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Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott'sPerforming This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's by Jeff Beck
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Peerless!
Live At WoodstockLive At Woodstock by Jimi Hendrix
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Hendrix at Woodstock, what more is there to say?
EleKtriKEleKtriK by King Crimson
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This live set adds new depth to these tunes. Crimson are one of the few bands that I own multiple live albums by. This is one of the best
Live from Madison Square GardenLive from Madison Square Garden by Eric Clapton
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These guys were the essential ingredients of Blind Faith
Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth ~ RemasteredLive at the Padget Rooms, Penarth ~ Remastered by Man
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This new expanded edition is great. Originally a Limited Edition vinyl LP but even the band started selling bootleg cassettes in reponse to demand
Eric Clapton's Rainbow ConcertEric Clapton's Rainbow Concert by Eric Clapton
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Hugely expanded on the original LP. Eric backed by Steve Winwood & other members of Traffic along with Ronnie Wood & Pete Townsend
Wings Over AmericaWings Over America by Paul McCartney and Wings
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Wings were huge at the time and they had just gained the confidence to sing some of those Beatles songs
Live DatesLive Dates by Wishbone Ash
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This helped restore their reputation for me following the awful Wishbone Four
'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones In Concert'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones In Concert by The Rolling Stones
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This was the first essential live album by a rock band
Love You LiveLove You Live by The Rolling Stones
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This album straddles the transition from Mick Taylor to Ronnie Wood
Shine A LightShine A Light by Rolling Stones
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Wonderful. The movie that this comes from shows energy levels from Mick that singers in their twenties would envy
The Song Remains The SameThe Song Remains The Same by Led Zeppelin
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This was the height of Led Zeppelin's career.
Stages of a Long Journey [Japanese Import]Stages of a Long Journey [Japanese Import] by Eberhard Weber
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A strange career retrospective with orchestral arrangements of some of Weber's classics
StageStage by David Bowie
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Everyone wanted to hear the Low / Heroes songs on this live set. Bowie was the embodiment of cool at the time, every album was an event
In Concert: Live at Philharmonic HallIn Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall by Miles Davis
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Miles Davis' electric period produced a host of huge live albums. "Jazz" fans hated this stuff . This albums is one of many great live album available of the period but it does have the coolest cover
Live at the Village Vanguard: The Master TakesLive at the Village Vanguard: The Master Takes by John Coltrane
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Coltrane in blistering form
Irish TourIrish Tour by Rory Gallagher
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I saw this man live several times and he was always brilliant
BBC Radio 1967-1971BBC Radio 1967-1971 by Soft Machine
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God bless the BBC for having such gems tucked away
Soupsongs: the Music of Robert WyattSoupsongs: the Music of Robert Wyatt by Various Artists
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Robert Wyatt hit on the great idea of asking a bunch of his old friends and collaborators to showcase his songs and it works very well, a pure joy
LiveLive by Status Quo
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Nostalgia is a strange thing, my brain tells me that I should hate this band but my heart tells me otherwise. This was their golden era.
Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 by Caravan
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Recorded for US radio to promote their American "For Girl Who Go Plump in the Night" tour. It is pretty much the Caravan & New Symphonia set without the orchestra
Autumn LeavesAutumn Leaves by Don Byas
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Ronnie Scott's 30 second intoduction is a gem. The music is great & the sound is good for the era & unsophisticated recording equipment
Soho Nights Vol.1Soho Nights Vol.1 by Ben Webster
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Ben Webster was apparently likely to fall over but his playing is wonderful
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your LifeThe Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life by Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa often undermined his own credibility. His humour diguised a very serious musician. Stairway is rather good
Live in London: Drury Lane '74Live in London: Drury Lane '74 by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
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The Magic Band had gone. Thes musicians hadn't heard the music they were playing before & didn't understand it but it is still a great album. Limitations can be creative gold.