Thanks for mentioning my home state. That day last week was nuts. Maui was having a tropical storm/hurricane without the rain. Power poles were falling over from early in the morning with the constant gusts. By afternoon it was 60-80mph on Maui. I live in the Puna district of Hawai'i Island and we had a normal trade wind day, but kept hearing and seeing the evacuation reports in media broadcasts. This show has been a nice escape from the shock of that disaster. Mahalo for the smiles.
I think Space Ritual from hawkwind is a pretty special live album, with all the Bob Calvert space poetry and weird synth noise between the songs -- it's like one continuous acid trip. It really just makes me want to be there more, as a lot of live albums do -- I can just imagine most of the audience totally freaking out, especially during the sonic attack monologue.
Grateful Dead’s “Europe ‘72” triple album is almost all “new” material. There are several covers, like Hurts Me Too and You Win Again (not sure One More Saturday Night counts as its studio version appeared on Bob Weir’s solo album Ace, which is essentially a Dead album). But also numerous originals that became long time staples, like Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Ramble On Rose, Brown Eyed Women and He’s Gone.
Janes Addiction self titled first album is a live album that featured new songs and a Rolling Stones cover, Sympathy for the Devil, and probably their biggest song Jane Says, which is then featured on their next album Nothings Shocking. The live album is by far my favorite and I have a real soft spot for it, brings back good times. Nice mention but it deserved more commentary because it is a classic.
Hey guys from Kelowna here, doing ok but very smokey. I'm in the Rutland part of town where the fire is far away so far!! Thanks for mentioning Ted Nugent 's Double live Gonzo!! One of my favorite live albums ever. Great show!!
Tangerine Dream often released live albums as new recorded records - the great Ricochet and Encore, Logos Live, Poland, and Live Miles are examples. Marillion’s Made Again was recorded in London and Rotterdam (Disc 1) and Paris (Brave, Disc 2), Dire Straits includedTwo Young Lovers with intro The Carousel Waltz, and Going Home - Theme from Local Hero, on Alchemy. May be worthwhile mentioning that The Song Remains The Same was actually a Soundtrack album to the movie.
Pink Floyd - Bootleg of live at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario Canada in 1975 featured several PF songs that were only coming out on the Wish You Were Here album that was released later in 1975 and also songs that eventually got released on Animals in 1977 after the lyrics were updated. Pretty brave, started the concert with 4 songs not yet officially released and only then did tryst play the full DSOTM album after the intermission. Great show as always guys!
1. Kiss - Alive II (one side new studio trax) 2. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (live debut) 3. Guns N' Roses - Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (live debut) 4. The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (half live) 5. Ted Nugent - Intensities in 10 Cities (live album of all new songs)
Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads. Stunning audio, sometimes superior to the studio versions. And amazing video as well. Just spellbinding in my opinion.
I know it doesn’t fit the music usually discussed but Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty is a different type of live album as all songs were recorded on tour with some live on stage while others were recorded on the tour bus, dressing room, etc.
Shadow and Light by Joni Mitchell is definitely more than a live album. With a dream line-up of fusion masters (Pastorius and Metheny together again!), it's a must-have for fans of either Joni or jazz fusion. Then there's Travels by the Pat Metheny Group, probably the last record by the Group that still retains their early sound. Plus it's got some killer tracks you won't find anywhere else. And of course, Zappa's music takes the whole idea of "live" and "studio" and just throws it right out the window.
Born behind the Iron Curtain (Yugoslavia at that time), but the MC5 could be bought in our stores. As a fifteen-year-old kid, I bought it in the early eighties, and from the first listen, I've been a fan! The only "problem" was that I couldn't decide if it was punk or rock :-) Probably a mix !?
Fun topic. First one that came to mind is the great Under a Blood Red Sky by U2 which had 2 great non studio album tracks: 11 O’clock Tick Tock and Party Girl.
Fun topic! If you're counting fusion - Weather Report "8:30" is three sides live/ one studio side. Dixie Dregs "Night of the Living Dregs" is one side live/one side studio. Worth noting that much of Zappa's catalogue was a mix of studio and live tracks seamlessly clipped, stacked and mixed together.
I really enjoyed this episode. Here are some more examples: Live albums with all new music: - Deep Purple / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Concerto For Group And Orchestra - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition - Tangerine Dream - Ricochet - Tangerine Dream - Encore - Tangerine Dream - Most all live TD albums after this consist of new music... - Klaus Schulze - ...Live... (like TD most of KS' live albums consist of new music) The "mixed bag" category (live albums with studio tracks and vice versa) - Cream - Goodbye - Cream - Live Cream - The Nice - Five Bridges - The Nice - Elegy - Traffic - Last Exit - Family - Anyway
I don't know if it fits in any categories Pete and Martin talked about, but I find Saga's The Chapters Live to be a very interesting and unique concept for a live album... taking all 16 of their "chapter" songs that were spread across 7 or 8 albums, and dedicate a show to just doing those in order. I wish they would have filmed it... and I wish Overkill would dedicate a part of their show to the Overkill Saga (5 songs) at some point :-)
Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another fascinating topic on the range and divergent nature of what is a live album and when does live become "not live." Always an entertaining chuckle when Martin expresses his distaste for certain live albums that are part of Pete's DNA. An excellent range of examples and most of the ones that came to mind were discussed in the show though one outside the usual SoT fields of interest would be the Live/1975-1985 box set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The album debuted in the U.S. at the top spot on the Billboard charts. 216:13 in length, it was an epic at its time and, at least once was if not still is, the second best selling live album per RIAA data. As always, a great time in the Funhouse. Thanks, gents, for the usual top quality show. There ya go!
One odd one - that “doesn’t really fit the SoT paradigm,” as Simon Bray would say - is Joe Jackson’s Big World, from the mid-1980s. They set up a residency live in NYC, and invited an audience. Joe and his band played all new material live, and requested that the audience remain as silent as they could. The double album was released with no crowd noise whatsoever, and sounds like a studio record, even though it was performed and recorded live. Additionally, it was only a three sided album! Side four had no music on it. Interesting show, gents! Sweet pumpkin pie! Thanks for entertaining us every Friday. Cheers from Noo Yawk, ova heyah. Rock Out and Prog On! ~ Davey Cretin
I have that album and always thought it was pretty cool the JJ could actually pull that off. I wonder how many times he had to tell the audience to shut up! 😅
@@ilj1259 ~ It was not etched, although his label - A&M Records - was THE record label that actually had three laser etched albums. “More on that later,” as Pete always says. The Joe Jackson record had a warning on the fourth side label that said something to the effect of, “ No music, this side not to be played.” Plus, there was a hype sticker attached to the album cover stating that it was a three-sided album; obviously a gimmick to sell the package, as this was not the norm back in the day. Getting back to the three laser etched albums on A&M records, they were: Styx - Paradise Theatre; Split Enz - True Colours, and the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the film Superman II. All of them were released in the very early 1980s. Most likely all in 1981, or ‘82. I’m a huge Styx fan and know that record came out in early 1981. I’m pretty sure the others came out at about the same time. I’m doing all this from memory, without “cheating” by looking it up on Wikipedia.
