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Live music CDs

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It depends. There are some truly horrid live albums out there (The Who, I'm looking at you) and some gems (Allman Brothers, Big Head Todd, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker). We went to a concert a few years ago where the concert was recorded by a local radio station. When the station played the recording over the radio a few months later, we were like "that's better than being there was." The acoustics of the hall were so bad that the mics did a better job of capturing the sound than our ears.
 
No. I think the only Live CD I thought was really good was Santana's "Sacred Fire"

In order for a live performance to sound as good as a studio release, a lot more musicians are required.
 
The Allman Brothers, "Live at the Fillmore East" is one of the greatest albums ever recorded, live or studio. What they were able to capture in those performances is nothing less than astonishing. If you only get one of there albums this it the one I'd recommend. These guys were so tight that they made fewer mistakes or errors live than most bands will ever manage in a studio.


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The ones I've heard I like quite a bit.

Nirvana - Unplugged
Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
The Queers - Weekend at Bernie's

I've also heard some CKY songs live on YouTube and they're an example of a band that sounds pretty different compared to the studio (which they do on purpose so it's just not a replica of a studio sound).
 
clamum said:
The ones I've heard I like quite a bit.

Nirvana - Unplugged
Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
The Queers - Weekend at Bernie's

I've also heard some CKY songs live on YouTube and they're an example of a band that sounds pretty different compared to the studio (which they do on purpose so it's just not a replica of a studio sound).
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Nirvana Unplugged is an amazing album. I remember watching that when it was first aired and was blown away by how well they did.

I ripped the audio tracks from the Eagles Farewell 1 Tour DVD and I listen to it constantly in my car. They made many tweaks to the songs so that I consider them far superior to the studio versions. Hotel California and Desperado being the prime examples.
 
If you like Coheed and Cambria, their live performances are brilliant, and the Neverender recordings are phenomenal for live cuts. What really helps too is quite often, they add to songs, and for anyone who has trouble simply because of Claudio's voice, he doesn't hit the same highs live. You can call that worse or better depending on your preferences, but I find it welcome myself, even as a huge fan. And for their earlier music, both his not-as-youthful voice combined with the edge the band adds that wasn't as developed at that time in the studio, and it's all in all a different take. I like to flip back between listening to any of their albums on the Neverender discs, and listening to the studio releases. Two different experiences, really.
Sadly, you cannot buy anything but the video recording of the Neverender concert series (first four albums played over four nights). They had a CD+DVD package way back, but it was limited. I think that's actually a disservice IMHO, they should make another print run.

They do have the Starland live recording, and from what I remember, that was great too.

I don't really have many other live discs. I have, ahem, the Led Zeppelin BBC live recordings, which are freaking fantastic. I was all set to buy the Mothership package, quite likely the Blu-ray audio disc as well, but I read that the audio quality just isn't what was achieved on the BBC discs (from a live recording perspective).

Anyone have the Mothership CD or Blu-ray and care to offer a different perspective?

I am looking forward to buying each of the new remasters, as I do need to officially own their discography once and for all.
 
midwestfisherman said:
It depends on the artist.
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This. Some bands are simply much better when playing to an audience, so their live tracks might be better. (Or worse; there are so many factors which argue against a live recording.) Personally though I don't care for a lot of processing. Give me the band as it sounds on stage, for better or worse, just with studio quality recording.
 
Bruce Springsteen does one or two bits on each live show that will never appear on a studio album, same for other artists.

Sometimes the venue is great for recording, Emmylou Harris live at the Ryman is one of my favorites.

What surprised me is the number of live video recordings I like. Why not have it all and pick what suits you at the time?
 
Oh, and the Foo Fighters are great live (at least any video I've seen of them). I have their DVD ("Everywhere But Home") too and they put on a damn good show. They change up some songs too and will do extended parts of them. "Stacked Actors" comes to mind as one they extend live... so awesome.
 
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