The 10 Greatest Classic Rock LIVE ALBUMS | Ranked
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Andy is a drummer, producer and educator. He has toured the world with rock legend Robert Plant and played on classic prog albums by Frost and IQ.
As a drum clinician he has played with Terry Bozzio, Kenny Aronoff, Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman and Mike Portnoy.
He also teaches drums privately and at Kidderminster College 
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DEEP PURPLE , (Made in Japan) definitely the greatest live album of all time no question about it , from start to finish it just kicks ass , Peace from Australia
Of course.
you‘re goddam right!!!!
100% agree.
Small potatoes
I’m not the first to say it but you have to include Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore East and Humble Pie Rockin the Fillmore in any classic top 10.
Johnny Winter And Live is a fantastic live album full of energy!
It's My Own Fault off of that one is so(!) good. It was the best band he ever had too, I think. I also love Edgar Winter's White Trash's one called Roadwork. Both Hobbs and Derringer is on there as well. Maybe the same drummer too, but I don't remember exactly. Those guys could play!
ABB Live at Fillmore East, please let’s be fair 👍
Thats a jazzy blues rock album. Put that one on the list and you would have to put Fleetwood Mac and Clapton albums. For me I;m really classifying Classic Rock as what we used to call heavy rock or hard rock...
Some of the greatest live blues ever!!! Tho Ten Years After is wicked. Abb Fillmore , Cool Coltrane modal influence....
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer You would also have to include Coliseum Live. A brilliant double album which is in a different league to any of their studio albums.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummerYes, I’ve noticed that’s how you’ve been defining it. As one who grew up in the 60s and 70s in the USA, “classic rock” is a much more inclusive term for my generation.
We have Classic Rock radio stations here, geared to my demographic, that would include, for example, all 4 of my own, very diverse, 70s favorites - the Allmans, Jethro Tull, Bad Co., and the Avg. White Band.
Yezzer yezzer for sure indeed,Allman Brothers & the Skynyrd are South Rock O.G., the roots of Rock are in the South,in their own words " We're Rock-Rock" as opposed to a " Southern Rock" classification
Great choices, as usual, Andy.
In my top ten I would have to include Humble Pie, Live at the Filmore. I bought it after seeing them live and being transfixed by Steve Marriott. He was like a human whirlwind, playing with the audience and the band. The album is a Marriott tour de force and absolutely nothing like the studio albums which were a bit insipid.
I can clearly see why Mick Jagger wouldn't sign him up for the Stones even though the rest of the band wanted him. He would have blown Jagger off the stage with his incredible voice, stage presence and superb guitar work. I was saddened when he died in a house fire as he remained true to his blues/rock roots but never received the recognition he deserved.
(Having now read all the other comments I'm starting to think that Stevie Marriott is actually receiving, albeit posthumously, the recognition he deserved. So many mentions of Rockin the Filmore. 😉)
Scorpions Tokyo Tapes. This is such a great live album. Uli Jon Roth is as transcendeant as John McLaughlin and that's saying a lot. It's like Hendrix and Beethoven had a baby together. He is so melodic, dramatic and full of hooks.
I agree with Uli Jon Roth era Scorpions...essential...
Johnny Winter ..and live
No words for how happy I am to hear UFO get some love!
Yes!
"MADE IN JAPAN!"
Blackmore's Guitar solo toward the end of "SPACE TRUCKIN'!", is just AMAZING!
As well as his solo in "Strange Kind of Woman" utterly SURPASS ANYTHING THAT JEFF BECK HAS EVER DONE...
And let's also include the studio version of the song, "Lazy", on the album: "Machine Head"!!! 😊
Blackmore is God! rein subjektiv natürlich
So you're saying add the studio version of Lazy to the Live performances? Wtf are you smoking?🤔
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Ha, ha, ha! 😊
Jesus.
Another Guy who lacks Critical Thinking Skills!--and who can't handle reading more than one sentence per message!
***I was simply saying:
"Look over HERE! 😂🤣🤣🤣 😊 Because there is some Amazing Guitar Playing by Ritchie Blackmore on Two different "Live" songs:***
1) The Final Guitar Solo on "Space Truckin' " (Live) from "Made in Japan".