@@thomasbeck2934 ~ JJ is notoriously “not too fan friendly.” His reputation, most definitely, precedes him. Stories abound of him acting quite brusque around his fans. However, one of my friends actually caught him in a good mood once. He was very verbose and signed all the vinyl my friend had with him. So, l guess it’s a case by case situation.
I guess it should be explained (for those who don't know) that it was 3 sides because it was "designed" to fit a CD (so about 70mins). I always thought that they could have spread the music over 4 sides, or (better still in my view) give us some extras on Side 4 - eg. some other live recordings or earlier tracks - often CD re-releases of albums had the extras, it would have been "fun" if the vinyl had those for a change!
Steve Vai’s “Alive in an Ultra World” is a cool one. All new songs written in the traditional styles of the countries they were recorded in. Zappa of course was a constant unique mixture of studio and live. Solos were pulled from live performances to fit into studio tracks. And overdubs were done on live tracks. (Vai’s vocal doubling on Jazz Discharge Party Hats comes to mind). And various live bands from different years were even melded together. Also agree with the HSAS love above.
Great topic today. Dokken's "From Conception: Live 1981" has tracks never released with a studio version that are a treat to hear. Another take on today's topic, I've wanted to check out a band's discography with the live version before hearing the studio versions. Never really happens. But, thanks to Saga being recommended by Pete and Jamie Lazlo more than enough, I have finally done it. I have 12 albums by Saga and will start with "In transit" and "Detours" before moving onto 10 studio albums covering many eras of the bands career.
Nice show as usual guys! Some albums I also think is worth mention in this discussion is The Byrds - Untitled, doublealbum with one studio record and one live record with a long fantastic version of Eight Miles High. And The Last Waltz, it is not only a an amazing concert triple album/movie, it is music history and something like it will never be made again. Al Stewart - Indian summer/Live recorded in LA 1981. Double album with one studioside and the rest live. Very good live sound, great band and many of Al:s classics. In Newcastle, UK a unique band called Lindisfarne became successful inte early seventies (called the Beatles of Newcastle and songwriter Alan Hull was called the best songwriter since Bob Dylan and they toured with and headlined over Genesis and Van der Graf Generator. ). The original lineup disbanded in 1973 but made comeback in 1976 with a christmas concert which became a classic double live album and the concerts on that arena has generated a string of live albums and they will play this year also. Those albums are a big part of Newcastles music history and Lindisfarne for sure one of the best bands to come out from UK.
Primus is another band that debuted with a live album. A couple of other categories of "not really a live album": live in the studio albums like Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner Live radio sessions like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix have released "Live And Rare" albums. Rage Against The Machine and Jane's Addiction both have rarities compilations that are padded out with some extra live tracks. Great topic and as always you guys did a great job researching. Thank you.
I have to agree with @Braidwood_Inn, who mentions Jackson Browne's Running On Empty. Maybe the genre is not what you typically discuss on this channel, but Running On Empty is a great "new tracks live" album that delves into what life on the road is like for a touring band, emphasizing the highs and lows that whole experience. A classic line-up with The Section, including the great rhythm section of Leland Sklar on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums, along with strings extraordinaire David Lindley. It was recorded on tour at different venues, but also in hotel rooms and on the moving tour bus. Introspective and poignant, Running On Empty is a must have album for me.
"Gratitude," the amazing '75 double live album from Earth, Wind, & Fire, is my favorite live album by any group, in any genre, and it's definitely more than *just* a live album, with incredible, new at the time, studio tracks like "Sing A Song," "Sunshine," and "Can't Hide Love." The album also features a great, lengthy, live, jazz-funk fusion jam, "New World Symphony," that is not on any other EWF album.
@@frankalfar That's a great comparison! Especially in their prime, EWF and Yes were so great, both in the studio and live, that it was almost mind-boggling. I admit that I had no idea just how progressive early EWF could be, until I bought "Gratitude" around fifteen years ago, but after that, I went back and got most of their catalogue. It was quite a learning experience. All of their '70s albums, up through 1980's "Faces" double studio album, have at least some progressive aspects and are definitely worth hearing.
Phil Collins said the Me & Virgil was their attempt to make a song like the Band. He thought it a failed attempt but I think it is fun. Perhaps it ends awkwardly. Glass Hammer released an album called Mostly Live in Italy where the guitar parts were recorded in the studio by Fred Schendel after the fact. Mysteriously, they were unable to use the live guitar tracks from Kamran Alan Shikoh, who had left the band after the shows. You can't replace a player like Shikoh but Fred was up to the challenge and has been playing rhythm guitar on subsequent albums.
I've always looked at Pat Metheny Group - Travels as more than just a "live" album, it didn't just feature material from their first couple albums that were transferred from the studio to the live stage, it was a double album that mostly had a lot of new songs that still to this day have never been recorded apart from one as a trio arrangement. Travels to me has a lot of energy that you normally would get at a rock concert, whether it's the big guitar synth solo on 'Are You Going With Me' or the extended piano solo on 'San Lorenzo', you can hear people completely losing their minds at every solo and note which really makes you feel like you're actually there in person witnessing these guys delivering a live performance for the ages. It's very surprising that PMG in their long history have only released two live albums but for me Travels is the stronger of the two and showcased the group at their musical creative peak.
Good concept . I would add a few. Genesis seconds out, talking heads stop making sense, and joe jackson big world which was all new stuff recorded life.
The Door`s "Absolutely Live" with a bunch of cuts not heard on any studio albums came to mind. Also Tangerine Dream`s "Ricochet". A live album helped out with studio work.
Texas/Outlaw Country artist, Joe Ely, had a single live album called "Live Shots" and originally came with a 4 cut studio EP called "Texas Special". Joe Jackson had a live album of all new songs titled "Big World".
The Byrds - Untitled is half live/half studio Molly Hatchet's Double Trouble Live album had 2 new studio tracks. CSN - Allies had 2 studio tracks Neil Young's Time Fades Away is a live album with all new songs & Life is (like Rust Never Sleeps), recorded live, overdubbed in the studio with a couple of studio tracks.
Dokken Beast from the East had the single Walk Away which was notable because it was at this juncture, that’s exactly what they were doing and knew it on that tour and recording the song. The break up live album with the pointed single.
