The Kinks-One For The Road. The live version of Lola is what is always played on the radio. Iron Maiden -Live After Death. Had everything a live lp needed he referred to.
I'm still only halfway through the video right now; As long as 'Exit...Stage Left' will still get a mention, I'll be fine with 'All The World's A Stage' missing! 😅 *Edit:* Yay! 😄👍 And he also mentioned 'A Show Of Hands'! 😁
@@gerryboyd178 Yep.SRTS isn't a good outing for Zepp in any way.DP will always conquer in the live stakes.Nothing came close,not even the Who.'In Concert' by DP and even Made in Europe are definitely on par with MIJ.I would say 'in concert' is their greatest live work.Mandrake Root....wow.
Great Bit. Wings Over America was originally a triple live album, still have the original 1976 pressing. The round stains on Aerosmith Live Bootleg were bottles of wine, as well of that awful purple stain on the cover. Cheap Trick at Budokan was originally a japanese import with the obi strip. Frampton Comes Alive!?! dude?
Bob Dylan & The Band - After The Flood Genesis - Seconds Out Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous Simon & Garfunkel - Live In Central Park Jethro Tull - Bursting Out Van Morrison - Too Late To Stop Now Bob Dylan - Live At Budokan Elvis - King Of The Ring The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over Eric Clapton - Just One Night The Doors - Absolutely Live Deep Purple - Made In Japan ...et-set-ah-raaah! 😁👍
Peter Gabriel, "Plays Live"; Elton John, "Here & There"; and the one that started the trend of excellent-sounding live recordings: Supertramp, "Paris"; Genesis, "Seconds Out".
STATUS QUO !!! I remember seeing them for the first time in the 70s. They came on second in the bill and brought the roof down ! The headliner was Supertramp...Supertramp should have fired their booking agent after that show.
I listened to Quo Live with my friend, Ian, long deceased, many times in 1979-80. I lost count of how many times we listened to Roadhouse Blues. "The bit, right?" Great music, great memories!
Had to repost regarding one of my favorite bands Status Quo. Unfortunately they were around when a lot of both prog rock and arena rock bands were happening and Soo many people didn't give good old fashioned great rock the chance they should have. I still listen and still love those guys.
Dude, all your picks are essential! We are aligned in terms of our music tastes. For me, KISS Alive will always be the archetypal live album. Despite the studio trickery, it gives you the feeling that you’re there and that’s what I want to get out of it. As much as I love rocking out, it’s awesome to see YesSongs in there. May I recommend the “Progeny” live album Yes put out a few years back. It’s unreleased live stuff from ‘72 but more raw I would say. Really enjoyed this. Cheers!
Dylan's (double) Live at Budokan was a favorite live album of mine back in 78-79. There are songs on this live LP that I thought were MUCH better than the studio versions (which happens like almost never with Dylan) such as Just Like A Woman, Simple Twist of Fate, Is Your Love in Vain, and quite a few others. A vibrant and warm sound quality too!
My favorite live album of all time is Steppenwolf Live. I had seen them in person a short time before the album and the album captured them really well.
You didn't need to be "super wealthy" to have a VCR in 1981-1982. My family bought a Betamax in 1978 (for $1199, or $5100 in 2022's money). The price came down a lot by 1981, especially after VHS took off. I remember a new VHS recorder costing about $299 ($1200 in 2022) by 1982, and it continued to fall after that. I actually rented Urgh! A Music War when it came out.
I bought my first VHS in Scotland in 1981, it was £660 (about $1100) then. I rented Neil young live rust, it was £5 per night, and a £40 to ensure you returned it 😬
The VCR was pretty common by 1982. I bought mine around that time. A Behemoth silver RCA top loader around $325.00 at the PX, Fort Ord Ca. (Sony Betamax was like $800.00 back then) I remember renting The Beatles Let it be from the video store back then. On Frampton Comes Alive, that was the album everyone in high school had and it's the first time I heard all those songs. To this day, the studio versions sound weird to me! Edit: Great review on Double Live Gonzo!
It's weird, but there was a time, in my teens, that I thought 'Frampton Comes Alive!' (stupid title!) was just a rumour - a work of fiction. To this day, I don't recall anyone I've ever known hearing it, let alone owning it. I just always recognised the album cover shot (and wondered why it was the only Frampton album that may or may not exist). Everything from Mozart to Miles Davis, pop to metal, folk to reggae, punk to psychedelia, Zydeco to electronica, could be found in record collections I dived into, from aged 12 to 53, but I never saw this album, anywhere. I still haven't heard it, and doubt I ever will.
Depeche Mode 101 turned so many people onto the band who weren't Depech Mode fans yet. The songs were a lot more accessible because they sounded brighter and poppier than the unsettling claustrophobic studio recordings. I can't think of another official live album that could be considered gateway album like the aptly titled 101 was.
The Song Remains The Same was one of the reasons why Punk had to come. Aerosmith's Live Bootleg is a forgotten classic. One critic called 4 Way Street the invention of pigrock. Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club, Rock of Ages by The Band, Live Dead and the Beatles Live at the Star Club would have been worth mentioning. Not to forget the famous Mad Dogs and English Men Tour, Joe Cocker and Leon Russel did.
