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Live Albums: Sometimes a good idea! (I)
The Living EndThe Living End by Hüsker Dü
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Career overview from their final tour: New Day Rising, Standing in the Rain, What's Going On...
Live At LeedsLive At Leeds by The Who
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Probably the best live album in the world ever: My Generation, Heaven & Hell, Can't Explain, Shakin' All Over...
Kick Out the JamsKick Out the Jams by MC5
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THE best live album ever!!!!! Takes just 5 seconds: Starship, Kick Out the Jams, Come Together...
Sabotage: LiveSabotage: Live by John Cale
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John Cale in demented form, the Friday the 13th years: Rose Garden Funeral of Sores, Mercenaries (Ready for War)...
It's AliveIt's Alive by The Ramones
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A classic live album: Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment, Rockaway Beach, Sheena is a Punk Rocker...
Metallic KOMetallic KO by Iggy & the Stooges
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Two-disc set of Iggy & the Stooges on the edge. Hear that glass shatter: Rich B*tch, Louie Louie, Cock in My Pocket...
Songs of LoveSongs of Love by Mark Eitzel
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Mark Eitzel on some borrowed guitars: Blue & Grey Shirt/Gary's Song, Western Sky, Firefly...
Live at the Royal Albert HallLive at the Royal Albert Hall by Bob Dylan
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Seminal performance, from Manchester Free Trade Hall! : Visions of Johanna, Like a Rolling Stone, I Don't Believe You..
SuicideSuicide by Suicide
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For the stuff on disc2: Live at CBGBs and the legendary 23 Minutes Over Brussels...
Dream Letter - Live In London 1968Dream Letter - Live In London 1968 by Tim Buckley
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Another double-set, from a concert in London 1968. Buckley on wild form, pre-heroin and moving from folk to jazz in the moment...
Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 by Joy Division
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They're all great, well, Preston sounds a bit poor- as obligatory as Still & disc four of Heart & Soul...
It's Too Late to Stop Now...It's Too Late to Stop Now... by Van Morrison
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A favourite of both Lester Bangs & Kevin Rowland. That version of Cyprus Avenue!
Live 1981-1982Live 1981-1982 by The Birthday Party
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The definitive line-up of The Birthday Party in prime form...
StageStage
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The best Bowie live album, think Christiane F...
I Might Be Wrong (Live Recordings)I Might Be Wrong (Live Recordings) by Radiohead
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Not long enough. Kid A/mnesiac in live form. Like Spinning Plates, True Love Waits, Idioteque, Everything In It's Right Place...
DamageDamage by David Sylvian
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Tweaked version of 94 live album. Every Colour You Are, Damage, The First Day, Wave, Brightness Falls...
Live RustLive Rust by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Classic live album from 1979- from acoustic joys like I am a Child to Cortez the Killer...
Play.Play. by Magazine
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Wonderful live recording from 1980; A Song from Under the Floorboards, Model Worker, Permafrost...
Smell of FemaleSmell of Female by The Cramps
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Classic live album from early 80s: You Got Good Taste!
BBC SessionsBBC Sessions by Led Zeppelin
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Much better than The Song Remains the Same!: That's the Way, Black Dog, You Shook Me, Immigrant Song...
Stop Making Sense: Special New EditionStop Making Sense: Special New Edition by Talking Heads
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Same as it ever was...Life During Wartime, Burning Down the House, Crosseyed&Painless, Genius of Love, Psycho Killer...
James Brown Live At The Apollo, 1962James Brown Live At The Apollo, 1962 by James Brown & The Famous Flames
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First volume in key live performances...
RankRank
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5-piece Smiths from The Queen is Dead tour: I Know It's Over, What She Said, His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians, Panic..
Babylon By BusBabylon By Bus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
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The best Bob Marley live album....
MCMXCIIIMCMXCIII by The Velvet Underground
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Re-formed Velvets, a few dodgy reworkings, but mostly great: Beginning to see the Light, The Gift, All Tomorrow's Parties, Sweet Jane...