It was an odd sounding live album. I mean George sounds super live as he was so off the cuff and improvising and throwing licks everywhere but vocals sounded very tidy. From what I’ve heard, mostly redone vocals. So a mishmash that doesn’t convince as a live document.
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul, all new songs recorded live without an audience. Joe Jackson - Big World, new songs premiered live with a quiet audience. U2 - Rattle And Hum, mix of studio and live. Cream - Goodbye, live side/studio side.
Nice show. From the NWOBHM era the classic to me is Stampede: The Official Bootleg featuring tracks from Reading & Mildenhall Rock Festivals. One of the best live albums released ever (well to me it is)
Gary Numan's live albums 'Living Ornaments '79' and 'Living Ornaments '80' featured complete re-imagings of some of his studio songs that raised them to 'the next level'.
yes the Cheap Trick live was my introduction to the band, I was a victim of radio back then and they didn't play the early CT tunes but the live LP busted them to the world.
The first live album featuring all brand new songs I can remember was One Live Badger produced by Jon Anderson. This was also the band’s first album which is very rare to debut a live album to start your career. Another Yes related album featuring all new material live is Rick Wakeman-Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. 4 new songs from his band,orchestra and choir. I was fortunate to see it performed in San Francisco in 1974. Another half live half studio album is Trio Of Doom from John McLaughlin,Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams.
Colorado Springs partly burned down about 10 years ago when the fire came roaring over the mountains and totally destroyed houses on the west side. It was called the Waldo Canyon Fire. At the apartments that I lived at people were standing outside for most of the night just watching the area burn. The next year fire broke out in Black Forest which is a little north of us. That's the one thing I hate about living here. The fires that break out so often. Can't even imagine having to choose between the fire and sharks in the water.
So many Zappa albums were fresh tracks recorded live. On the Broadway The Hard Way he played a whole set of new songs - the CD padded out with older songs but the 88 vinyl was all new.
Yes, their Live record is a masterpiece and sound better than most studio album. Probably because they fixed things in studio but noneteless, just great@@treff9226
If you bought the import version of Genesis Three Sides the fourth side was also live and you got none of the studio tracks. Yet they retained the same album title. In reality it was Four Sides Live.
I'd say if u want blood by AC-DC. really feels like your in the crowd, I remember listening to that as a kid before I ever had seen AC-DC and conjuring up images of them on stage in my mind.
Here’s another compilation one: Savatage Ghost in the Ruins. It was released in 1995(?) but recorded during the Mountain King and Gutter Ballet tours. It’s a great and underrated live album.
Walk On The Side Of The Angels and Walk With You were non-Hatchet songs released on Double Trouble Live. There are no studio versions by the band. Edge of Sundown was the only DJB song included on the album.
Kinda off topic but,... I came across an unofficial live album of ZZ Top at the local record store and bought it. Live at the Capitol Theater Passic New Jersey in 1980. 1 I Thank You 2 Waiting for the bus 3 Jesus just left 4 Nationwide 5 Lowdown in the Street 6 Fool for your stockings 7 Cheap Sunglasses 8 Driving while blind 9 She loves my automobile 10 HiFi Mama 11 Dust my broom 12 Jailhouse rock 13 Tush Billy's guitar is slightly louder than the bass and drums, but the show still sounds really good! If you looking to come across something unofficial and come across this cross on over to the check out and cross it off your list. If you know what I'm talking about!
When you talked about strange live albums ( are they really live albums ) Oingo Boingo “Alive” where the performed live in a rehearsal studio and no audience to celebrate 10 yrs and a couple new tracks as well
Frank Marino’s Tales Of The Unexpected wasn’t mentioned but sits squarely in both of the first 2 categories. 1/2 live and 1/2 studio and was all new material.
As a variation on the last category discussed above, how about Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live. This was recorded entirely in the studio and the audience sounds dubbed on. The live tapes, recorded in a Hawaiian volcano crater were completely unusable, so a studio was booked and the set was re-created. Most of the guitar solos you can hear are actually Neal Schon rather than Carlos Santana (though, to be fair, he does a fantastic job).
Wonder if the "Hawaiian volcano crater" location was an 'homage' to Hendrix & his July 30 1970 Haleakala Crater/Maui shows (the infamous "Rainbow Bridge vibratory color/sound experiment"). That live show was a mess in that the subsequently released Rainbow Bridge was not (as advertised) the soundtrack for those shows. Fortunately we now have the fantastic Live In Maui...Condolences to those wildfire victims in Hawaii... What I've read about that Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live album: "Some controversy surrounds this recording. From the ROIO audio blog archives : This may come as a surprise to some but the Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! (1972) album could have been recorded in the studio. Rolling Stone (Issue 101, February 3, 1972) reported: As for Santana, there were plans for a “Live in Diamond Head Crater” Santana-Miles LP - a 16-track machine and a Columbia Records crew were flown in - but technical problems, including mysterious power cuts, spoiled all but maybe 15 minutes of tape, according to a technician. On New Year’s Day of 1972, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles gave a concert at the Diamond Head Crater in Oahu Hawaii and later that year Columbia released a live album. But in yet another classic late ’60s/early ’70s live album deception, this album is recorded entirely in the studio. This time the argument is heavily one-sided with lots of proof including a rare bootleg, as well as testimonies. First off, the other guitar player Neil Schon has stated in an interview that it’s recorded in the studio because several of the musicians were tripping on LSD and the recordings were not acceptable to Columbia, so Santana and Miles were forced to replicate the show in the studio with fake or canned applause. Several crew members have backed up the story with one saying that because of the heat there were several power outages to the recording truck during the show and the other saying that FM radios used for security kept bleeding into the soundtrack, creating an editing nightmare... still a good recording wherever it was made."
Interesting, I have read and listened to interviews with both Wagoner and Hunter saying that they played on dozens of studio and live albums to "fix" some things. Sadly they did not get paid for many of them let alone get credited for their work. Hey Pete and Martin, Which bands do you find yourselves humming or singing around the house when you guys aren't doing music related things??? Is it the same music or songs that are your norm or is it music that is very different??
I like Dream Theater. When Dream And Day Reunite from the lost not forgotten series. With Charlie Domonici doing Metroplis with James and Derek and Jordan dueling keyboards.
Iron Maiden - A Real Live/Dead One double album sounds like a single show but was recorded at various venues across Europe. Jane's Addiction debut live album mixed in crowd noises from a Los Lobos concert.
Alice Cooper's live A Fistful of Alice has the great studio track Is Anyone Home? at the end. Neil Young's Time Fades Away was a live album of all new songs. BOC's On Your Feet... and Some Enchanted Evening have live covers that were not included on their studio albums.
Swans' approach to live albums is similar to what Pete mentioned with Miles Davis. They take songs from the studio, but change and expand them so much that they stand on their own as almost entirely new creations.