I would offer up Live Dead (1969) immediately, except this video deals with live double albums from the 70's & 80's. Also, I love your mention of the critic's opinion of 4 Way Street. Must have been Christgau.
Yes, Three Dog Night was a somewhat contrived studio band, but they were HUGE in the early seventies and they had a great two disc live lp, " Around the World with the Three Dog Night". They cover their hits very well and are very soulful on their ballads and they had a great backup band that coud jam on the heavier tunes.
Several of these albums were huge in my life as a teenager in the 1970s, but none as impactful as Willie & Family Live. What a friggin' roller coaster ride! Seems like with the success of his Stardust album earlier in '78, Columbia gave him carte-blanc. Willie did a great thing, recording records with old friends who'd helped him during the early days. Opened up a whole new world musically for this rock n' roll kid, for which I'm eternally grateful.
From what I understand, it was "Red Headed Stranger" in 1975. To the record execs, it didn't sound commercial enough. They thought it sounded like a rough demo and it would fail. The plan was to release it as is and once it flopped, they would be able to say "told you so" and then call the shots for Willie. Of course, the exact opposite happened, it was a huge success and then Willie could do what he wanted without being questioned.
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was a late night TV show that showed concerts of major rock groups of the 70's. I remember seeing Alice Cooper and Joe Walsh and a lot more.
I went to almost every taping of that show. Before Don Kirshner was a program called "In Concert" they would show a concert and simulcast it on a local FM radio station.
I don't have those on vinyl. I had a roommate who had those, so we always listened to his. I am still trying to build up the metal collection that he had.
Humble pie live at the Fillmore Or savoy brown step Further live in Detroit ( flip side single album ) Show off serious live talent . Zep is overplayed and kiss had no real talent
My favorite live album of all time is Elton John’s Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It’s a double live album from 1987. Bob Seger’s Live Bullet is my second favorite. When I listen to Live Bullet it makes me move. But when I listen to Live in Australia it moves me.
That used to be a special on the Showtime TV network, too. It was always on and I would watch it again and again so I have the DVD instead of the double album. What has become the definitive version of "Candle In the Wind" is from this.
@@RobertFithen Yeah. We didn't get the channel (I thought it was on HBO), but I used to sit and LISTEN to it all the time with the squiggly lines on our TV.
TSRTS was recorded over 3 nights at MSG not 2 :) And technically is not a soundtrack as the songs are different, example: no Since I've Been Loving You is on the film not the vinyl.
Howzit Rob : Watta bout : Jethro Tull Live * Bursting Out * ! Killa Double-Album; as was : The Who * Live At Leeds * ! In fairness; I recall * L @ L * was originally a single Live Album; but was eventually released as a Double to cover the WHOLE of that raw; amazing Concert. In any event; as [ Unfortunately ! ] a latter-day Subscriber coming outtov the Mid / Late-60's and onwards; MUCH thanx for your channel + Cheers For Now / Johnny
Fillmore East is the definitive live album. Bob Seger’s first live album was amazing. I also really liked (controversial take) Skynyrd’s. The Eagles did one in the early 1980s, but it seemed more like the record company trying to capitalize on a fraying band. “Hell Freezes Over” (a single mostly live CD) was much better. Big Stones fan, but I didn’t like “Love You Live.” Fun discussion.
Funny you followed Queen with Cheap Trick at the Budokan... Cheap Trick had supported Queen in the US during the News of the World Tour in 77. They then followed Queen over to Japan were they already had good press from the Japanese journalists following Queen's every move, and they played to instant packed houses and instant success across in Japan, and Queen's old favourite haunt, The Budokan. Queen had got a huge reception in Japan in 1975, and other western rock bands found Japan an easier market after that, particularly if they had any association with Queen.
The problem with Lynyrd Skynyrd "One More From the Road" was that Steve Gaines had only been in the band for about a week. The concert had already been planned and then Steve was asked to join the band. I think it was the fact that the band had to tiptoe around Steve and make some room for him. Plus, the two guitar version of the band of "Allen Collins and Gary Rossington" hadn't been working as well as it had been in the past because Ed King had come into the band and pushed them to the top of the charts. The period after Ed King was a lull and that was why Ronnie penned the song Gimme Back My Bullets, Bullets were hit songs like Sweet Home Alabama that raced up the charts. Street Survivors was released after a second recording of the album. The first version of the album was much different and poorer than the version that was recorded and released later. Ronnie had to fire producer Tom Dowd and they got another producer and went to another studio. Steve Gaines has his moments on the live album but the album was very TAME. It would have been a HOT album if Ed King had still been in the band. I'll take chubby Ed King over tall, thin and lanky and bearded Steve Gaines. Ed fit in better with Skynyrd and made the sound very coarse and gruff. Steve made the band sound more like The Allman Brothers Band.
That Springsteen live album, or live compilation I should say, is terrific! I’m actually going to see him live later this month, so excited! Another great live double album is ‘Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Rainbow 1977’. I’m not always in the mood for reggae…but when I am!!🇯🇲
KISS Alive is awesome. I just love Paul's cheesy banter with the audience. "How many of you people believe in ROCK AND ROLL?" I've always liked Yessongs; another great triple vinyl offering with Roger Dean's trippy artwork and a cool booklet, as well.
A DVD of Urgh A Music War was released in 2010. It's very expensive (around $20). The soundtrack on vinyl is the only record to hear XTC live as they never put out a live album.