AND
2) The same with: "Strange Kind of Woman". Here, we have another great "LIVE" Album song off of "Made in Japan", with at least two (2) great guitar solos that I don't think that Jeff Beck would have--or could have--ever have thought up or played as well as Ritchie Blackmore.
3) OH!, AND BTW! THERE'S ALSO A ***STUDIO RECORDING*** OF A ***GUITAR SOLO*** BY RITCHIE BLACKMORE THAT, OF COURSE, I BELIEVE THAT JEFF BECK COULD ***NOT PLAY AS WELL AS RITCHIE BLACKMORE***--AND THAT IS THE STUDIO VERSION OF THE SONG, "LAZY", FROM THE ALBUM, "MACHINE HEAD".
My 2 Main Points are that, in some cases--Noted Above--Ritchie Blackmore was The Better Guitar Player--Both Creatively and Technically.
CAPISCI??? 😊
@@bluewater3783 Another guy who talks garbage and starts raging when he's not understood.
The video is about Made In Japan,a Live album, and you're saying "let's also include the studio version of the song, "Lazy", on the album: "Machine Head". Add it to what?
Why are you going on about a studio version when we're listening to Live tracks? 🤷♂
@@CB-xr1eg
"...and starts raging when he's not understood."
You brought the Nastiness on yourself, brother, by telling me:
"WTF are you smoking?"
That's NOT the way to begin a Friendly Conversation/Relationship with someone--¿Sí?
If you want to Start All over, again--then:
I apologize.
Do you finally understand the two points that I was trying to make about my favorite Guitarist, R. Blackmore?
Most people don't know that Blackmore is one of Jeff Beck's biggest fans! 😊
Take care!
Grand Funk live album and The Who Live at Leeds should be on the list!
Which Grand Funk live album? I agree, from what I've heard from them live the really rock massively. Never seen them live myself. I like The Who at Leeds. Too bad Pete talks way too much.
The first one.. called "live album" from 1970...changed my life!
@@bruceg9519 Thanks. Will check it out.
Yea . Leaving off Live at Leeds is Criminal . it completely re-shuffles the Best Live Album deck .
In no particular order, Live at Leeds, Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, Made in Japan, Live and Dangerous, Strangers in the Night, Tokyo Tapes, On Your Feet or On Your Knees, Unleashed in the East, Wings Over America and Band of Gypsys.
You have fantastic taste sir!
Utterly delighted with your No. 1 selection. Band of Gypsies was a pinnacle performance. Everyone loves Machine Gun - but for me the opening solo of Power to Love makes the hairs on my neck stand on end still today. Great choices.
Rock and Roll Animal by Lou Reed and Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy are my two favorites.
A really influential heavy rock band that often flies under the radar is Budgie. They released a compilation live album that spans their performances from 1972-1981 called, Heavier Than Air - Rarest Eggs. Maybe not among the elite best, but worth mentioning.
Mahogany Rush Live is a guitar fest. Wonderful album
HELL YES!!!!
Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal is one of my favorite. Intro to Sweet Jane first class .
Absolutely
My only comment is that I am so pleased that you put AC/DC as high up as they belong. That album I’ve enjoyed since my childhood, many decades ago. Everything you said about them is dead on. I rarely hear that album talked about, but you nearly did it justice. Good job!
As a 15 year old kid in 1976, KISS Alive changed my musical direction. I couldnt get on with them after that, but I got to see them that year and the next year live. I KNOW! KISS
Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere , my all time favorite live album !
FZ's greatest band.
Classic and profane
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Classic and profane but not a classic rock live album
The Tubes "What do you want from Live" is my number one live album
Absolutely! Leaves all others in the dust!
But excuse me gentlemen, this is a different league
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@@narosgmbh5916 In terms of popularity, probably. In terms of quality, The Tubes could compete in any league.
Yes Sir;-)
I saw Whietsnake on the Come & Get It tour at Stafford Bingley Hall. I was at school in Kings Lynn and we somehow persuaded one of the teachers to drive the school bus over and wait outside for us. A great and slightly bizzare night.
This brought back some memories of a misspent youth! Remember a bunch of us drunkenly attending the midnight screening of 'Song Remains The Same' and the room spinning as 'Moby Dick; went on and on and on.........
