D.P. Made in Japan best ever live album of all time. The power the sound, music, and the players in the band. 🎸, organ, 🥁 s, bass and singer. Wow!!!!!!!!
Here’s my top ten. 10 Saxon - The Eagle has Landed 9 UFO - Strangers in the Night 8 Iron Maiden - Live after Death 7 Caravan - Live at Fairfield Hall 1974 6 Yes - 9012Live 5 Genesis - Live 4 Black Sabbath - Live Evil 3 Whitesnake - Live..in the Heart of the City 2 Rainbow - Live in Munich 1977 1 Deep Purple - Made in Japan (obviously).
Space Ritual is a start to finish experience that is hard to explain or match ... & many folks over the pond won't even know just how seminal & immense it is (sadly) ....
Everyone will have their favourites for sure. Mine are: Rare Earth - In Concert / Frampton Comes Alive / Bob Seger - Live Bullet / Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At Carnegie Hall / Wishbone Ash - Live Dates, plus many mentioned. 👍👍👍😊
Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album is the first live album I ever owned. I still listen to it. It is the most honest reproduction of a band live, warts and all.
I'd have to pick _Different Stages_ over _All the World's a Stage_ simply because of the bonus recording of the boys performing at the Hammersmith Odeon on their _A Farewell to Kings_ tour. What a nice addition!
There's alot of great bootlegs filmed and recorded of Early Deep Purple. They just always put a different touch on their live performances. The riffs, vocals and drum solos to John Lord's Hammond organ.
Glad you mentioned right at the end, the great Rory Gallagher. Stage Struck and Irish Tour '74 should be right at the top of any live album lists. I would also include and surprised you didn't: On your feet or on your knees and Extraterrestrial live by BOC. Supported Strangers in the Night all the way, it's a worthy and deserved winner of your competition.
Rory and BOC.....I like it....Stagestruck is fantastic...hard rock Rory....BOC live all day and night...actually I just did that....I'm gonna cue up Stagestruck immediately...thanks bud....
@@chrischoir3594 I doubt you ever saw Rory open for Rush in the 70's...because it never happened...Rush opened for Rory in 74 touring their excellent debut album....in 1982 Rory toured opening for Rush on the Signals tour....I saw them on this tour....Rory wailed....I think Lifeson is great....but I couldn't get into the echoing...phase shifting flanging sound effects here...the next album I thought they were trying to sound like the Police....I much more preferred earlier Rush albums and tours...Rory of course was a constant.....awesome....I'm a life long die hard fan....sorry you think he's boring....
@@chrischoir3594 respectfully disagree...he's an incredible live performer....one of the most underrated and unsung guitar heroes of all time...always stuck to his guns not selling out to commercial sounding crap...and he does have a substantial world wide following of fans who followed him and appreciated him then and now....we all have our opinions...likes and dislikes.....one thing we could agree on...those were the best days to go to shows....
Fantastic list. Here are some more of my favorites not discussed: Porcupine Tree - "Anesthesize" Jeff Beck - "Live at Ronnie Scott's" Jeff Beck - "Live with The Jan Hammer Group" Bruce Hornsby - "Here Come The Noise Makers" Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles - "Live!" Miles Davis - "Live Evil"
some oustanding JW stuff on RUclips. saw him 3 times. a true guitar slinger until about the late 90's, and he slowed down, which was unthinkable! and what monster of a voice. if they ever make a top 100 rock vocalists list, he has to be on it. w/ Leslie West and Chris Robinson, and Paul Rodgers, and Little Richard, Steve Marriott.John Kay. I'll stop now.
In no particular order some of my favourite live albums are. Hendrix in the west. Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous, The Rolling stones get your ya ya's out. Queen live killers Aerosmith live bootleg, pink floyd live in pompeii. BB king live at the BBC. The Doors in concert, iron maiden real live one/real dead one. Gary Moore live blues, the who at the lsle of white festival 1970. AC/DC if you want blood, the beatles at the Hollywood bowl, any live Zeppelin, any live rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan and double trouble live greatest hits. Plus many more.
Aljax79 Johnston Some great live albums named there - especially nice to see BB King’s Live at the BBC. That was my introduction to his music and my gateway into the Blues. I still love that album.
All worthy selections, especially Made In Japan. That album didn't leave my record player for a decade. But my favorite live Album is still Waiting For Columbus. Has it all, in my opinion.
Solid list. Glad to see Trower up there. Saw him play live a couple of times. Never saw anyone do so much so effortlessly. Wish I could have seen him with Dewar.
Great list. Here are a few I think deserve a mention… Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus Neil Diamond - Hot August Night Atlanta Rhythm Section - Are You Ready Elvin Bishop - Raisin’ Hell
Just listened to that along with the rest of Made in Japan, yesterday. Was just confirming in my mind what I already knew.Made in Japan = the best live hard rock album ever.
My gateway live album was Little Feat Waiting For Columbus. Might have lead me in a slightly different direction. I was playing cornet in the school brass band. So having Tower Of Power playing with them, didn't make them difficult to like.
I am so glad Kansas's Two For The Show made the list. I just got that album a couple weeks ago and it's one of my favorite live albums of all time. Huge Kansas fan.
Greatest live album of all time. I bought it way back just after it was released and have loved it ever since. Even better was the 30th Anniversary version, when a second disc from the same tours was provided. My favourite band after Queen. Second best live album , Genesis’ Seconds Out. Then the rest…….