Five of my best live albums #1 the who live at leeds #2 Allman brothers at the filmore #3 Derek and the dominoes live at the filmore #4 live performance Humble Pie live at the filmore #5 Blue Oyster Cult on your hands and on your knees 5 of the very best definitive live albums
My favourite live double albums are Mike Oldfield Exposed and the two KISS Alive albums, Rainbow's Finyl Vinyl was also quite good. Making a good live album is no mean feat. As Per Gessle once said, "Live albums tend to be second-rate greatest hits albums".
Your video sparked a memory. I remember there was a surplus of the Bruce Springsteen album a few weeks after it came out. It went straight to number one and the record company pressed many more in anticipation of further sales. But the album quickly slid down the charts. A record company executive lamented in Time or Newsweek that "everyone who wanted the album went out and bought it in the first week." I've always wondered how they offloaded all those other albums. Did they have a lot of cutouts or were they simply returned to the record company? I recall that the KISS solo albums suffered a similar fate. In 1983, KISS toured the UK to support the Lick it Up album and my local record shop owner was delighted that he was able to finally "get rid of" the solo albums that had languished in his store room for years. I got all of them for 1.99!
Yeah a lot of those solo Kiss album had the cut corners because they were in the budget bins. From what I've read, the record company ordered up the usual amount of a Kiss elbun for each individual one of the solo releases.
I agree with the Wings album, very flat sounding. Alive II is pretty much how they sounded live at the time if you listen to bootlegs. Glad you show CDs too, I still like CDs as well as vinyl
This popped up on my recommended and crazy coincidence cause I just got done listening to Rage Against the Machine Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. One I highly recommend. For those not familiar with the band, I recommend this first.
With the exception of just a handful, mostly junkie and musically irrelevant double live albums highlighted in this post … here’s some gems completely ignored: -Deep Purple Made in Japan -Rush All the World’s a Stage -Kansas Two for the Show -Camel A Live Record -Gentle Giant Playing the Fool -Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous -UFO Strangers in the Night -Jethro Tull Bursting Out Marginally recommended since they’re decent but not stellar: -Genesis Seconds Out Note: There are several terrific live albums in other formats such as single or triple, but most obviously were double back in the day.
“Encore” by German Synth Kings Tangerine Dream from 1977 is, was, and always will be a live album that provides many analog pleasures. A progenitor of all things Kosmische/Electronica/House/Space/Rave/Prog et al.
It's not a double LP (although it's quite lengthy and probably should have been), but I've always loved "If You Want Blood, You've Got It" by AC/DC. Killer energy and powerful sound, captures the band at arguably their peak during the Bon Scott years. 1 of the best live albums of the '70s, for sure! Always loved "Live Killers" by Queen and I don't understand why that 1 doesn't get more love, although the mix is kind of cloudy at times.
Holy sheeeite, you missed out Lizzy-Live and Dangerous UFO Strangers Humble Pie Live at the Fillmore and.......probably the definitive 70's live album Made in Japan, oh dear. One of my all time favourite live albums : "Live Cream Volume II" "Live Cream Volume II" (It's a double now).Clapton at the height of his powers, awesome album.
Loved multi artist live albums. "The Last Waltz" (we all know who was there) and "Rock for Kampuchea", with the Who, Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant with Rockpile (Rockpile being on Zep label) was pretty darn swell. Hey, I agree with the rest of the world, screw Harrison's indian f$#kfest.
I wouldn't pick speedy's coming off Tokyo Tapes, I would pick Polar nights with Uli vocals. Also Wings over America is a triple album sets . Wings over America is great worth it for Jimmy McCullough alone.great gibson tone. Wings over America is definitely good. The tone on my records were uotstanding much better than the CD. My record player has diamond tip stylus.
Little Feet, now here's a band that I've never heard of. Is, 🎶Don't bo gart that joint My friend. Pass it over to meee..🎶 Is that song on that live album? Cause I heard that on another video but in snippet form. And I didn't know that it was Little Feet. I'm amused by that song. I think I heard that it is a law that you have Frampton Comes Alive in your record collection. It's a law that you have Frampton Comes Alive in your record collection at all times. I found a copy at 2nd & Charles and snagged it. I don't know If you have a 2nd & Charles in your neck of the woods but I have one in Highland. I think it was. It's a place where you can get old used records and new records. You also get books old and new. The old books are the used ones. And comic books. It has everything. I usually migrate over to the records. And they also have CDs. I've also never heard of UFO but that Strangers In The Night album was recorded in Chicago.
