The Song Remains The Same is the Greatest live album by far.

I would add Uriah Heep Live (73) and Around the World with Three Dog Night.

The Kinks-One For The Road. The live version of Lola is what is always played on the radio. Iron Maiden -Live After Death. Had everything a live lp needed he referred to.

Bob Dylan & The Band - After The Flood Genesis - Seconds Out Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous Simon & Garfunkel - Live In Central Park Jethro Tull - Bursting Out Van Morrison - Too Late To Stop Now Bob Dylan - Live At Budokan Elvis - King Of The Ring The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over Eric Clapton - Just One Night The Doors - Absolutely Live Deep Purple - Made In Japan ...et-set-ah-raaah! 😁👍

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes double LP “Reach up and Touch the Sky” was a popular favorite here in the swamps of Jersey.

Little Feet was such an awesome band. One of the best live bands I've ever seen.

Great Bit. Wings Over America was originally a triple live album, still have the original 1976 pressing. The round stains on Aerosmith Live Bootleg were bottles of wine, as well of that awful purple stain on the cover. Cheap Trick at Budokan was originally a japanese import with the obi strip. Frampton Comes Alive!?! dude?

Two greatest live albums UFO Strangers in the Night and Status Quo Live! I also like reo speedwagon you get what you play for

@stevenmccart8502

Жыл бұрын

STATUS QUO !!! I remember seeing them for the first time in the 70s. They came on second in the bill and brought the roof down ! The headliner was Supertramp...Supertramp should have fired their booking agent after that show.

@robertstewart239

Жыл бұрын

I listened to Quo Live with my friend, Ian, long deceased, many times in 1979-80. I lost count of how many times we listened to Roadhouse Blues. "The bit, right?" Great music, great memories!

@robertstewart239

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenmccart8502 Status Quo live were great!

@stevenmccart8502

Жыл бұрын

Had to repost regarding one of my favorite bands Status Quo. Unfortunately they were around when a lot of both prog rock and arena rock bands were happening and Soo many people didn't give good old fashioned great rock the chance they should have. I still listen and still love those guys.

@JackWebb713

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Status Quo Live.

“Encore” by German Synth Kings Tangerine Dream from 1977 is, was, and always will be a live album that provides many analog pleasures. A progenitor of all things Kosmische/Electronica/House/Space/Rave/Prog et al.

How could you miss UFO - Strangers in the Night, and Rush - All the World's a Stage?

@CygnusXJon

Жыл бұрын

Shows his real knowledge of live albums

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

I'm still only halfway through the video right now; As long as 'Exit...Stage Left' will still get a mention, I'll be fine with 'All The World's A Stage' missing! 😅 *Edit:* Yay! 😄👍 And he also mentioned 'A Show Of Hands'! 😁

@earlgrey691

Жыл бұрын

Deep Purple in concert-(70's double).'Mandrake Root'...wow ! and Genesis-3 sides Live ?

@gerryboyd178

Жыл бұрын

@@earlgrey691 Made In Japan is light-years ahead of Zeps 'The Song Remains The Same'. Highway Star alone blows that album off the stage!

@earlgrey691

Жыл бұрын

@@gerryboyd178 Yep.SRTS isn't a good outing for Zepp in any way.DP will always conquer in the live stakes.Nothing came close,not even the Who.'In Concert' by DP and even Made in Europe are definitely on par with MIJ.I would say 'in concert' is their greatest live work.Mandrake Root....wow.

I am overwhelmed by your amazing depth b of knowledge .

It's nice to go back every once in a while and review Robert's classics.

Peter Gabriel, "Plays Live"; Elton John, "Here & There"; and the one that started the trend of excellent-sounding live recordings: Supertramp, "Paris"; Genesis, "Seconds Out".

@chriskarley384

Жыл бұрын

Genesis Seconds Out is as Essential as it gets!!🤯🏆

Dude, all your picks are essential! We are aligned in terms of our music tastes. For me, KISS Alive will always be the archetypal live album. Despite the studio trickery, it gives you the feeling that you’re there and that’s what I want to get out of it. As much as I love rocking out, it’s awesome to see YesSongs in there. May I recommend the “Progeny” live album Yes put out a few years back. It’s unreleased live stuff from ‘72 but more raw I would say. Really enjoyed this. Cheers!

Great video. Miss Zappa's "Roxy And Elsewhere" though.

@zoltanszabo4242

4 жыл бұрын

Great album and it is special in his discography. In New York is also great, but it is an another example of an album that is better on CD though.

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet You have a impressive music collection. p.s. I love Yessongs...

Dylan's (double) Live at Budokan was a favorite live album of mine back in 78-79. There are songs on this live LP that I thought were MUCH better than the studio versions (which happens like almost never with Dylan) such as Just Like A Woman, Simple Twist of Fate, Is Your Love in Vain, and quite a few others. A vibrant and warm sound quality too!

I've heard of most of these albums thankfully but haven't heard or own them all! Great stuff! All the best!

Humble Pie :- Performance Rockin the Fillmore deserves mention😎👍

@bh-zj4yt

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely…the first hard rocking live album I ever heard at 13 YO…😃

Great video Robert. Emerson Lake and Palmer "Welcome Back My Friends" and Head East from 1977.

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

I will have to check out the Head East.

@mikewest1542

3 жыл бұрын

ELP , is a triple LP !

@drmidnight2419

Жыл бұрын

@@mikewest1542 they have made it 4 albums, better.

One of my favourite live albums of all time was Wishbone Ash's Live Dates from 1973. I have Urgh A Music War album and Yessongs as well.

Yes, Three Dog Night was a somewhat contrived studio band, but they were HUGE in the early seventies and they had a great two disc live lp, " Around the World with the Three Dog Night". They cover their hits very well and are very soulful on their ballads and they had a great backup band that coud jam on the heavier tunes.

@MrLuigiFercotti

Жыл бұрын

That's not really true, they all knew and had worked together prior to forming the band TDN. They were not the Monkees. lol

UFO - Strangers in the Night Ramones - It's Alive

Those are really cool albums!😁👌

It's weird, but there was a time, in my teens, that I thought 'Frampton Comes Alive!' (stupid title!) was just a rumour - a work of fiction. To this day, I don't recall anyone I've ever known hearing it, let alone owning it. I just always recognised the album cover shot (and wondered why it was the only Frampton album that may or may not exist). Everything from Mozart to Miles Davis, pop to metal, folk to reggae, punk to psychedelia, Zydeco to electronica, could be found in record collections I dived into, from aged 12 to 53, but I never saw this album, anywhere. I still haven't heard it, and doubt I ever will.

@JeffK.

2 ай бұрын

Do yourself a favor and never look for it, ever. It's chicks' music, like CSNY. An utter insult to the ears.

You didn't need to be "super wealthy" to have a VCR in 1981-1982. My family bought a Betamax in 1978 (for $1199, or $5100 in 2022's money). The price came down a lot by 1981, especially after VHS took off. I remember a new VHS recorder costing about $299 ($1200 in 2022) by 1982, and it continued to fall after that. I actually rented Urgh! A Music War when it came out.

@garypeacock5919

Жыл бұрын

I bought my first VHS in Scotland in 1981, it was £660 (about $1100) then. I rented Neil young live rust, it was £5 per night, and a £40 to ensure you returned it 😬

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was a late night TV show that showed concerts of major rock groups of the 70's. I remember seeing Alice Cooper and Joe Walsh and a lot more.

@stevenmccart8502

Жыл бұрын

I went to almost every taping of that show. Before Don Kirshner was a program called "In Concert" they would show a concert and simulcast it on a local FM radio station.

@jbjacobs9514

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenmccart8502 You lucky b&stard!

That Allman Brothers is solid, I found one at an antique place on the way to Columbia, Missouri that was a first press in mint condition. Nice collection and great video

My favorite live album of all time is Steppenwolf Live. I had seen them in person a short time before the album and the album captured them really well.

Thank you for bringing up the Grand Funk live album, I found it in a thift store and enjoyed listening to it. He's a good one you didn't bring up... Humble Pie - Rockin the Fillmore

Be-Bop Deluxe, Live! In The Air Age is technically a double as it came as an LP and EP.

Wings over America was the first album I bought!

That Springsteen live album, or live compilation I should say, is terrific! I’m actually going to see him live later this month, so excited! Another great live double album is ‘Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Rainbow 1977’. I’m not always in the mood for reggae…but when I am!!🇯🇲

Rush had a nice concept of issuing a live double after every 4 studio albums. Good way to document that side, but not really exploiting.

@playvinylinthemilkynight1879

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite live album ever - Exit... Stage Left.

@Bigchet1223

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't stand exit stage left. It was overproduced. Sounded like a studio album. I really liked all the worlds a stage. Early rush and its raw.

Still, this is one of the more in depth breakdowns of a Nugent album.

Thin LIzzy Live and Dangerous Iron Maiden Live after Death

Dire Straits Alchemy, UB40 Live in Moscow.

Best review of Double Live Gonzo ever.

Siouxsie and the banshees - Nocturne L.P Live at the Royal Albert hall 1983. Wicked. Classic. A must.

@stevethet1962

Жыл бұрын

Kate Bush live at the Hammer place is excellent

1969 Velvet Underground live with Lou Reed... great version of Ocean.

👍👍 double thumbs for your double albums vid. After reading many other comments, what more can I add?

J. Geils Band "Blow your face Out"

Elton John 'Live In Russia 1979', excellent double live album and Slayer 'Decade Of Aggression' another cool double live album.

KISS Alive is awesome. I just love Paul's cheesy banter with the audience. "How many of you people believe in ROCK AND ROLL?" I've always liked Yessongs; another great triple vinyl offering with Roger Dean's trippy artwork and a cool booklet, as well.

The VCR was pretty common by 1982. I bought mine around that time. A Behemoth silver RCA top loader around $325.00 at the PX, Fort Ord Ca. (Sony Betamax was like $800.00 back then) I remember renting The Beatles Let it be from the video store back then. On Frampton Comes Alive, that was the album everyone in high school had and it's the first time I heard all those songs. To this day, the studio versions sound weird to me! Edit: Great review on Double Live Gonzo!

Missing Deep Purple "Made In Japan" in vinyl, cd doesn't do it justice

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't, especially the tiny cardboard cd version.

Wishbone Ash - Live Dates, Pure Prairie League - Takin' The Stage, Hot Tuna - Double Dose!

cool video...when it comes to double live albums, the definitive ones mostly come from the 60's and 70's...some of the best ones you missed were uriah heep live...van morrison it's too late to stop now...rush all the world's a stage...blue oyster cult on your feet or on your knees....if you haven't done it already, would also love to see a video on great single live albums, like the velvet underground...dylan...slade...and the who....peace...rocky

Definitive record spines!....Im down!!

Solid video! The definitive version of One More From the Road is the 25th anniversary Deluxe Edition 2CD set. Amazing remastered sound and corrected track order it kills the old vinyl edition

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

I will have to check it out. thanks

I love this and I am behind you on all of it with the exception of DD Arena. I wholeheartedly disagree that these versions are inferior. To me, Arena is the best DD experience on record and somehow I feel I am hearing a live concert. Maybe suspension of disbelief but I'll take it. Also, it considerably has the definititive Chauffer. Ok... carry on. Great episode.

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

"Arena" was their best selling album at the time so what do I know?

@bandontaylor2135

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobertFithen you know plenty! I was taking exception, but in a friendly pithy way. I do love Arena though. It hits my feels more than the (real) studio releases.

REO Speedwagon - You Get What You Play For BTO - Live in Japan America - Live! 1977 Queen - Live Killers

David Live. And I ain't talking David Cassidy

I comment before I see this... I want to see here '80 Eagles double LP. Good commercial job, good quality and lots of hits there.

Hawkwind, Space Ritual.

Thin Lizzy' Live & Dangerous, Rock of Ages by The Band, Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat etc ...

I have the Live Steppenwolf album in my collection. Robert, the album is awesome.

One of my all time favorites is Neil Young's "Live Rust" Sugar Mountain really hit because at the time I was at that akward age heading into my teens, going from middle school to high school, and from the 70s into the 80s. Everything was converging and changing. Love that album.

Enjoyed this! I'm a live double junkie... have always been! Now folk... don't laugh... my first ever live double was Neil Diamond - yes, Hot August Night! OK... here are some of my others that may or may not fit this bill... Bob Dylan - At Budokan Clapton - Just One Night Supertramp - Paris Eagles - Live Humble Pie - Performance - Live at Fillmore East ARS - Are You Ready? OK - I know some were regarded as below par but for me it was all about getting that "live" feel. Growing up in 70's South Africa with the embargoes... just hearing "live" was magic! PS - Maybe I should attempt doing a video...

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

You should!

@vossierebel

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobertFithen Right... challenge accepted! 🤣🤣

@chriskarley384

Жыл бұрын

I like N.D. Hot August Night!!

I'm glad I watched this video and thanks to you I'm gonna go back and listen again to some old gems which I almost forgot, like Live Rust and Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore and other live albums which I would never listen, like Duran Duran for example. One point, Made in Japan by DP is one of my favorite double albums, the only song that doesn't work for me is The Mule which I love the original in Fireball, but here it has this horrible drum solo by Paice, probably the worst drum solo by a great drummer, the rest of the album is superb. Thx again Robert.

Waiting for Columbus-Little Feat. Just stumbled on your channel. Entertaining

The Song Remains The Same was one of the reasons why Punk had to come. Aerosmith's Live Bootleg is a forgotten classic. One critic called 4 Way Street the invention of pigrock. Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club, Rock of Ages by The Band, Live Dead and the Beatles Live at the Star Club would have been worth mentioning. Not to forget the famous Mad Dogs and English Men Tour, Joe Cocker and Leon Russel did.

@Frip36

Жыл бұрын

"The Song Remains The Same was one of the reasons why Punk had to come." Do you like any of the performances on that album?

@SH-ud8wd

8 ай бұрын

Not really

@JeffK.

2 ай бұрын

I would offer up Live Dead (1969) immediately, except this video deals with live double albums from the 70's & 80's. Also, I love your mention of the critic's opinion of 4 Way Street. Must have been Christgau.

Funny you followed Queen with Cheap Trick at the Budokan... Cheap Trick had supported Queen in the US during the News of the World Tour in 77. They then followed Queen over to Japan were they already had good press from the Japanese journalists following Queen's every move, and they played to instant packed houses and instant success across in Japan, and Queen's old favourite haunt, The Budokan. Queen had got a huge reception in Japan in 1975, and other western rock bands found Japan an easier market after that, particularly if they had any association with Queen.

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

“Tokyo Tapes” by The Scorpions, along with “Seconds Out” by Genesis are pivotal in that both bands were in a transitional period. Guitar Gods Uli Jon (Ulrich) Roth, and Steve Hackett represented the 70s guitar/instrumental leanings indicative of Prog/Psych/F.M. Hard Rock. 80s Radio friendly Pop was around the corner, where both bands found world wide successes owing to more accessible music, and shorter bite-size songs.

Several of these albums were huge in my life as a teenager in the 1970s, but none as impactful as Willie & Family Live. What a friggin' roller coaster ride! Seems like with the success of his Stardust album earlier in '78, Columbia gave him carte-blanc. Willie did a great thing, recording records with old friends who'd helped him during the early days. Opened up a whole new world musically for this rock n' roll kid, for which I'm eternally grateful.

@RobertFithen

Жыл бұрын

From what I understand, it was "Red Headed Stranger" in 1975. To the record execs, it didn't sound commercial enough. They thought it sounded like a rough demo and it would fail. The plan was to release it as is and once it flopped, they would be able to say "told you so" and then call the shots for Willie. Of course, the exact opposite happened, it was a huge success and then Willie could do what he wanted without being questioned.

Depeche Mode 101 turned so many people onto the band who weren't Depech Mode fans yet. The songs were a lot more accessible because they sounded brighter and poppier than the unsettling claustrophobic studio recordings. I can't think of another official live album that could be considered gateway album like the aptly titled 101 was.

Ike & Tina Turner- What You Hear Is What You Get - Live At Carnegie Hall Deep Purple-Made in Japan

The problem with Lynyrd Skynyrd "One More From the Road" was that Steve Gaines had only been in the band for about a week. The concert had already been planned and then Steve was asked to join the band. I think it was the fact that the band had to tiptoe around Steve and make some room for him. Plus, the two guitar version of the band of "Allen Collins and Gary Rossington" hadn't been working as well as it had been in the past because Ed King had come into the band and pushed them to the top of the charts. The period after Ed King was a lull and that was why Ronnie penned the song Gimme Back My Bullets, Bullets were hit songs like Sweet Home Alabama that raced up the charts. Street Survivors was released after a second recording of the album. The first version of the album was much different and poorer than the version that was recorded and released later. Ronnie had to fire producer Tom Dowd and they got another producer and went to another studio. Steve Gaines has his moments on the live album but the album was very TAME. It would have been a HOT album if Ed King had still been in the band. I'll take chubby Ed King over tall, thin and lanky and bearded Steve Gaines. Ed fit in better with Skynyrd and made the sound very coarse and gruff. Steve made the band sound more like The Allman Brothers Band.

My Stepdad had the "Delicate Sound of Thunder" double-cassette and, on vinyl, the "Woodstock" soundtrack... My Dad had "The Soung Remains the Same", "Concert for Bangladesh" ... those albums somewhat got me into music when I was young ... for my taste, I would add: "4 Way Street", "Exit Stage ... Left", "Live After Death" and the Bruce Springsteen live box set

Thanks for the cd tip on Wings over America… my original lp sounds as if it was recorded from a boom box in an empty auditorium.

I agree with the Wings album, very flat sounding. Alive II is pretty much how they sounded live at the time if you listen to bootlegs. Glad you show CDs too, I still like CDs as well as vinyl

My favorite live album of all time is Elton John’s Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It’s a double live album from 1987. Bob Seger’s Live Bullet is my second favorite. When I listen to Live Bullet it makes me move. But when I listen to Live in Australia it moves me.

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

That used to be a special on the Showtime TV network, too. It was always on and I would watch it again and again so I have the DVD instead of the double album. What has become the definitive version of "Candle In the Wind" is from this.

@Jamie.Laszlo

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobertFithen Yeah. We didn't get the channel (I thought it was on HBO), but I used to sit and LISTEN to it all the time with the squiggly lines on our TV.

Five of my best live albums #1 the who live at leeds #2 Allman brothers at the filmore #3 Derek and the dominoes live at the filmore #4 live performance Humble Pie live at the filmore #5 Blue Oyster Cult on your hands and on your knees 5 of the very best definitive live albums

@markkasick

Жыл бұрын

+1 on the BOC.

Wings is a triple too

Hi Robert. Fun fact the Frampton comes alive double album originally sold for the price of a single album.

Howzit Rob : Watta bout : Jethro Tull Live * Bursting Out * ! Killa Double-Album; as was : The Who * Live At Leeds * ! In fairness; I recall * L @ L * was originally a single Live Album; but was eventually released as a Double to cover the WHOLE of that raw; amazing Concert. In any event; as [ Unfortunately ! ] a latter-day Subscriber coming outtov the Mid / Late-60's and onwards; MUCH thanx for your channel + Cheers For Now / Johnny

No Frank Zappa. He was the king of the live Album Roxy & Elsewhere Sheik Yer Bouti Chunga’s Revenge Superb Stuff

@RobertFithen

2 жыл бұрын

I have Fillmore East - June 1971 and Chunga's Revenge, but those aren't double albums so I didn't include them.

@louklein7143

Ай бұрын

Live in New York, Roxy and Everywhere are tho

Another great video, brother! No love for J. Geils: Blow Your Face Out? The definitive version of Musta Got Lost 👍

@RobertFithen

Жыл бұрын

I only have "Full House" and "Showtime".

@mysteryc07

Жыл бұрын

@@RobertFithen Nice 👍

I have not played this yet - I’m sure Exit Stage Left will be here but also hoping the Kinks - One for the Road! We’ll see here we go!!!

my favorite double live album is "Four Way Street", the only live album I can think of that was released with VERY audible and painful mistakes on it.

Beach Boys In Concert from 73 is really good

You should do a part 2

My favourite live double albums are Mike Oldfield Exposed and the two KISS Alive albums, Rainbow's Finyl Vinyl was also quite good. Making a good live album is no mean feat. As Per Gessle once said, "Live albums tend to be second-rate greatest hits albums".

thin lizzy live and dangerous !!!!!!

Yessongs is probably my favorite live album

@RobertFithen

2 жыл бұрын

I will listen to it again. Thanks!

@sheldoninst

Ай бұрын

But Yessongs is a triple live album… as is ELP’s The Show that Never Ends.

@MandrakeMoorglade

Ай бұрын

@@sheldoninst on cd they;re double'

Live/Dead? Skull & Roses? Rock’n the Fillmore? Before the Flood? Miles of Aisles? Hot August Night? Nighthawks at the Diner?

@RobertFithen

4 жыл бұрын

A follow up video is coming...

(Very) late to the party here but one of the absolute very best is Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974. It was re-released in 2014 as an anniversary edition with extra tracks and stretched to a triple album. Just went to prove that sometimes less is more!

Your video sparked a memory. I remember there was a surplus of the Bruce Springsteen album a few weeks after it came out. It went straight to number one and the record company pressed many more in anticipation of further sales. But the album quickly slid down the charts. A record company executive lamented in Time or Newsweek that "everyone who wanted the album went out and bought it in the first week." I've always wondered how they offloaded all those other albums. Did they have a lot of cutouts or were they simply returned to the record company? I recall that the KISS solo albums suffered a similar fate. In 1983, KISS toured the UK to support the Lick it Up album and my local record shop owner was delighted that he was able to finally "get rid of" the solo albums that had languished in his store room for years. I got all of them for 1.99!

@RobertFithen

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a lot of those solo Kiss album had the cut corners because they were in the budget bins. From what I've read, the record company ordered up the usual amount of a Kiss elbun for each individual one of the solo releases.

Bob Seger: Live Bullet - Turn The Page & Travelin Man/Beautiful Loser on here are the definitive versions and really this entire album has stellar sound quality.

I also have the album Early Steppenwolf.

It's on the MCA label that reissued back in the year 1980.

BOC-On Your Feet or on Your Knees, Wishbone Ash-Live Dates, and the greatest double live album, Bebop Deluxe-Live in the Air Age.

"Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to rip it up? " Phil Lynot

No mention of live after death by iron maiden. Judas priest unleashed in the east. Humble pie rockin the Fillmore.

@RobertFithen

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have those on vinyl. I had a roommate who had those, so we always listened to his. I am still trying to build up the metal collection that he had.

Beach boys in concert 1973

Though it may not totally fit with the double-album criteria, it would be interesting to hear what you have to say about CHICAGO: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (speaking of bad albums later remastered,) Dionne Warwick: HOT LIVE & OTHERWISE and (also issued in quad) SHIRLEY BASSEY: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL.

Very funny video great job yes strangers UFO status quo live never get tired of frampton live Nugent's lol will check out willy's What about blonde on blonde dylan bands rock of ages Tulls living in the past I could go on and on...as I get older it's hard to listen to it. I wanna see it too

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous Deep Purple - Made In Japan Iron Maiden - Live After Death Black Sabbath - Live Evil

The album was recorded in the Electric Lady Studios.

Bob Dylan at Budokan and Joan Baez From Every Stage 2 of my favourites