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Live BulletLive Bullet by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Buy new: £17.09 / Used from: £6.23
Well, there was only room for 25 items in my first guide, so here are a few more...like this popular Bob Seger-album
Nine Tonight "Live!"Nine Tonight "Live!" by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.80
"Live Bullet" was always very popular with critics and fans alike, and it is a great album, but this one is actually a little bit better. A terrific collection of rock n' roll, ballads and R&B
Concert in Central ParkConcert in Central Park by Simon & Garfunkel
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.99
I didn't find room in my first guide for this amazing album, but here it is...one of the very best and most accessible S&G ever made. A clean five stars (and you can get it on DVD now, too)
Concert in the ParkConcert in the Park by Paul Simon
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £7.14
Here is Paul Simon's solo "concert in the park" from 1991. Another excellent performance, and plenty of wonderful material from his years as a solo artist
Old Friends: Live on StageOld Friends: Live on Stage by Simon & Garfunkel
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £3.95
This one doesn't put the original "Concert in Central Park" in the shadow, but it is definitely worth a listen. A fine album by two elder statesmen
At Folsom PrisonAt Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £3.24
Here is another classic live album which I didn't manage to fit in the first time. So much passion and grit here...
Complete Live at San QuentinComplete Live at San Quentin by Johnny Cash
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.62
...and here as well. These are simply the two best albums the late, great Johnny Cash ever made, uncovering the darkness and rage that lies deep in his music. Incredible charisma
Unplugged...and SeatedUnplugged...and Seated by Rod Stewart
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £1.47
When Rod the Mod decided to do an "Unplugged"-session, it ended up being the best thing he had released since the seventies. Fun and spirited, and with Ronnie Wood on guitar
MTV UnpluggedMTV Unplugged by Kiss
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £5.49
And thisacoustic effort by Kiss is thoroughly enjoyable as well, believe it or not :-) Great melodies, and they can play, too!
AliveAlive by Kiss
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £9.99
And then there are the classic ALIVE albums, of course. Sort of dumb, but so much fun, nothing but big hooks, big riffs and clichéd lyrics. Heavy metal with a pop sheen!
Alive IIAlive II by Kiss
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.70
ALIVE II features enjoyable, hard-rocking renditions of songs like "Love Gun", "Shout It Out Loud", and "God Of Thunder"
Alive IIIAlive III by Kiss
Buy new: £25.39 / Used from: £4.99
ALIVE III is not quite as highly estimated as the first two, but it is just as good. The sound is excellent, and the band rocks hard. A magnificent "I Love It Loud" is among the highlights
Live RustLive Rust by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £2.88
From Kiss to Neil Young...yes, well, I like AC/DC and Mozart, too. This is another classic live album, featuring an acoustic and an electric set. Canada's answer to Bob Dylan, indeed
WeldWeld by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £7.06
Fans of Neil Young should not miss this impressive live album which features Crazy Horse, "Roll Another Number", "Rockin' In The Free World", and scorching guitar solos screaming with overdrive
Live (Collector's Edition)Live (Collector's Edition) by AC/DC
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £8.94
And speaking of AC/DC...yes, this is turning in to a heck of a mixed bag, isn't it? Here's some real good-time hard rock and swaggering blues n' boogie
One More From The Road - Deluxe EditionOne More From The Road - Deluxe Edition by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.49
Speaking of good-time hard rock and boogie, here are Lynyrd Skynyrd, Southern rockers par excellence. More big riffs and big hooks, and a really great bunch of musicians, actually. Highly recommeded
Freebird: The MovieFreebird: The Movie by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.16
Skynyrd again. This soundtrack is really a recording of their performance at the 1976 Knebworth festival...great, tough rock n' roll, not to be missed
Live And DangerousLive And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £2.95
Ireland's "T'in Lizzy" made this wonderful live album back in 1978, and it, too, stands among the very best items in their catalogue. As a good live album should
LiveLive by Status Quo
Buy new: £12.38 / Used from: £6.27
Status Quo's finest hour, live or otherwise. Their toughest, hardest-rocking album, and their best, too
Frampton Comes AliveFrampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £5.90
I'm not a huge fan of Peter Frampton, but this is such a spirited live album, one of the classics of the "double live album" era of the 70s. Very enjoyable
LiveLive by Smokie
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Something along the same lines, perhaps...the original Smokie line-up, pop played as rock n' roll, not too deep, but a really good time. And Chris Norman behind the microphone
LiveLive by Glenn Frey
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And speaking of melodic soft-rock, here is Eagle guitarist Glenn Frey's fine live album from before the Eagles reformed back in 1994
Mad Dogs & EnglishmenMad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker
Buy new: £14.98 / Used from: £18.45
I almost forgot Sheffield soul shouter Joe Cocker! This is some great, tough soul sung with a passion...another classic recording
It's Too Late To Stop Now: Live (2CD)It's Too Late To Stop Now: Live (2CD) by Van Morrison
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £15.42
Another British soul shouter...and rock singer...and blues man...and jazz man, as well. The magnificent Van Morrison. Get this if you haven't got it already, it doesn't get any better. Seriously!
A Night in San FranciscoA Night in San Francisco by Van Morrison
Buy used from: £2.99
And let's end on a high note, with another excellent live album by Van the Man. It will be reissued this summer...get it!