Lived it, too! Great times!!
Oh to be 16 again, attending the midnight showing of Song Remains the Same some good friends. Sneaking in a couple beers and having some Herbal inspiration as we watch for the 14th time!!! LOL
Mountain - Twin Peaks (live Osaka/Japan (1973)
Be Bop deLuxe - Live In The Air Age (1977)
Humble Pie - Rockin' The Fillmore (1971)
Humble Pie Performance surely top ten!
Bob Seger Live Bullet?
The proof is in the pudding. Barclay James Harvest always ornamented their compositions subtly and beautufully - sometimes to their aesthetic and critical detriment - but in BJH live they provided strong evidence that there was more than sufficient meat on the bone. Mel Pritchard was a gifted percussionist and drummer, who could hold his own with the best.
On Your Feet or On You Knees: Blue Oyster Cult. That's 70's classis rock. Free Live was my favorite album in high school.
Yeah, this one's really great. BÖC's live albums all have something special. I also wanted to suggest Extraterrestrial Live. But I think Andy doesn't like BÖC very much 😜
Andy recently revised his opinion on "Secret Treaties"
@@of6594 Didn't notice. I remembered him saying in a video that he found Secret Treaties so crappy that he returned it to the store.
Yes he once returned it to the store, but preparing for a video on the most overrated albums he listened to it again and thought it was fantastic. Thus he crossed it from the list.
@@of6594 Nice to hear that. Has he discovered a more mellow disposition as he's gotten older? Joking aside, I think everyone has a few albums that only had their effect after a few years or even decades.
So important is your bringing all this music and passion to mind. Thanks !!
Thanks for listening
I've been looking forward to this. I love live albums, it's a measure of how a great band can play in the moment and stretch out a bit. A great way to get into a new band. Can't wait for the prog version in a couple of days. Your list is good but I would have MiEurope as well as MiJ and Irish Tour 74 even though Rory might not count as 'classic' it's the same blues rock DNA.
Zappa - Roxy, Live Dead, Framptin, Led Zep TSRTS. Ya Yas Out- Stones, Who at Leeds, Talking Heads....too many, I don't know what's best. I can't wait to hear Andy's choice.
Many of those wouldn't be categorised as classic rock as defined by Andy.
Humble pie live Fillmore
Thanks for another insightful and scholarly presentation. Although I don’t agree with all of your choices, “Band Of Gypsys” is truly the holy grail of exceptional, otherworldly live classic rock albums and the rightful number one on your list. For me, regardless of genre, my favorite live albums include; “Live At Leeds”, “Live Cream Vol 1”, “Seconds Out”, “At The Fillmore (Allman Brothers)”, “Rockin The Fillmore (Humble Pie)”, “Live At The Apollo (James Brown)” and “Frampton Comes Alive”. Bravo!
Band of Gypsys has one of the most sublime moments in it in the history of rock: the long singing note at the beginning of the Machine Gun solo (and the whole solo). Undoubtedly my favorite Jimi record!
As an honorable mention, I would add Derek and the Dominos live at Fillmore East, perhaps Eric Clapton's finest live moment.
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yes chris i agree totally, great band.
ROXY AND ELSEWHERE and ABSOLUTELY LIVE by THE DOORS must be included.....
Recorded live by TEN YEARS AFTER is one of the best live album of all time....
@@EduardoDeGuzman-yd8lj I AGREE. Recommend T.Y.A Live at Fillmore East 1970.Amazing. Cheers.
All great choices but for me I was more influenced by early-mid '70s albums like Uriah Heep Live, Grand Funk Live, Peter Frampton Comes Alive and Humble Pie Performance Rockin' the Filmore. I think Frampton Comes Alive is still one of the biggest selling live albums of all time.
Aztecs Live (1971) at the Melbourne Town Hall (Australia). Blistering blues rock by Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, the world's loudest band with one of the best vocalists of all time. They damaged the building foundations and cracked windows of nearby buildings. Billy was a child prodigy as was drummer Gil Matthews, who toured America with Buddy Rich aged 14. Their double album Aztecs Live At Sunbury is probably even better (1972). Video from both albums is on RUclips. Deep Purple played Sunbury in 1975: their roadies famously had a brawl with AC/DC. Queen played there in 1974. On the track, Someone Left me Crying/Time to Live, the Aztecs use the pipe organ of the Town Hall. Mindblowing. See the video.