UFO - Strangers in the Night, Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East, Kiss - Alive, The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East, Queen - Live Killers, Thin Lizzy - Life live, Uriah Heep - Live '73, Rainbow - On Stage, MSG - One Night At Budokan, Supertramp - Paris, Marillion - Real to Reel, Deep Purple - Made in Japan, Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed, Cheap Trick - At Budokan, Rush - All the World's a Stage, Kansas - Two For the Show, Black Sabbath - Live Evil, Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive, Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith, Simple Minds - Live in the City of Light, U2 - Under the Blood Red Sky, Dire Straits - Alchemy, The Who - Live at Leeds, Rammstein - Volkerball.
My favorite live album is CHICAGO Live at Carnegie Hall, which contains some of the very best bass guitar performances of all time. Peter Cetera was the Hendrix of bass players in the 1970's.... Take a listen and you just might agree with me.
I agree, it's a great live release. Much better than live in Japan IMO. Terry Kath is one of the best guitarists ever and you rarely hear him mentioned with the other top players.
Hi M K. Great comments. And I totally agree that Carnegie Hall is a much better live performance than Live in Japan. Terry Kath was a giant, and was underrated because he was a team player in a horn-based rock band instead of a guitar-based rock band.
@@JimmyPlato1 you can say what you want about 80s Chicago with Cetera as the frontman (I hated the musical direction they took) , but the guy was an excellent bassist. Carnegie really showcases that and also there's much more Kath guitar. That is always a good thing IMO.
Very pleasantly surprised to see this mentioned; I play it to this day. Kath was a great player, as was Cetera. Danny Seraphine shows what a monster and underrated drummer he is throughout the whole four album release! It gets beat up a lot because of the poor recorded sound and some sloppy playing here and there but it really showcases what a strong and talented group of musicians the originals were, especially during their early days!
@JimmyPlato totally agree with you about Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Always couldn’t understand how it doesn’t get it’s just due...the sound quality is much much better than people complain about always Kath was a complete monster & Peter Cetera is just killing on the bass Danny Seraphine has always been one of the greatest drummers IMO The remastered 4 disc set put out maybe 15 years ago is an item I hope to pass down to my grandchildren some day if ever blessed
These are the ones I listened to the most. 1. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 2. Foghat Live 3. Frampton Comes Alive 4. Deep Purple - Made in Japan 5. Wings Over America
An underrated gem of heavy live blues rock is Fleetwood Mac’s “Live in Boston” (1970). Doesn’t get much better than the twin guitar attack of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan! Both of them at the top of their game on their Les Pauls.
Mountain- Twin peaks Judas Priest- Unleashed in the east Jethro Tull-bursting out Pat Travers- go for what you know Yes-yessongs Genesis-Secinds out Deep purple made in japan Hawkwind Jimi Hendrix band of gypsys Kiss -Alive II Nazareth - SNAZ
First of all, I would like to wish you Merry Christmas, and to express my gratitude for advising me (I was using a different nickname) to go and see Deep Purple on this tour! It was a great concert in Belgrade, Serbia, the arena was packed, great crowd, Don, Steve and Roger were on fire! Paice was solid, and Gillan was..you know :) Anyway, my favorite live albums are Kiss Alive! (although I become a fan because of Alive III) and DP Made in Japan, those bands are so good live, DP's virtuosity and jamming and Kiss's energy are something special - and these are my all time favourite rock bands. And Kiss is one of the few bands that could sound better live than in the studio.
I love "Bursting out" by Tull, I hace it in vynil edition, and it's one of my favorite albums of my collection, wonderful pictures, great edition. And of course "two for the show" love it ¿Why not "the song remains the same" by Led Zeppelin? ¿What about Emerson, Lake and Palmer ”welcome back my friends to the show that never ends"?
Merry Christmas Pete!🎁🎄🙏🏻Thank you so much for taking the time to not just doing the live album tournament, but also sharing your favorite live albums. We know the effort that goes into it. Excited for what’s in store for 2020.-Chris & Beth🎧🔥🎄🎁🎸🥁
A little disappointed not to see the first live album I ever bought. It's raw, it's powerful and it captures the bands live performance perfectly... I speak of course about the great "Slade Alive!"
I’m with you on Slade Alive. It’s up there with greatest live albums. It’s not better than Live at Leeds and Made in Japan though. It comes very close.
Great list Pete. You made me smile with your honourable mention being Humble Pie's Rockin the Fillmore. I would like to add, Full House- J Girls Bands pumping album.Thanks Pete.
Made in Japan, probably the best recorded live album ever, especially The Mule. I used to play this selling Yamaha NS1000 speakers (£800 a pair in 1978!).
Great list Pete. I know we had a mini-spat over bands you hate, but KISS Alive! was exactly the same for me, started it all. 1978 Waiau, Hawaii.6th grade, hand me down from my older sister. Took it to a class party and air guitared to Parasite in front of everybody. This album started my rock journey. God bless rock n roll.
AC/DC If you want blood- exceptional live album which really captured how they were, Hate his politics to the core but Nugents Double Live Gonzo is in the top 25 and Lynyrd Skynyrd One more from the road- top stuff. Love the channel and the debates etc.
Yes....absolutely....AC/DC....If You Want Blood You've Got It.....Bon Scott....and what is hands down my favorite album cover....Uncle Ted....love his politics....not only Double Live Gonzo but Intensities in Ten Cities as well...( My Love is like a Tire Iron..) .and Lynyrd Skynyrd 's One More For the Road....one of the all time great live albums....." gimme a T for Texas gimme a T for Tennessee "
@@larrynolletti4594 there are a ton of great unofficial Bon Scott era live recordings on RUclips. They could make some great releases if they chose to. Check it out some time if you haven't already.