Speaking of Frampton Comes Alive. Interesting guitar story of that guitar. It went missing after a plane crash while he was on tour. Turned up in a pawn shop decades later. But the guy knew who's guitar it was, just from the album cover. He did custom work to that Gibson and got trapped in history with that photo. He did end up getting it back not that long ago. He talks about it in his autobiography. Speaking of Rush. It is kinda strange to listen to their first live album All The World's A Stage, and its just drums, bass, and guitar. Not one keyboard on that album. Wonder if Pearl Jam have that entire tour online somewhere. I know the Seattle show is a triple cd. Oh yeah, how is Wings Across America a double album? It was a triple here in Canada. My favorite Dead album is Live At The Maui Volcano Day 47. It's a great record. I know this video aint new new. But how about that 17 or 18 album box set of King Gizzard at Red Rocks? Must be from their bloated dead on a toilet phase. Oh yeah, another shitty cd is the original Speak Of The Devil where they took off...Snowblind? But when they did the reissue and kinda mashed the sides together to make a re-edit of it. The were able to fit it all on 1 cd. Also falls under fake live albums. Pretty sure i heard an actual audience recording of the day before in some small bar of those Ritz shows where Ozzy sounds horrible. Wait...did you miss the double live Judas Priest album? And also Supertramp's Paris (yeah, why not watch the dvd of it instead)
The Deluxe Edition 2CD release of One More From The Road was remastered very well. It was also remixed to create a wider soundstage and the songs now have more room to breathe. Free Bird lives up to its full potential. Gimme Three Steps really sounds like a bar room stomper. What should have been present on the vinyl is on the CD. Dramatic difference between the two formats. Not to be picky but Cheap Trick At Budokan has a play time of about 42 minutes. I have always played the album from start to stop every time.
Though it may not totally fit with the double-album criteria, it would be interesting to hear what you have to say about CHICAGO: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (speaking of bad albums later remastered,) Dionne Warwick: HOT LIVE & OTHERWISE and (also issued in quad) SHIRLEY BASSEY: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL.
Love UFO strangers in the night, wings over America and Neil Young live rust. Also probably controversial but I was 11 when Deep purple made in Japan came out, always thought it was overrated, still can't take to it 51 years later.
(Very) late to the party here but one of the absolute very best is Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974. It was re-released in 2014 as an anniversary edition with extra tracks and stretched to a triple album. Just went to prove that sometimes less is more!
I thought KISS Alive II was usually called the favorite by the biggest fans? Hmm. At first I thought you were saying the reason was because the second was a true live album. I just need to listen to both.
The Kinks-One For The Road. The live version of Lola is what is always played on the radio. Iron Maiden -Live After Death. Had everything a live lp needed he referred to.
I would add Uriah Heep Live (73) and Around the World with Three Dog Night.
How could you miss UFO - Strangers in the Night, and Rush - All the World's a Stage?
Shows his real knowledge of live albums
I'm still only halfway through the video right now; As long as 'Exit...Stage Left' will still get a mention, I'll be fine with 'All The World's A Stage' missing! 😅 *Edit:* Yay! 😄👍 And he also mentioned 'A Show Of Hands'! 😁
Deep Purple in concert-(70's double).'Mandrake Root'...wow ! and Genesis-3 sides Live ?
@@earlgrey691 Made In Japan is light-years ahead of Zeps 'The Song Remains The Same'. Highway Star alone blows that album off the stage!
@@gerryboyd178 Yep.SRTS isn't a good outing for Zepp in any way.DP will always conquer in the live stakes.Nothing came close,not even the Who.'In Concert' by DP and even Made in Europe are definitely on par with MIJ.I would say 'in concert' is their greatest live work.Mandrake Root....wow.
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes double LP “Reach up and Touch the Sky” was a popular favorite here in the swamps of Jersey.
Great Bit. Wings Over America was originally a triple live album, still have the original 1976 pressing. The round stains on Aerosmith Live Bootleg were bottles of wine, as well of that awful purple stain on the cover. Cheap Trick at Budokan was originally a japanese import with the obi strip. Frampton Comes Alive!?! dude?
Bob Dylan & The Band - After The Flood
Genesis - Seconds Out
Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous
Simon & Garfunkel - Live In Central Park
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
Van Morrison - Too Late To Stop Now
Bob Dylan - Live At Budokan
Elvis - King Of The Ring
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
Eric Clapton - Just One Night
The Doors - Absolutely Live
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
...et-set-ah-raaah! 😁👍
It's nice to go back every once in a while and review Robert's classics.
Peter Gabriel, "Plays Live"; Elton John, "Here & There"; and the one that started the trend of excellent-sounding live recordings: Supertramp, "Paris"; Genesis, "Seconds Out".
Genesis Seconds Out is as Essential as it gets!!🤯🏆
Two greatest live albums UFO Strangers in the Night and Status Quo Live! I also like reo speedwagon you get what you play for
STATUS QUO !!! I remember seeing them for the first time in the 70s. They came on second in the bill and brought the roof down ! The headliner was Supertramp...Supertramp should have fired their booking agent after that show.
I listened to Quo Live with my friend, Ian, long deceased, many times in 1979-80. I lost count of how many times we listened to Roadhouse Blues. "The bit, right?" Great music, great memories!
@@stevenmccart8502 Status Quo live were great!
Had to repost regarding one of my favorite bands Status Quo. Unfortunately they were around when a lot of both prog rock and arena rock bands were happening and Soo many people didn't give good old fashioned great rock the chance they should have. I still listen and still love those guys.
Yes! Status Quo Live.
Dude, all your picks are essential! We are aligned in terms of our music tastes. For me, KISS Alive will always be the archetypal live album. Despite the studio trickery, it gives you the feeling that you’re there and that’s what I want to get out of it. As much as I love rocking out, it’s awesome to see YesSongs in there. May I recommend the “Progeny” live album Yes put out a few years back. It’s unreleased live stuff from ‘72 but more raw I would say. Really enjoyed this. Cheers!