For live Zep I go with the boots. Great list. Thanks.
Listen to Lizzy Philadelphia Tower1977 bootleg. No overdubs. Incredible
That show was officially released on CD and vinyl under the name Still Dangerous a few years back.
@@crusheverything4449 it was indeed. Excellent stuff
I agree with many of your choices but where is the amazing Blue Oyster Cult?
On Your Feet or on Your Knees
Some Enchanted Evening
Extraterrestrial Live
All Brilliant Live albums
Thanks
Andy love your videos, have been mining your vault. Learning so much. In one of your videos you said in an off hand manner ‘we don’t like classical music here’. (or something to that effect) I’d be surprised if there wasn’t some classical music you enjoy??
The Tubes-"What Do You Want From Live"-It's that simple!!! No one has ever come close to their satire, outrage and insanity (scary at times!). Guitar interplay between Rojer Steen and Bill Spooner is superb; Prairie Prince one of the most underrated drummers of all time. Rick Anderson on bass; Vince Welnick on keys and the amazing Mike Cotton on synths! Plus Re Styles!!! And obviously one of the greatest front men of all times - FEE WALDO WAYBILL!!! Also Slade Alive! (NO EXPLANATION REQUIRED-BEST LIVE BAND OF ALL TIME.)
Very underrated band. I love Inside, Outside.
Don't forget Mingo Lewis on drums and percussion. 😉
Great album but I don't think this fit his criteria that he explained at the beginning of the video. He is basically talking about albums we used to call heavy metal .
Great entertaining Andy Edwards Video like usual.Thank you
Only one small question: What came first, the definition or the 10 selected live albums?
I had never hard rock albums but LedZep albums I have all. And only in the first half of the 70s friends with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Free Albums. The only live experience I had 1971 with Humble Pie and Grand Funk Railroad Open Air in front of 10 000 stoned US Army GIs in Germany.
And because FZ sung about Alvin Lee I thought Ten Years After was a HardRock Band.
john martyn live at leeds is a great live album,no later studio overdubs,not really rock,though it spirals into space rock,when he hits the echoplex pedal
I absolutely love John Martyn...I need to do a video on One Owrld which for me is one of the great fusion/prog albums...
This is an old post of yours but it just showed up on my YT feed.
I have half of the live albums you’re talking about and agree wholeheartedly on everything you’ve said.
If You Want Blood is a monumental album as is Live & Dangerous and No Sleep Til Hammersmith.
I also have that 10” single of Motörhead & Girlschool :)
Thanks Andy :)
What is your opinion for Grand Funk Railroad"Gaught in the act",Blue Oyster Cult"On your feet or on your knees",Allman Brothers "Live on Filmore East"?Greetings from Greece
great compilation but i miss:
the who - live at leeds
zappa - roxy&elswhere and live in new york
rory gallagher - irish tour '74
santana - lotus
rare earth - in concert
allman brothers - live at fillmore
yes - yessongs
colosseum - live
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@Beau Lijah thx! some sort of us punk in the vein of mighty ramones...
Thank you for the great video. My top 3 bands of all time are listed 😀
Interesting you included Rainbow On Stage, lot of people dislike it because it lacks the important songs. Rising is definitely a blueprint for heavy metal, an awesome album.
I would include The Who At Leeds - raw and powerful.
Band of Gypsies is a must have for every jazz fusion fan. A wonderful record. There is a live recording from the complete first show - Machine Gun, issued 2016, it gives us some more incredible live performances.
I re-listened to it and the band is on fire. And RJD is just astonishing.
Yes, you are SO correct to place BNaE in first place. When a friend took me to an almost 3-hour Mahavishnu Orchestra concert in 1973 in a smallish venue (Berkeley Community Theater) my young mind exploded with multiple eargasms! I went to every SF Bay Area show they played thereafter, including the Apocalypse tour with Ponty, a horn section and string section. Jaw-dropping! Thanks for posting!