@@mmk7340 Thanks...yes...I have....a lot of them I have on bootleg disc.....my favorites are Melbourne '74 and San Francisco '77...a killer Up to My Neck in You....yes...there is a ton of great AC/DC languishing...a lot of them were radio broadcasts....If You Want Blood surely should have been a double....I mean...Sin City was a staple and it's not on there....???...
@@kurthanke5788 ...can't argue with that....I love everything he did thru Scream Dream....I can remember in high school buying Weekend Warrior....looking at this insane ballsy in your face album cover cranking up and hearing Need You Bad...for the first time....I'm telling you that was an adrenaline rush...
The best thing for me about this whole series has been the opportunity to find out about and hear new live albums. One such is Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool; it's only in the past couple of years that I've been getting into their studio albums and this is a revelation on all levels, so thanks Pete! I know there'll be more to come as I pick up other albums from the series.
A couple of my favourites that aren't mentioned often, if at all, are FM/Live by Climax Blues Band and Live by Johnny Winter And. Both are absolute killer albums.
Merry Christmas Pete! Thank you for putting in your time to give us this awesome content. You know the list was difficult when Live After Death didn't make the cut.
Being a die hard Kiss-fan their live-albums are on top of my personal list. But then it's close between UFO, Priest, Saxon, Motorhead...and then there are a few which were not mentioned on your wars. Nevertheless it was great fun and I've enjoyed it very much. So thank you Pete and merry X-mas
I guess I am too old for most of those albums but my number one at least made the charts and I certainly didn't expect that - Gentle Giant Playing the Fool. Merry Christmas and many thanks for all the work you do for us.
Good list. Here is my top in no order: Live album-Grand Funk Railroad, Rockin at the fillmore-Humble Pie, Live Nickelodeon-Masters Apprentices, You get what you play for-Reo Speedwagon, Live-Head East,Live at leeds- The Who, Exit stage left-Rush, Are you ready-Atlanta rhytm section, Live dates-Wishbone Ash....
AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You've Got It Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith Corrosion of Conformity - Live Volume Rage Against the Machine - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at the El Mocambo Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo Dixie Chicks - An Evening With The Dixie Chicks Alice in Chains - Unplugged
Brilliant, Pete - we agree on the no 1, for sure! Would have added Rainbow - On Stage on the top 10, being the Blackmore-nerd that I am🙂 Love your analysis and I get new album - ideas all the time. Happy New Year!
What about MSG - One Night in Budokan? Ok, try to ignore Barden's voice, but Schenker's and his V are 'flying'! Rainbow - Live on Stage 1976/77. RJD's voice is EPIC!. Mistreated makes what's left of my hair stand on end!. All the best Pete. Cheers.
@@jake6887 Sorry pal, but Barden couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, even if he used both hands! Joking aside, I just don't think that it was ever a strong enough or good enough voice.
1 : Live and Dangerous, Thin Lizzy 2 : Strangers in the Night, UFO 3 : Made in Japan, Deep Purple 4 : Live in the Heart of the City, Whitesnake 5 : Pulse, Pink Floyd
And no mention of Dire Straits - Alchemy Live. That might be my 3rd favourite after Made In Japan - Deep Purple and Live In The Heart Of The City - Whitesnake.
Hey Pete, although we differ in favorites, I enjoy listening to how passionate you are regarding your love for your favorite bands, music, etc. very cool! My favorite s are strangers in the night, all the worlds a stage and live after death. Rick on! \m/
muddy production aside-YESSONGS is by far the best live album ever. Their music is way more involved than any other band. and only these musicians could reproduce live versions as good or better than the fantastic studio versions
I saw them twice live in 1975 or 76 and they were totally blown off stage by the support band (Gryphon). Yes were very average. And to suggest that they are more involved than Gentle Giant - well, words fail me.
My top ten: 1. Genesis--Seconds Out 2. REO Speedwagon--Live: You get what you play for 3. Eric Clapton--24 Nights 4. Deep Purple--Made in Japan 5. The Who--Live at Leeds 6. Journey--Captured 7. Led Zepplin--Songs Remains the same 8. Judas Priest--Unleashed in the East 9. The Allman Brothers--Live at Fillmore East 10. Rush--Exit Stage Left
Honorable mentions and my personal favourites 1. On your feet or on your knees - Blue Oyster Cult 2. What do you want from live - The Tubes Both exceptional albums...
1. The Last Waltz/Rock of Ages - The Band et al 2. Live at Leeds - The Who 3. Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers 4. Royal Albert Hall (Manchester Free Trade) - Bob 5. Live Rust - Neil Young 6. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads 7. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash 8. Hard Rain - Bob 9. Lotus - Santana 10 801 Live
The 6 complete live albums i have on CD, computer and iphone is: Elvis Presley: Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Nirvana: MTV Unplugged from New York Paul Mccartney: Wings Over America The Who: Live At Leeds Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison Peter Frampton: Comes Alive
I don´t think I would be able to pick 25 live albums, as my all time favorites, but I have some anway, worth mentioned here. You have picked Deep Purple, Made in Europe, recorded from several cities, around Europe, I choose one spot, Graz ´75 instead. This is my list with live albums, maybe I could have mentioned more. 20. Candlemass - Live in Stockholm 1990 19. Helloween - Live in the U,K. 18. Saxon - The Eagles has landed 17. Scorpions - World Wide Live ´85 16. AC-DC - Live at Donington ´91 15. Deep Purple - Live in Paris ´75 14. Led Zeppelin - The Song remains the Same 13. Iron Maiden - Maiden England 12. AC-DC - If you want blood, you´ve got it 11. Kiss - Alive 10. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East 9. Thin Lizzy - Live and dangerous 8. Scorpions - Tokyo tapes 7. Deep Purple - Live in Graz ´75 6. Rainbow - Live in Germany ´76 5. Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City 4. Deep Purple - Live in Stockholm 1970 3. Motörhead - No sleep til Hammersmith 2. UFO - Strangers in the Night 1. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
I like a lot of the albums mentioned but THE LIVE ALBUM for me has always been Lou Reed - Rock'n'Roll animal. I also like UFO - "Live" just as much as "Strangers in the night" . Rolling Stones - Brussels Affair. I wish they had released more from 71 - 73.