Dylan's (double) Live at Budokan was a favorite live album of mine back in 78-79. There are songs on this live LP that I thought were MUCH better than the studio versions (which happens like almost never with Dylan) such as Just Like A Woman, Simple Twist of Fate, Is Your Love in Vain, and quite a few others. A vibrant and warm sound quality too!
My favorite live album of all time is Steppenwolf Live. I had seen them in person a short time before the album and the album captured them really well.
Humble Pie :- Performance Rockin the Fillmore deserves mention😎👍
Absolutely…the first hard rocking live album I ever heard at 13 YO…😃
No Frank Zappa. He was the king of the live Album
Roxy & Elsewhere
Sheik Yer Bouti
Chunga’s Revenge
Superb Stuff
I have Fillmore East - June 1971 and Chunga's Revenge, but those aren't double albums so I didn't include them.
Live in New York, Roxy and Everywhere are tho
You didn't need to be "super wealthy" to have a VCR in 1981-1982. My family bought a Betamax in 1978 (for $1199, or $5100 in 2022's money). The price came down a lot by 1981, especially after VHS took off. I remember a new VHS recorder costing about $299 ($1200 in 2022) by 1982, and it continued to fall after that. I actually rented Urgh! A Music War when it came out.
I bought my first VHS in Scotland in 1981, it was £660 (about $1100) then. I rented Neil young live rust, it was £5 per night, and a £40 to ensure you returned it 😬
Missing Deep Purple "Made In Japan" in vinyl, cd doesn't do it justice
No it doesn't, especially the tiny cardboard cd version.
Thin LIzzy Live and Dangerous
Iron Maiden Live after Death
The Song Remains The Same is the Greatest live album by far.
J. Geils Band "Blow your face Out"
Great video. Miss Zappa's "Roxy And Elsewhere" though.
Great album and it is special in his discography.
In New York is also great, but it is an another example of an album that is better on CD though.
Rush had a nice concept of issuing a live double after every 4 studio albums. Good way to document that side, but not really exploiting.
My favorite live album ever - Exit... Stage Left.
I couldn't stand exit stage left. It was overproduced. Sounded like a studio album. I really liked all the worlds a stage. Early rush and its raw.
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Ramones - It's Alive
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet You have a impressive music collection.
p.s. I love Yessongs...
Little Feet was such an awesome band. One of the best live bands I've ever seen.
The VCR was pretty common by 1982. I bought mine around that time. A Behemoth silver RCA top loader around $325.00 at the PX, Fort Ord Ca. (Sony Betamax was like $800.00 back then) I remember renting The Beatles Let it be from the video store back then. On Frampton Comes Alive, that was the album everyone in high school had and it's the first time I heard all those songs. To this day, the studio versions sound weird to me!
Edit: Great review on Double Live Gonzo!
Be-Bop Deluxe, Live! In The Air Age is technically a double as it came as an LP and EP.
David Live. And I ain't talking David Cassidy
Still, this is one of the more in depth breakdowns of a Nugent album.
It's weird, but there was a time, in my teens, that I thought 'Frampton Comes Alive!' (stupid title!) was just a rumour - a work of fiction.
To this day, I don't recall anyone I've ever known hearing it, let alone owning it.
I just always recognised the album cover shot (and wondered why it was the only Frampton album that may or may not exist).
Everything from Mozart to Miles Davis, pop to metal, folk to reggae, punk to psychedelia, Zydeco to electronica, could be found in record collections I dived into, from aged 12 to 53, but I never saw this album, anywhere.
I still haven't heard it, and doubt I ever will.
Do yourself a favor and never look for it, ever. It's chicks' music, like CSNY. An utter insult to the ears.
Depeche Mode 101 turned so many people onto the band who weren't Depech Mode fans yet. The songs were a lot more accessible because they sounded brighter and poppier than the unsettling claustrophobic studio recordings. I can't think of another official live album that could be considered gateway album like the aptly titled 101 was.
Beach boys in concert 1973
1969 Velvet Underground live with Lou Reed... great version of Ocean.
The Song Remains The Same was one of the reasons why Punk had to come.
Aerosmith's Live Bootleg is a forgotten classic.
One critic called 4 Way Street the invention of pigrock.
Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club, Rock of Ages by The Band, Live Dead and the Beatles Live at the Star Club would have been worth mentioning. Not to forget the famous Mad Dogs and English Men Tour, Joe Cocker and Leon Russel did.
"The Song Remains The Same was one of the reasons why Punk had to come." Do you like any of the performances on that album?
Not really
I would offer up Live Dead (1969) immediately, except this video deals with live double albums from the 70's & 80's.
Also, I love your mention of the critic's opinion of 4 Way Street. Must have been Christgau.
Yes, Three Dog Night was a somewhat contrived studio band, but they were HUGE in the early seventies and they had a great two disc live lp, " Around the World with the Three Dog Night". They cover their hits very well and are very soulful on their ballads and they had a great backup band that coud jam on the heavier tunes.
That's not really true, they all knew and had worked together prior to forming the band TDN. They were not the Monkees. lol
Siouxsie and the banshees - Nocturne L.P Live at the Royal Albert hall 1983. Wicked. Classic. A must.
