The best live album of the past 50 years

[MillisleBlue]

I'd go for a 1983 offering from Siouxsie and the Banshees called Nocturne:

 

[Saddleworth2]

So 40 or so responses and still nobody has answered the original question! After listening to Before the Dawn which was released today. Can anyone tell me a better 'live' album. Hint. You have to listen to 'Before the Dawn' to be able to compare ;-)

 

[Saddleworth2]

@Taximania you will no doubt have an honest and interesting opinion on this question.

 

[OB1]

I do like a live album so here's one for each of the last fifty years:

ac/dc: if you want blood
beck, jeff: with jan hammer group live
blue oyster cult: some enchanted evening
blue oyster cult: on your feet or on your knees
cheap trick: budokan the complete concert
clapton, eric: rainbow concert
cooper, alice: the alice cooper show
deep purple: made in japan
deep purple: mk3 final concerts
drive by truckers: it's great to be alive!
elp: welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
foghat: foghat live
frampton, peter: frampton comes alive
gallagher, rory: irish tour
hagar, sammy: loud & clear
jethro tull: bursting out
judas priest: unleashed in the east
kiss: alive
kiss: alive ii
led zeppelin: the song remains the same
led zeppelin: how the west was won
little feat: waiting for columbus
lynyrd skynyrd: southern by the grace of god
lynyrd skynyrd: one more from the road
marley, bob: live
motley crue: the end
mott the hoople: live
nugent, ted: double live gonzo
osbourne, ozzy: tribute
petty, tom & the heartbreakers: the live anthology
queen: a night at the odeon
rainbow: on stage
reed, lou: rock n roll animal
rolling stones: get your ya yas out
rush: all the world's a stage
rush: exit… stage left
rush: show of hands
seger, bob: live bullet
seger, bob: against the wind
status quo: live
sweet: live 1973
the scorpions: tokyo tapes
the sensational alex harvey band: live/ the penthouse tapes
teaze: tour of japan
thin lizzy: live & dangerous
trower, robin: in concert
ufo: strangers in the night
who, the: live at leeds
yes: yessongs
young, neil: weld

 

[casserole of nonsense]

Who has a bush more lively than Kate's bush?

Allman Brothers at Fillmore East, that's who...

 

[East Level 2]

One more from the road. Lynyrd skynyrd

Is a good shout. In fact it's a bloody brilliant album. And I'll second The Last Waltz by The Band as mentioned earlier and Dylan at The Budokan. But I'm going for Irish Tour 74 by Rory Gallagher.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I actually prefer studio albums to live recordings - something about the audience noise seems to irritate me - however I will throw in Fandango! by ZZ Top from 1975, which is a half and half album.

 

[Geoffo34]

Haven't read the thread, but.... Paul McCartney at the Superbowl and The Band-The Last Waltz.

 

[ctidcarl]

Under A Blood Red Sky - U2

You know its great. Its just difficult to accept cos its U2!

Early U2 was fresh, raw, edgy (no pun intended) and great songs.

When I read the thread title, Under A Blood Red Sky was the first album I thought of.
Wide Awake In America is worth a shout too - although it's only an EP, the live versions of "A Sort Of Homecoming" and "Bad" are excellent.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Live at Leeds. The who