Neil Young - Time fades away (in my opinion his best album) with only new material. Rolling Stones - Got live if you want it with the El Macombo Club side containing many "new" covers. Roxy London WC2 - the birth of Punk as live compilation of several bands. Bruce Springsteen - live compilation box of his career history. Rolling Stones - Flashpoint (studiosingle Sex Drive). Joe Cocker and Leon Russel - Mad Dogs and Englishmen with many great covers. The last Waltz - The Band with so many famous guests for a worthy farewell. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
The guy on the back of the MC5 album looks like Tortelvis of Dread Zepellen to me.. U2 Rattle and Hum isn't really considered a live album by anyone but has a mix of things discussed here. New studio tracks, one off live cover, Live version of a Bono song from a charity album and much different live version of a recent single( I still haven't found..) as well as a few live versions of recent hits.
There are a few that I can think that weren't mentioned. I apologize for not putting them in categories. Untitled by The Byrds - Double album: Sides 1 and 2 are live, sides 3 and 4 are studio tracks. Flashpoint by The Rolling Stones is a live album. However, there are two "new" studio tracks on that album: Highwire and Sex Drive. Got Live If You Want It (US - 1966) by The Rolling Stones was recorded live. However, there are two studio tracks on there with overdubbed crowd noise. Time Fades Away by Neil Young and New Adventures in Hi Fi by R.E.M. are two examples of live albums with entirely new material. Hendrix in the West by Jimi Hendrix is an example of a compilation live album. There was a live album from the Monterey Pop Festival that was released in the late 1960s. It has Otis Redding on one side and the Jimi Hendrix Experience on the other side. This was way before they released the Jimi Plays Monterey live album. The Grateful Dead live albums Live Dead, Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses), and Europe '72 all have live versions of songs that were never released as studio tracks. Anthem of the Sun by the Grateful Dead is an example of combining multiple live versions of the same song blended with studio recordings.
Speaking of Monterey the live set Jefferson Airplane Live At The Monterey Festival is great too..."Overdubbed crowd noise" to make a studio recording sound 'live' = Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets"...My Neil Young 'gateway album' was 1978's Live Rust. In general I believe a lot of Young's studio recordings are 'live' studio takes - not in the live sense as being discussed here (as in "recorded live in front of an audience" as part of a concert) but live as in all musicians being present & playing at the same time. IMO still the best way to record
Grateful Dead “Anthem of the Sun” studio, where I believe they found their sound with the song, “That’s it for the Other One”. then side two the horrendous “Alligator” chop together from a bunch of live concerts. Did not capture the Grateful Dead‘s magic.
Live Albums with Studio Tracks tacked on: Alice Cooper - A Fistful of Alice, had "is anyone home" on. Not sure if it was on the re-release calles "Live at Cabo Wabo 96", but my guess would be yes. However, it wasn't the reason I bought the Album. At that time I didn't have all stuff from Alice and considered it to be another Live Track.
Nice video albeit maybe a bit too US oriented for my perspective for which there is simply too much material eligible for inclusion e.g. The 3rd self titled album by the Nice was a half live half studio affair. ELP's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' was all new material albeit the band's adaptation of classical composer's Mussorgsky's solo piano composition. The Kinks double album from 1972 'Everybody's in Show-Biz' was a half live half studio hybrid. Legendary, albeit obscure Scottish avant-rockers Chou Pahrot's only release was a live album released in 1979
3 best live albums Seger - live bullet CheapTrick - budakon BOC - some enchanted evening 3 artists who really improve when live - NightWish Beth Hart Jack White
I swear I did the same thing with Double live gonzo. For 30 years I thought he had a duck mask on . And I stared at the cover for years since I played it to death . Ha. One of the best live album ever for sure and it was cool to get new songs at the time
Thanks for mentioning my home state. That day last week was nuts. Maui was having a tropical storm/hurricane without the rain. Power poles were falling over from early in the morning with the constant gusts. By afternoon it was 60-80mph on Maui. I live in the Puna district of Hawai'i Island and we had a normal trade wind day, but kept hearing and seeing the evacuation reports in media broadcasts. This show has been a nice escape from the shock of that disaster. Mahalo for the smiles.
I think Space Ritual from hawkwind is a pretty special live album, with all the Bob Calvert space poetry and weird synth noise between the songs -- it's like one continuous acid trip. It really just makes me want to be there more, as a lot of live albums do -- I can just imagine most of the audience totally freaking out, especially during the sonic attack monologue.
I saw them on the Ritual tour (and many times after that). Space Ritual is an amazing double live album. Hawkwind, in their pomp, were amazing.
Damn envious.@@ghcooke56
Hawkwind at their best... The latest album is also REALLY, REALLY good too.
100%. It’s my favourite album ever
Grateful Dead’s “Europe ‘72” triple album is almost all “new” material. There are several covers, like Hurts Me Too and You Win Again (not sure One More Saturday Night counts as its studio version appeared on Bob Weir’s solo album Ace, which is essentially a Dead album). But also numerous originals that became long time staples, like Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Ramble On Rose, Brown Eyed Women and He’s Gone.
Joe Jackson- Big World. Totally live, he requested all applause should be at the end of the show. All the songs were new, great album.
Janes Addiction self titled first album is a live album that featured new songs and a Rolling Stones cover, Sympathy for the Devil, and probably their biggest song Jane Says, which is then featured on their next album Nothings Shocking. The live album is by far my favorite and I have a real soft spot for it, brings back good times. Nice mention but it deserved more commentary because it is a classic.
Rory Gallagher Irish Tour'74 or Live In Europe. Either one on different days. A ferocious but humble giant at his absolute peak.
Stage struck and checker shirt wizard are just as good. His live albums are just amazing!
Jackson Browne: Running On Empty
All new material that hadn't appeared on previous albums( although there are cover songs)
Great choice, I love that album!!!!
Hey guys from Kelowna here, doing ok but very smokey. I'm in the Rutland part of town where the fire is far away so far!! Thanks for mentioning Ted Nugent 's Double live Gonzo!! One of my favorite live albums ever. Great show!!
Tangerine Dream often released live albums as new recorded records - the great Ricochet and Encore, Logos Live, Poland, and Live Miles are examples. Marillion’s Made Again was recorded in London and Rotterdam (Disc 1) and Paris (Brave, Disc 2), Dire Straits includedTwo Young Lovers with intro The Carousel Waltz, and Going Home - Theme from Local Hero, on Alchemy. May be worthwhile mentioning that The Song Remains The Same was actually a Soundtrack album to the movie.
TD indeed!
I love Ted Nugent's Live Gonzo! The guitar solo on Wang Dang Sweet Poontang is one of my all time favourites.