Kate Bush live at the Hammer place is excellent
Thin Lizzy' Live & Dangerous, Rock of Ages by The Band, Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat etc ...
Beach Boys In Concert from 73 is really good
Several of these albums were huge in my life as a teenager in the 1970s, but none as impactful as Willie & Family Live. What a friggin' roller coaster ride! Seems like with the success of his Stardust album earlier in '78, Columbia gave him carte-blanc. Willie did a great thing, recording records with old friends who'd helped him during the early days. Opened up a whole new world musically for this rock n' roll kid, for which I'm eternally grateful.
From what I understand, it was "Red Headed Stranger" in 1975. To the record execs, it didn't sound commercial enough. They thought it sounded like a rough demo and it would fail. The plan was to release it as is and once it flopped, they would be able to say "told you so" and then call the shots for Willie. Of course, the exact opposite happened, it was a huge success and then Willie could do what he wanted without being questioned.
REO Speedwagon - You Get What You Play For
BTO - Live in Japan
America - Live! 1977
Queen - Live Killers
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was a late night TV show that showed concerts of major rock groups of the 70's. I remember seeing Alice Cooper and Joe Walsh and a lot more.
I went to almost every taping of that show. Before Don Kirshner was a program called "In Concert" they would show a concert and simulcast it on a local FM radio station.
@@stevenmccart8502 You lucky b&stard!
Another great video, brother! No love for J. Geils: Blow Your Face Out? The definitive version of Musta Got Lost 👍
I only have "Full House" and "Showtime".
@@RobertFithen Nice 👍
No mention of live after death by iron maiden. Judas priest unleashed in the east. Humble pie rockin the Fillmore.
I don't have those on vinyl. I had a roommate who had those, so we always listened to his. I am still trying to build up the metal collection that he had.
One of my favourite live albums of all time was Wishbone Ash's Live Dates from 1973. I have Urgh A Music War album and Yessongs as well.
I comment before I watch this... I'd like to see here '80 Eagles double LP. Good commercial job, good quality and lots of hits there.
Humble pie live at the Fillmore
Or savoy brown step
Further live in Detroit ( flip side single album )
Show off serious live talent .
Zep is overplayed and kiss had no real talent
Ike & Tina Turner- What You Hear Is What You Get - Live At Carnegie Hall
Deep Purple-Made in Japan
Great video Robert. Emerson Lake and Palmer "Welcome Back My Friends" and Head East from 1977.
I will have to check out the Head East.
ELP , is a triple LP !
@@mikewest1542 they have made it 4 albums, better.
my favorite double live album is "Four Way Street", the only live album I can think of that was released with VERY audible and painful mistakes on it.
BOC-On Your Feet or on Your Knees, Wishbone Ash-Live Dates, and the greatest double live album, Bebop Deluxe-Live in the Air Age.
My favorite live album of all time is Elton John’s Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It’s a double live album from 1987. Bob Seger’s Live Bullet is my second favorite.
When I listen to Live Bullet it makes me move. But when I listen to Live in Australia it moves me.
That used to be a special on the Showtime TV network, too. It was always on and I would watch it again and again so I have the DVD instead of the double album. What has become the definitive version of "Candle In the Wind" is from this.
@@RobertFithen Yeah. We didn't get the channel (I thought it was on HBO), but I used to sit and LISTEN to it all the time with the squiggly lines on our TV.
thin lizzy live and dangerous !!!!!!
You should do a part 2
Dire Straits Alchemy, UB40 Live in Moscow.
TSRTS was recorded over 3 nights at MSG not 2 :) And technically is not a soundtrack as the songs are different, example: no Since I've Been Loving You is on the film not the vinyl.
Howzit Rob : Watta bout : Jethro Tull Live * Bursting Out * ! Killa Double-Album; as was : The Who * Live At Leeds * ! In fairness; I recall * L @ L * was originally a single Live Album; but was eventually released as a Double to cover the WHOLE of that raw; amazing Concert. In any event; as [ Unfortunately ! ] a latter-day Subscriber coming outtov the Mid / Late-60's and onwards; MUCH thanx for your channel + Cheers For Now / Johnny
Fillmore East is the definitive live album. Bob Seger’s first live album was amazing. I also really liked (controversial take) Skynyrd’s. The Eagles did one in the early 1980s, but it seemed more like the record company trying to capitalize on a fraying band. “Hell Freezes Over” (a single mostly live CD) was much better. Big Stones fan, but I didn’t like “Love You Live.” Fun discussion.
You forgot Before the Flood.(Almost as good as Kiss)😂
Funny you followed Queen with Cheap Trick at the Budokan... Cheap Trick had supported Queen in the US during the News of the World Tour in 77. They then followed Queen over to Japan were they already had good press from the Japanese journalists following Queen's every move, and they played to instant packed houses and instant success across in Japan, and Queen's old favourite haunt, The Budokan. Queen had got a huge reception in Japan in 1975, and other western rock bands found Japan an easier market after that, particularly if they had any association with Queen.
Thanks for the info!
Hawkwind, Space Ritual.