I found this one at a used book store last year. Excellent live album! I prefer many of the tracks on this to the actual studio tracks on the first 2 albums.
100% RIP, Randy... I wept when I first heard it (the solo to Goodbye to Romance, IIRC). The spotlight solo in Suicide Solution is worth the price of the album.
Top 10: 1. Dream theater- Score 2. Genesis- Seconds out 3. Yes- Yessongs 4. Dire straits- Alchemy: Dire straits live 5. Rush- Exit...stage left 6. UFO- Strangers on the night 7. Deep purple- Made in Japan 8. Led Zeppelin- How the west was won 9. Iron maiden- Live after death 10. Opeth- The roundhouse tapes
D.P. Made in Japan best ever live album of all time. The power the sound, music, and the players in the band. 🎸, organ, 🥁 s, bass and singer. Wow!!!!!!!!
With exception of about 3 songs MIJ is a load of noise...or bollocks. Take your oick
Highway Star is the BEST!
At Fillmore East. Allman Brothers Band.
The best live album I know.
1 Uriah Heep - live 1973 2 UFO -Strangers in the night 3 Scorpions - Tokyo tapes .
Peter Frampton comes alive great album😎
Frank Marino till this day is still on fire. One of the Best live shows ever.
The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East is by far my favorite live album.
Yeah, it's great.
Live at leeds was always my favorite.
In a class of it's own.
Here’s my top ten.
10 Saxon - The Eagle has Landed
9 UFO - Strangers in the Night
8 Iron Maiden - Live after Death
7 Caravan - Live at Fairfield Hall 1974
6 Yes - 9012Live
5 Genesis - Live
4 Black Sabbath - Live Evil
3 Whitesnake - Live..in the Heart of the City
2 Rainbow - Live in Munich 1977
1 Deep Purple - Made in Japan (obviously).
Humble Pie - 'Performance Rockin' the Fillmore'...Pretty darn good, too. 😎
I say Humble Pie King Biscuit is better than Performance.
ABSOLUTELY! Frampton rules that record .tears it up! they were opening for GRAND FUNK RR that tour.
Man, by making Made In Japan your favorite live album you just became my favorite vinyl channel on RUclips. 👍👍👍
Deep Purple Made in Japan was THE album that started me into heavy rock music
HAWKWIND - Space Ritual
The greatest "live" album of all time !
Honorable mention :
RAMONES - It's Alive !
It's all fun thanks Pete 👍
Hawkwind maybe is underrated
Humble Pie rockin' the fillmore
ABSOLUTELY!
HELL YES !!! Doesn't get talked about enough .... maybe people just haven't had a slice of the pie .
UFO is and was one of the best and talented Rock bands of all time ! Too many people missed out on this fantastic band !
Great choices!🤘
For me:
#1 Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
#2 Hawkwind - Space Ritual
#3 Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Space Ritual is a start to finish experience that is hard to explain or match ... & many folks over the pond won't even know just how seminal & immense it is (sadly) ....
Hawkwind - Space Ritual, awesome album!
Humble pie... rocking the Fillmore did it for me. Excellent vlog Pete! The drum solo on The Mule is awesome!
Everyone will have their favourites for sure. Mine are: Rare Earth - In Concert / Frampton Comes Alive / Bob Seger - Live Bullet / Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At Carnegie Hall / Wishbone Ash - Live Dates, plus many mentioned. 👍👍👍😊
Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album is the first live album I ever owned. I still listen to it. It is the most honest reproduction of a band live, warts and all.
Seconds out is such an underrated album. Cinema show and Supper's ready are such highlights
I'd have to pick _Different Stages_ over _All the World's a Stage_ simply because of the bonus recording of the boys performing at the Hammersmith Odeon on their _A Farewell to Kings_ tour. What a nice addition!
Agree Pete Made in Japan the finest live album ever recorded.
There's alot of great bootlegs filmed and recorded of Early Deep Purple. They just always put a different touch on their live performances. The riffs, vocals and drum solos to John Lord's Hammond organ.
Made in Japan? I've had it since 1973 and I've played it about 3 times. Very average.
I've seen your list of 'great' live albums which makes this comment even more ridiculous.
I think part of what made "Made in Japan" so good was it was minimally processed. Pretty much straight from the board.
Glad you mentioned right at the end, the great Rory Gallagher. Stage Struck and Irish Tour '74 should be right at the top of any live album lists. I would also include and surprised you didn't: On your feet or on your knees and Extraterrestrial live by BOC. Supported Strangers in the Night all the way, it's a worthy and deserved winner of your competition.
Just cause it doesn't make the top 25 doesn't mean I don't love it. I included well over 100 on this tournament, and I love all of them.
