This week were listening to Live music once again and for only the second time in some 200+ posts...
Most reissues and re-masters now days add live tracks as new content to a release. While some of these are really good, they're not really a Live album like we used to buy back in the day. So lets go there again, LIVE albums, so special and so cool, and most likely not so live. But who cares? Our favorite tunes reimagined and extended with new jams and drum solos! And the most were double album affairs with killer gatefolds!
Gone are those days! But I've noticed that many bands are now releasing their older concerts on disc. Queen and Chicago are two that have me interested and may be worthwhile purchases... So is the Live alum a lost art or is it making a comeback?
So there we have it! No need to tailgate for this one, just crank it up and remember (unless you can't and we've all been to that concert too)...
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I don't think it's making a comeback, bands are just going thru their vaults and releasing old live album, bd's, etc., to offer something different to their fans. There are current bands that release live albums, bd's., etc, but sometimes it just seems to be overkill, almost like a new live set is being released after the last tour. Plus in the olden days they could release a live album and mark another one off of their contract while they decided what to do next.
I'm not big into live albums, have the ones that I want and listen to them very rarely. Most of them I have just to be a half-assed completist, but I could generally care less. Out of the five albums above, I only owned one, and that was the Supertramp album when it came out. Never bothered to replace it and it's been long gone. I think there was a "hit" off that record, maybe it was "Dreamer".
With all that said, this was an ok listen. Nothing grabbed me and made me want to run out and buy plus I didn't hear MM on that DB album, so that was a good thing.
Nope. The only ones that'll make my list are the ones I request.
Head East - Prelude is cool. I like the prelude on the Journey live album, even though it's pre-recorded. I just think it's cool. Never heard any of this band's work other than Never Been Any Reason and the songs you have played in this forum. This song is cool. Really rockin' guitar.
Supertramp - I think I may have this on vinyl. I'm not familiar with this song, but i do think it's pretty good.
Fogerty - Great song here. This live version sounds great. I love the snare drum work.
Kansas - I have this album but have never listened to it. And I'm pretty sure you have featured this song (the studio version) before. Again, it sounds great. And that's a killer guitar solo.
Doobies - Another live album I don't own. But I don't see how anybody could not like this live track. Sounds almost dead on. You can actually hear some smokin' rhythm guitar work. Wow, the lead smokes too! The riff for this song is just so cool. This is so good that I may look into picking it up.
Iv'e thought about doing a month of live albums for AOTW several times, just haven't. A whole month of them might be a bit much.
I forgot to say, some of the 70's live albums are absolute blockbusters. I don't think we'll see the likes of that again. And bands release one studio album and the next thing you know, they release a live album. I don't get that at all.
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