The problem with Lynyrd Skynyrd "One More From the Road" was that Steve Gaines had only been in the band for about a week. The concert had already been planned and then Steve was asked to join the band. I think it was the fact that the band had to tiptoe around Steve and make some room for him. Plus, the two guitar version of the band of "Allen Collins and Gary Rossington" hadn't been working as well as it had been in the past because Ed King had come into the band and pushed them to the top of the charts. The period after Ed King was a lull and that was why Ronnie penned the song Gimme Back My Bullets, Bullets were hit songs like Sweet Home Alabama that raced up the charts. Street Survivors was released after a second recording of the album. The first version of the album was much different and poorer than the version that was recorded and released later. Ronnie had to fire producer Tom Dowd and they got another producer and went to another studio. Steve Gaines has his moments on the live album but the album was very TAME. It would have been a HOT album if Ed King had still been in the band. I'll take chubby Ed King over tall, thin and lanky and bearded Steve Gaines. Ed fit in better with Skynyrd and made the sound very coarse and gruff. Steve made the band sound more like The Allman Brothers Band.
21:30 Loggins and Messina. Saw them in actual live concert 1976. One of the top 3 most boring concerts in my life.
Saw them in 74….snoozefest
Elton John 'Live In Russia 1979', excellent double live album and Slayer 'Decade Of Aggression' another cool double live album.
No mention of Iron Maiden's Live After Death?
Good call. I don't have it.
Twin Peaks by Mountain
The album was recorded in Japan, 1974.
Best review of Double Live Gonzo ever.
I also have the album
Early Steppenwolf.
That Springsteen live album, or live compilation I should say, is terrific! I’m actually going to see him live later this month, so excited! Another great live double album is ‘Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Rainbow 1977’. I’m not always in the mood for reggae…but when I am!!🇯🇲
Wings is a triple too
What!!!! You just missed "Live and Dangerous" by Thin Lizzy... Really...
KISS Alive is awesome. I just love Paul's cheesy banter with the audience. "How many of you people believe in ROCK AND ROLL?"
I've always liked Yessongs; another great triple vinyl offering with Roger Dean's trippy artwork and a cool booklet, as well.
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Black Sabbath - Live Evil
Wishbone Ash - Live Dates, Pure Prairie League - Takin' The Stage, Hot Tuna - Double Dose!
Check out type o negative cover of cinnamon girl.the distorted bass riff is bad ass
A DVD of Urgh A Music War was released in 2010. It's very expensive (around $20). The soundtrack on vinyl is the only record to hear XTC live as they never put out a live album.
Thanks, I never realized that bout XTC. I have the Urgh DVD. Warner Achieve released it so it's studio quality.
I have Urgh on vhs tape perhaps I could sell for my old age retirement
Five of my best live albums #1 the who live at leeds #2 Allman brothers at the filmore #3 Derek and the dominoes live at the filmore #4 live performance Humble Pie live at the filmore #5 Blue Oyster Cult on your hands and on your knees 5 of the very best definitive live albums
+1 on the BOC.
Live/Dead? Skull & Roses? Rock’n the Fillmore? Before the Flood? Miles of Aisles? Hot August Night? Nighthawks at the Diner?
A follow up video is coming...
Wings over America was the first album I bought!
My favourite live double albums are Mike Oldfield Exposed and the two KISS Alive albums, Rainbow's Finyl Vinyl was also quite good. Making a good live album is no mean feat. As Per Gessle once said, "Live albums tend to be second-rate greatest hits albums".
Your video sparked a memory. I remember there was a surplus of the Bruce Springsteen album a few weeks after it came out. It went straight to number one and the record company pressed many more in anticipation of further sales. But the album quickly slid down the charts. A record company executive lamented in Time or Newsweek that "everyone who wanted the album went out and bought it in the first week." I've always wondered how they offloaded all those other albums. Did they have a lot of cutouts or were they simply returned to the record company? I recall that the KISS solo albums suffered a similar fate. In 1983, KISS toured the UK to support the Lick it Up album and my local record shop owner was delighted that he was able to finally "get rid of" the solo albums that had languished in his store room for years. I got all of them for 1.99!
Yeah a lot of those solo Kiss album had the cut corners because they were in the budget bins. From what I've read, the record company ordered up the usual amount of a Kiss elbun for each individual one of the solo releases.
I agree with the Wings album, very flat sounding. Alive II is pretty much how they sounded live at the time if you listen to bootlegs. Glad you show CDs too, I still like CDs as well as vinyl
What's the issue with Double Live Gonzo ?? That's a great live album . Ted Nugent is awesome in that whole album !
I've worked with Ted Nugent.
@@RobertFithen Oh I can understand now ! Yeah he is kinda nuts !
I am overwhelmed by your amazing depth b of knowledge .
I've heard of most of these albums thankfully but haven't heard or own them all! Great stuff! All the best!
"It's alive" Ramones ?
This popped up on my recommended and crazy coincidence cause I just got done listening to Rage Against the Machine Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. One I highly recommend. For those not familiar with the band, I recommend this first.
With the exception of just a handful, mostly junkie and musically irrelevant double live albums highlighted in this post … here’s some gems completely ignored:
-Deep Purple
Made in Japan
-Rush
All the World’s a Stage
-Kansas
Two for the Show
-Camel
A Live Record
-Gentle Giant
Playing the Fool
-Thin Lizzy
Live and Dangerous
-UFO
Strangers in the Night
-Jethro Tull
Bursting Out
Marginally recommended since they’re decent but not stellar:
-Genesis
Seconds Out
Note:
There are several terrific live albums in other formats such as single or triple, but most obviously were double back in the day.
