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Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

MrFrogger — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:35:22 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 06/11/2014 16:35

RepoMan wrote:

You need to get rid of that question mark on your tagline. 🤣

How do I get a hold of this? (i.e. Was this ever officially released? )

It was never officially released, and it was only available through audience recordings for many years, untill one of the Deads sound engineers uploaded a fantastic soundboard recording sometime in the 90's. It's still never been "released" as an official live album though. I'll PM you a link.

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:03:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/11/2014 16:03

MrFrogger wrote:

which contains the legendary Barton Hall, Cornell show, which is probably the best Dead show of all time.

You need to get rid of that question mark on your tagline. 🤣

How do I get a hold of this? (i.e. Was this ever officially released? )

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

MrFrogger — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:51:46 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 06/11/2014 15:51

RepoMan wrote:

Awesome! I'll check them out. I've always been sort of lukewarm to the dead's live latter period material finding it a little bit cheesy secondary to the use of synths which make some of the material sound dated. But, I've only given the stuff the most cursory of listens. Do you know what I'm talking about, Frogger? Let me know if my opinion is off base since, again, I haven't delved too deeply into that period of the Dead.

Yeah that's one of the reason's i'm not too big on 80's Dead, but the latter period I'm talking about is 77-79, which is considered by many to be their peak, especially the spring 77 tour, which contains the legendary Barton Hall, Cornell show, which is probably the best Dead show of all time.

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:48:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/11/2014 15:48

MrFrogger wrote:

Haha, I was just about to come in here and do just that. If we're purely talking officially released albums, then the essential Dead releases are Dicks Picks volumes 4, 8 and 36 for their earlier period, and the 4 disc box set "The Closing Of Winterland" for their latter period.

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

NickVolos — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:55:59 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 06/11/2014 14:55

RepoMan wrote:

The Dead, duh. Has there been another band who's best stuff is their live albums? 🤣

So true! �'�

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

MrFrogger — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:53:28 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 06/11/2014 14:53

RepoMan wrote:

I'm sure a deadhead could rattle off at least 20 live albums that are "essential" for the Dead experience.

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

Mdemauri — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:51:36 GMT

Author: Mdemauri

Posted: 06/11/2014 14:51

Not sure if you consider them "high quality", but I do - Rush has become quite prolific at releasing a live album, DVD, Blu Ray, etc. after every album/tour since 2002. I prefer the videos to the CDs since they are pretty faithful to the studio versions of their songs, but the visuals are cool.

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:49:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/11/2014 14:49

The Dead, duh. Has there been another band who's best stuff is their live albums? 🤣

I'm sure a deadhead could rattle off at least 20 live albums that are "essential" for the Dead experience. I'm no deadhead. Here are the albums that I love to listen to when I'm in a Dead mood. And they're all pretty much awesome.

Grateful Dead

Live albums
Live/Dead (69)
Skull & Roses (71)
Europe ’72

Archived Live albums
One From The Vault (91)
Two From The Vault (92)
Dick’s Picks vol 4 (96)
Three From the Vault (07)

Good call with those live Joy Division albums, benpaco. They're pretty indispensable.

Re: Most prolific high quality live artists

benpaco — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:57:48 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 06/11/2014 13:57

Joy Division put out some really good stuff, given how little time they were around.

Oops we're supposed to give examples.

Preston 28 February 1980
Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979
1986 Peel Sessions
1987 Peel Sessions
Live at the Paradiso Club, Amsterdam 1980

EDIT 2: Also

Live at Town Hall High Wycomb February 20 1980
London February 1980

Most prolific high quality live artists

NickVolos — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:36:55 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 06/11/2014 13:36

Been listening to a bunch of live albums lately and - not to my surprise - I was intrigued - once more - by the prolific high quality live output some artists have. Case in point: Neil Young

Live Albums:
1973 - Time Fades Away
1979 - Rust Never Sleeps
1979 - Live Rust
1991 - Arc
1991 - Weld
1993 - Unplugged
1997 - Year of the Horse
2000 - Road Rock

Archival live material:
Live at the Fillmore East
Live at Massey Hall 1971
Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968
Live at the Riverboat 1969
Dreamin' Man Live '92
A Treasure
The San Francisco Broadcast
Live at the Cellar Door

Wondering if you guys know other artists with such prolific and at the same time high quality live albums....