"Great White Buffalo" kicks major butt
Pink Floyd - Bootleg of live at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario Canada in 1975 featured several PF songs that were only coming out on the Wish You Were Here album that was released later in 1975 and also songs that eventually got released on Animals in 1977 after the lyrics were updated. Pretty brave, started the concert with 4 songs not yet officially released and only then did tryst play the full DSOTM album after the intermission.
Great show as always guys!
1. Kiss - Alive II (one side new studio trax)
2. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (live debut)
3. Guns N' Roses - Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (live debut)
4. The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (half live)
5. Ted Nugent - Intensities in 10 Cities (live album of all new songs)
Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads. Stunning audio, sometimes superior to the studio versions. And amazing video as well. Just spellbinding in my opinion.
I still have my VHS copy & watch it occasionally. Really groundbreaking...
I know it doesn’t fit the music usually discussed but Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty is a different type of live album as all songs were recorded on tour with some live on stage while others were recorded on the tour bus, dressing room, etc.
Great mention - classic album!
Shadow and Light by Joni Mitchell is definitely more than a live album. With a dream line-up of fusion masters (Pastorius and Metheny together again!), it's a must-have for fans of either Joni or jazz fusion.
Then there's Travels by the Pat Metheny Group, probably the last record by the Group that still retains their early sound. Plus it's got some killer tracks you won't find anywhere else.
And of course, Zappa's music takes the whole idea of "live" and "studio" and just throws it right out the window.
Born behind the Iron Curtain (Yugoslavia at that time), but the MC5 could be bought in our stores. As a fifteen-year-old kid, I bought it in the early eighties, and from the first listen, I've been a fan! The only "problem" was that I couldn't decide if it was punk or rock :-) Probably a mix !?
That's cool, dude.
I thought of Mountain Flowers of Evil as a half live half studio and The Jimi Hendrix Concerts as a compilation.
Fun topic. First one that came to mind is the great Under a Blood Red Sky by U2 which had 2 great non studio album tracks: 11 O’clock Tick Tock and Party Girl.
…..although both had been released as studio singles/B-sides previously.
Fun topic! If you're counting fusion - Weather Report "8:30" is three sides live/ one studio side. Dixie Dregs "Night of the Living Dregs" is one side live/one side studio. Worth noting that much of Zappa's catalogue was a mix of studio and live tracks seamlessly clipped, stacked and mixed together.
Brilliant album(“8:30”), we were listening to that very record the other day!🙏🏻🎧
Moonflower by Santana is one of the best albums, it's one of the 20 I would take to a desert island.
I really enjoyed this episode. Here are some more examples:
Live albums with all new music:
- Deep Purple / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Concerto For Group And Orchestra
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
- Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
- Tangerine Dream - Encore
- Tangerine Dream - Most all live TD albums after this consist of new music...
- Klaus Schulze - ...Live... (like TD most of KS' live albums consist of new music)
The "mixed bag" category (live albums with studio tracks and vice versa)
- Cream - Goodbye
- Cream - Live Cream
- The Nice - Five Bridges
- The Nice - Elegy
- Traffic - Last Exit
- Family - Anyway
Pantera's Official Live: 101 Proof also had two great new studio songs tacked onto the end, Where You Come From and I Can't Hide
I don't know if it fits in any categories Pete and Martin talked about, but I find Saga's The Chapters Live to be a very interesting and unique concept for a live album... taking all 16 of their "chapter" songs that were spread across 7 or 8 albums, and dedicate a show to just doing those in order. I wish they would have filmed it... and I wish Overkill would dedicate a part of their show to the Overkill Saga (5 songs) at some point :-)
Hüsker Dü debuted with the live insanity of the aptly titled "Land Speed Record." A treadmill classic.
Just cranked it the other day! Phenomenal energy and spirit! Bob Mould rules!
Journey's song "Dixie Highway" is a lost classic. That is a killer track that should have been given more recognition.
Love that song! Liked all the studio tracks on that Live Journey album, a nice bonus to a great album!
Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another fascinating topic on the range and divergent nature of what is a live album and when does live become "not live." Always an entertaining chuckle when Martin expresses his distaste for certain live albums that are part of Pete's DNA. An excellent range of examples and most of the ones that came to mind were discussed in the show though one outside the usual SoT fields of interest would be the Live/1975-1985 box set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The album debuted in the U.S. at the top spot on the Billboard charts. 216:13 in length, it was an epic at its time and, at least once was if not still is, the second best selling live album per RIAA data. As always, a great time in the Funhouse. Thanks, gents, for the usual top quality show. There ya go!
Popoff wrong person to have on a Live vid. For the record Martin "Made In Japan" is a classic !
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothingness and Eternity. Live album of entirely unreleased (at the time) material. Recorded in New York.
One odd one - that “doesn’t really fit the SoT paradigm,” as Simon Bray would say - is Joe Jackson’s Big World, from the mid-1980s. They set up a residency live in NYC, and invited an audience. Joe and his band played all new material live, and requested that the audience remain as silent as they could. The double album was released with no crowd noise whatsoever, and sounds like a studio record, even though it was performed and recorded live. Additionally, it was only a three sided album! Side four had no music on it.
Interesting show, gents! Sweet pumpkin pie! Thanks for entertaining us every Friday.
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I have that album and always thought it was pretty cool the JJ could actually pull that off. I wonder how many times he had to tell the audience to shut up! 😅
Was the 4th side etched?
@@ilj1259 ~ It was not etched, although his label - A&M Records - was THE record label that actually had three laser etched albums. “More on that later,” as Pete always says. The Joe Jackson record had a warning on the fourth side label that said something to the effect of, “ No music, this side not to be played.” Plus, there was a hype sticker attached to the album cover stating that it was a three-sided album; obviously a gimmick to sell the package, as this was not the norm back in the day.
Getting back to the three laser etched albums on A&M records, they were: Styx - Paradise Theatre; Split Enz - True Colours, and the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the film Superman II. All of them were released in the very early 1980s. Most likely all in 1981, or ‘82. I’m a huge Styx fan and know that record came out in early 1981. I’m pretty sure the others came out at about the same time. I’m doing all this from memory, without “cheating” by looking it up on Wikipedia.
@@thomasbeck2934 ~ JJ is notoriously “not too fan friendly.” His reputation, most definitely, precedes him. Stories abound of him acting quite brusque around his fans. However, one of my friends actually caught him in a good mood once. He was very verbose and signed all the vinyl my friend had with him. So, l guess it’s a case by case situation.
I guess it should be explained (for those who don't know) that it was 3 sides because it was "designed" to fit a CD (so about 70mins). I always thought that they could have spread the music over 4 sides, or (better still in my view) give us some extras on Side 4 - eg. some other live recordings or earlier tracks - often CD re-releases of albums had the extras, it would have been "fun" if the vinyl had those for a change!