I'm new to your channel and really liking it !!! but I was wondering if you where gonna bring up Uriah Heep Live??
Made in Japan (Deep Purple) Rainbow (On Stage) Rush (Exit Stage Left)
Couldn't agree more on Band of Gypsys- that year I was immersed in Jazz and then heard what became a Big Bang for me- expanded my listening for the next decade.
A turning point for me. In retrospect a real "what if?" Moment. At the risk of getting shot down, this is Hendrix as his most black (he was, after all from a very mixed race background), really drawing on those years as a backup guy but fusing it with his own exploratory playing.
So many great live albums in 70s Frampton ,bob seager ,and guess who live at paramount ,and list goes on your top 10 great choices one uf my favorites came in 90s pink floyd pulse seen it at pontiac silverdome seen zepp there also 1977
Interesting choices, thank you ! For the next season :), I keep in mind Recorded Live-Ten Years After, Bursting Out-Jethro Tull, New Model Army&...Nobody Else, Live At The Milky Way-Captain Sensible etc. etc. Let Music Play !
Andy wot no Humble Pie. Performance Rockin' the Fillmore (1971). My very first gig was in 1974 I saw the Pie.
10 greatest live albums of all time...1.allman bros.at fillmore east... 2.live at leeds...3. Doors absolutely live...4.in concert by derek & dominos...5. Traffic on the road...6.made in japan...7.song remains the same...8. Hendrix band of gypsys..9.4 way street by CSNY...10.frampton comes alive....
Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands of all time but, when you used the word “tedious” in reference to Moby Dick on TSRTS, I totally agree. In fact, I find some-not all-of their stretched-out live songs to be tedious after a while. It’s definitely “hit or miss”.
Great list. Am still staggered The Who Live at Leeds is not on this list. How? Do you not like them? I will be checking out UFO and Free from your list. Thanks for getting me riled up. 😁👍
Great selection although I wouldn't include "The Song Remains The Same"!!! But where do Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Derek and The Dominos, Humble Pie, (Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac fit in??!! Great job, thank you, Andy!!
Led Zep Song Remains The Same: My first concert was 1977 LA Forum Led Zeppelin. It was incredible, the greatest concert I have been too! Having said that, Jimmy Page really gets sloppy live. But you know, I love that about Page. His live solos say "I don't give 2 f*cks". I have grown to appreciate that attitude!!!
Heard BoG as a 10 year old just after it came out. My slightly older neighbour excitedly explained to me what Jimi was ‘saying' during his solo in Machin Gun. 🙂 Incredible album. Another live album I love - Procal Harum with the Edmonton Orch. Greatest straight rock album EVER, Made in Japan.
Made in Japan is the greatest live Album ... I always loved Free Live ... Band of gypsies ...Always enjoyed Kinks One for the road... Mothers Finest Live ... and thnx for keeping me Happy 🤣😃
Great list Andy
Santana: Lotus
Probably one of the greatest live albums ever recorded
Santana at their finest 🎸
I’d add:
Humble Pie: Rockin The Fillmore
ABB: Live At Fillmore
The list needs to be expanded to 20. Allman Bros, Humble Pie, Gov't Mule, Stones, Blah, Blah, Blah, C'mon Andy
Japan brings out the best in rock bands, The Japanese love to rock. Some of the best live albums come out of Japan.
Made In Japan. The greatest live Lp ever. Those songs were never played better. The production given the year it was recorded in is absolutely sensational.
Have you got the 4 disk "everything from the Japan tour that wasn't on Made in Japan" they released 15 years or so ago? They were that good every night.
@@michaelcottle6270 I have. Fantastic and consistently brilliant set of musicians
@@chrismoyse3529 I feel that the reason Rainbow had so many keyboard players was Blackmore looking for someone who could replicate the magic he had with Jon Lord. Ultimately it was the mutual push-pull and interplay between those two that made Purple the incredible force they were from 68/9 - 74
@@michaelcottle6270 Don Airey is good but no one can replace Jon Lord. Him and Blackmore are what make Purple so good.
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I think the closest Rainbow ever came to that kind of musical interplay was at certain points on the On Stage live record, but behind the scenes throughout that tour Ritchie Blackmore & Cozy Powell hazed and tormented young Tony Carey to such a sadistic extent that the poor kid nearly had a nervous breakdown and had to quit the band.
