What are some of the very best Live albums in Rock?

Purely in my personal opinion, from my collection, and in random order :~

Jethro Tull ~ "Nothing is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970"

Mike Oldfield ~ "Exposed"

Led Zeppelin ~ "The BBC Sessions" ; "How the West was Won"

Blackmore's Night ~ "Past Times with Good Company"

Jimi Hendrix ~ "Live at Woodstock"

Sarah McLachlan ~ "Mirrorball"

Dire Straits ~ "Alchemy"

Pentangle ~ "Sweet Child" (disc / record 1)

Bootlegs :

Stevie Nicks ~ "White Wing Dove tour 1981"

Fleetwood Mac ~ "Live in Concert 1975"

Without getting too obscure, here's a few of my faves...

Humble Pie - Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore

UFO - Strangers In The Night

Iron Butterfly - Live

The Strawbs - Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios

Hawkwind - Space Ritual

Johnny Winter And... - Live

Edgar Winter's White Trash - Road Work

Rush - All The Worlds a Stage

Cream - Live Cream

Beck Bogert Appice - Live (originally released in Japan only)

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Neil Young - Live Rust

Hot Tuna - Double Dose

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

Brand X - Live Stock

Jefferson Airlplane - Bless its Pointed Little Head & 30 Seconds Over Winterland

Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out

Grand Funk Railroad - Live

Curved Air - Live

Ginger Baker's Air Force - Ginger Baker's Air Force

The Who - Live at Leeds

J. Geils Band - Full House - Live

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - On Stage

Procol Harum - Live in Concert With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Ten Years After - Undead

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East

Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper

Mountain - The Road Goes Ever On & Twin Peaks

Lighthouse - Live

Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool

Frank Zappa & the Mothers - Fillmore East June 1971 & Just Another Band From LA

The Who - Live at Leeds

801 (featuring Phil Manzanera/Brian Eno) - Live

Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees

Cactus - Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs volumes 1 & 2

Jethro Tull - Bursting Out

Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith

Nektar - Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse

Yes - Yes Songs & Yes Shows

Climax Blues Band - Live/FM

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Four Way Street

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 & Live in Europe

Grateful Dead - Live Dead

Colosseum - Live

The James Gang - Live in Concert

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition

Mahogany Rush - Live

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams

John Mayall - Turning Point

Genesis - Seconds Out

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys & The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (double LP)

Max Webster - Live Magnetic Air

Hookfoot - Live in Memphis/USA 1972

The Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes

Wishbone Ash - Live Dates

Lou Reed - Rock'n Roll Animal

Roxy Music - Viva

Kansas - Two for the Show

Savoy Brown - Greatest Hits Live (never released on CD...try to find on vinyl, a true must hear!)

Rolling Stones Got Live If You Want It......first rock band to record a live album

Joe Cocker Mad Dogs And Englishmen

Traffice Welcome To The Canteen

George Harrison The Concert for Bangledesh

MC5 Kick Out The Jams

J.Geils Band Full House

Emerson, Lake And Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition

The Band Rock of Ages

Deep Purple Made In Japan

Neil Young...Time Fades Away

Mott the Hoople Live

Lou Reed Rock N Roll Animal

Bob Dylan....Before The Flood

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same

J. Geils Band Blow Your Face Out

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

Genesis Three Sides Live

Billy Joel Songs In The Attic

Cheap Trick...At Budokan

Queen Live Killers

The Who Live at Leeds

Thin Lizzy Live And Dangerous

Eric Clapton Just One Night

take care

dave

The Velvet Underground & Nico- The Velvet Undeground Nevermind- Nirvana Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts club Band- The Beatles street sixty one Revisited- Bob Dylan Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen London Calling- The conflict baby A- Radiohead stay At Leeds- The Who The Joshua Tree- U2 Are You experienced?- The Jimi Hendrix adventure

Frampton Comes Alive-Peter Frampton

Live at The Fillmore East-Allman Brothers Band

Get Yers Ya's Ya's Out-Rolling Stones

Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore-Humble Pie

The Great Deceiver - King Crimson

Playing the Fool - Gentle Giant

The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life - Frank Zappa

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Yessongs - Yes

Live - Genesis

Score - Dream Theater

Live at Leeds - The Who

Live at Woodstock - Jimi Hendrix

If you want to count jazz fusion in:

Live Evil - Miles Davis

Between Nothingness and Eternity - Mahavishnu Orchestra

8:30 - Weather Report

hey Lawman

Happy Holidays!!

1- The Who- Live At Leeds

2- Stop Making Sence- Talking Heads

3-Wings Over America- Paul McCartney

3- Monterey Pop Festival Box Set

4-Bring On The Night- Sting

5- Live 1980 - 1986 - Joe Jackson

Unleashed in the East - Judas Priest

Official Live: 101 Proof - Pantera

Live - Alice in Chains

Speak of the Devil - Ozzy Osbourne

Live Undead - Slayer

Maiden Japan - Iron Maiden

Live Without Sense - Destruction

"At Fillmore East" - The Allman Brothers Band

"Made in Japan" - Deep Purple

"Bless It's Pointed Little Head" - Jefferson Airplane

"Performance:Rockin' the Fillmore" - Humble Pie

"One More From the Road" - Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Rock of Ages" - The Band

"Kick Out the Jams" - The MC5

"Rock and Roll Animal" - Lou Reed

"Live at the Apollo" - James Brown

"Live Sparks" - Graham Parker and The Rumour

"At Budokan" - Cheap Trick

"Live at Leeds" - The Who

"Live Rust" - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

I usually prefer studio albums for production quality.

However;

Frampton Comes Alive

The Who - Live At Leeds

Deep Purple - Made In Japan

Neil Young - Live Rust

Lynyrd Skynryd - One More For The Road

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails

Derek & The Dominos - In Concert/Live At The Fillmore

The Doors - Absolutely Live

Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends