11:25 AM

Wow, there are a lot of live albums I like. Can't think of one I own that I have a problem with really, aside from Love You Live by the Stones, which has 3 sides of the most awful 70s stadium rock you'll ever hear and one absolutely dazzling side, the El Mocambo side, of great club band rock.

Rob Instigator · 08.06.2008, 11:50 AM

the doors alive she cried is real hit or miss

should have been a double album

afterthefact · 08.06.2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Danny Himself

Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits

Tom, the band and the audience are all great on this one, it really showcases his impeccable live act.

GREAT live album. Wish I owned it.

atsonicpark · 08.06.2008, 12:15 PM

Number Girl have lots of great live albums. Even more distorted and better sounding than any of their full lengths.

gmku · 08.06.2008, 12:16 PM

My favorite is a boot called Nasty Music by the Stones. Covers the 72 American and 73 European tours.

Next would probably be some VU boots.

radarmaker · 08.06.2008, 12:25 PM

noisereductions · 08.06.2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mangajunky

Also - some of the best Zappa stuff is from live recordings.
He would also take intrument tracks from live recordings and build studio tracks around them especially if he like a particular solo or performance.

Wow, did I just find another Zappa fan on this board? Usually when I bring him up on here ppl don't even respond. ha!

Danny Himself · 08.06.2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

GREAT live album. Wish I owned it.

Do they not make it anymore or something? I got my copy in a Zavvi clearance sale for about £5.

mangajunky · 08.06.2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

Wow, did I just find another Zappa fan on this board? Usually when I bring him up on here ppl don't even respond. ha!

see this thread:

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=23955

Rob Instigator · 08.06.2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by radarmaker

really?

I have had this for years and years and it always bores me. I don't sell it cuz no one wants to buy it/

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 08.06.2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

I've been looking for this on vinyl for a while.

Also I think Radiohead's live album is better than a lot of their studio albums.

i agree

Torn Curtain · 08.06.2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

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Originally Posted by radarmaker

really?

I have had this for years and years and it always bores me.

Seconded, the record is filled with boring guitar solos.

Torn Curtain · 08.06.2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

'Ummagumma' has been one of my favorite live albums over the years. Technically, it's a split live / studio album, but the live side was my first introductions to: Astronomy Domine & Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.

Yes, the live side of Ummagumma is brilliant.

Sonic Youth 37 · 08.06.2008, 05:29 PM

I best live album is Live at the Old Waldorf by Television. Recorded in 1978. I challenge you to find any that sounds/is better.

fugazifan · 08.06.2008, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny Himself

Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits

Tom, the band and the audience are all great on this one, it really showcases his impeccable live act.

i believe that this is not a live album but a studio album made to sound live. i think he brought people to the studio to be like audiance members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks_at_the_diner
still an amazing album.
its a great album to put on after a long night of drinking

HaydenAsche · 08.06.2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by radarmaker

God, I wanna fuck Lou Reed 40 years ago.

radarmaker · 08.06.2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

really?

I have had this for years and years and it always bores me. I don't sell it cuz no one wants to buy it/

Well, I fucking love it. So nerr.

Torn Curtain · 08.07.2008, 01:22 PM

08.06.2008, 11:25 AM	#23
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Wow, there are a lot of live albums I like. Can't think of one I own that I have a problem with really, aside from Love You Live by the Stones, which has 3 sides of the most awful 70s stadium rock you'll ever hear and one absolutely dazzling side, the El Mocambo side, of great club band rock. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	My favorite is a boot called Nasty Music by the Stones. Covers the 72 American and 73 European tours. Next would probably be some VU boots. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I best live album is Live at the Old Waldorf by Television. Recorded in 1978. I challenge you to find any that sounds/is better. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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