Tony visconti is responsible for popular belief that most of live and dangerous was done in the studio. The band maintain there were overdubs done but that they were minimal. Apparently there have been bootlegs and 100% live albums put out by them since which includes some of this material and by all accounts sounds nearly identical. It seems to be only Visconti saying it was mostly overdubs. I don't think anyone is saying there are no overdubs at all but not to the extent that was alleged. Great album and like the Motorhead one is the essential album from the band.
I also had an EP by Lizzy called Killers Live. This was even greater than Live and Dangerous in my opinion. And I assume that it was 100% live. I'm pretty sure it's mostly live but I thought I should pass on what Visconti said.
Great list of albums. Obviously ten is not enough, so it is normal that other albums are also mentioned in the comments, but the list is excellent, some are even among my favourites.
If we exclude the posthumous live performances, my top 10 is this, even if it is difficult to put them in order
Deep Purple: Made in Japan
Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live
UFO: Strangers in the Night
The Doors: Absolutely Live
Santana: Lotus
Saxon: The Eagle Has Landed
Jethro Tull: Bursting Out
Grand Funk Railroad: Live Album
Pat Travers Band: Live! Go for What You Know
What about Ted Nugent with Double Live Gonzo and Michael Schenker Group One Night at Budokan, and Queen Live Killers?
Not only is BOG live and everything you said it is ect.. but most of us know the story behind how it came about as a result of a legal contractual settlement owed to Ed Chalpin.
So in a sense BOG was a hastily put together band with his two friends Buddy and Billy just rehearsing these songs to help Jimi out and then hitting the stage at the Fillmore and the rest is history as Jimi's genius abilities as a player , songster , performer and ideas just came pouring out of him resulting in an album that would break ground go places others never though of going to and influencing legions upon legions of musicians for decades to come. That's how great Hendrix was. So in a sense the BOG record was a spontaneous effort. Just imagine if he had more time to develop the material on BOG and what they could have sounded like and could have done if Jim had more time and if he didn't die 8 months later.
LOVE your commentary on AC/DC. Spot on. It is one of the greatest live albums of all time. And Angus Young proves how fantastic and incendiary a player he is throughout. *The Jack solo, just for one, just slays you, and was a major inspiration to me personally. Bad Boy Boogie and Whole Lotta Rosie as well. But all through the record he kills it!
Wish I had more time for all the superlatives the album deserves (I became a fan at 12 years old in 1978, with my discovery of Powerage at my local record shop...a life changer for me, just as it was with David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Kiss). Anyway, much to say and no time right now, but you already said so much... so well!
• People who don't understand the sheer power, groove and excellence of AC/DC will find it in spades on this marvelous spine ripper of a live album
Love the front (and humorous answer back) album cover too!
Marc
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Agreed completely - AC/DC is captured better on this album than previously thought possible! What a slamming force of power and groove, impossible not to play air guitar the whole way through!
Blue Oyster Cult - ‘Extraterrestrial Live’ is sensational. Otherwise, a good hard rockin’ list.
Well I'll add Blue Oyster Cult. Some Enchanted Evening has for me the best ever version of Don't Fear The Reaper & ETL which is just fantastic , particularly Black Blade & Veteran of the Psychic wars. In fact I think I'll put that on now.
Atlanta Georgia R.U. Ready to Rock & Roll. Best intro to any live rock album ever.
Not to mention Astronomy :)
Oh, we could talk this list over for hours! We are of a similar vintage & I have nearly every one of these albums. I think people have been walking back the "Live in the Studio" knock on Lizzy for a while now & there are contemporary live recordings that show how good the Robbo era actually was. I saw the Thunder & Lightning tour & they were still great despite everything. I'd have L&D higher. I'd also find a slot for Hawkwind's "Space Ritual" and have the MSG Live at Budokan as an honourable mention. I'd also try to find a slot for Queen (who are hands down the best live act I ever saw when I caught them in 1980), although Live Killers is a bit sterile, the more recent releases from the Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, & Night at the Opera tours are much much better. A weird thing about the Whitesnake that you didn't mention is its two single live albums from two tours. The first LP from 78 was meant to be a Japan only release like Made in Japan or MSG but sold so well on import they expanded it & released it in the UK. Two different versions of Come on & Ain't no Love to compare...
