QUESTION OF THE WEEK, PER POSTER RATTLEHEAD, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE “LIVE” ALBUMS? 

I am not a fan of live albums, I prefer to watch live concerts on VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray.

However, if I had to choose, no surprise it is John Sykes‘ Bad Boy Live!, Judas Priest‘s 30th Anniversary British Steel Tour (Thank you, Scott) and Ozzy Osbourne‘s Tribute.

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  1. Wow there’s so many, right now at this moment my top 5 would be…
    5. Molly Hatchet – Double Trouble Live
    4. Ted Nugent – Double Live Gonzo!
    3. KI⚡️⚡️ – Alive!
    2. Aerosmith – Live! Bootleg
    1. Deep Purple – Made In Japan

  2. So many I’ll probably forget. In no real order I’d have to go with:

    Deep Purple – Made in Japan
    Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains the Same
    Slayer – Decade of Aggression
    Judas Priest – Unleashed in the East
    Jimi Hendrix – Live at Winterland
    Pink Floyd – Pulse
    Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder
    AC/DC – If you want Blood
    Iron Maiden – Live after Death
    Dio – Live at Donnington
    Iced Earth – Alive in Athens
    Blue Oyster Cult – Some Enchanted Evening
    Blue Oyster Cult – On your feet or on your Knees
    Blue Oyster Cult – Extraterrestrial Live
    Candlemass – Live
    Black Sabbath – live in New Jersey 1975
    Villagers of Ioanninna City -Alive in Athens 2020
    King Diamond – Songs for the Dead

    And many more….yes I like live albums.

    Honorable mention for Type O Negative – The Origin of the Feces. It’s not live, but it’s a fake live album that is freakin genius and amazing.

  3. I live for Live albums, especially when the band replicates what they do in the studio live on stage.

    RUSH-Exit Stage Left, Show of Hands, All the World’s A Stage & Time Machine
    Ozzy/Randy-Tribute and Speak Of The Devil
    Lynyrd Skynyrd-One More For The Road and Free Bird: The Movie
    Eagles- Eagles Live 1980, Hell Freezes Over, Live From the Forum
    Pink Floyd-Delicate Sounds Of Thunder and Pulse, Live At Pompeii
    METLALLICa-Live Shit: Bing & Purge, Cliff ‘Em All, S&M 1&2
    Van Halen -Live w/o a Net and Live: Right Here Right Now
    Bob Seger-Live Bullet and Nine Tonight
    Iron Maiden- Maiden England ’88 and Live After Death and Nights of The Dead
    Led Zeppelin-Song Remains the Same
    Joe Walsh-Can’t Argue with A Sick Mind
    Joe Satriani- Satchurated: Live In Montreal
    Jimmy Hendrix Live At Woodstock
    Bob Marley & The Wailers-Live! 1975

  4. Damn, can’t believe I forgot Rush, Exit Stage Left, Ozzy, Speak of the Devil and Tribute, plus Live at Pompeii! Those are some of my all time favorites too! Definitely Rush and Ozzy are up there as my most listened to live albums of all time. Especially Speak of the Devil. That was my round about introduction to Black Sabbath, though I had no idea until a year or two after I bought it lol I had heard Sabbath before that, but only two songs. Had no idea Ozzy was the singer of sabbath though. After I found out Ozzy was the singer from Sabbath I grabbed everything I could find. All because of Speak of the Devil.

    1. You’re so right about Speak of the Devil and the sound Brad Gillis brought to that recorded live performance. RUSH, Ozzy and Pink Floyd are about best live in the 80’s. I was first introduced to these live albums circa 1988 when I was 15. To this day I still listen to them several times a year.

  5. I started buying 8-tracks & albums in the mid-to-late 70’s. That seemed to be the hey-day of great live performances being released. I really enjoyed the live albums because they were kind of a greatest hits package. You got the best songs from multiple albums in one purchase. Also, you’d get some long, extended jam or a drum or guitar solo that was not on a standard release.
    Some of my earliest & favorite purchases:

    Wings Over America
    Cheap Trick At Budokan
    Judas Priest Unleashed In The East
    Frampton Comes Alive
    Bob Seger Live Bullet
    REO You Get What You Play For
    AC/DC If You Want Blood…
    Foghat Live!
    Skynyrd One More For The Road
    Neil Young Live Rust
    Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo
    Outlaws Bring It Back Alive
    Scorpions Tokyo Tapes
    Stevie Ray Vaughn Live Alive
    Tesla Five Man Acoustical Band
    Blackberry Smoke Leave A Scar
    AND, The Greatest Live Album Ever: UFO Strangers In The Night

    Dana, I too prefer to watch live concerts on video.
    Back in the late 80’s, I was the first person in my circle to buy a stereo VHS recorder for the sole purpose to watch concert & music videos. That started my obsession collecting music videos. VHS to LaserDisc to DVD to BluRay.
    My first and earliest live concert videos on VHS:

    Van Halen Live Without A Net
    Def Leppard In The Round…
    Iron Maiden Live After Death
    Priest… Live
    Queensryche Live In Tokyo

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