the best live albums

talking heads - the name of this band is talking heads

best ever, imo. they were so incredibly tight live.

built to spill - live

best neil young cover ever.

speaking of

neil young + crazy horse - live rust

"when i grow up, i'm gonna play an electric guitar."

fucking masterful.

those are just the first that spring to mind. what think ye?

Slayer- Decade of Aggression.

John Coltrane - Live in Japan

Morbid Angel - Entagled in Chaos

Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of The Devil

Lugubrum - Live in Amsterdam; Trampled Brass - Midget Robes

Iced Earth - Alive In Athens (only parts of it)

Destruction - Live Without Sense

Frank Zappa - alot, recently The Yellow Shark

Biosphere - Wireless

Throbbing Gristle - Mission of Dead Souls

These are the first things that come to mind

Squarepusher - Warp20

Nirvana - MTV Unplugged

Underworld - Live @ Brixton Academy 31.10.08

minimum maximum is fucking great

pan sonic and haino keiji - shall i download a black hole and give it to you comes to mind as well, actually.

Some songs end up sounding a bit rough, but there's also a number of pretty interesting reinterpretations.

Does that Summer Sonic Aphex set count? 'Cause I think that thing is awesome.

Oh fuck, how could I forget:

Can't believe no one has mentioned these. Three of my favorite albums of all time!

Oh and almost forgot:

^^Absolutely incredible.

Keith Jarrett - Live at Lucerne

The fact that this was completely improvised blows my fucking mind. Come to think of it, everything Keith Jarret does is outstanding.

Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere.

This one's debatable as a live album because Zappa made significant overdubs. Then again, most of his album performances were built up from live recordings, which was part of what made him so unique.

Frank Zappa - Playground Psychotics

Consists of field recordings of the 1972 Mothers while on tour. Definitely a must have, if not solely for 'Billy the Mountain'.

Underworld's Everything Everything.

Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

Jim Hendrix - Woodstock, Monterey, Isle of Wight, Winterland, BBC Sessions

FSOL - ISDN

Shellac - Live in Tokyo

Orb - Live 93

Oscar Peterson - The Trio

Coltrane - Live at Birdland (even though only half of it is at birdland...lol)

and ti was never released as an album but Aphex live in Rome a couple of years ago was a fucking blinder.

BB King - Live at the Regal

  On 1/23/2011 at 12:10 AM, chenGOD said:

Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

 

Shellac - Live in Tokyo

Knew I'd overlooked some:

The Clash - From Here To Eternity

This leviathan might be everything that's good and bad about the live double album, but I love it and it's got some awesome moments: