Comments on: 20 BEST LIVE ALBUMS EVER

By: Barney Hoskyns

Barney Hoskyns — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:33:12 +0000

I’m sorry Todd didn’t make the squad. I also wonder whether I should have made room for Bill Withers at Carnegie Hall…

By: Rob Steen

Rob Steen — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:26:06 +0000

Just bumped into this gem of a list Sir Barnstaple! No quibbles about the top two, other than my desire to swap them around. I’d go for the full version of Season of Lights ahead of Spread Your Wings as the Laura representative, chuck in Todd’s Back to the Bars and Live At The Forum, and mazeltov you from the bottom of my heart for recognising the wonder of Girl At Her Volcano. By the same token, the absence of Man’s Back Into The Future is noted and mourned.

By: Andrew Billington

Andrew Billington — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:44:56 +0000

Warren Zevon’s Stand In The Fire.

A horrible man, a great singer songwriter.

By: Lynden Barber

Lynden Barber — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:21:48 +0000

I’d add:

Delaney and Bonnie – On Tour with Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix – Jimi Hendrix Concerts
Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Live

Of course there\’s scores of great jazz live albums. Need a separate list.

Agree with Before the Flood.

By: Lynden Barber

Lynden Barber — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:21:01 +0000

I’d add:

Delaney and Bonnie – On Tour with Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix – Jimi Hendrix Concerts
Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Live

Of course there’s scores of great jazz live albums. Need a separate list.

Agree with Before the Flood.

By: Steve Smith

Steve Smith — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:42:23 +0000

Midnight Oil, SCREAM IN BLUE
Ani DiFranco, LIVING IN CLIP
Jeff Buckley, MYSTERY WHITE BOY

By: Tim Footman

Tim Footman — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:55:30 +0000

Hendrix/Otis at Monterey.

Ellington at Newport ’56.

By: Barney Hoskyns

Barney Hoskyns — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:48:50 +0000

Oddly, I can’t say as I adore any of those, though the Nirvana was interesting of course and I always thought BEFORE THE FLOOD was unfairly dismissed (by Dylan as much as by anyone). The version of “All Along the Watchtower” is in its way more powerful than Hendrix’s.

By: Mike Mettler

Mike Mettler — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:38:04 +0000

Barney:

Can’t really fault any of your choices, and I’m certainly ok with Time Fades Away, but I’m curious how you feel about any of the following…

* Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Live 1975-1985
* Any live Zappa/Mothers material (Roxy and Elsewhere, etc.)
* Band of Gypsys
* Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
* Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
* Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology
* Bob Dylan & the Band – Before the Flood

Mike