Steve Vai’s “Alive in an Ultra World” is a cool one. All new songs written in the traditional styles of the countries they were recorded in.
Zappa of course was a constant unique mixture of studio and live. Solos were pulled from live performances to fit into studio tracks. And overdubs were done on live tracks. (Vai’s vocal doubling on Jazz Discharge Party Hats comes to mind). And various live bands from different years were even melded together.
Also agree with the HSAS love above.
Great topic today. Dokken's "From Conception: Live 1981" has tracks never released with a studio version that are a treat to hear.
Another take on today's topic, I've wanted to check out a band's discography with the live version before hearing the studio versions. Never really happens. But, thanks to Saga being recommended by Pete and Jamie Lazlo more than enough, I have finally done it. I have 12 albums by Saga and will start with "In transit" and "Detours" before moving onto 10 studio albums covering many eras of the bands career.
Enjoyed this topic. Stryper Live at the Whiskey 2014.
Nice show as usual guys! Some albums I also think is worth mention in this discussion is The Byrds - Untitled, doublealbum with one studio record and one live record with a long fantastic version of Eight Miles High. And The Last Waltz, it is not only a an amazing concert triple album/movie, it is music history and something like it will never be made again. Al Stewart - Indian summer/Live recorded in LA 1981. Double album with one studioside and the rest live. Very good live sound, great band and many of Al:s classics. In Newcastle, UK a unique band called Lindisfarne became successful inte early seventies (called the Beatles of Newcastle and songwriter Alan Hull was called the best songwriter since Bob Dylan and they toured with and headlined over Genesis and Van der Graf Generator. ). The original lineup disbanded in 1973 but made comeback in 1976 with a christmas concert which became a classic double live album and the concerts on that arena has generated a string of live albums and they will play this year also. Those albums are a big part of Newcastles music history and Lindisfarne for sure one of the best bands to come out from UK.
I forgot about that Byrds album. I have that one as well.
Primus is another band that debuted with a live album.
A couple of other categories of "not really a live album":
live in the studio albums like Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner
Live radio sessions like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix have released
"Live And Rare" albums. Rage Against The Machine and Jane's Addiction both have rarities compilations that are padded out with some extra live tracks.
Great topic and as always you guys did a great job researching. Thank you.
Pantera Official Live has two new studio tracks at the end with “Where You Come From” and “I Can’t Hide” which in my opinion are both great
Cactus - Ot & Sweaty is another half live half studio. The live side absolutely kicks.
Jackson Browne's Running on Empty. A live album of new material about life on the road.
Less than 4 minutes in and Martin starts love and Pete face in his hands brilliant and priceless 😂love it.
Martin did that intentionally. Talking about live albums on Pete's channel say how bad Made in Japan is. Pete's reaction is priceless.
I have to agree with @Braidwood_Inn, who mentions Jackson Browne's Running On Empty. Maybe the genre is not what you typically discuss on this channel, but Running On Empty is a great "new tracks live" album that delves into what life on the road is like for a touring band, emphasizing the highs and lows that whole experience. A classic line-up with The Section, including the great rhythm section of Leland Sklar on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums, along with strings extraordinaire David Lindley. It was recorded on tour at different venues, but also in hotel rooms and on the moving tour bus. Introspective and poignant, Running On Empty is a must have album for me.
Great show as always guys thank you
"Gratitude," the amazing '75 double live album from Earth, Wind, & Fire, is my favorite live album by any group, in any genre, and it's definitely more than *just* a live album, with incredible, new at the time, studio tracks like "Sing A Song," "Sunshine," and "Can't Hide Love." The album also features a great, lengthy, live, jazz-funk fusion jam, "New World Symphony," that is not on any other EWF album.
I just listened to that album recently and it blew me away , to me EWF is the Yes of RnB. The grooves are razor sharp and man timeless now.
That brings back great memories!
@@frankalfar That's a great comparison! Especially in their prime, EWF and Yes were so great, both in the studio and live, that it was almost mind-boggling. I admit that I had no idea just how progressive early EWF could be, until I bought "Gratitude" around fifteen years ago, but after that, I went back and got most of their catalogue. It was quite a learning experience. All of their '70s albums, up through 1980's "Faces" double studio album, have at least some progressive aspects and are definitely worth hearing.
@@pablocruise9514 I hear you! Thanks for the comment!
Great mention! Totally mesmerizing musicianship! CLASSIC!
"Time Fades Away". Neil Young's 5th album from 1973. The entire album is new songs, played live.
Phil Collins said the Me & Virgil was their attempt to make a song like the Band. He thought it a failed attempt but I think it is fun. Perhaps it ends awkwardly.
Glass Hammer released an album called Mostly Live in Italy where the guitar parts were recorded in the studio by Fred Schendel after the fact. Mysteriously, they were unable to use the live guitar tracks from Kamran Alan Shikoh, who had left the band after the shows. You can't replace a player like Shikoh but Fred was up to the challenge and has been playing rhythm guitar on subsequent albums.
I've always looked at Pat Metheny Group - Travels as more than just a "live" album, it didn't just feature material from their first couple albums that were transferred from the studio to the live stage, it was a double album that mostly had a lot of new songs that still to this day have never been recorded apart from one as a trio arrangement. Travels to me has a lot of energy that you normally would get at a rock concert, whether it's the big guitar synth solo on 'Are You Going With Me' or the extended piano solo on 'San Lorenzo', you can hear people completely losing their minds at every solo and note which really makes you feel like you're actually there in person witnessing these guys delivering a live performance for the ages. It's very surprising that PMG in their long history have only released two live albums but for me Travels is the stronger of the two and showcased the group at their musical creative peak.
Good concept . I would add a few. Genesis seconds out, talking heads stop making sense, and joe jackson big world which was all new stuff recorded life.
The Door`s "Absolutely Live" with a bunch of cuts not heard on any studio albums came to mind. Also Tangerine Dream`s "Ricochet". A live album helped out with studio work.
Texas/Outlaw Country artist, Joe Ely, had a single live album called "Live Shots" and originally came with a 4 cut studio EP called "Texas Special". Joe Jackson had a live album of all new songs titled "Big World".
The Byrds - Untitled is half live/half studio
Molly Hatchet's Double Trouble Live album had 2 new studio tracks.
CSN - Allies had 2 studio tracks
Neil Young's Time Fades Away is a live album with all new songs & Life is (like Rust Never Sleeps), recorded live, overdubbed in the studio with a couple of studio tracks.
I'll admit. I was scared going into that BOC book. Way scared. But it ended up being a great time.
That Halford live album is pretty great. INTO THE PIT!!!!
Dokken Beast from the East had the single Walk Away which was notable because it was at this juncture, that’s exactly what they were doing and knew it on that tour and recording the song. The break up live album with the pointed single.
