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The Best Live album

What are some good live albums/cds you own? Good sound is a nice bonus.

You may put down whatever you want such as "Get your ya ya's out", but are there some maybe we haven't all heard about yet?

The best I have bought lately is Delbert McClinton, "Live", a 2 CD set of a concert in Norway. Just excellent blues big band. I mean this album just smokes, Oh yeaahh, with excellent sound to boot.
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bongofury
1,160 posts
 
"Live Sparks" by Graham Parker; released as a promo back in 1978.
martykl
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There's tons of great choices, but I'd have a hard time picking my favorite Fleetwood Mac live album, let alone my overall favorite live album. However........

Since Cajun music was recently mentioned, I'll add Fatras! Live in Montreal by Zachary Richard. It features a teenage Sonny Landreth on lead guitar.

Another little known killer is Two Letter Words from Richard Thompson. Just tremendous.
tomaswv
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Has to be Mapleshade's "Live at Ethel's" by Clifford Jordan. You are there in the club.
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geoffkait
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That's pretty good. But the Mapleshade live recording of the old blues guy in DC is better. Sunnyland Slim if memory serves.
dgarretson
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The recently issued 3x 180gm LP box of David Bowie A Reality Tour 2003/4. A few posters have been skeptical of SQ(without hearing the LPs), as several sides stretch vinyl’s limit to 24-27 minutes. But SQ seems fine, and the band is HOT. I saw him in on tour in Philadelphia that year, just before his heart problem. It’s the last word in Bowie live.
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