What a wonderful live album

[sixxswine]

I've been listening to Dokken's Beast From The East all day today at work. Having not heard this album in probably a year at least I was inspired to ask the rest of you what some of your favorite live albums are? This is a solid album, sounds pretty much like the band sounded like at the time I saw them on The Monsters Of Rock Tour...

 

[poundingmetal74]

Beast from the East was a really good live disc.

To name a few of my favorites:
Heaven and Hell - Radio City Hall
Queensryche - Live Evolution
Edguy - Burning Down the Opera
Priest - Unleashed in the East (Live or not, it rules)
Kiss - Alive 3
Scorpions - World Wide Live
Bach - Bring 'em Bach Alive
Stryper - 7 Weeks in America

 

[Wyvern]

Judas Priest - "Unleashed In The East"
Motorhead - "No Sleep Til' Hammersmith"
Thin Lizzy - "Life/Live"
Black Sabbath - "Reunion"
Heaven And Hell - "Live At The Radio City Music Hall"
Deep Purple - "Nobody's Perfect"
Rainbow - "On Stage"
Rush - "Exit Stage Left"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Extraterrestrial LIve"
Nazareth - "Snaz"
Transatlantic - "Live In Europe"
The Flower Kings - "@ Live Recording 2003"
Pink Floyd - "Delicate Sound Of Thunder"
Star One - "Live On Earth"
Dream Theater - "Once In A Livetime"
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Live!!"
Blind Guardian - "Tokyo Tales"
Riot - "Shine On"
Testament - "Live At The Fillmore"
Steve Vai - "Sound Theories Vol I & II"

 

[Platinum Maze]

KISS - Alive!, Alive II
Loudness - Live Loud Alive, 8186 Live
Maiden - Live After Death
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, World Wide Live
JP - Unleashed....
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Kansas - Two For The Show
Triumph - Stages, Live at the US Festival
Opeth - Roundhouse Tapes
UFO - Strangers in the Night

 

[SoundMaster]

I think my answer will bore most, as it contains some of the 'standards', but here goes:

Rainbow - on Stage
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Whitesnake- Live...in the Heart of the City
Led Zep - How the West Was Won
Page & the Black Crowes
Kiss - Alive
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Overkill - Wrecking Everything
UFO - Strangers in the Night
AC/DC - If You Want Blood
Yes - Yessongs

 

[ElectricWiz]

These are my favorites - I've played each of these a ton of times. I'm probably forgetting something important though:

Iron Maiden - Beast over Hammersmith (better than LAD in my book)
Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith
Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
Jimi Hendrix - The complete Woodstock Performance
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Live 80/81)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan

 

[sixxswine]

Beast from the East was a really good live disc.

To name a few of my favorites:
Heaven and Hell - Radio City Hall
Queensryche - Live Evolution
Kiss - Alive 3

I also enjoy these three as well...
Most people don't care for Alive III but I happen to love that particular era of KISS....

 

[ElectricWiz]

The version of I Still Love You on Alive III is a tour de force...say what you will, Paul can sing like nobodies business.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

i take it these are live albums from any genre so:
kiss-alive 1-3
deep purple- made in japan
iron maiden- live after death
tesla- 5 man acustical jam
the who- live at leeds
willie nelson- willie and family live
waylon jennings- waylon live
judas priest- unleashed in the east
twisted sister- live at hammersmith
johnny cash- live at folsom prison
johnny cash- live at san quentin
WASP- double live assassins
grateful dead- live dead
grateful dead- europe '72
grateful dead- rockin the rhein
grateful dead- nightfall of diamonds
grateful dead- truckin up to buffalo
rolling stones- get yer ya ya's out
rolling stones- flashpoint
rolling stones- stripped

 

[mdmatt4ever]

Judas Priest - "Unleashed In The East"
Motorhead - "No Sleep Til' Hammersmith"
Thin Lizzy - "Life/Live"
Black Sabbath - "Reunion"
Heaven And Hell - "Live At The Radio City Music Hall"
Deep Purple - "Nobody's Perfect"
Rainbow - "On Stage"
Rush - "Exit Stage Left"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Extraterrestrial LIve"
Nazareth - "Snaz"
Transatlantic - "Live In Europe"
The Flower Kings - "@ Live Recording 2003"
Pink Floyd - "Delicate Sound Of Thunder"
Star One - "Live On Earth"
Dream Theater - "Once In A Livetime"
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Live!!"
Blind Guardian - "Tokyo Tales"
Riot - "Shine On"
Testament - "Live At The Fillmore"
Steve Vai - "Sound Theories Vol I & II"

are you serious? ozzy's vocals on reunion are horrible and his stage banter is almost comical at times but its not on purpose

 

[Avigrus]

Iced Earth - Alive in Athens

 

[DarkOne]

Everyone already listed all the good ones

I generally don't like live albums as much as studio, but one of my favorites isn't actually an album (take with the grain of salt that Savatage is my favorite band). It's a recording of a small Savatage acoustic set in Port Richmond, NY. Both Jon Oliva and Zak Stevens were in the band, and they do some very cool acoustic versions of their top songs.

Steve in Philly

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

Everyone already listed all the good ones

I generally don't like live albums as much as studio, but one of my favorites isn't actually an album (take with the grain of salt that Savatage is my favorite band). It's a recording of a small Savatage acoustic set in Port Richmond, NY. Both Jon Oliva and Zak Stevens were in the band, and they do some very cool acoustic versions of their top songs.

Steve in Philly

Oooh, that sounds tasty! I suppose the sound quality isn't up to par though, since it's not an official release and probably wasn't mixed professionally.

I'm with Steve in Philly, though. I never really got into live albums (I'm too picky about production) until recently when I've become addicted to DVD concerts. The sound is mixed better on newer live recordings, and having the visual there with the audio puts the frosting on the cake for me. If someone posts a thread on favorite DVD concerts, I'll play then.

 

[Wyvern]

are you serious? ozzy's vocals on reunion are horrible and his stage banter is almost comical at times but its not on purpose

His banters and cursing are pathetic I admit that but the energy of the album, the playing of Tony, Geezer and Bill, the crowd and the fact of finally having a decent album from Mk.I (because "Live At Last" it's pretty lame and poor produced) make it for me, even if they butchered 'Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath' last verse which to me is a criminal offense.

So you can see I'm having a great leniency on that album to include it on my list, still I believe it was the good way to kiss BS with Ozzy goodbye. Now let Heaven & Hell continue

 

[Priest of Evil]

Judas Priest - "Unleashed In The East"
Motorhead - "No Sleep Til' Hammersmith"

Iron Maiden - live after death
Venom - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
the end.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

His banters and cursing are pathetic I admit that but the energy of the album, the playing of Tony, Geezer and Bill, the crowd and the fact of finally having a decent album from Mk.I (because "Live At Last" it's pretty lame and poor produced) make it for me, even if they butchered 'Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath' last verse which to me is a criminal offense.

So you can see I'm having a great leniency on that album to include it on my list, still I believe it was the good way to kiss BS with Ozzy goodbye. Now let Heaven & Hell continue

i agree. dio always sang better than ozzy and even at 65 or whatever he sounds better than ozzy. dio has a better stage presense and knows all the words. yeah live at last sounds horrid although i did hear that reunion has some studio overdubs by ozzy and bill but i don't know if thats true

 

[sixxswine]

I also like W.A.S.P.'s Double Live Assassins...

 

[cannibal corpse]

Obituary's Dead is good.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

I also like W.A.S.P.'s Double Live Assassins...

i think its the best W.A.S.P. live album

 

[sixxswine]

Iron Maiden - live after death.

Would you guys consider this their Alive!
By that I mean a band in the pennacle of their career...
but using studio trickery...
I can't bare to listen to Alive! and Alive II and Live After Death for that reason... They are so phony... The audience is loud. I can say the same for W.A.S.P.'s Live In The Studio... I mean Raw! And for the record they are albums that I used to love. Granted Alive III isn't much better but I just think that line-up was the shit...