Anyway, great list.
I have to put UFO Strangers in The Night No. 1. I've been listening to that album since its release. It never gets old.
This list is good based on the specific description you gave of what classic hard rock is, but Running On Empty and At Fillmore East are tough to beat.
Terry Knights Grand Funk Railroad
1970 The Live Album is the "Heaviest" of them all accurately capturing what I witnessed at The Syndrome in Chicago on 10-16-1970; I was 22. GFR came out on stage and asked you , "Are You Ready" , and songs covered a few issues that we were having in 1970 , and then they proceeded to make you feel good about every one of them with a spectacular demonstration of power that took you over, that felt like they might cause you to levitate with crescendos that stretched you higher until you were on your tip toes and couldn't stretch any higher without coming off the floor...and then they would release you and you settle back down into your shoes and on the floor, relieved and amazed while vocalizing one word...WOW! Absolutely the most spectacular high energy, coordinated presentation that I have ever seen It felt like victory. By the way, Humble Pie was 1 of the opening acts and they were ehhh... ok. They played right before GFR, but they could never have followed them.
Great list. I love one live album almost forgotten these days, Live at Paramount, by The Guess Who. I don't love all the Guess Who catalogue (far from it), but for me this album embodies all the best things in early seventies live Rock, the perfect capture of the performance and the AMBIENCE (wich I think is the best capture ever. Even today, hearing the record, close your eyes and you can still feel you are THERE), the setlist, the cover of the album, the extended jams. A perfect testimony of its era... The seventies live albums by The J. Geils Band too, incredible ones..
Great list, UFO would be my #1. For my favorites I would add: Scorpions "Tokyo Tapes," Humble Pie "Performance Rockin' The Fillmore," Rush "All The World's A Stage," Little Feat "Waiting For Columbus," and The Who "Live At Leeds."
Feat fan are you from near Washington DC . I saw the feat a Lisner auditorium at GW university 1975.
I agree with your choices Andy and own all of those albums but what about Humble Pie? BTW talking about UFO what about UFO LIVE with Mick Bolton?
I finally got my audio system done, pulled out that Humble Pie Performance on vinyl....
I have the Valentines anniversary disc, haven't opened it.
Black Rose was the first Lp I bought upon release by Thin Lizzy, created a lifetime Moore fan.
Your Number 1 selection .. Absolutely.
Some love, please, for Quo Live. It was the first album I ever bought, in 1977 as a 15 year old, and despite now being a huge Miles fan, and enjoying all sorts of Prog and Fusion stuff, I still love Quo Live....that intro!
My favourite Quo live album was the 1974? Princes Trust Concert. Very hard to find but captured them at full throttle in 1 concert warts and all. Don't think there was any post production. So it sounds exactly as they were in the day. Wonderful.
Can we have a bit of plaaay?
@@gregoneil3523 That was in 82, great gig..
You are right on
Agreed. Best live album ever.
Love your selection Andy ,
As a matter a fact I remember well some of your choices when they where released .
Here are mine !
1. The Live Adventure Of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper
2. 11-17-70 Elton John
3. The Who Live At Leeds
4. LIVE DEAD and Europe 72?by the Grateful Dead
5. The BBC Sessions LED-ZEPPELIN
6. The Allman Brothers Band at the Filmore
7. Band Of Gypsys
8. Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out ! The Rolling Stones
9. Live At The Regal B.B. King
10. 2nd part of The Wheels Of Fire by CREAM
Live performances (Sublime 👌)
All these in no particular order
... and Rory Gallagher: Stage Struck, Lynyrd Skynyrd: One more from the road, Robin Trower: Live.
I know I may be a minority of one here, but I never cared for Robin Trower Live. The band plays the songs much too fast and they lose their feel. While it’s quite normal for bands to play faster live, Trower is often all about the slow burn, so tempo is paramount for those amazing songs to come off correctly. I sang in a Trower tribute act for a few years and we were very conscious of sticking to the original time signatures and people appreciated that. That being said, Trower and James Dewar made for one of the greatest guitarist/singer duos in history! R.I.P., Jimmy.
