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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:47 PM
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Poll question: Favorite LIVE album (the context, not the band)?
What is your favorite live collection ever? I'll make my bias known posthaste:
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:50 PM
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1. Ellington, Newport '56
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:53 PM
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3. Good choice.
I like Duke, in that he was a COMPOSER first of all, who happened to work in the idiom of jazz (usually). He reminds me of Zappa, who was also a composer first of all, who happened to work in the idiom of rock 'n' roll (usually).
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:52 PM
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2. I chose Television.
Just came out this year on Rhino (http://www.rhinohandmade.com). Just bloody incredible.

"The Blow-Up" was the only legit live Television release we had before this one, and this blows it to shreds.
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lucidmadman Donating Member (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:30 PM
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29. WOW! I didn't know this had come out...
...I saw/heard this show. I think they were there for more than one night, so maybe I didn't. TELEVISION should have been THE CARS only better.
Tom Verlaine really was a 'god'.
Anyone remember THE BRAINS out of Atlanta? They did the original of 'Money Changes Everything' that Cyndi Lauper covered. They got 'Mercury Poisoning'(ie signed with Mercury Records) and disappeared circa 1980.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:36 PM
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32. YES!
Buy it here:

http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7846

It's worth the price, especially if you were there. Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd are two of my top-10 favorite guitarists of all time. AND THEY WERE IN THE SAME BAND!
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:36 AM
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51. Tom Gray of The Brains has a current group-"Delta Moon"...
He's now playing slide and lap steel (instead of keyboards) Their singer has too much of that "rock mama" thing going on with her vocals, though...
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:54 PM
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4. Friday Night In San Fransisco--John McLaughlin,
Paco Delucia and Al Dimeola. I also think the live Shakti album is great.
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Donating Member ( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:28 PM
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26. Regarding the current Shakti
Got to see them in Central Park a couple of years ago.
Completely transcendent. I was blissed out for days.
Also saw Mahavishnu Orchestra in 75. McLaughlin is truly spiritual in what he creates.
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:55 PM
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5. Waiting For Columbus
Little Feat.
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:10 PM
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13. I saw Little Feat at our county fair a few years back
and it was one of the best damn times I have had! Love Little Feat!
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DODI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:57 PM
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6. Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
Also love Chicago at Carnegie Hall, the Band - The Last Waltz and Wings over America. Do these count?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 05:59 PM
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7. Hey! I've got all four of those...the best is "The Last Waltz" IMO...
WTG, DODI :thumbsup:
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:02 PM
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9. I like "The Last Waltz," too...
although I think Levon's voice shines more on the studio albums.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:02 PM
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10. Another Feat fan?
Thats great! Those guys can still rock! Saw them in a bar a few years ago and they still sounded good. Have you heard the new one yet? I haven't but will soon. I believe it's called "Kickin' it at the Barn" or something along those lines.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:08 PM
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12. "Just ask the Rock & Roll Doctor's advice..."
Lowell George!
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:02 PM
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8. Waiting for Columbus


Little Feat.:)
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:03 PM
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11. Keep those "others" coming!
Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 06:04 PM by Whitacre D_WI
I want to know what to buy next!


Okay, I don't like Little Feat so much (no offense), so hold off on all those "Waiting for Columbus" votes.

Gimme something new!




edit: spelling
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:14 PM
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15. For something new try Robert Randolph,
"Live at the Wetlands." He plays pedal steel and it is amazing.

As far as all-time favorite live albums:

The Band "Last Waltx"

Miles "My Funny Valentine"

Coltraine "Live at the Village Vanguard"

Monk -his underground CD (I forget the name)

Little Feat "Waiting for Columbus"

The Meters "Live on the Queen Mary"
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:20 PM
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19. My problem with "Live at the Village Vanguard" is...
...that it's incomplete.

I have the "Vanguard" boxed set (ALL the recorded stuff from all five nights).

It may even surpass "Under the Blood Red Lava Lamp" (#3) among my personal favorites (I didn't include boxed sets). I still prefer "Live in Japan" for Trane (gotta love that over-half-an-hour long version of "Afro Blue"), and Television's new release.
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:49 PM
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38. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth....
:)

It's almost a toss-up for me with Trane live albums. That was when he was at his best.

Other good trane live albums are "Live at Birdland" and "Live at teh Newport Jazz Festival." I checked out the latter at the library a few weeks ago. It was good but not great. The sound could have been better and a few times Trane went so far off that he got hard to follow.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:16 PM
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17. Ok if you like guitar gods
Then get either Walter Trout live cd, "Life in the Jungle" or "Live Walter". This guy is sort of an unknown but man oh man can he play guitar! He's not a bad singer either. Warning- this is somewhat bluesy so if you don't think you like Blues music, then it may not be for you. Another of my faves is the recently released "How the West was Won" 3 cd set from the greatest band in history, Led Zeppelin. No real concept, just ass kickin' rock and roll.
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:14 PM
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14. Monk Live at the It Club
A close second is Cheap Trick Live at Budokan. Seriously. I've got some odd tastes.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:16 PM
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16. Robyn Hitchcock/Egyptians - Gotta Let this Hen Out (1985)
But, from your list...The Nick Cave one is pretty good, and comes with a great booklet.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:20 PM
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21. I like pretty pictures.
n/t
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:18 PM
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18. Crap! I was going to say Mental Jewelry.
But you had to go and say "context".
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tigerbeat Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:20 PM
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20. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
nt
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DODI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 06:57 AM
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58. Gosh, how could I forget that one!
The energy in that is amazing! My dream is a T-Head reunion. The were pretty good at the R&R Hall of Fame considering they hadn't played together in years.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:21 PM
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22. U2 "Under a Blood Red Sky" (nt)
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:29 PM
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28. yessir
Or rattle n hum
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 07:45 PM
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41. That was part live part studio
Besides, UABRS is better.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:26 PM
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23. Jazz fans:
How about the Quintet? Bird, Dizzy, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and the Great One: Mingus.

"Jazz at Massey Hall" kicks ass.
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Donating Member ( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:26 PM
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24. went with Coltrane
could have gone with other -- Live in Stockholm; Village Vanguard live; that multi-disc set from the Ole time period from Europe; or a Rahsaahn Roland Kirk live album.

I go with Coltrane on the desert isle theory. What could I stand to listen to over and over for years without it ever getting on my nerves that somehow contains the "history" of all human existence, the DNA we are? Coltrane comes the closest on that count of anything I think.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:31 PM
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30. That's why "Japan" hits me so hard.
I also like the live album from Seattle, also from '65 or '66. But "Japan" knocks my damn socks off.



Have you heard the new(er) release that has the only recorded instance of "A Love Supreme" played, in its entirety, live? I will be purchasing it myself very soon.
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Donating Member ( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:42 PM
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33. haven't heard it
& now I'm going to have to listen to Live in Japan again, haven't for a few months.

I've been listening to that 5-CD release of all the Jack Johnson sessions that Miles did in 1970. the stuff that didn't make it on to vinyl is even raunchier than the original. Sonny Sharrock is on a couple of the tracks doing second guitar to McLaughlin.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:43 PM
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35. SECOND guitar?
Sorry, I like McLaughlin, but Sonny blows his ass away.
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Donating Member ( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:48 PM
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37. that's the place he's sitting in the arrangement
Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 06:48 PM by 56kid
wasn't talking about the merits of the two.
McLaughlin's playing on those sessions is a lot different than he usually plays also. I think Miles must have been pushing/goading him to a different place than he usually gets. There's even a cover of Buddy Miles' Who Knows (under a different name).
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:28 PM
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25. Peter Frampton - Live
OK, so I entertain easily.
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FrankBooth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:29 PM
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27. Live At Leeds
The Who in their heyday.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:33 PM
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31. One of few albums for which I prefer the CD...
Specifically, the 2-cd set that came out a couple of years ago, which features the whole concert -- the second set being "Tommy." In its entirety.
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 01:28 AM
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55. I have both of these
on cd and I still have the original vinyl albums too. Although they are a little worse for wear. Live at Leeds is still great,even after all these years.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 01:10 AM
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53. Live at Leeds is my fave too
First live album I ever bought, in fact.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 07:28 AM
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60. "Live at Leeds"...
...gets my vote also. :thumbsup:
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MR. ELECTABLE Donating Member (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:43 PM
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34. Coctails - Live at Lounge Axe
A great little band that used to play out of Chicago. Crazy, crazy stuff- mainly a mixture of jam jazz and pop rock. This was a recording of their LAST performance on New Year's Eve 1995. I never had the chance to see them perform, but this album has become one of my most delighted favorites.

The lead singer, Archer Prewitt, went on to found The Sea and Cake, another band that has really grown on me.

Here's a link to more information, as well as a some of their songs in MP3 format:

http://www.epitonic.com/artists/thecoctails.html
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 06:45 PM
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36. Genesis -"Seconds Out"
No Peter Gabriel, but really good vocals from a young Phil Collins. Excellent "The Carpet Crawl."
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 07:10 PM
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39. Live Dead (71) and Live at the Canteen (70)
Live Dead was an incredible technical recording achievement,IMHO. The sound mix still blows me away.

Live Canteen was Traffic's best, I think. The clinking bar bottles and smoky haze contributed to the mood of this recording, I think.
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Lostmessage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 07:11 PM
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40. Bobby Sherman Live was a good album
.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 08:37 PM
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42. X - Live at Whisky a Go-Go
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 09:09 PM
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45. Nice!
I picked the double-album up for $5 not too long ago.
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 09:04 PM
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43. Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine-The Complete Concert 1964

The music is awe inspiring, brilliant and beautiful.......
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 09:08 PM
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44. Well, I have to say, I like DMB's Red Rocks
And, essentially, I like any live album.

With one crucial rule, however.

BS "compilation" albums, with songs taken from various concerts and then mixed together on a CD, are not live albums. They are bullshit.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 09:16 PM
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46. James Brown: Live at the Apollo Theater - October 24, 1962

Duh!
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 09:21 PM
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47. Damn straight!
What a record that is!

I especially like the super-fast minute-and-a-half version of "Think."
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:04 AM
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48. "Turning Point" - John Mayall . . .
Edited on Thu Jan-22-04 12:05 AM by OneBlueSky
partially because I was at that concert . . . Fillmore East, Saturday, July 12, 1969 . . . First Balcony, Section 12, Seat E126 (still have the stub) . . .

oh, yeah . . . ticket price was $4.50 . . . :hippie:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:29 AM
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49. I've always been partial to "Night of the Living Dead Boys" even...
though they were second rate troglodytes. I think that recording really captured the cheap thrills of fucked-up degeneracy. And that chick who keeps screaming throughout the record. I always imagine her now married to some doctor in West Islip. She gets a faraway look on family outings...
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 06:22 AM
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56. I almost listed that as an option.
But I only had ten slots.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:32 AM
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50. Edison's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" smokes the studio version!
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 01:01 AM
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52. Tom Waits: Nighthawks at the Diner
(No offense to marrieds or wives. I'm married and know a wife very well!)

All my friends are married
Every Tom and Dick and Harry
You must be strong if you're to go it alone.
Here's to the bachelors and the Bowery bums
And those that feel that they're the ones
That are better off without a wife.

I like to sleep until the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
I like goin' out when I want to
And comin' home when I please
Don't have to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the keys.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 01:21 AM
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54. Wow. A man after my own heart.
When I clicked on this poll, I was expecting the preselected choices to be more...shall we say, mainstream. Let's say I'm pleasantly surprised. Heh.

Out of what's listed I had to go with "Live Seeds"...Cave is a frighteningly brilliant songwriter. The only people I think you can really compare him with are Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. And the Bad Seeds are one of the best bands I can think of, especially live. The level of musicianship is amazing.

Coltrane Live in Japan comes in a close second, though. And then Iggy, Television, VU...with that list, I had a hard time deciding.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 06:27 AM
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57. Barbra: The Concert (LIVE Madison Square Garden, NYC)
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 07:25 AM
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59. Clan of Xymox - Live in South America 1999
No overdubs.
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