Rory and BOC.....I like it....Stagestruck is fantastic...hard rock Rory....BOC live all day and night...actually I just did that....I'm gonna cue up Stagestruck immediately...thanks bud....
@@chrischoir3594 I doubt you ever saw Rory open for Rush in the 70's...because it never happened...Rush opened for Rory in 74 touring their excellent debut album....in 1982 Rory toured opening for Rush on the Signals tour....I saw them on this tour....Rory wailed....I think Lifeson is great....but I couldn't get into the echoing...phase shifting flanging sound effects here...the next album I thought they were trying to sound like the Police....I much more preferred earlier Rush albums and tours...Rory of course was a constant.....awesome....I'm a life long die hard fan....sorry you think he's boring....
@@chrischoir3594 respectfully disagree...he's an incredible live performer....one of the most underrated and unsung guitar heroes of all time...always stuck to his guns not selling out to commercial sounding crap...and he does have a substantial world wide following of fans who followed him and appreciated him then and now....we all have our opinions...likes and dislikes.....one thing we could agree on...those were the best days to go to shows....
@@chrischoir3594 Are you fuckin nuts? Rory Gallagher was a top 5 guitarist ever and you need to watch his live version of Shadow Play.
Fantastic list. Here are some more of my favorites not discussed:
Porcupine Tree - "Anesthesize"
Jeff Beck - "Live at Ronnie Scott's"
Jeff Beck - "Live with The Jan Hammer Group"
Bruce Hornsby - "Here Come The Noise Makers"
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles - "Live!"
Miles Davis - "Live Evil"
"Johnny Winter And ... Live" and "Captured Live".
some oustanding JW stuff on RUclips. saw him 3 times. a true guitar slinger until about the late 90's, and he slowed down, which was unthinkable! and what monster of a voice. if they ever make a top 100 rock vocalists list, he has to be on it. w/ Leslie West and Chris Robinson, and Paul Rodgers, and Little Richard, Steve Marriott.John Kay. I'll stop now.
In no particular order some of my favourite live albums are. Hendrix in the west. Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous, The Rolling stones get your ya ya's out. Queen live killers Aerosmith live bootleg, pink floyd live in pompeii. BB king live at the BBC. The Doors in concert, iron maiden real live one/real dead one. Gary Moore live blues, the who at the lsle of white festival 1970. AC/DC if you want blood, the beatles at the Hollywood bowl, any live Zeppelin, any live rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan and double trouble live greatest hits. Plus many more.
Aljax79 Johnston Some great live albums named there - especially nice to see BB King’s Live at the BBC. That was my introduction to his music and my gateway into the Blues. I still love that album.
Surprised that Get Yer Ya Ya's Out didn't get more love. That album really showcases Mick Taylor's talents
Forgot all about Rory Gallagher--Irish Tour 74 belongs in any live album top 5, for sure.
Nobody mentions Dire Straits - Alchemy Live, but to me its one of the best ever Live albums.
Uriah Heep Live and Kiss Alive are my two favorites. Merry Christmas.
If you were a kid under 16 in the late 70s, chances are Kiss Alive was your game changer as well.
Not sure that would be true for Brits...
Kiss are American, they mean very little to British rock fans.
We had Purple, Zeppelin, Maiden, Rainbow, Sabbath, etc, etc..
AC/DC If You Want Blood You Got It, best live album ever.
shit always the same riffs for ac dc
Motörhead No sleep til Hammersmith 😊👍
Live Rust- Neil young. Great balance of acoustic and electric. Great song selection.
Yes. The perfect live album.
Thank you very much for your top 25 live albums! You and your family have a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 🎤🎸🎵🥁🌲
Frampton comes alive!!!!!!
Made in Japan
Who Live at Leeds
Little Feat Waiting For Columbus
Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Yas Out
Allman Brothers FilmorebEast
knowing the channel, I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention BOC's On your feet on your knees.
Great list Pete, and your right. You're #1 pick was no surprise at all. I was surprised that none of the BOC live albums made the Top 25?
Heep Live '73....and i like the r n r medley...rock on Pete!
All worthy selections, especially Made In Japan. That album didn't leave my record player for a decade. But my favorite live Album is still Waiting For Columbus. Has it all, in my opinion.
It is my stuck on an island album.
Is The Concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison on your list, Pete? Well, if it is or if it is not, it's a great live album indeed!
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out! Lou Reed Live!
Rock And Roll Animal?
Love At Leeds. The Mighty Who 1970 set the bar very high for live albums by the greatest live band, The Who.
Jethro Tull live bursting out
Mountain-Twin Peaks
UFO - strangers in the night
Foghat live
Judas Priest- unleashed in the east
Solid list. Glad to see Trower up there. Saw him play live a couple of times. Never saw anyone do so much so effortlessly. Wish I could have seen him with Dewar.
Great list. Here are a few I think deserve a mention…
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Are You Ready
Elvin Bishop - Raisin’ Hell
The first minutes of "the mule " on Made in Japan before the drums solo are incredible but the drums solo is even more incredible
Just listened to that along with the rest of Made in Japan, yesterday. Was just confirming in my mind what I already knew.Made in Japan = the best live hard rock album ever.
Best heavy metal / hard rock, progressive, aggressive live album
That is a great drum solo. The drum solo on the Tull live album Pete mentioned is really good, too.