Sadly,the best song on the album.
It was an odd sounding live album. I mean George sounds super live as he was so off the cuff and improvising and throwing licks everywhere but vocals sounded very tidy. From what I’ve heard, mostly redone vocals. So a mishmash that doesn’t convince as a live document.
What was the first live album that truly captured your attention?
Mine was, easily, Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
Kiss - Alive II
Uriah Heep Live (1973)
Yes ~ Yessongs.
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Slayer - D.O.A.
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul, all new songs recorded live without an audience.
Joe Jackson - Big World, new songs premiered live with a quiet audience.
U2 - Rattle And Hum, mix of studio and live.
Cream - Goodbye, live side/studio side.
One of my fave live albums of complete new stuff is HSAS - Through the Fire... i'm surprised it did not make the episode :)
Love that record!
Great choice! Totally forgot about that one.
One live album with all new material is Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty”. A few of the songs are his signature tunes.
Nice show. From the NWOBHM era the classic to me is Stampede: The Official Bootleg featuring tracks from Reading & Mildenhall Rock Festivals. One of the best live albums released ever (well to me it is)
Gary Numan's live albums 'Living Ornaments '79' and 'Living Ornaments '80' featured complete re-imagings of some of his studio songs that raised them to 'the next level'.
yes the Cheap Trick live was my introduction to the band, I was a victim of radio back then and they didn't play the early CT tunes but the live LP busted them to the world.
The first live album featuring all brand new songs I can remember was One Live Badger produced by Jon Anderson. This was also the band’s first album which is very rare to debut a live album to start your career.
Another Yes related album featuring all new material live is Rick Wakeman-Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. 4 new songs from his band,orchestra and choir. I was fortunate to see it performed in San Francisco in 1974.
Another half live half studio album is Trio Of Doom from John McLaughlin,Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams.
I'm glad someone else knows about badger. Their only album but a decent live album
@@tmed827 Pete likes the band & has discussed them before. White Lady's a really good album & I like One Live Badger as well
Colorado Springs partly burned down about 10 years ago when the fire came roaring over the mountains and totally destroyed houses on the west side. It was called the Waldo Canyon Fire. At the apartments that I lived at people were standing outside for most of the night just watching the area burn. The next year fire broke out in Black Forest which is a little north of us. That's the one thing I hate about living here. The fires that break out so often. Can't even imagine having to choose between the fire and sharks in the water.
After seeing Kiss this summer, their final show ever in Europe I have listened to Alive 1-4.
Alive 2 one of my first cds ever. Studio tracks on side2.
"Dixie Highway" on Journey's "Captured" album.
Vardis: 100 MPH (their first album was a live album).
One live album that gets criminally overlooked is Live! In the Air Age by Be Bop Deluxe.
I LOVE Concerto for Group and Orchestra.
So many Zappa albums were fresh tracks recorded live. On the Broadway The Hard Way he played a whole set of new songs - the CD padded out with older songs but the 88 vinyl was all new.
If you want to listen to a live album that is more than a live album, just listen to WAR LIVE. Incredible.
Is that from the band WAR, who made Cisco Kid, Low Rider and The World Is A Ghetto? Huge fan!
Yes, their Live record is a masterpiece and sound better than most studio album. Probably because they fixed things in studio but noneteless, just great@@treff9226
If you bought the import version of Genesis Three Sides the fourth side was also live and you got none of the studio tracks. Yet they retained the same album title. In reality it was Four Sides Live.
Alternatively, in the UK, if you bought the import version of 3SL, you lost a side of live tracks, and got the 3x3 e.p tracks and two b-sides.😊
I'd say if u want blood by AC-DC. really feels like your in the crowd, I remember listening to that as a kid before I ever had seen AC-DC and conjuring up images of them on stage in my mind.
Here’s another compilation one: Savatage Ghost in the Ruins. It was released in 1995(?) but recorded during the Mountain King and Gutter Ballet tours.
It’s a great and underrated live album.
One of my favorites! I love the Criss Oliva era big time.
Walk On The Side Of The Angels and Walk With You were non-Hatchet songs released on Double Trouble Live. There are no studio versions by the band. Edge of Sundown was the only DJB song included on the album.
Kinda off topic but,... I came across an unofficial live album of ZZ Top at the local record store and bought it. Live at the Capitol Theater Passic New Jersey in 1980.
1 I Thank You 2 Waiting for the bus 3 Jesus just left 4 Nationwide 5 Lowdown in the Street 6 Fool for your stockings 7 Cheap Sunglasses 8 Driving while blind 9 She loves my automobile 10 HiFi Mama 11 Dust my broom 12 Jailhouse rock 13 Tush
Billy's guitar is slightly louder than the bass and drums, but the show still sounds really good!
If you looking to come across something unofficial and come across this cross on over to the check out and cross it off your list. If you know what I'm talking about!
Damn, Martin ripped S&M a new hole 😂😂
I love that album
When you talked about strange live albums ( are they really live albums ) Oingo Boingo “Alive” where the performed live in a rehearsal studio and no audience to celebrate 10 yrs and a couple new tracks as well
Frank Marino’s Tales Of The Unexpected wasn’t mentioned but sits squarely in both of the first 2 categories.
1/2 live and 1/2 studio and was all new material.
A French exemple for category 4 : Stocks. Their début album was a live album. Great heavy blues rock.
Super album😃👍
As a variation on the last category discussed above, how about Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live. This was recorded entirely in the studio and the audience sounds dubbed on. The live tapes, recorded in a Hawaiian volcano crater were completely unusable, so a studio was booked and the set was re-created. Most of the guitar solos you can hear are actually Neal Schon rather than Carlos Santana (though, to be fair, he does a fantastic job).
Wonder if the "Hawaiian volcano crater" location was an 'homage' to Hendrix & his July 30 1970 Haleakala Crater/Maui shows (the infamous "Rainbow Bridge vibratory color/sound experiment"). That live show was a mess in that the subsequently released Rainbow Bridge was not (as advertised) the soundtrack for those shows. Fortunately we now have the fantastic Live In Maui...Condolences to those wildfire victims in Hawaii...
What I've read about that Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live album: "Some controversy surrounds this recording. From the ROIO audio blog archives : This may come as a surprise to some but the Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! (1972) album could have been recorded in the studio. Rolling Stone (Issue 101, February 3, 1972) reported: As for Santana, there were plans for a “Live in Diamond Head Crater” Santana-Miles LP - a 16-track machine and a Columbia Records crew were flown in - but technical problems, including mysterious power cuts, spoiled all but maybe 15 minutes of tape, according to a technician.
