What are the most important live albums that were ever released?

[coloradodem2005]

I guess a few:

The Who-Live at Leeds
Led Zeppelin-How The West Was Won (Yes, Personal Prejudice)
Peter Frampton-Frampton Comes Alive
Deep Purple-Made In Japan
Kiss-Alive! (Lynch me if you want to, but people consider it a landmark in live recordings.)

[mike_c]

1. my picks-- not necessarily exclusive....

Viva Roxy-- Roxy Music
Stop Making Sense-- Talking Heads
Rattle and Hum-- U2
Live at the Filmore East-- Allman Bros
Across a Wire-- Counting Crows
Band of Gypsies-- Jimi Hendrix
Live at Ronnie Scotts-- Taj Mahal
Show-- Cure

These are just some of the ones off the top of my head....

[Kali]

3. oh yeah

more greats!

[Kali]

2. ha

ya young whippersnapper, you know your stuff. I was going to say Made In Japan and Frampton Comes Alive, but have to admit Kiss - Alive was up ther too, at least in those days. I feel really ignorant, as I am a fair fan of Zeppelin and don't know this live album!!! WTF? (although to be fair to myself I haven't listened to mainstream music sources in well over ten years.)

Marley has a good live album and so does Alman Bros. ZZ Top - one side of Fandango, IIRC.

Can't wait to see what others come up with.

[coloradodem2005]

7. The Zeppelin album came out in 2003.

But there was a huge buzz around it and it was awesome.

[vogonjiltz]

4. Jimi Hendrix

Live at the Monterey pop festival

[LibertyorDeath]

5. In no particular order

Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East

Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Band Of Gypsy's - Jimi Hendrix

All The World's A Stage - Rush

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC

[leftofthedial]

6. The Band--The Last Waltz

No Nukes

[Panda1]

10. The Last Waltz....yes. I was there.

Only 5,000 tickets sold. It was fabulous.
Best concert I've ever been to and so very special.

[leftofthedial]

12. and a great movie too

I'm jealous you were there!

[Panda1]

15. It was electrifying.... ;)

...worth the effort to get tickets. I had to go to Oakland as I knew the crowd would be bigger in SF. First come, first served.
Scorcese didn't get that much footage of the crowd or I could point ME out to you. Incredibly I took a lot of pictures but didn't think to get myself into any of them.

I think there should be a reunion of the people who attended.
I know three others.

[BiggJawn]

8. Virgil Fox- "Heavy Organ"

Live at the Filmore East.

Tull-"Bursting Out"

Glen Miller-"The Chesterfield Recordings"

[Webster Green]

9. These ones were important to me anyway...

'Bob Marley Live'

'Waiting for Columbus' - Little Feat

'Rock and Roll Animal' - Lou Reed

'Stop Making Sense' - Talking Heads

[Midnight Rambler]

11. Band of Gypsies is my personal favorite

Everyone rants and raves about Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! but I was a little disappointed with that one. Not that it was bad, it just didn't seem as firey as everyone made it out to be. Except for that version of "Love in Vain." Amazing.

[charlyvi]

13. Bob Marley and the Wailers.....Live!

Trenchtown Rock, No Woman No Cry....wonderful!

[vajraroshana]

14. Kiss Alive, and Kiss Alive II, and...

Foghat Live.

Oh, and also, Cheap Trick, I think it was called Live At Budokan -- great album.

[nytemare]

16. "Seconds Out" Genesis, "Secret World Live" Peter Gabriel

:)

[progmom]

17. Thelonious Monk Live at the It Club

:hi:

[coloradodem2005]

19. ...

:hi:

[driver8]

18. Kiss "Alive" is an awesome album!

Cheap Trick "Live at Budokan" is another favorite of mine.
Frampton Comes Alive rocks, too.