Hi Pete perfect live albums, i just add the incredible: Rainbow - Live In Munich (1977) and Live in Paris from AC/DC!
did i miss Rory Gallagher's live Irish tour 1974
My gateway live album was Little Feat Waiting For Columbus. Might have lead me in a slightly different direction. I was playing cornet in the school brass band. So having Tower Of Power playing with them, didn't make them difficult to like.
One of the great live bands ever. Period.
I am so glad Kansas's Two For The Show made the list. I just got that album a couple weeks ago and it's one of my favorite live albums of all time. Huge Kansas fan.
its a wonderful live album.
Greatest live album of all time. I bought it way back just after it was released and have loved it ever since. Even better was the 30th Anniversary version, when a second disc from the same tours was provided. My favourite band after Queen. Second best live album , Genesis’ Seconds Out. Then the rest…….
apologies - Rory gets a mention at the end. Presumably a reference to Irish Tour. Brilliant live album.
UFO - Strangers in the Night, Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East, Kiss - Alive, The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East, Queen - Live Killers, Thin Lizzy - Life live, Uriah Heep - Live '73, Rainbow - On Stage, MSG - One Night At Budokan, Supertramp - Paris, Marillion - Real to Reel, Deep Purple - Made in Japan, Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed, Cheap Trick - At Budokan, Rush - All the World's a Stage, Kansas - Two For the Show, Black Sabbath - Live Evil, Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive, Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith, Simple Minds - Live in the City of Light, U2 - Under the Blood Red Sky, Dire Straits - Alchemy, The Who - Live at Leeds, Rammstein - Volkerball.
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road.
I think Lynyrd Skynyrd was the best American live band of the 1970s.
Agreed
My favorite live album is CHICAGO Live at Carnegie Hall, which contains some of the very best bass guitar performances of all time. Peter Cetera was the Hendrix of bass players in the 1970's.... Take a listen and you just might agree with me.
I agree, it's a great live release. Much better than live in Japan IMO. Terry Kath is one of the best guitarists ever and you rarely hear him mentioned with the other top players.
Hi M K. Great comments. And I totally agree that Carnegie Hall is a much better live performance than Live in Japan. Terry Kath was a giant, and was underrated because he was a team player in a horn-based rock band instead of a guitar-based rock band.
@@JimmyPlato1 you can say what you want about 80s Chicago with Cetera as the frontman (I hated the musical direction they took) , but the guy was an excellent bassist. Carnegie really showcases that and also there's much more Kath guitar. That is always a good thing IMO.
Very pleasantly surprised to see this mentioned; I play it to this day. Kath was a great player, as was Cetera. Danny Seraphine shows what a monster and underrated drummer he is throughout the whole four album release! It gets beat up a lot because of the poor recorded sound and some sloppy playing here and there but it really showcases what a strong and talented group of musicians the originals were, especially during their early days!
@JimmyPlato totally agree with you about Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall
Always couldn’t understand how it doesn’t get it’s just due...the sound quality is much much better than people complain about always
Kath was a complete monster & Peter Cetera is just killing on the bass
Danny Seraphine has always been one of the greatest drummers IMO
The remastered 4 disc set put out maybe 15 years ago is an item I hope to pass down to my grandchildren some day if ever blessed
These are the ones I listened to the most.
1. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
2. Foghat Live
3. Frampton Comes Alive
4. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
5. Wings Over America
An underrated gem of heavy live blues rock is Fleetwood Mac’s “Live in Boston” (1970). Doesn’t get much better than the twin guitar attack of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan! Both of them at the top of their game on their Les Pauls.
When you could honestly call the band . FLEETWOOD Mac!!!
Mountain- Twin peaks
Judas Priest- Unleashed in the east
Jethro Tull-bursting out
Pat Travers- go for what you know
Yes-yessongs
Genesis-Secinds out
Deep purple made in japan
Hawkwind
Jimi Hendrix band of gypsys
Kiss -Alive II
Nazareth - SNAZ
First of all, I would like to wish you Merry Christmas, and to express my gratitude for advising me (I was using a different nickname) to go and see Deep Purple on this tour! It was a great concert in Belgrade, Serbia, the arena was packed, great crowd, Don, Steve and Roger were on fire! Paice was solid, and Gillan was..you know :)
Anyway, my favorite live albums are Kiss Alive! (although I become a fan because of Alive III) and DP Made in Japan, those bands are so good live, DP's virtuosity and jamming and Kiss's energy are something special - and these are my all time favourite rock bands. And Kiss is one of the few bands that could sound better live than in the studio.
Great list, with Zappa Live at the Roxy and elsewhere and Genesis Seconds Out. Thank you.
I love "Bursting out" by Tull, I hace it in vynil edition, and it's one of my favorite albums of my collection, wonderful pictures, great edition. And of course "two for the show" love it ¿Why not "the song remains the same" by Led Zeppelin? ¿What about Emerson, Lake and Palmer ”welcome back my friends to the show that never ends"?
Merry Christmas Pete!🎁🎄🙏🏻Thank you so much for taking the time to not just doing the live album tournament, but also sharing your favorite live albums. We know the effort that goes into it. Excited for what’s in store for 2020.-Chris & Beth🎧🔥🎄🎁🎸🥁
A little disappointed not to see the first live album I ever bought. It's raw, it's powerful and it captures the bands live performance perfectly... I speak of course about the great "Slade Alive!"
I’m with you on Slade Alive. It’s up there with greatest live albums. It’s not better than Live at Leeds and Made in Japan though. It comes very close.
Great list Pete. You made me smile with your honourable mention being Humble Pie's Rockin the Fillmore. I would like to add, Full House- J Girls Bands pumping album.Thanks Pete.