On New Year’s Day of 1972, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles gave a concert at the Diamond Head Crater in Oahu Hawaii and later that year Columbia released a live album. But in yet another classic late ’60s/early ’70s live album deception, this album is recorded entirely in the studio. This time the argument is heavily one-sided with lots of proof including a rare bootleg, as well as testimonies. First off, the other guitar player Neil Schon has stated in an interview that it’s recorded in the studio because several of the musicians were tripping on LSD and the recordings were not acceptable to Columbia, so Santana and Miles were forced to replicate the show in the studio with fake or canned applause. Several crew members have backed up the story with one saying that because of the heat there were several power outages to the recording truck during the show and the other saying that FM radios used for security kept bleeding into the soundtrack, creating an editing nightmare... still a good recording wherever it was made."
Interesting, I have read and listened to interviews with both Wagoner and Hunter saying that they played on dozens of studio and live albums to "fix" some things. Sadly they did not get paid for many of them let alone get credited for their work. Hey Pete and Martin, Which bands do you find yourselves humming or singing around the house when you guys aren't doing music related things??? Is it the same music or songs that are your norm or is it music that is very different??
I like Dream Theater. When Dream And Day Reunite from the lost not forgotten series. With Charlie Domonici doing Metroplis with James and Derek and Jordan dueling keyboards.
Iron Maiden - A Real Live/Dead One double album sounds like a single show but was recorded at various venues across Europe. Jane's Addiction debut live album mixed in crowd noises from a Los Lobos concert.
The Black Crowes -Before The Frost/ Until The Freeze
Alice Cooper's live A Fistful of Alice has the great studio track Is Anyone Home? at the end. Neil Young's Time Fades Away was a live album of all new songs. BOC's On Your Feet... and Some Enchanted Evening have live covers that were not included on their studio albums.
Swans' approach to live albums is similar to what Pete mentioned with Miles Davis. They take songs from the studio, but change and expand them so much that they stand on their own as almost entirely new creations.
Jethro Tull, Living In The Past. Double album with side 3 live @ Carnegie Hall
Half live, half studio Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush tales of the unexpected.
Neil Young - Time fades away (in my opinion his best album) with only new material.
Rolling Stones - Got live if you want it with the El Macombo Club side containing many "new" covers.
Roxy London WC2 - the birth of Punk as live compilation of several bands.
Bruce Springsteen - live compilation box of his career history.
Rolling Stones - Flashpoint (studiosingle Sex Drive).
Joe Cocker and Leon Russel - Mad Dogs and Englishmen with many great covers.
The last Waltz - The Band with so many famous guests for a worthy farewell.
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Live album with all new material - Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert
The guy on the back of the MC5 album looks like Tortelvis of Dread Zepellen to me..
U2 Rattle and Hum isn't really considered a live album by anyone but has a mix of things discussed here. New studio tracks, one off live cover, Live version of a Bono song from a charity album and much different live version of a recent single( I still haven't found..) as well as a few live versions of recent hits.
There are a few that I can think that weren't mentioned. I apologize for not putting them in categories.
Untitled by The Byrds - Double album: Sides 1 and 2 are live, sides 3 and 4 are studio tracks.
Flashpoint by The Rolling Stones is a live album. However, there are two "new" studio tracks on that album: Highwire and Sex Drive.
Got Live If You Want It (US - 1966) by The Rolling Stones was recorded live. However, there are two studio tracks on there with overdubbed crowd noise.
Time Fades Away by Neil Young and New Adventures in Hi Fi by R.E.M. are two examples of live albums with entirely new material.
Hendrix in the West by Jimi Hendrix is an example of a compilation live album.
There was a live album from the Monterey Pop Festival that was released in the late 1960s. It has Otis Redding on one side and the Jimi Hendrix Experience on the other side. This was way before they released the Jimi Plays Monterey live album.
The Grateful Dead live albums Live Dead, Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses), and Europe '72 all have live versions of songs that were never released as studio tracks.
Anthem of the Sun by the Grateful Dead is an example of combining multiple live versions of the same song blended with studio recordings.
Speaking of Monterey the live set Jefferson Airplane Live At The Monterey Festival is great too..."Overdubbed crowd noise" to make a studio recording sound 'live' = Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets"...My Neil Young 'gateway album' was 1978's Live Rust. In general I believe a lot of Young's studio recordings are 'live' studio takes - not in the live sense as being discussed here (as in "recorded live in front of an audience" as part of a concert) but live as in all musicians being present & playing at the same time. IMO still the best way to record
Another half & half I just remembered... Mountain - Flowers of Evil. For some reason the live side seems a bit muted and doesn't kick like Twin Peaks.
There were two new songs on UK's live album Night After Night.
Grateful Dead “Anthem of the Sun” studio, where I believe they found their sound with the song, “That’s it for the Other One”. then side two the horrendous “Alligator” chop together from a bunch of live concerts. Did not capture the Grateful Dead‘s magic.
You missed one of the best albums of new material on a live album, Jackson Browne's Running on Empty.
I just made that comment. I know Pete isn't a fan of JB, a bit surprised Martin isn't...maybe they forgot
@@michaelbaucom4019 such a uniquely recorded album, would of been great to discuss. How many other siblings have a track recorded on the tour bus!
A forgotten one is Badger-One Live Badger
Live Albums with Studio Tracks tacked on: Alice Cooper - A Fistful of Alice, had "is anyone home" on. Not sure if it was on the re-release calles "Live at Cabo Wabo 96", but my guess would be yes. However, it wasn't the reason I bought the Album. At that time I didn't have all stuff from Alice and considered it to be another Live Track.
Nice video albeit maybe a bit too US oriented for my perspective for which there is simply too much material eligible for inclusion e.g. The 3rd self titled album by the Nice was a half live half studio affair. ELP's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' was all new material albeit the band's adaptation of classical composer's Mussorgsky's solo piano composition. The Kinks double album from 1972 'Everybody's in Show-Biz' was a half live half studio hybrid. Legendary, albeit obscure Scottish avant-rockers Chou Pahrot's only release was a live album released in 1979
Alan Parsons - The Very Best Live [1995] + 3 bonus new studio tracks
3 best live albums
Seger - live bullet
CheapTrick - budakon
BOC - some enchanted evening
3 artists who really improve when live -
NightWish
Beth Hart
Jack White
Halford, the best live version of metal gods especially living in the land of the metal gods outro
Hawkwind-Space Ritual
Iron Maiden- Live after death
These two are my favourite albums of Hawkwind and Maiden.
The Dianno songs sung by Bruce especially Phantom of the opera are fantastic
I swear I did the same thing with Double live gonzo. For 30 years I thought he had a duck mask on . And I stared at the cover for years since I played it to death . Ha. One of the best live album ever for sure and it was cool to get new songs at the time
odd. i never thought it was anything other than ted holding his ears. that's what it always looked like to me anyway...