Fave Live Album...

[Twit]

Dead easy, Johnny Cash - Live at St Quentin. Nothing can match that for rawness and the music is awesome.

Nothing comes close, in fact nothing comes even close!

[Kinky]

satch said:

If you want Blood - ac/dc, rock and roll. raw sound, set many a standard.

And 1 more to add: Thin Lizzy Life Live

[bean455]

Floyd.......Pulse.Thats it.

[Funk]

Marc Cohn Live. Beautiful in every way.

[smiller]

I know it's a cliche, but The Song Remains The Same by Zep. Greater versions of already great tunes: No Quarter, Rock & Roll, The Rain Song, and the first 5 minutes of the "bow" guitar solo section on Dazed & Confused is just utter genius. The scope for producing aural torture by playing a 1958 Les Paul through valve amps, using a violin bow has to be massive and unpredictable. Page's control was awesome.

Honourable mention to "Life - Live" by Lizzy.

I also enjoy Marillion's first live album. Can't remember what it's called now, but it had great versions of Cinderella Search and Assassing.

[jagdpanther]

bean455 said:

Floyd.......Pulse.Thats it.

Definitely, pure masterpiece

[Colonial]

I Might Be Wrong - Radiohead

[agent006]

Here Come The Noisemakers - Bruce Hornsby.

[Glassman]

bean455 said:

Floyd.......Pulse.Thats it.

+1

[Alex]

Jethro Tull: Live Bursting Out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdz_G1VGJ4c

[BigAlinEmbra]

AC/DC - Live & Underworld - Everything, Everything.

[Planet Claire]

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band : Live 1975-85

Thunder Road, the first track is my all time fave song (it's got to be this version).

[minimatt1967]

Metallica S&M is one of my favourites sounds great with the ochestra... although not all do!

[Yoda954]

Another vote for - ACDC "If You Want Blood..."
Also:
Thin Lizzy "Live & Dangerous"
Neil Young "Rust Never Sleeps" (with audience removed )

[Jack Blag]

Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Depeche Mode - 101
Stereophonics - Live from Dakota

[matthew_h]

Spiritualized - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

[andy400]

smiller said:

I also enjoy Marillion's first live album. Can't remember what it's called now, but it had great versions of Cinderella Search and Assassing.

Real to Reel? A big favourite of mine.

Also love Kiss - Alive, Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous, the aformentioned AC/DC & Tull albums and anything recorded live by SVR and The Allmans.

[Civpilot]

Another vote for Metallica's S&M album (and the live DVD that goes with it)

[The_Burg]

U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky, reminds you that once they were actually quite good.
(Rediscovered recently lurking at the back of the shelf).

Pink Floyd - Pulse
Queen - Live Killers.

[Marvindodgers]

I think they've all already been mentioned, but thumbs up again anyway.

Live After Death - Iron Maiden "Scream for me Long Beach!"
Live Killers - Queen
Distant Sound Of Thunder - Pink Floyd
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Hammersmith Odeon '75
Metallica - S&M

Not out yet, but looking forward to the new Muse live album. They are an incredible band live. As Edith Bowman said on BBC Three during their Glastonbury show a few years ago, "three boys making all that noise - fantastic!"