J Girls Band?😅
@@CB-xr1eg yes it was a typo, thanks for The correction.
Made in Japan, probably the best recorded live album ever, especially The Mule. I used to play this selling Yamaha NS1000 speakers (£800 a pair in 1978!).
Great list Pete. I know we had a mini-spat over bands you hate, but KISS Alive! was exactly the same for me, started it all. 1978 Waiau, Hawaii.6th grade, hand me down from my older sister. Took it to a class party and air guitared to Parasite in front of everybody. This album started my rock journey. God bless rock n roll.
AC/DC If you want blood- exceptional live album which really captured how they were, Hate his politics to the core but Nugents Double Live Gonzo is in the top 25 and Lynyrd Skynyrd One more from the road- top stuff. Love the channel and the debates etc.
Yes....absolutely....AC/DC....If You Want Blood You've Got It.....Bon Scott....and what is hands down my favorite album cover....Uncle Ted....love his politics....not only Double Live Gonzo but Intensities in Ten Cities as well...( My Love is like a Tire Iron..) .and Lynyrd Skynyrd 's One More For the Road....one of the all time great live albums....." gimme a T for Texas gimme a T for Tennessee "
@@larrynolletti4594 there are a ton of great unofficial Bon Scott era live recordings on RUclips. They could make some great releases if they chose to. Check it out some time if you haven't already.
@@mmk7340 Thanks...yes...I have....a lot of them I have on bootleg disc.....my favorites are Melbourne '74 and San Francisco '77...a killer Up to My Neck in You....yes...there is a ton of great AC/DC languishing...a lot of them were radio broadcasts....If You Want Blood surely should have been a double....I mean...Sin City was a staple and it's not on there....???...
I was a kid when that album came out, but Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo, is probably my all-time favorite live album
@@kurthanke5788 ...can't argue with that....I love everything he did thru Scream Dream....I can remember in high school buying Weekend Warrior....looking at this insane ballsy in your face album cover cranking up and hearing Need You Bad...for the first time....I'm telling you that was an adrenaline rush...
The best thing for me about this whole series has been the opportunity to find out about and hear new live albums. One such is Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool; it's only in the past couple of years that I've been getting into their studio albums and this is a revelation on all levels, so thanks Pete! I know there'll be more to come as I pick up other albums from the series.
Playing fool is without a doubt the greatest live album ever.GG is/was the greatest most epic legendary unique genius band ever.
Whitesnake - Live In the Heart of the City is up there on my list as well. Just a great listen all the way through.
easily the high point of the 'snakes career
Merry Christmas to you, you're family, friends, loved ones and everyone watching . Kiss alive 👍👍😉
A couple of my favourites that aren't mentioned often, if at all, are FM/Live by Climax Blues Band and Live by Johnny Winter And. Both are absolute killer albums.
I give a thumbs up just for mentioning Climax Blues Band !!!!
Merry Christmas Pete! Thank you for putting in your time to give us this awesome content. You know the list was difficult when Live After Death didn't make the cut.
Being a die hard Kiss-fan their live-albums are on top of my personal list.
But then it's close between UFO, Priest, Saxon, Motorhead...and then there are a few which were not mentioned on your wars.
Nevertheless it was great fun and I've enjoyed it very much.
So thank you Pete and merry X-mas
I guess I am too old for most of those albums but my number one at least made the charts and I certainly didn't expect that - Gentle Giant Playing the Fool. Merry Christmas and many thanks for all the work you do for us.
Good list. BOC on your feet or on your knees would have to be in my top 3 for sure.
It's always been one of my favorites as well.
Hi Pete... spot on 'Made in Japan' amazing, still remember the first moment I heard it... sounds great, no overdubs... keep coming back to it!
Love LZ's "How The West Was Won," but give me the "Dazed & Confuzed" version from "Song Remains The Same," just incredible!
I totally agree, plus the NO QUARTER version from the same album.
Good list. Here is my top in no order: Live album-Grand Funk Railroad, Rockin at the fillmore-Humble Pie, Live Nickelodeon-Masters Apprentices, You get what you play for-Reo Speedwagon, Live-Head East,Live at leeds- The Who, Exit stage left-Rush, Are you ready-Atlanta rhytm section, Live dates-Wishbone Ash....
AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You've Got It
Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith
Corrosion of Conformity - Live Volume
Rage Against the Machine - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at the El Mocambo
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
Dixie Chicks - An Evening With The Dixie Chicks
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
Yes No sleep is awesome, but I also see that Pete has set up a different direction of Rock Music - which is okay
Brilliant, Pete - we agree on the no 1, for sure! Would have added Rainbow - On Stage on the top 10, being the Blackmore-nerd that I am🙂 Love your analysis and I get new album - ideas all the time. Happy New Year!
One great live album rarely mentioned is PFM : Cook Live in Usa (75)
Hi Pete, it's so great to listen to you talking about your PASSION for music, which is mine too.
Take care
What about MSG - One Night in Budokan? Ok, try to ignore Barden's voice, but Schenker's and his V are 'flying'! Rainbow - Live on Stage 1976/77. RJD's voice is EPIC!. Mistreated makes what's left of my hair stand on end!. All the best Pete. Cheers.
Just cause it doesn't make the top 25 doesn't mean I don't love it. I included well over 100 on this tournament, and I love all of them.
Both are in my top 10!!
Ignore Barden's voice???
@@jake6887 A friend of mine once described Barden as being "Brilliant and awful at the same time." I think that sums up his singing.