Mad Dogs and Englishman a favourite of mine, also Guess Who Live at the Paramount , couple others that came to mind
Wonderful list Andy
We listened to many of these last night at my Wife’s birthday party.
She loves white Snake and Hawkwind/mötor head AC/DC
(Rammstein)
I think Band of Gypsys should be on every list.
You explain the brilliance of Hendrix on Band of Gypsys better
I have heard. When one listens to it, then no explanation is needed.
This recording I think is comparable to “so what” or “my favorite things “.
At the party last night, I had my turn to change the direction of the music.
I was putting on Jeff Beck live at Ronny Scott’s.
Ja, and everyone was sleepy all of a sudden.
Next time I serve espressos before Jeff Beck.
Hope you consider JB for your upcoming lists.
Love all you do.
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Shame Jeff Beck Group (with Rod & Woody), never released a live album.
For Led Zeppelin, How the west was won is THE best LZ live album. You missed something there...
My top 10 personal live albums (not in order)
1. Kiss Alive!
2. Cheap Trick at Budokan
3. Yessongs
4. Rush Exit Stage Left
5. Genesis Second's Out
6. Queen Live Killers
7. Blue Oyster Cult Extraterrestial Live
8. The Who Live at Leeds
9. Kansas Two for the Show
10. Built to Spill Live
Great list, as always, Andy. If you love Thin Lizzy's "Thunder and Lightning" album, then have you heard their 1983 album, "Life:Live"? In my opinion, it's even better than "Live And Dangerous". Sykes' guitar work is sublime, Wharton's keyboards add to the Lizzy sound, and there's even guest appearances from Moore, Robertson and Bell. For the final track, 8 members of Lizzy are on stage (everybody but Snowy White).
Thin Lizzy, UFO and Free all do it for me :)
The concert-going experience is another casualty of grid-assembled music. Regardless of tastes, a record shelf included Yessongs, KISS Alive, Wings Across America, DP Made In Europe .. especially satisfying for rural dwellers, far from the tour stops.
I see your shelf bowing a little Lots of weight! haha, thats cool that you preserved your vinyl collection !
Free Live! Is one of the great live records. The live version of Alright Now was recorded before they had recorded the studio version.
I love facts...and that is a great one I did not know...
totally in agreement with you. for a band so young this is awesome & paul rodgers well what can i say?
@@morrisanderson3180 They were all great but for me it is Koss who is irreplaceable.
big sky: yes paul kossoff was incredibly talented, what a waste.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Just thought I would add that Free Live! Is one of the rare live albums with no overdubs and that the reason Koss’s guItar cuts out a couple of times during Alright Now is because some girls jumped on the stage and grabbed him.
Space Ritual by Hawkwind. Nuff said.
Best album cover of all time also!
Strangers In The Night is my No.1. But all of these are tremendous.
Ditto that! Strangers In The Night is the pinnacle of live, rock music - Schenker is nothing short of phenomenal! I've got The Who -Live At Leeds, a close second.
Late to see this video. I don't think these bands would meet your definition, but two of my favorite live albums are Little Feat, Waiting for Columbus and The Allman Brothers Band, At Fillmore East.
It’s funny some people get so twisted because their favorite is not on the list but this is his list, his opinion. Saw UFO live twice in the 70s, my god were they great.
Made a Spotify playlist because while I'm familiar with all the bands on the list, not familiar with those specific albums.
I'm a sucker for the Who live at leeds and Get your Ya Ya's Out.
Also Humble Pie and J. Giels Band Full House because I saw them live around the time those albums came out.
Maybe not top 10, but my go to is "Live" by Mott the Hoople. It's a blast.
Loving your reactions, Andy, but I have to ask...where is Live At Leeds?
LOL!!! I just spit out my soda. I'm pecking away on this pad while watching. I am thinking, "...man, where was Uriah Heep??". Then right at the end, Andy sez that!!! Funny!
If I mention Fusion...its where are the Dixie Dregs. If its prog then..where is Van Der Graff Generator...and classic rock...Uriah Heep. Although I'm also expecting a few calls for Allman Bros....Live at Filmore East...
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