“Encore” by German Synth Kings Tangerine Dream from 1977 is, was, and always will be a live album that provides many analog pleasures.
A progenitor of all things Kosmische/Electronica/House/Space/Rave/Prog et al.
It's not a double LP (although it's quite lengthy and probably should have been), but I've always loved "If You Want Blood, You've Got It" by AC/DC. Killer energy and powerful sound, captures the band at arguably their peak during the Bon Scott years. 1 of the best live albums of the '70s, for sure! Always loved "Live Killers" by Queen and I don't understand why that 1 doesn't get more love, although the mix is kind of cloudy at times.
Holy sheeeite, you missed out Lizzy-Live and Dangerous UFO Strangers Humble Pie Live at the Fillmore and.......probably the definitive 70's live album Made in Japan, oh dear.
One of my all time favourite live albums : "Live Cream Volume II" "Live Cream Volume II" (It's a double now).Clapton at the height of his powers, awesome album.
Hi Robert. Fun fact the Frampton comes alive double album originally sold for the price of a single album.
Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous for me!!
Loved multi artist live albums. "The Last Waltz" (we all know who was there) and "Rock for Kampuchea", with the Who, Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant with Rockpile (Rockpile being on Zep label) was pretty darn swell.
Hey, I agree with the rest of the world, screw Harrison's indian f$#kfest.
I wouldn't pick speedy's coming off Tokyo Tapes, I would pick Polar nights with Uli vocals.
Also Wings over America is a triple album sets . Wings over America is great worth it for Jimmy McCullough alone.great gibson tone. Wings over America is definitely good.
The tone on my records were uotstanding much better than the CD. My record player has diamond tip stylus.
Little Feet, now here's a band that I've never heard of. Is, 🎶Don't bo gart that joint
My friend.
Pass it over to meee..🎶
Is that song on that live album? Cause I heard that on another video but in snippet form. And I didn't know that it was Little Feet. I'm amused by that song. I think I heard that it is a law that you have Frampton Comes Alive in your record collection. It's a law that you have Frampton Comes Alive in your record collection at all times. I found a copy at 2nd & Charles and snagged it. I don't know If you have a 2nd & Charles in your neck of the woods but I have one in Highland. I think it was. It's a place where you can get old used records and new records. You also get books old and new. The old books are the used ones. And comic books. It has everything. I usually migrate over to the records. And they also have CDs. I've also never heard of UFO but that Strangers In The Night album was recorded in Chicago.
Speaking of Frampton Comes Alive. Interesting guitar story of that guitar. It went missing after a plane crash while he was on tour. Turned up in a pawn shop decades later. But the guy knew who's guitar it was, just from the album cover. He did custom work to that Gibson and got trapped in history with that photo. He did end up getting it back not that long ago. He talks about it in his autobiography.
Speaking of Rush. It is kinda strange to listen to their first live album All The World's A Stage, and its just drums, bass, and guitar. Not one keyboard on that album.
Wonder if Pearl Jam have that entire tour online somewhere. I know the Seattle show is a triple cd.
Oh yeah, how is Wings Across America a double album? It was a triple here in Canada.
My favorite Dead album is Live At The Maui Volcano Day 47. It's a great record.
I know this video aint new new. But how about that 17 or 18 album box set of King Gizzard at Red Rocks? Must be from their bloated dead on a toilet phase.
Oh yeah, another shitty cd is the original Speak Of The Devil where they took off...Snowblind? But when they did the reissue and kinda mashed the sides together to make a re-edit of it. The were able to fit it all on 1 cd. Also falls under fake live albums. Pretty sure i heard an actual audience recording of the day before in some small bar of those Ritz shows where Ozzy sounds horrible.
Wait...did you miss the double live Judas Priest album? And also Supertramp's Paris (yeah, why not watch the dvd of it instead)
The Deluxe Edition 2CD release of One More From The Road was remastered very well. It was also remixed to create a wider soundstage and the songs now have more room to breathe. Free Bird lives up to its full potential. Gimme Three Steps really sounds like a bar room stomper. What should have been present on the vinyl is on the CD. Dramatic difference between the two formats.
Not to be picky but Cheap Trick At Budokan has a play time of about 42 minutes. I have always played the album from start to stop every time.
Though it may not totally fit with the double-album criteria, it would be interesting to hear what you have to say about CHICAGO: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (speaking of bad albums later remastered,) Dionne Warwick: HOT LIVE & OTHERWISE and (also issued in quad) SHIRLEY BASSEY: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL.
Love UFO strangers in the night, wings over America and Neil Young live rust. Also probably controversial but I was 11 when Deep purple made in Japan came out, always thought it was overrated, still can't take to it 51 years later.
(Very) late to the party here but one of the absolute very best is Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974. It was re-released in 2014 as an anniversary edition with extra tracks and stretched to a triple album. Just went to prove that sometimes less is more!
I thought KISS Alive II was usually called the favorite by the biggest fans? Hmm. At first I thought you were saying the reason was because the second was a true live album. I just need to listen to both.
Yessongs is probably my favorite live album
I will listen to it again. Thanks!
But Yessongs is a triple live album… as is ELP’s The Show that Never Ends.
@@sheldoninst on cd they;re double'