@@jake6887 Sorry pal, but Barden couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, even if he used both hands! Joking aside, I just don't think that it was ever a strong enough or good enough voice.
1 : Live and Dangerous, Thin Lizzy
2 : Strangers in the Night, UFO
3 : Made in Japan, Deep Purple
4 : Live in the Heart of the City, Whitesnake
5 : Pulse, Pink Floyd
Seriously, I can’t possibly be the first to mention Cheap Trick’s “Live at Budokan” ???
Used to have it on yellow vinyl . Brilliant!
You are, but you shouldn't have been: it is indeed a superb album.
And no mention of Dire Straits - Alchemy Live. That might be my 3rd favourite after Made In Japan - Deep Purple and Live In The Heart Of The City - Whitesnake.
Love Budokan......was a "game changer" for me.....
Cheap trick is definitely in top 10
Hey Pete, although we differ in favorites, I enjoy listening to how passionate you are regarding your love for your favorite bands, music, etc. very cool! My favorite s are strangers in the night, all the worlds a stage and live after death. Rick on! \m/
Made in Japan fantastic Album was a masterpiece at the time probably my Favourite live album also
Thanks for all your work for another year. One of my favorite days of the year is waiting for your top picks of the year. Merry Christmas
It's coming today!
muddy production aside-YESSONGS is by far the best live album ever. Their music is way more involved than any other band. and only these musicians could reproduce live versions as good or better than the fantastic studio versions
I saw them twice live in 1975 or 76 and they were totally blown off stage by the support band (Gryphon). Yes were very average. And to suggest that they are more involved than Gentle Giant - well, words fail me.
If there is muddy production then not the best live album out there is my opinion though I admit I have not heard it, myself.
My top ten:
1. Genesis--Seconds Out
2. REO Speedwagon--Live: You get what you play for
3. Eric Clapton--24 Nights
4. Deep Purple--Made in Japan
5. The Who--Live at Leeds
6. Journey--Captured
7. Led Zepplin--Songs Remains the same
8. Judas Priest--Unleashed in the East
9. The Allman Brothers--Live at Fillmore East
10. Rush--Exit Stage Left
Gotta Have My Priest Unleashed In the East.
Thanks for adding your list in the description, I can get why you may not always want to do but it is apricated.
Love Grand Funk Live....Mel Schacher's driving bass.
Honorable mentions and my personal favourites
1. On your feet or on your knees - Blue Oyster Cult
2. What do you want from live - The Tubes
Both exceptional albums...
Rory Gallagher.... Irish Tour 73. Master peace
1. The Last Waltz/Rock of Ages - The Band et al
2. Live at Leeds - The Who
3. Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers
4. Royal Albert Hall (Manchester Free Trade) - Bob
5. Live Rust - Neil Young
6. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
7. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
8. Hard Rain - Bob
9. Lotus - Santana
10 801 Live
Live After Death - Iron Maiden : makes my top 3
The 6 complete live albums i have on CD, computer and iphone is:
Elvis Presley: Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
Nirvana: MTV Unplugged from New York
Paul Mccartney: Wings Over America
The Who: Live At Leeds
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
Peter Frampton: Comes Alive
Merry Christmas Pete!
I don´t think I would be able to pick 25 live albums, as my all time favorites, but I have some anway, worth mentioned here. You have picked Deep Purple, Made in Europe, recorded from several cities, around Europe, I choose one spot, Graz ´75 instead. This is my list with live albums, maybe I could have mentioned more.
20. Candlemass - Live in Stockholm 1990
19. Helloween - Live in the U,K.
18. Saxon - The Eagles has landed
17. Scorpions - World Wide Live ´85
16. AC-DC - Live at Donington ´91
15. Deep Purple - Live in Paris ´75
14. Led Zeppelin - The Song remains the Same
13. Iron Maiden - Maiden England
12. AC-DC - If you want blood, you´ve got it
11. Kiss - Alive
10. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
9. Thin Lizzy - Live and dangerous
8. Scorpions - Tokyo tapes
7. Deep Purple - Live in Graz ´75
6. Rainbow - Live in Germany ´76
5. Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City
4. Deep Purple - Live in Stockholm 1970
3. Motörhead - No sleep til Hammersmith
2. UFO - Strangers in the Night
1. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Blind Guardian's Tokyo Tales is such a great live album. I'm surprised it isn't discussed by more people.
Masterpiece!!! Blind Guardian was so energetic on that live album.
I love Blind Guardian. Hansi's vocals are amazing!
I like a lot of the albums mentioned but THE LIVE ALBUM for me has always been Lou Reed - Rock'n'Roll animal. I also like UFO - "Live" just as much as "Strangers in the night" . Rolling Stones - Brussels Affair. I wish they had released more from 71 - 73.
Ozzy Osbourne Tribute to Randy Rhoads. Perfection!
I found this one at a used book store last year. Excellent live album! I prefer many of the tracks on this to the actual studio tracks on the first 2 albums.
100% RIP, Randy... I wept when I first heard it (the solo to Goodbye to Romance, IIRC). The spotlight solo in Suicide Solution is worth the price of the album.
Top 10:
1. Dream theater- Score
2. Genesis- Seconds out
3. Yes- Yessongs
4. Dire straits- Alchemy: Dire straits live
5. Rush- Exit...stage left
6. UFO- Strangers on the night
7. Deep purple- Made in Japan
8. Led Zeppelin- How the west was won
9. Iron maiden- Live after death
10. Opeth- The roundhouse tapes